A Perfect Love :

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Summary: A Perfect Lesson in His Perfect Timing
Review: I have just finished A Perfect Love. Each book in this series leaves me breathless for the next one. This book in particular was used for an incredible lesson in a time of trial in my life. It reminded me of His Perfect Love for us. That if we give up control and let Him, He will show us our new purpose in life. That life is to be lived and loved. I know that when these two women put their pens to paper, the Lord uses them to communicate to all of us. Buy this book and read all the books from Heavenly Daze. You won't regret it!

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Summary: A Perfect Lesson in His Perfect Timing
Review: I have just finished A Perfect Love. Each book in this series leaves me breathless for the next one. This book in particular was used for an incredible lesson in a time of trial in my life. It reminded me of His Perfect Love for us. That if we give up control and let Him, He will show us our new purpose in life. That life is to be lived and loved. I know that when these two women put their pens to paper, the Lord uses them to communicate to all of us. Buy this book and read all the books from Heavenly Daze. You won't regret it!

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Summary: The weakest of a truly wonderful series
Review: I have really liked the Heavenly Daze series. This installment,however, was so hard to get through! The challenge was not to put the book down (as in "A Warmth in Winter") but rather to keep picking it up!! So much whining and insecurity from all sides of the story lines. Pages and pages of the same stuff. Heavenly Daze books usually focus on a few islanders in each book and that has worked in the past, but not this time. Bobby and his pet were just obnoxious, Dana's and Mike's kiss and make-up was shallow, Annie's tomato project was lightly written off and the Cleta-Barbara thing was totally overdone although it was given the most acceptable resolution. The authors tried to touch too many bases this time. A miss with this one but the series overall is fine.

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Summary: Chilly temperatures on island and in relationships
Review: It's January on the Island of Heavenly Daze, and though the islanders get a brief, heaven-sent reprieve from constant avalanches of snow and ice, there are some chilly snowdrifts forming in some of the relationships. You don't have to have read the other 3 books in the series, but you might understand the secondary characters more if you do - most of the secondary characters here were in the spotlight in a previous Heavenly Daze story - The danger of getting to know some of the characters in previous stories is you hope to get updates on them in later stories - there ARE updates on previous characters here, but they seem to be sketchier than they have been in past stories... if you want to know more about Bobby and Brittany, who are Salt's grandkids, or Salt (the lighthouse-keeper) and Birdie (the retired librarian) - don't expect much because though they are mentioned, none of them even speak more than a passing comment of a sentence or two - if that. Of course if the authors gave detailed updates on all the secondary characters, the book would probably be double the length it is now!

In this fourth story, we get to know Mike and Dana Klackenbush (she's a teacher who runs the Kid Kare Center; he's helped fix up their home and the school) and Dana's eccentric brother, Buddy. The story of Buddy's quest for a place to belong is a very good one, but the snowdrifts that form between Mike and Dana seem to get swiped at with a kitchen spoon instead of a top-of-the-line snowblower - yet the snow and ice miraculously disappear after a brief "heart-to-heart" talk (how can a heart-to-heart talk after weeks of silence take only a few minutes to wrap up?). The family relationships between Barbara and Russell Higgs (a young couple who have been married for 3 years and are ready to start a family of their own; they are currently living with Barbara's parents, Floyd and Cleta, who run the bed and breakfast) and Barbara's parents are in the spotlight, too. This look at a mother who finds it threatening when her daughter cuts her hair and visits the doctor without telling her (and to add insult to injury, she tells Russell things first!) is very heart-rending and realistic (though at times Cleta acts overly-much like a simpering, whiny child while Barbara reacts a bit more adult-like - hurt and confused, YES, but not unbelievably - Cleta's behavior seems overdone) and is resolved in a time frame that seems more realistic than Mike and Dana's - Cleta doesn't figure things out overnight nor does the pain magically go away. We see a little bit of the growing process.

Overall, this is a very good story with a healthy dose of humor -well worth the time spent with the islanders even through the brisk, cold winds of January.

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Summary: So wonderful!
Review: This is the most wonderful series of books. The human characters are so believable and endearing due to that very humanness that all of us can relate to. Their spirit and sense of community, even when they get in their own way sometimes, is a reflection of all of us. The angels truly are divine. These books have universal appeal and the authors have shown us what writing can be at its very best - inspiration touched by grace and wit. I have loved all books in the series and look forward to #5.

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Summary: Perfect Love casts out fear . . .
Review: Your book came at the perfect time. My beloved daughter has suffered from a chronic illness for the last year and a half of H.S. She just went to college not feeling any better. It tore me up to let her go. I stood between her and frustration to give her body time to heal. Now she and God will just have to deal with it. In your book I received the message that sometimes a mother has to stand back. I also keep repeating a perfect love cast out fear. I know God loves her more than I even am capable of but letting her go to suffer with no parent to help is hard. Thank you for the book to encourage me.