Reece is an insurance adjuster and investigator, and Maggie is there to appeal a denied claim... Maggie is a private investigator chasing after cheating husbands and such, helping women help themselves, and someone destroyed her camera... and ONLY her camera. Then someone put sand in her car's gas tank... and moved stuff around in her house... Someone is stalking and gaslighting Maggie. Reece invited Maggie to live in his house, but he has his own problems... his bitter divorce had made him... and his 8-year old son, into misogynists who refuse to treat any women seriously. Reece needed Maggie's help to reeducate his son, while he figures out how not to be a misogynist, and Maggie fell for the single father... But after watching so many couples' sad endings, can she ever take a chance with her own heart again, after her own bitter experience with men? And who is her stalker?
Good twist at the end, with a much deeper character arc for both BOTH MMC and FMC. MMC's arc is obviously to stop being misogynist... but the FMC's arc, while less obvious, is nonetheless there: how to trust men who want to help her without ulterior motives.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 5/5
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GRR Reviews Made in Paradise by Donna Fasano
Amber left hometown and the young man she loved behind ten years ago, believing the baby she gave birth to was stillborn. She eventually became an M.D.. Her father's sudden death left her reeling, and searching through her effects revealed a bank account that had been sitting there for 10 years holding a large amount of money, that had never been touched, in a bank in her old hometown. When she headed back, she found to her shock that the boy she left behind, Jon, is now a single father, and his daughter... now 9 years old, is no doubt the child she long thought dead. // Jon constantly fights with his mother about how his daughter should be raised... since having a 9-year old as a mechanic's apprentice is un-lady-like, but that's what he expected after quitting his job in the family bank and opening an auto repair shop on the "wrong" side of town. he couldn't believe Amber just came back to town like that, after sending back their child. But the chemistry between them cannot be denied, and it's true his/their daughter needs some female influence. But when his meddling mother tried to interfere again, what will happen to this reunion?
The ending wasn't quite satisfying, though the grand gesture was nice enough. It's a nicely gender-flipped secret baby trope.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 4/5
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GRR Reviews Following His Heart by Donna Fasano
Sara Carson is a widow with a busy and good life in Ocean City, Maryland. When the ancient plumbing in her shop sprung a leak, she was surprised to find a dark-eyed stranger rushed to her rescue... // Landon Richards knew something drew him to Maryland... and Sara. She somehow felt familiar even though he did not know her at all. They explored that attraction, even though Landon has recurring dreams that cannot be explained... and the only explanation may scare her away... or bring them closer.
Good pun in the title. I can't really reveal more without spoiling the plot. Let's just say there was an operation involved. As for the rest, read the book. You'll get what I mean. It's a good twist.
Category: Contemporary
Overall Rating: 5/5
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