by Lyn Cote
Discussion Questions
Why do you think Carson became infatuated with Blanche? Have you ever known a similarly mismatched couple who married for some reason other than love? How do you think a marriage based on ambition or something else would be different from one based on love and mutual respect?
Sugar had to face her past before she could reap the full blessings of her life with Emilio. Have you ever faced anything similar? How does the Bible tell us to deal with fear and remembered hurts?
I took the phrase “Texas Star of Destiny” from the Texas state song. Do Christians believe in fate, kismet, or providence? What are the differences between these three ways of looking at the events of life?
Carson Quinn had killed many in his job as a Ranger. How does this jibe with “Thou shalt not kill”?
What did Carson want most in life? What did Mariel want most in life? What did they have to learn before they could be blessed by God with the desires of their hearts?
Mariel recited scripture when she was frightened. Do you have a Bible verse that helps you face difficult circumstances? What is it and why does this speak to you?
Why do you think Tunney went back to the war?
Why did Ash and Reva go south to live in Mexico? How had the U.S. annexation of Texas affected them?
What new facts did you learn about American or Texas history from this book?
Who were your favorite characters from this book and/ or the two previous? If you could choose one character to follow into a fourth book, who would it be? Which hero-heroine couple did you most enjoy, most identify with?
About the Author
An award-winning author of both contemporary and historical inspirational romance, LYN COTE is an active member of RWA and the American Christian Fiction Writers. A 2006 RITA Award finalist for Best Inspirational, as well as a finalist for the HOLT Medallion and the National Readers Choice Award, Lyn lives with her husband in Wisconsin.
www.LynCote.net
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Credits
Cover photographs (top) by Reggie Casagrande/Getty Images and Glowimages/Getty Images
Cover photograph (bottom) by Michael Melford/Getty Images
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. References to real people, events, establishments, organizations, or locales are intended only to provide a sense of authenticity, and are used fictitiously. All other characters, and all incidents and dialogue, are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.
HER ABUNDANT JOY. Copyright © 2010 by Lyn Cote. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST AVON PAPERBACK EDITION PUBLISHED 2010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cote, Lyn.
Her abundant joy / Lyn Cote.
p. cm.—(Texas, star of destiny ; bk. 3)
ISBN 978-0-06-137342-8 (pbk.)
1. Frontier and pioneer life—Texas—Fiction. 2. Women immigrants—Fiction. 3. Germans—Texas—Fiction. 4. Texas Rangers—Fiction. 5. Texas—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.O76378H44 2010
813’.54—dc22
2009044958
EPub Edition © April 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199701-3
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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