Garlic and Roses
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Barbour Anthology Three novels by Gail Gaymer Martin set in the central coast of California Includes: And Baby Makes Five Walk the streets and countryside of Monterey, California, with three couples who are surprised by love in the midst of their busy lives. Chad helps Felisa when she goes into labor in his lettuce field. Juli meets Alan while volunteering at a soup kitchen. Ross takes an overdue vacation at Alissa’s bed-and-breakfast. Can busy people slow down enough to realize the love God has brought into their lives? Description Chad
helps Felisa when she goes into labor in his lettuce field. Juli meets
Alan while volunteering at a soup kitchen. Ross takes an overdue vacation
at Alissa’s bed-and-breakfast. Can these busy Californians slow down
enough to realize the love God has brought into their lives?
And Baby Makes Five
This is not what Felisa Carrillo envisioned when she left her home in
Guadalajara. Sixteen, married to a handsome guy, heading to America. Who
could have know her husband would turn abusive and
""America"" would mean migrant work and impoverished
living? But here she is, years later, wiser but still in trouble. Chad
Garrison is on a routine visit to his fields when he sees a young migrant
worker double over in pain. He hurries to help, only to find she is about to
deliver a child there in his field. He rushes her to the hospital, then
finds himself drawn to her. Is Chad being taken in by a scheming, dishonest
immigrant, as some of hsi friends suggest? Should Felisa be concerned that
Chad has ulterior motives in his generosity toward her? Is this relationship
God's doing or just a big mistake?
"Garlic Breath.
Garlic Bud. Garlic Head." Juli Clemans has been called them all.
Her father's garlic farm and prosperous store have made the family
wealthy, but for Juli, the ridicule has outweighed the rewards. So when
she finally meets a man she's interested in, how can she tell him who
she is when he's disgusted by garlic? Alan Louden is drawn to Juli's
compassion for others when they meet as volunteers at a soup kitchen.
But Alan has a secret, and finding a way to expose it becomes more and
more difficult as their relationship grows. Will Alan and Juli learn to
trust God - who introduced them in the first place - or will they
continue to lean on their own understanding?
Butterfly Trees Alissa is capable and in control. Alissa Greening is proud of all she’s accomplished. Her bed-and-breakfast is well known and profitable. Her life is organized and happy—a little lonely, but she trusts God to deal with that. The rest of it she can handle. Ross Cahill’s Southern California ranches keep him busy. When his mother talks him into traveling to Pacific Grove to witness the annual Monarch migration, he reluctantly turns responsibility over to his managers and takes a long overdue vacation. Can these two busy, self-sufficient people stop long enough to see the hand of God moving in their lives? Will they learn to give God the reins, or will they continue on alone, missing out on the great blessings He wants to bestow? |