Faith and Luke Carraway have it all. Faith is a beautiful singer turned socialite while Luke is an up-and-coming successful businessman. After taking his inheritance from his father's stable, lucrative business to invest in a successful hedge fund with the Michov Brothers, he's on the fast track as a rising young executive, and Faith is settling comfortably into her role as his wife.

When rumors of the Michovs' involvement in a Ponzi scheme reach Faith, she turns to Luke for confirmation, and he assures her that all is well. But when Luke is arrested, Faith can't understand why he would lie to her, and she runs home to the farm and the family she turned her back on years ago. Meanwhile, Luke is forced to turn to his own family for help as he desperately tries to untangle himself from his mistakes. Can two prodigals return to families they abandoned, and will those families find the grace to forgive and forget? Will a marriage survive betrayal when there is nowhere else to run but home?

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Customer Reviews for Heart of the Country - eBook

Review 1 for Heart of the Country - eBook

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

Mesmerizing Tale of Love and Loss

Date:March 5, 2012

Faye

Top 25 Contributor

Age:Under 18

Gender:female

Quality:

4 out of 5

Value:

4 out of 5

Meets Expectations:

4 out of 5

A mesmerizing tale of prodigals.

Faith and Luke are from all outward appearances the perfect couple. But when Luke, a young businessman get's caught up in a messy deal things start to unravel. Faith leaves Luke and goes back home to Carolina, while Luke waits it out in New York City. Heart of the Country is a story about forgiveness and rebuilding relationships in today's rush-rush world.

Heart of the Country is written in a refreshing, first-person, conversational style that makes it feel as if the character in telling you their story face to face. I'm going to be honest, I didn't understand completely why Faith up and left Luke without giving him time to truly explain what was going on. Because I that she left him at the time when he needed her most, when they should have drawn together instead of pulling apart.

The story is told from the first person perpective, by 5 different characters. Which can at times be confusing, if you forget who you're reading about at the moment, but I thought that the unique style was refreshing. Luke and Faith both struggle not only in their relationahip with each other, but also with their families. Faith goes back to her roots to reconnect with her father and sister, after the tragedy that drove them apart, slowly rebuilding those lost relatinships and building friendships with the other characters in the community. My favorite character was Lee, I think there should be a sequel just so he can find someone special ;) He was a man of faith who had a beautiful gift of being able to help his patients not just physically--Lee is a doctor. And I also loved Calvin, Faith's dad, he was a wise man who knew where he was going, and he imparted alot of wisdom before he got there :)

There were times in the story when I doubted that Luke and Faith would get back together because of the lack of interaction between the two of them, and very little time was focused on them rebuilding their realtionship. I questioned alot of their actions when they were separated. And I that they were more than a bit hasty in expecting and being OK if divorce did happen.

Overall, Heart of the Country did have its heart warming moments, and though it wasn't obvious in its Christianity there was the main thread that was a bit like The Prodigal Son and the theme of forgiveness and rebuilding relationships.

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Review 2 for Heart of the Country - eBook

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5

Modern Retelling of the Prodigal Son

Date:March 2, 2012

Organic Shoes

Top 250 Contributor

Location:Oklahoma City, OK

Age:25-34

Gender:female

Quality:

3 out of 5

Value:

4 out of 5

Meets Expectations:

4 out of 5

Heart of the Country is a modern retelling of the prodigal son, Faith and Luke have been living the fairytale life, Faith from a small southern town has gone from country farm girl to being a member of the Carraway family, a well to-do family living the high life in New York. When Luke gets in trouble with the law Faith has no idea how to respond and heads home after ten years of being out of contact.

Luke finds himself alone and struggling and without Faith finds himself turning back to his own family that had also been separated for a time. This book is a story of forgiveness and redemption and a reminder that we have a Father that is always awaiting for us with open arms.

The story was good and I will be interested to see the movie; however, I struggled with being able to connect to some of the characters and to understand their motives behind things. I feel there could have been more character development on a personal level but overall I really enjoyed this story.

I received this book complimentary from Tyndale Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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Review 3 for Heart of the Country - eBook

Overall Rating:

5 out of 5

The Prodigal Daughter Returns

Date:March 2, 2012

Its About Time Mamaw

Top 100 Contributor

Location:Houston, Texas

Age:55-65

Gender:female

Quality:

5 out of 5

Value:

5 out of 5

Meets Expectations:

5 out of 5

Faith Carraway is a country girl turned socialite. She is married to Luke Carraway and madly in love. She wants for nothing. Before she married Luke she lived to sing but no longer has time for her passion of song or for her family back home. Luke's brother is not to accepting of Faith in the Carraway family and does not think this little country girl fits into the Carraway's social circles.

Faith and Luke live the fairy tale relationship until Luke decides to leave the family business and invest in a hedge fund with the Michov Brothers. Then the fairy tale turns into a nightmare when the Michov's alleged Ponzi scheme threatens Luke's livelihood and his marriage.

Faith feels betrayed by his lies and possible involvement in this scheme. Without even a backwards glance she leaves her socialite life behind and heads back to her country life to stay with her father and get her life back on track. Her sister is not too happy to have Faith return home like the Prodigal daughter. But her father is ecstatic to have his little girl back home.

There is so many facets to Faith's story. The pending lose of her marriage, her estranged relationship with her sister and the nurturing relationship with her father. She finds her roots to be healing and it draws her into a renewal of her spirit. She struggles to accept God's will in her life and can't seem to figure out where she belongs or where she is headed in life.

So many people go through these same trials in their life. God has a plan and we don't always agree with that plan. But if we just let go and let God do his job His plan will be fulfilled.

I highly recommend this book.

I rate this book a 5 out of 5.

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I purchased a copy of this book from Barnes and Noble and reviewed book for Tyndale House Publishing . I was in no way compensated for this review it is my own opinion.

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