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"Amusing, yet bittersweet quality make this a highly emotional novel."
Reviewed by Vicky Gilpin
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted April 9, 2003

Maddy Bainbridge has no desire to move back in with her mother, but as a single mother running low on money, she has little choice. Reluctantly, she returns to New Jersey to help her mother run a bed-and-breakfast. Maddy's daughter has been waning ever since her father got remarried Read more...

"An angst filled family drama"
Reviewed by Janice Bennett
Posted May 20, 2003

Against her own wishes and better judgement, Maddy Bainbridge lets her mother, Rose, talk her into coming back home to New Jersey with her four year old daughter Hannah. Hannah's father has left them for another woman, and Hannah has become a withdrawn, grieving child. Rose thinks it will do Read more...

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Beware human contact when you're feeling lonely and vulnerable and you've already shared more secrets than you knew you had. Beware the warmth of skin against skin when it's been so long you can't even remember being touched by a man. But most of all, beware the man who knows how to keep a secret. The second Maddy Bainbridge meets Aidan O'Malley she discovers there is nothing more dangerous than a big gorgeous man who is straight, single, loves his kid, and doesn't kiss and tell. A woman just might do anything with a man like that . . .

Summary

While Maddy Bainbridge didn't want to go back home to the Jersey shore, her mother's invitation came at a time when Maddy had few choices. But her effort to give her own little girl her heart's desire may just give Maddy a chance of finding her own...