01794cam a2200313 4500 73392899 TxAuBib 20110321120000.0 100405s2010||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2010045476 9781410434630 $33.00 141043463X $33.00 TxAuBib Parr, Delia. Love's first bloom / Delia Parr. Large print ed. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2010. 453 p. ; 23 cm. "Life changes drastically for Ruth Livingstone the day her father puts a young child in her arms and sends her under an assumed name to a small village in New Jersey. There she dutifully awaits his acquittal, certain that her father, Reverend Livingstone, soon will be cleared of the outrageous accusations against him. When tragic events transpire, Ruth finds solace tending a garden along the banks of the Toms River--a place where she can find a measure of peace amid her growing heartache. It is also here that she meets Jake Spencer, a man who both frustrates and intrigues her. Fearful of the newspapermen intent on tracking her down and unsure of whom to trust, Ruth knows she must carefully maintain her identity as Widow Malloy. But as love begins to slowly bloom, can the tenusous affection growing between Ruth and Jake withstand the secrets that separate them?" Cover. 20110321. Large type books. Children of clergy Fiction. Clergy Fiction. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Christian fiction. Love stories.