{"id":7890,"date":"2021-02-20T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2021-02-20T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T18:11:16","slug":"book-blurb-an-unexpected-father-by-george-fillis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=7890","title":{"rendered":"Book blurb: An Unexpected Father by George Fillis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=7824\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unexpected-father.jpg?fit=328%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"328,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unexpected-father\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unexpected-father.jpg?fit=328%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unexpected-father.jpg?resize=203%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7824\" width=\"203\" height=\"309\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A hymn to the power of love, friendship, perseverance, and doing things right\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In An Unexpected Father, the second novel in the Collingwood Series, Fillis continues the extraordinary story of the young boy who was forced to leave his home country of China for Canada to escape the terrors of Mao\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winson, now married to Caitlin, dreams of a content life in Canada despite his apprehensions about his immigrant roots. The pain of losing his birth family weighs heavy on his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winson\u2019s salvation is Caitlin\u2019s deep love, his bond with Jackson and Kai, and Julian\u2019s belief in his strengths. But he finds his peace shattered when Tak, a leader of the human trafficking ring whose clutches Winson and Tai escaped earlier, arrives back in Winson\u2019s life, determined to settle old scores. And Tak has information about Winson\u2019s family in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winson finds himself at a crossroad where he must pick between doing right and lose his family or betray his own conscience and live with the guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An Unexpected Father <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By George Fillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unexpected-Father-second-novel-Collingwood-ebook\/dp\/B08WH79HSH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bluerock7, LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date February 11, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ASIN B08WH79HSH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $5.98 (USD0 Kindle edition, $14.98 Paperback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hymn to the power of love, friendship, perseverance, and doing things right\u2026 In An Unexpected Father, the second novel in the Collingwood Series, Fillis continues the extraordinary story of the young boy who was forced to leave his home country of China for Canada to escape the terrors of Mao\u2019s regime. Winson, now married to Caitlin, dreams of a content life in Canada despite his apprehensions about his immigrant roots. 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