The Preacher's Daughter

I read Finally Home and Finally Found and was anxious to read the third book in the series to see what happened to the third sister, Doree. When I started reading "The Preacher's Daughter" I was really confused. I found this post below written by Lyn Cote that explains why none of the names match up to the series, but the personality portrayed in Lucie is an exact match to the picture I had painted in my mind about Doree. So glad, I found her post to put the pieces to this puzzle together. So...in case you are wondering...Lucie is Doree. The True Story of how this is and isn't part of this series! Comments Showing 1-1 of 1 (1 new) post a comment » dateDown arrow newest » message 1: by Lyn (new) Jun 15, 2008 09:56AM Lyn I'm so glad someone pointed this out. The B B series had three sisters but my editor at the time wanted only the first two stories. That editor left and when I suggested it to the interim editor that I write the third book in the series as my next book, she nixed the idea. She said too much time had passed. Then I got another new editor and I decided that I must get this book written. It wouldn't let go of me. So I changed the names and didn't mention to my new editor that it was the third in this series (albeit) unofficially. After it was written and did well (it sold over 100,000 copies), I finally 'fessed up to my editor that it was really the third in the Bountiful Blessings series. She laughed and asked, "Why didn't you tell me? I would have let you keep the names the same." So what's an author to do? Anyway, if you read Finally Home and Finally Found, books one and two, the characters are the same in The Preacher's Daughter Unofficial book three. Just the names have been changed: Ethel changed to Dorothy, Dorie changed to Lucie, Hannah changed to Anna. and Guthrie changed to Joe. So now you know the rest of the story! Lyn Cote

I hated to read as a child and wished that I would love to read. God worked in my life to where this was my very first inspirational book I read. When I started reading I could not put it down for wanting to know what was going on. I truely enjoied this book. It is a very cute love story of two complete opposites. It is about compromise and God's will working in the hearts of the characters. I highly recommend it! I know that I can read this book over and over. Now I love to read and I know that God started working in my life through inspiring words of authors with great knowledge of Godly lives. Sit back on the porch and relax for a great adventure.

This book was fabulous. I have long enjoyed romantic fiction, but I find many of the "romance" novels are way too racy for me. However, I have previously been disappointed by Christian romantic fiction-the characters are just too often too dry, with a kiss at the very end! In this book, I appreciated how Lyn Cote allowed us to see the romance between Tanner & Lucie develop, instead of lots of longing looks and troubles interfering until their romance blossoms in the last ten pages. It was much more realistic and human-you could see how Tanner & Lucie grew in their love for each other, but also were true to God's will for their lives and their personalities. That made it fun to read! I will definitely be buying more of her books.