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The Thief's Heart (The Letter Series) Paperback – January 10, 2020

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For anyone who’s ever needed a second chance, to find love, to find the right path in life…Des Moines, 1892. After losing their promised inheritance, the Arthur family’s luck finally changes. An extraordinary woman, Violet Pendergrass, provides refuge for them to rebuild their broken lives. Or has she? Handsome fifteen-year-old Tommy Arthur has one foot in manhood and the other dragging up the rear of his boyhood years. He strives to protect and provide for his family, but turning to booze when scared or worried creates as many problems as solutions. Unsure of who he can trust, fiery redhead Pearl Riverside challenges and excites him at every turn, softening his heart toward the idea that goodness exists in the world. Tension builds between Tommy and his mother as her affection for a generous man increases. At the same time, distance grows between Tommy and his twin sister, Katherine, as each chooses their secrets over family. Violet Pendergrass demands more from Tommy and he begins to question her motives. When disaster strikes for Tommy’s little sister, Yale, the actions of a sinister judge, a crooked minister, and the infamous charlatan, Dreama, are revealed. Facing more jailtime as vigilante mobs form, the clock runs down on Tommy’s chance to take responsibility for his own choices. Is it too late for him to save his family, to open his heart and fully love those who need him as much as he needs them?
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  1. Book 4 of 4
    The Letter Series
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  7. ISBN-13
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 10, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1519582005
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1519582003
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.92 x 8 inches
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Bestselling author, Kathleen Shoop, holds a PhD in reading education and has more than 20 years of experience in the classroom. She writes historical fiction, women’s fiction and romance. Shoop’s novels have garnered various awards in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Indie Excellence Awards, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Readers’ Favorite and the San Francisco Book Festival. Kathleen has been featured in USA Today and the Writer’s Guide to 2013. Her work has appeared in The Tribune-Review, four Chicken Soup for the Soul books and Pittsburgh Parent magazine. Kathleen coordinates Mindful Writing Retreats and is a regular presenter at conferences for writers.

I adore writing historical fiction (The Letter series, After the Fog and Donora Stories that are coming soon!) but am having a blast writing romance like Home Again, Return to Love and Tending Her Heart (Endless Love series). Thank you so much for the time you take to read.

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Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on
Tommy Arthur had never gotten over either his father leaving or his horrendous days in foster care. But now that his family (minus his father and his dead brother) are back together in Des Moines and have found a place to live Tommy is determined to support them all. Unfortunately he gets in with the wrong people and seems to get in trouble a lot!He meets a girl named Pearl-an orphan and they hit it off first as friends and ultimately as more then friends. She moves into his shack with him with her dog and a kitten she found. Tommy had a talking Raven--who really was a mini thief in his own right!His baby sister Yale is taken to an asylum and Tommy ends up in jail once again. He manages to escape and Pearl and he take off leaving his Mom behind. Will they all reunite at some point? Hopefully in the next book of this saga!Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on and make you feel what the characters in her novels feel!
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  • tammymorris
    5.0 out of 5 stars This can’t be over yet!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
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    Kathleen has seamlessly woven the stories of main characters, told from their own perspectives, in each book of this series to share this family’s saga. However, I still have questions and believe there should be another book to complete the saga! While I wasn’t complimentary of the writing of the first book, the story intrigued me enough to continue reading, and I’m so glad I did, because I didn’t notice the same literary flaws in subsequent books. Great series that kept me turning the pages, and sad there’s not another book.
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  • Terri B. Klingman
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Thief’s Heart (The Letter Series Book 4)
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
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    I liked this 4th book in The Letter Series, but I didn’t love it. By the 4th book I think readers have figured out the inner workings of all the characters. It seemed to me the same things were just repeated over and over in The Thief’s Heart. I’ve grown tired of Tommy’s self pitying attitude.
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  • Winona
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2020
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    I loved all of the series and do hope there will be another book completing the story following Tommy's and Pearl's escape.
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  • Winter Lee
    3.0 out of 5 stars Read a book not the series
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022
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    This review goes for the whole series and not just this book. Although this particular book was mostly in the past and focused on Tommy. I preferred this over other books particularly book number 1-2. The series is based on current time, a little in the past and farther in the past. Add to the fact that some books have multiple points of view as well jumping in-and-out of out of 3 different points in time. Overall I liked the story but the way it's written I'm not a fan. I think if it was written in more chronological or less changing of person and point in time it would be better. I will say I read book 3 first but I liked it enough to keep reading the series. However as much as I like the characters except probably Jeanie. You can tell the books are written to be standalone and not as much in a series - maybe as an afterthought. So much in each book is repetitive especially Jeanie's negativity and whining about her husband, it is just is boring at places. There were characters and parts of the story for whom I wanted a resolution which is why I kept reading. Let me clarify ... I read book 3 first and I read book 1 and part of 2 before I couldn't take it anymore. So I listened to the rest of 2 and all of book 4 and will probably listen to pearl story as well. Not worth taking precious reading time it's reading time on something I've heard over and over. In conclusion I liked most of the characters and the characters in the overall storyline was just not a fan of how it was constructed.
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  • Susan Frugoli
    5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020
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    Hard to put down - reading late into the night. What a sTory spinner. Read them all. Wish for one more!
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  • beckvalleybooks
    5.0 out of 5 stars The characters feel like long lost friends.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020
    Being one of my favorite series, I could hardly contain my excitement to get my hands on another installment of the Arthur family and travel back in time with them again. I've loved these stories since the very first book when the family first captured my attention as they found themselves penniless and homeless in the middle of a prairie. The author's outstanding writing brings these touching stories so much to life and make the characters feel like long lost friends.

