Single Father

This is the story of a widower with two children and a single woman whose sister married the man she was engaged to. Needless to say you have two very mixed up and angry people who are trying to survive disaster.
Hannah Napier is a motorcycle riding mechanic who also is restoring motorcycles and plans to take off on a trip around Australia spending the time sightseeing and camping. She does not want to get involved with Joe and his kids.
Joe has just recently moved into the house next door. He lost his wife and is trying to raise two kids on his own and not doing a very good job of it. Neither Joe nor Hannah want to become involved with the other. At first in fact they really, really don't like each other.

Blurb ~~ "Joe Lawson has a thing for his new neighbor Hannah Napier. As a single dad, he shouldn't be thinking what he is about her. Still, that doesn't stop them from getting close. And the way she connects with his kids, it's as if they're a family.

Turns out it's too good to be true. Seems Hannah has plans that don't include staying in Melbourne. Joe won't stand between her and her dreams, even though letting her go is nearly impossible. The holidays are looking grim, with him and his kids missing Hannah like crazy. But it is the season of surprises, and Hannah may have one for them!"

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Everybody wants a place they can call home...

When a broken arm forces Dr. Eric Mitchell to hire temporary help, the veterinarian who arives on his doorstep takes him by surprise.

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They have so much baggage between them they could open a store!

She's nearly broke and raising two kids on her own, thanks to her deadbeat ex. He's dealing with a pair of mischief-making twins still grieving the loss of their mother. To top it all off, as the CEO of her bank, he has the power to make of break her future.

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He was the man she thought she'd left behind...

Dr. Sarah Benedict had tried - but failed - to forget Matt. Even after marrying another man and moving to Central America, she couldn't shake the memories of her childhood chum. She's grown to realize she loved Dr. Matthew Cameron deeply...Yet to him, she was only the best buddy a guy could ever have.

A SOLDIER COMES HOME by Cindi Myers, Harl Superromance, June 08.

No one is waiting for him when Captain Ray Hughes returns from his tour of duty. With his soon-to-be ex-wife gone, it's just him and his little boy now creating their own version of a family. Although he faces a lot of uncertainty, Ray is determined to raise his son the best way he knows how.

4 Hearts~~ Ray Malloy didn’t know the treasure he received when he hired the clumsy New York governess Lily Wickham.

The Treasure by Beth Williamson, Samhain Publishing, 2006 (book 4- The Malloy Family series)

Excellence Rating- Very Good
Steaminess Rating- Heat Wave

Series: single title
Publisher: Silhouette Desire #1086
Print Date: August 1997
Copyright Date(s): c1997
ISBN: 0373760868
Pages: 186

NOTE(s):

~ Pamela Ingraham is a pseudonym for Paula Hudson neé D'Etcheverry. She has also written under the name Paula McKinley.

5 stars ~ This story by Janice Kay Johnson reads like a novel, or even a story taken from the headlines... or at least the story behind the headlines. The emotional clarity is, like so many of Ms. Johnson's stories, frankly amazing and the story just kept growing as did the characters.