Reviewer: Lori Graham
Title: Love Thine Enemy
Author: Patricia Davids
Publisher: Steeple Hill
ISBN: 0-373-87376-X
Release Date: June 2006
Genre/Sub-genre: Love Inspired - Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Year/Setting: Current/Kansas
Overall Rating: 4.75
Sexual Content Rating: None
Language (Profanity) Rating: None
Voilent Content Rating: None
Patricia's Website: www.patriciadavids.com/home.html
Cheryl Steele started out life as Cheryl Thatcher but that name (not to mention life) didn’t work out too well for her. The Tatchers had a horrible reputation in their small town in Kansas and getting to move to New York with relatives after her mother’s death was a saving grace for Cheryl. She discovered the world of ballet and culture and just plain being happy. So, with her new life she took a new name.
She struggled with attending her dear sister’s wedding in Kansas but since her ballet company was performing in Kansas at the same time it was just too hard to say no. Things were tough enough emotionally with just being in Kansas until a late snow storm caught her unawares on her drive back to meet her company (also resulting in a broken ankle). She is stuck on a country road outside of the town she had prayed to never see again - - in fact just outside the farm of belonging to the family of the principal who had made her life a nightmare. The only thing left to do at this point was to pray that no one recognized her until the roads are cleared enough and her ankle healed enough that she can clear out.
Sam Hardin (the son of the principal) just happens to run the farm now and he doesn’t recognize her. Quite frankly he is happy to have her there because he is dealing with two young, energetic twin girls while trying to run a farm and make it profitable along with attempting to still maintain some architectural business. You see he is an architect by trade but came home to run the family farm after his dad died. Things are getting a little out of hand. What was supposed to be a very short lived, convenient deal, however, is turning into something much more complicated.
I truly enjoyed Love Thine Enemy. Patricia took a woman and a man, each with some very deep seated fears, and through God’s love showed them there was more to life. We are our past and we have to live the hand we have been dealt but learning to live with that in a way that lifts us up instead of down can be quite trying. Cheryl was spending so much time living in fear of being discovered that it colored everything she did and felt. Sam spent so much time being afraid to love another woman that he was closing off and withdrawing just a bit too much.
God often times has a wonderful sense of humor and it is showcased in Love Thine Enemy.
Lori
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