COTT: A Worthy Heart by Susan Anne Mason Wins Clash
Let’s hear it for this week’s clash winner, A WORTHY HEART! Way to go,
Susan!
Here’s what her readers are saying:
TBR!!
fascinating characters. I hate it when they end!
series, they are also some of the most intriguing and gorgeous book covers.
I’m very excited to read the second book in this series.
As her readers know, there’s so much more to this book than an intriguing
blurb and a beautiful picture on the front. Let’s peek behind the cover and
learn a little more about it.
Susan, what was your inspiration for this book?
I guess the loose inspiration was the biblical story of the prodigal son.
Adam personifies the prodigal son who betrays his father with a life of sin
and returns home with nothing, willing to work at the lowest job in the
stables. Yet unlike the prodigal son in the Bible, Adam is not met with joy
from his father, but rather anger and distrust — which puts a whole new
spin on the story. And, of course, adds great conflict!
Talk about the theme. What can readers hope to learn from reading this
novel?
unworthiness because of his past mistakes. During his prison stay, the
prison chaplain rekindles Adam’s faith and allows him to believe he is a
worthy child of God. Even so, Adam’s main goal upon his release from prison
is to prove his worthiness to his mother and father in order to earn back
their respect. Once he meets Maggie, however, he longs to be worthy of her
heart, a goal that seems impossible given all the obstacles in their
way.
Interested? Here’s the full description:
The answer to Maggie Montgomery’s dream of seeing America has arrived at
just the right time. Not only will she be reunited with her beloved brother
Rylan, but she’ll finally be able to escape Neill Fitzgerald and his
increasingly unwanted attentions. She’s intent on never returning to
Ireland, hoping to build her future in the land of opportunity and perhaps
find the love of her life.
While visiting Irish Meadows, she meets an intriguing man she thinks is a
stable hand. Only when her brother demands she stay away from Adam O’Leary
does she learn he’s Rylan’s brother-in-law, recently released from prison.
Nonetheless, Maggie can’t seem to make her stubborn heart conform to her
brother’s request.
Adam O’Leary has never felt worthy of his place in the family. Now a free
man, Adam’s only desire is to earn back his family’s trust. Falling in love
with the newly arrived Maggie, however, was never in his plans. Despite
everyone’s efforts to keep them apart, the two develop a bond it seems
nothing can break–but they soon discover the past isn’t easy to
overcome.
ABOUT SUSAN:
faith.” She loves incorporating inspirational messages of God’s
unconditional love and forgiveness into her characters’ journeys. A Worthy
Heart is her second historical novel in the Courage to Dream series. Irish
Meadows won the Fiction from the Heartland contest sponsored by the
Mid-American Romance Authors chapter of RWA.
two cats. She loves red wine and chocolate, is not partial to snow even
though she’s Canadian, and is ecstatic on the rare occasions she has the
house to herself. In addition to writing, Susan likes to research her
family history on-line, and occasionally indulges in scrapbooking. Learn
more about Susan and her books at
www.susanannemason.com.
People can contact me through my website:
http://www.susanannemason.com/
Or my author page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/susan.anne.mason.333/
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