    We travel back in time again to Des Moines, 1892, to be reunited with the Arthur family. Lies, resentment, and corruption are just a few things the Arthur's are faced with when all they want is a family home to feel safe in together but find they are surrounded by deceit and poverty of the times. This is Tommy's story who I really warmed to, my favorite characters running through the series has always been Jeanie and Katherine, but I found myself understanding Tommy's haphazard ways as he jumps from one desperate plight to another to survive. He has a heart of gold, and always strives to support his family from the severe hardships they find themselves in, yet sometimes finds himself conflicted between right and wrong, and pull of temptation. As Tommy and Pearl get closer she seems to have brought some steadiness to his life and I'm looking forward to see how things work out between them.

    For readers who have not read the previous books I feel you would be able to follow this quite easily as the Arthur's history is referred to now and then by the author so you are not missing out on the important facts.

    It will come as no surprise that I rate this emotive read 5 stars and find myself, yet again, desperate to read the next!
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  • JENNIFER COOK
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2020
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    The entire series was good.
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  • MikiHope
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
    Tommy Arthur had never gotten over either his father leaving or his horrendous days in foster care. But now that his family (minus his father and his dead brother) are back together in Des Moines and have found a place to live Tommy is determined to support them all. Unfortunately he gets in with the wrong people and seems to get in trouble a lot!

    He meets a girl named Pearl-an orphan and they hit it off first as friends and ultimately as more then friends. She moves into his shack with him with her dog and a kitten she found. Tommy had a talking Raven--who really was a mini thief in his own right!

    His baby sister Yale is taken to an asylum and Tommy ends up in jail once again. He manages to escape and Pearl and he take off leaving his Mom behind. Will they all reunite at some point? Hopefully in the next book of this saga!

    Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on and make you feel what the characters in her novels feel!
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    Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on

    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
    Tommy Arthur had never gotten over either his father leaving or his horrendous days in foster care. But now that his family (minus his father and his dead brother) are back together in Des Moines and have found a place to live Tommy is determined to support them all. Unfortunately he gets in with the wrong people and seems to get in trouble a lot!

    He meets a girl named Pearl-an orphan and they hit it off first as friends and ultimately as more then friends. She moves into his shack with him with her dog and a kitten she found. Tommy had a talking Raven--who really was a mini thief in his own right!

    His baby sister Yale is taken to an asylum and Tommy ends up in jail once again. He manages to escape and Pearl and he take off leaving his Mom behind. Will they all reunite at some point? Hopefully in the next book of this saga!

    Kathleen Shoop is definitely one of my favorite authors--her word imagery is spot on and make you feel what the characters in her novels feel!
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  • Lindsay Benison
    3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2022
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    The whole series showed such promise but delivered none... The story was a muddle between what happened before the family split up and afterwards. Never really telling the whole story, for example the younger brother has a wife but in the last book he leaves town with what he classed as the love of his life. That is not his wife.. so what happened between the years we were not told about. The stories were too far fetched, you never find out what the mother did to get so many people praising her at her funeral, you know the story of the children being fostered out, none to happy homes, but to be used as servants or worse. The mother holds onto the youngest child, who is not hers.. there is so much that is not explained or seems to have been forgotten about. I paid for all the books in this series as I enjoyed the first book immensely but now feel disappointed that the promise of the first book was never delivered. Maybe my fault, that I was expecting so many answers and got very few.
    Read these books for yourself and see if you agree or disagree with me.
    Maybe there are more books to come in this series but the author really needs to complete the circle of the stories by filling in the details that are missing from the 4 books.
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  • Lynn Bryan
    1.0 out of 5 stars What happened!!!!!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2020
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    Really disappointed by this book. It just rehashed Book 3 from Tommy’s perspective. For the first time in my life I read the first part of the book, skipped the middle and read the end just to find out what happened after Book 3. What a waste of time that was! No idea why Tommy resented his mother suddenly (he loved her when they parted), what was Jeannie up to with Judge Calder?, what happened to Mr Hayes and Pearl?, how did Jeannie get Yale back? and finally why was Katherine so resentful of her mother when they too were loving when they parted?
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