With Heart

I picked this book up on a whim and I wasn't disappointed. Ms. Garlock's descriptions of the late 1930's in rural Oklahoma transport you there with all the detail. Katherine Dolan gets hijacked on her way into town and from that moment on this is a real pager turner. The relationship between Katherine and Johnny is well written and you can't help but root for them. But other than the romance between Johnny and Katherine, there is also a underlying mystery going on with the mayor and the corrupt police. This book has a little bit of everything and it's set along a time that I haven't seen too many books written about. What surprised from just coming to this website that there was are 2 other books dealing with some of the secondary characters in this book and a book after this one. I didn't think this book needed a sequel but it would be interesting to see where the future takes these characters. I am definitely a new fan of Dorothy Garlock.

All I can say is READ....READ.....READ...READ! I'm on pins and needles waiting for the 4th book to come out! You won't be sorry for reading these books!

I had read WITH SONG and WITH HOPE this summer and loved them immensely! I kept waiting for WITH HEART to come out. I wasn't disappointed. Others must feel the same way, because at the end of this book, we learn that there is a fourth book in the series coming in May! I recommend the entire series!

This book continues the With Hope and With Song series. Dorothy Garlock is a very talented writer. With her stories there is never just an instant attraction and get together of the main characters, but a slow building up that makes the stories believable. When Johnny and Kathleen do get together, you have had such a build up that it seems so exciting. I also liked the mystery in every story. There is always some little surprise that you don't discover until the end. Lastly, Ms. Garlock's men are always the nicest guys. I will be waiting impatiently for the continuation of this story to come out in the spring of 2000!

Dorothy Garlock has done it again. I was not one bit disappointed in the third book in her depression era trilogy. It kept my attention from begining to end and I was delighted to learn that a fourth book AFTER THE PARADE would be about the same characters. I highly recommend the trilogy, WITH HOPE, WITH SONG and WITH HEART.