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An Unexpected Family (Ladies of Covington series Book 7) by [Joan Medlicott]

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Can an old betrayal turn into a brandnew beginning? National bestselling author Joan Medlicott pens a heartwarming tale of a family found.

Widowed Amelia always portrayed her marriage to Thomas Declose as complete perfection. They lived in Paris and entertained widely for a glittering crowd; only the tragic loss of their little girl marred what appeared an ideal existence. So when Miriam Smith arrives with her daughter Sadie on Amelia's doorstep in a snowstorm, claiming to be the illegitimate child of the long-dead Thomas, Amelia reacts with shock and fury. Could Thomas possibly have had a secret life he hid from her -- a life that would have made their marriage vows a lie?

Rebuffing the wise counsel of her housemates, Grace and Hannah, Amelia dismisses the possibility of a family of her own and buries herself in the pain of betrayal and humiliation. Little Sadie is the spitting image of Amelia's own lost daughter, though, and she cannot help taking mother and child into her heart. But danger stalks Miriam, and it looks as if Amelia might lose this family, too. When Mother's Day arrives, will she be left with empty arms...or with her deepest longings fulfilled?

This beautiful tale of mothers and daughters is an enchanting addition to Joan Medlicott's USA Today bestselling Covington books.

Length: 304 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"A must-read for women of all ages." -- The Tampa Tribune --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Joan Medlicott was born and raised on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She lives with her husband in the mountains of North Carolina. She is the author of the Ladies of Covington series as well as several standalone novels. Visit her website at JoanMedlicott.com. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN : B000OZ0N3U
Publisher : Pocket Books (17 April 2007)
Language: : English
File size : 660 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 191 pages

Best Sellers Rank: 1,094,823 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 1,086 in Women's Fiction About Friendship
- 10,019 in Women's Fiction About Domestic Life
- 17,888 in Family Life Fiction (Books)

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zeruiah

... the biggest surprises of the series but very well enjoyed. A good look into the mind of a ...

Reviewed in Canada on 12 June 2015

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One of the biggest surprises of the series but very well enjoyed. A good look into the mind of a woman who is still discovering her inner heart and her talents.

Robin E Wilkinson

Love the series.............but let's keep it consistent

Reviewed in the United States on 7 April 2011

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I love this series. I love these 3 women who decide to live together and I ordered the entire series from Amazon after I purchased one of the books on a North Carolina vacation. My mother who is a young 80 I loaned the books to and she is reading just as fast. I just have one major disappointment that happens when you read this book. Book 1 the Ladies of Covington there is a 21 year age difference between Thomas and Amelia. Even thru the first books I thought this can't be true, they make him sound younger than my math would say he had to be when he died.
and Amelia was to have a change of life baby at 49. (trust me I borrowed the book back from my mother to make sure I didn't remember it wrong) Now this book ameslia is turning 70 when Thomas's 24 year old daughter turned up that he had an affair when Caroline their child died. I am sorry. Trust your fans to know details. Now it is a 11 year age difference between Thomas and Amelia and there's no way she had the baby at 49. I love the books. I love the feisty nature of Hannah and Grace and love they push Aetmelia to be a better person and there are times she rises to the occasion to help someone like Laura. I love the recipes and the new life these women create. Just do me a favor, keep notes on your own characters so I don't keep saying this can't be true. If you can get past, the author changes times and dates to fix her latest turn of events.............an interesting story of forgiveness and betrayal. Also, when i read the series...........when the pastor dies give him his own chapter don't kill him off between books. Otherwise, a gentle series of 3 women coming in to their own.

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Comforting Covington Ladies

Reviewed in the United States on 7 June 2010

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A friend recommended the Covington books when the topic of older women sharing homes came up. While this is hardly literature - and someone needs to wake up a lazy editor - it's darned good story telling. Many of the issues with which the ladies contend are issues of modern life in a small town (where I also live, in the South), of growing older. These affect an increasing number of Americans so no wonder the stories are attractive. Medlicott fashions three believable protagonists along with their friends, family, and the townsfolk. They are people with whom one enjoys spending time. There's no racing heart here, no tension of a "whodunit," just fulfilling time spent with a book. It's wonderful reading before going to bed. Idyllic, yes. For those of us who have enough misery in our lives just turning on the daily news, this is a reprieve. Nothing sinful in that! I am now reading the last of the series, having read all the books consecutively and I look forward to the latest. What a productive writer Medllcott is - and that's part of the wonderful Covington mystique. She started at 64, something to emulate for an older person.

J.E. Stephens

My Favorite in this Series

Reviewed in the United States on 4 May 2008

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This book starts out rather dramatically. It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Snow was blinding the visibility outside. Amelia was home alone when the knock came on the door. "I am your husband's daughter! Please let us in we are cold." Imagine the shock and disbelief.

This story was very believable and I couldn't put it down. It brings an important issue to light. If we all had the courage and love to help people in the same situation as Miriam and Sadie, like the ladies and their extended families did, I know the world would be a better place.

You will enjoy this visit to Covington.

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Sandra

I love this series

Reviewed in the United States on 18 August 2013

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It's about older women, who, instead of letting themselves be shuffled off to assisted living, decide to to assist each other. One has a car, one inherits a house in Covington, SC, and one is young enough to have the energy it takes to move the Ladies out of their doldrums and back into life.

Joan Medlicott, IS a woman of a certain age and keeps it real and possible for her readers. I wish I had friends like these.

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