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At Love's Bidding Paperback – December 1, 2015
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in Humorous Historical Romance
After helping her grandfather at their Boston auction house, Miranda Wimplegate discovers she's accidentally sold a powerful family's prized portrait to an anonymous bidder. Desperate to appease the furious family, her grandfather tracks it to the Missouri Ozarks and makes an outlandish offer to buy the local auction house if they promise not to sell anything until he arrives.
Upon their arrival, however, they discover their new business doesn't deal in fine antiques, but in livestock. And its manager, ruggedly handsome Wyatt Ballentine, is frustrated to discover his fussy new bosses don't know a thing about the business he's single-handedly kept afloat. Faced with more cattle than they can count--but no mysterious painting--Miranda and Wyatt form an unlikely but charged partnership to try and salvage a bad situation getting worse.
- Print length350 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBethany House Publishers
- Publication dateDecember 1, 2015
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.88 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-100764211412
- ISBN-13978-0764211416
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He Sells Livestock by the Pound.
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After helping her grandfather at their Boston auction house, Miranda Wimplegate discovers she's accidentally sold a powerful family's prized portrait to an anonymous bidder. Desperate to appease the people who could ruin them forever, they track it to the Missouri Ozarks and make an outlandish offer to buy the local auction house and all its holdings before the painting can move again.
Upon crossing the country, however, Miranda and her grandfather discover their new auction house doesn't deal in fine antiques, but in livestock. And its frustratingly handsome manager, Wyatt Ballentine, is annoyed to discover his fussy new bosses don't know a thing about the business he's single-handedly kept afloat. Faced with more heads of cattle than they can count--but no mysterious painting--Miranda and Wyatt form an unlikely but charged partnership to try and prevent a bad situation from getting worse.
"What a delightful book! The relationship between Wyatt and Miranda develops naturally and comically. Their banter serves to ratchet up the romantic tension and propels the match forward in a captivating way. Great romance, sprinkled with a bit of mystery and some laugh-out-loud humor, this tale is entertaining from start to finish."--RT Book Reviews
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- Publisher : Bethany House Publishers; 1st edition (December 1, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 350 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0764211412
- ISBN-13 : 978-0764211416
- Item Weight : 11.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.88 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,918,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,899 in Christian Historical Fiction (Books)
- #26,938 in Christian Romance (Books)
- #89,875 in American Literature (Books)
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About the author
Regina Jennings is the winner of the National Reader's Choice Award and a finalist for the Christy Award, the Golden Quill and the Oklahoma Book of the Year Award. A graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in English and a minor in history, Regina has worked at the Mustang News and at First Baptist Church of Mustang, along with time at the Oklahoma National Stockyards and various livestock shows. She lives outside of Oklahoma City with her husband and four children when not traveling the world.
Visit Regina's website at www.reginajennings.com.
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The small town in Missouri named Pine Gap where Miranda shows up with her grandfather whose health and state of mind seems to be in decline. Wyatt is Isaac’s adopted brother and his families’ experiences are what bring a drastic change many times over in Wyatt’s life. Isaac is the son of the parents who adopted Wyatt; unfortunately he was always compared to Wyatt in a way that made Isaac feel unloved.
The town of Pine Gap holds a variety of characters that seek to help the people in the towns eking out a daily living. I enjoyed the parts of the plot line that caused me to chuckle along with rising tension between Wyatt and Miranda’s growing attraction framed against a backdrop of mystery. Boston in the book sure had a ranking in society that would take courage to rise above.
Regina Jennings has written a tale that shows the differences words can mean, depending on where one resided at the time as well as how Miranda’s grandfather thought that since he could run an antique auction house it couldn’t be hard to run a cattle auction. Two themes struck me as I read the book: One was caring for the grandfather with gentleness and respect even though he was slowly losing memories along with some personality changes. Second was the importance of the character of a person and not their station in life or their finances. Above all was the theme that God is a loving God who cares for his children always even when one cannot easily see His hand.
I started this book late at night and remained reading until I finished it. I was hooked from the first page, so be careful when you start the book in case you have to arise early the next morning!
If you enjoy tales wrapped in the American spirit with hard-won, happy endings for characters who feel like friends and family, At Love's Bidding is a must read.
The characters were quite eccentric and funny. Some were likeable and some just strange. The banter between Betsy and others had me laughing out loud several times. I loved that girl's spunk.
Although the ending was predictable there were enough twists along the way to keep me interested.
If you enjoy light historical romance, you'll likely enjoy this fun novel. I did, and plan to continue reading this author's work. Her books are always quite enjoyable and fun.