"Four men and a baby"

'TIL THERE WAS U is the first in a three-part series from Dianne Castell about the O'Fallons, four men who get thrown for a loop when a baby girl is dropped on their doorstop.

Ryan O'Fallon and Effie Wilson both work together at a prestigious architect firm. Although they work well together neither one likes the other very much. When Ryan gets called home to O'Fallon's Landing to help his father out, Effie goes with him to Tennessee to finish plans for a new mall they are developing.

Things change very fast in the Landing as Effie lets her hair down (literally) and she sees a whole new side to Ryan she didn't think existed. Will they be able to put their feelings aside when they return back to San Diego??

'TIL THERE WAS U is an awesome beginning to a series that I know is going to be hotter with each book. Ryan and Effie are both well matched and it is fun to see them try and convince each other that it is just lust and nothing more that brings them together.

There is also a secondary romance between Thelma, the O'Fallon's housekeeper and Conrad Hastings. Conrad is a playboy in every sense of the word and to him work is a four-letter word, but when he finds out he is broke he moves in on Thelma when he learns she is about to inherit a fortune. But will he be able to go through his plans?

I really, really loved this book and cannot wait for the next installment of the O'Fallon series. If 'TIL THERE WAS U is any indication, readers will be sleeping outside their stores for Keefe's story.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted October 15, 2005

Summary

Rory O'Fallon is surprised to discover a beautiful baby girl on his front porch. He knows the baby is his just as sure as he knows her mother must be in trouble to have left her. To find the love of his life, he's going to need help. It's time to call his sons home to O'Fallon's Landing.

Workaholic Ryan O'Fallon has made his name as an architect in a top San Diego firm in more ways than one. On the job, he's the go-to guy who can face down the toughest client without flinching. Off the job, he's got a rep for playing the field. The company lunchroom odds give his average relationship a whopping ten weeks and two days. And nobody knows better than Effie Wilson, Ryan's coworker and competitor. After all, she's won the last two pools on his lack-of-love life and has the Gucci shoes to prove it. Ryan may be Mr. Calm and Cool in the boardroom, but when Effie's around, he starts to sweat.

As if things weren't tense enough, Ryan's dad needs him at home just as Ryan's biggest project is taking off. There's no way Ryan won't help out his dad, but he's not about to let Effie stay and take all the credit. The only thing to do is to bring her with him to Tennessee so they can work together. Now, back in O'Fallon's Landing, with its slow, easy days and long, steamy nights, Effie's letting her hair down big time, going from a buttoned-up businesswoman into a full-fledged, no-holds-barred force of nature...the kind that's turning Ryan's world upside down and putting anything but business on his mind...