Shelf Control: Dating, Dining, and Desperation

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Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. 

Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up!

 

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This week's spotlight

Title: Dating, Dining, and Desperation

Author: Melody Carlson

ISBN: 1433679310

Publication Date: March 1, 2014

About the book:

Daphne Ballinger has learned to accept her deceased, eccentric aunt’s strange request that she marry in order to inherit her estate, along with taking over her aunt’s hometown paper’s advice column.

But knowing and accepting that God’s will be done becomes harder when a new neighbor, a divorced socialite, learns of Daphne’s predicament and takes on the task of finding her the perfect man, even if it includes speed dating. When God does open Daphne’s heart, it is instead to take in a young girl left parentless and in the care of her dying grandmother. It may be a temporary arrangement until the girl’s uncle returns from the Marines, but God uses Daphne to speak His heavenly love and protection into the life of the child -- whom Daphne soon discovers has a very handsome and single uncle.

Find on: Amazon (aff link) | Goodreads

Why I Want To Read It:

I read the first book years ago and am curious how the story will continue...have had this one on my shelf for years now and keep meaning to pick it up.