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than the fact that this hero had ongoing relationship / commitment issues, this book has absolutely nothing to do with Mallery's "Hometown Heartbreakers" series.
It isn't part of the series, but it shows as such almost everywhere,

My issue with the book meaning onlyis the little girl, ayear old going on, There was little childish about her,

The setting was lovely, northern California, a big, beautiful old mansion on the coast, Points for that. And points for the heroine who was upfront honest and unpossessive about the little girl, regardless of how much she loved her niece.


Also the category romance cover is deceiving, It shows a couple he's holding a child who looks to beyears old and there is a young girl,'ish or so.
Throughout the entire book there is only the youngyear old, Picky. Yeah, I know I am, Not sure why I picked this one up to read, I enjoyed Susan Mallery's Sheikh's but not so keen on her current small town romances,

This particular scenario is one I usually avoid due to ick factor, Hero sleeps with heroine's sister and she gets pregnant and later dies, Heroine is bringing up baby and finding out Parker is the father, Erin takes four year old Christie to meet him, This is a surprisingly common trope so presumably I'm in the minority about disliking the scenario,

The story itself is well written enough with Parker full of angst over the death of his wife not long before his drunken one night stand with the sister, Stacey.
Of course he has lots of guilt attached to how callously he treated her so altogether he thinks he's not a safe bet for any woman.


Erin is the cautious sister and unwilling to go out on a limb to seize the day,

There is a rather eccentric housekeeper who stirs the pot and provides some light relief,

The weirdest thing was the cover picture which shows a scene from the epilogue, Now I like my happy ever after guaranteed but don't expect it to be so clearly illustrated,

This is a cute and enjoyable story, The little girl, Christie, was just so well written, and made me want to give her a big old squeeze in a teddy bear.


The romance was pretty well scripted, to the point that it was very predictable,

I recommend for those who like love stories, I enjoyed this book, it was sweet with a bit of humor to keep things flowing without being sticky sweet, However, this is most definitely a woman's fantasy book, Parker is "female" version of the perfect man, Always sweet, always understanding, smelling wonderful, and feeling guilty for things out of his control isn't that a female trait, I bet this man never farts or burps, or gets grumpy, : Cute story because of the female characters in this book, Christie and Kiki were my favorite, but Parker well he needs to, . . Grow a pair as the saying goes, : But if you are looking for quick read, this a good book, While this certainly wasn't my favorite book by Susan Mallery, I still thought it was an easy read, It didn't seem to grab me the way some of her others books have, but it was still good,

However, I've only read one other book of the Hometown Heartbreakers, so maybe I missed something, but I'm not entirely sure how this book fit into the series.
I would give this.starsit was really good but not quite amazing, I enjoyed the characters and the story was unique, I'm not rating it higher because I didn't fully understand Parker's misplaced sense of guilt/responsibility for Stacey and especially Robin's deaths, It seemed a little forced, which is unusual for Mallery's characters, I'm not sure how this connects to the other Hometown Heartbreakers books it seemed more like a standalone novel to me, but I enjoyed Christie and watching how Erin and Parker interacted with her as much as I did seeing them interact with one another.
Christie was definitely the center of this story and she was a delightful, precocious child, Great book! I enjoyed the engaging characters and the great plot, There is a lot of emotion that drove the plot, The narrater was good as well, Happy reading/listening! Need to read more Eeh, . . Daisy Wheeler has a charming

voice has a narrator, but that is about all I can say for this book, Perhaps though, I am not interested in strictly romance novels, So if you are give it a go

I am fine with romance, but only if it is included in a book about people and their lives, I am just not interested in a book about one couple and theof them getting together andorother people, So obviously if that is your thing, . . have at it

Though, I must say, the writing is not stellar either, but that is just my opinion, . . Very slow. It was difficult to pick up and continue reading, Repetitive and not much happening in the plot, Plus I spent most of the book trying to puzzle out what the cover had to do with the story, The answer is nothing to do with the story and everything to do with the epilogue, five years later, a few pages at the end of the book.
What were they thinking There are only four characters and all of them seemed a bit off somehow, not quite real, This is the first time I've read a book by this author, It was not a favorite book for me, I found it very predictable, repetitive, and I just wanted to tell them to move on and get over the guilt and angst! I was hoping it would be a fun summer easy read, but, found it a bit boring, especially with all the repetition.
Minu arvamuse leiab blogist sitelink wordpress. com/ While the Goodreads title and other places claim this a part of the Hometown Heartbreakers series, there is absolutely no tie to that series with the possible exception that it also takes place somewhere in Northern California, although not Glenwood.


I usually don't do synopsis, but apparently the publisher didn't write one,
One day Erin Ridgeway shows up at Parker's door and says this is youryear old daughter by my twin sister Stacey who died from birth complications.
Christie looks so much like Parker that he doesn't question it, Erin has become Christie's mommy but knows she needs her dad and so they begin to work out a plan for joint custody.
For starters, they will spend a couple weeks in his huge house with him, Kiki, his housekeeper will be an unofficial chaperone for the adults, for all the good that does, The two weeks turns into a whole summer,

Christie is precocious and endearing, Erin is a generous and brave single mom, She doesn't ask for money, She just wants Christie to have a dad, Parker falls in love quickly with his daughter, Parker is not a bad guy and probably his worst fault is blaming himself for way too many things,

Erin's backstory is not too sad other than the loss of her sister and Erin's life as a single mom,

Parker's backstory is slowly revealed, It involves the death of his wife, whom he loved, and a one night stand with Stacey, but even when fully revealed they don't add much.


That's pretty much it, There is some humor and the two leads dance around their feelings for each other, There is one brief bit of excitement, but even that is not earthshaking, The charm of the book is in the relationships and dialog, It's not bad, but it lacks any depth, It's also a quick read,

Mature themes: there is no violence, but there are a couple of explicit love scenes, This book was just okay for me, I found myself getting sick of the hero's constant selfloathing, I believe in taking responsibility for your actions but he took complete blame and responsibility for everything and everyone, I wanted to shake him and say 'Dude you are not the master of the universe so stop with the guilt fest', There were some funny parts Purple condoms anyone, I was glad when I finished and was satisfied with the ending in general, .