"The Write Stuff"

Writer Albert Percival Hennessy is working on a novel and caretaking on an island in New England, when it is invaded by Heaven McClure. Heaven is running away from a persistent ex-husband and is at first frightened by Hennessy's close resemblance to her ex-hubby.

Heaven (Venny) has lost her construction business due to the collapse of a school wall her ex-husband supervised. Her ex has just been released from prison after new evidence shows he was not responsible for the collapse and hopes to get Venny back--but she wants no part of her unfaithful ex-spouse.

Venny and Hennessy instantly connect and this is very much a love at first sight story with lots of humor. Poor Hennessy is mightily concerned about his hairless chest and even though he is a NY Times bestselling writer, insecure that Venny will not like the books of A.E. Henson (his pseudonym). Hennessy is a very endearing hero and even though the attraction is instant, one feels his real connection to Venny.

HENNESSY'S HEAVEN was a Loveswept book that Judy Gill has revised and republished. It is a quick, fast and funny read and the end is extremely satisfying.

Reviewed by Linda Hurst
Posted January 11, 2002

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Summary

When Hennessey sees a woman striding boldly across the island on which he's caretaker, he doesn't know whether to march her off his turf, or capture her and keep her for his own. She defends her right to be there as the niece of the owners, threatens him with a cast iron frying pan, astounds him by repairing her own car which he thinks he's cleverly immobilized, and tantalizes him at every turn. She's pure delight. She's...heaven.

Heaven McLure, who insists on being called Venny, wants nothing more but peace and quiet and a place to hide for a few weeks or months. She certainly doesn't expect to find a man with a chest and shoulders to die for and soon all Venny wants to do is sit and watch Hennessey breathe. It's the most fascinating thing she's ever seen, the rise and fall of all those muscles. For a writer, he's in darn good shape.

There is just one hitch...Hennessey could be the twin of the man who betrayed her, and from whom she is now hiding, her ex-husband, recently released from jail...