"terrific fairy tale romance"
Twelve years ago, Tess Anderson took the bus to Los
Angeles and found employment as a receptionist at Harrison
& Associates. Through hard work and skills, she has
become a highly regarded talent manager. Tess loves her
job and her lifestyle. Tess' sister Chloe calls with her latest emergency, which
is usually not much more than a hangnail. However, this
time Chloe is over eight months pregnant, cannot travel,
and the father, Snake the motorcycle mechanic, is gone.
Chloe pleads with Tess to help her. Though upset that her
sibling never mentioned her pregnancy, Tess drops
everything to catch the first available flight to Cedar
Dell, Texas. Nostalgic buff and philanthropic dream maker, Nick
Sutherland is in Cedar Dell on a renovation project. When
Tess yells at him for evicting her sister from that dump
of a trailer, he envisions Ginger Rogers. However, he
snaps out of his reverie saying Chloe and the babies need
a better place to live. Tess agrees, but Chloe prefers to
wait there for Snake to return. As Tess and Nick begin
dancing to a loving tune, Chloe has twins, but
irresponsibly leaves them with Tess while she searches for
Snake. When Astaire and Rogers (make that Nick and Tess) are the
center of the ball the story line is a terrific fairy tale
romance. However, the twists that the vain Chloe causes
are inane and though add tension to the relationship
between the lead couple, these antics serve as an
unnecessary diversion. "Fred and Ginger" have enough on
their plate to make a fabulous romance without Chloe's
worthless spins. Still the lead duet makes this a dance
worth attending. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 3, 2004
SummaryDear Friends,
So why did I leave the glamour of L.A. for a double-wide
trailer in Cedar Dell, Texas? Blame it on a biker named
Snake. If he hadn't ditched my very pregnant, very helpless
sister, then I wouldn't be in this sleepy town playing
mommy to twins.
And I didn't even get to have the sex! Yet.
See, there's this hot, handsome Texan in town who wants me--
and the babies. I can really use a hero like Nicholas
Sutherland because tatooed trouble has ridden into town and
my family is in a fix. Is this right out of a movie or
what? It's my bad luck that once the credits roll, Nick's
still home on the range while I belong on the beach. Can we
possibly find our happy ending?
Sincerely confused,
Tess
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