The book opens up on the main character of Mary and two men.

The Fulfillment is the first novel by LaVyrle Spencer. LaVyrle Spencer enjoys writing but officially retired from it in 1997. A lot of times her stories focus on themes of family, abiding love, and being strong during tough times. This can be anything from breakups to divorce to pregnancy, death, separations, and more. Her female characters are fiery and are usually not only soft-hearted but savvy and able to have the strength within to overcome situations in life. Spencer has had several complete versions of her books appear in condensed form in publications such as Good Housekeeping and Reader’s Digest. A lot of times they will focus on family and feature ordinary men and women that have feelings, are vulnerable and are the sympathetic characters. She is known for creating characters that are realistic in nature and writing stories that focus on more than just the man and the woman having a relationship. In the eighties and the nineties, she had a lot of hits and since then her novels have been sold in bookstores, online, to book clubs, and been published in the United States and globally. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988 for the Romance Writers of America. Twelve of her novels have become New York Times bestsellers. The first of her books to be adapted was The Fulfillment of Mary Gray in 1989, followed by Home Song in 1996.

Three other of her works were made into television movies. Her book Morning Glory was made into a 1993 feature-length film. She has written over twenty novels in her long career writing. She didn’t begin writing until she was in her thirties and was greatly inspired by The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss. She has also successfully published many books and some of them were made into films as well as movies for television. She is a best-selling author of novels that typically are in the historical romance or contemporary genres. She was born on July 17, 1943, in Browerville, Minnesota. LaVyrle Spencer is an American author of fiction.

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