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Eleven-year-old Charlene is not impressed with Merry, her new guardian. Clearly the woman needs some major help in the parenting department. Their neighbor Jack could be the right man for the job—but it doesn't look as though the two grown-ups are ever going to get together without help. Jack recognizes a short-distance runner when he sees one, and Merry fits the bill. The gorgeous party girl is so unprepared to take charge of the totally fun-proof Charlene, he almost feels sorry for her. Almost. Merry is in way over her head. Who would have thought that a vow written on a cocktail napkin would make her a parent long before her time…or that a rock-solid man and a serious little girl would ever become the two most important people in her life? Merry has finally found something worth fighting for. Now all she has to do is figure out just how to fight!
384 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2007
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Jennifer Greene
276 books164 followersWinner of over 15 national awards, including the RWA Hall of Fame and the RWA Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, Jennifer Greene weaves real issues, warm characters common-life humor, and page-turning romance and suspense into her stories.
Jennifer sold her first book in 1980, and since then has sold over 85 books in the contemporary romance genre. She won her first professional writing award from RWA, a “Silver Medallion” in 1984, followed by over 20 nominations and awards —including achieving RWA’s HALL OF FAME status, and the most coveted Nora Roberts LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
Jennifer has regularly been on a variety of bestseller lists, and has written for Harlequin, Avon, Berkley and Dell. Her books have sold all over the world in over 20 languages. She also accumulated a number of pseudonyms—most recognizably JENNIFER GREENE, but also JEANNE GRANT and JESSICA MASSEY.
She was born in Michigan, started writing stories in 7th grade, and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in English and Psychology. The University honored her with their “Lantern Night Award”, a tradition developed to honor fifty outstanding women graduates each year. Exploring issues and concerns for women today is what first motivated her to write, and she has long been an enthusiastic and active supporter of women’s fiction, which she believes is an unbeatable way to reach out and support other women.
Jennifer lives in Michigan, just a short distance from Lake Michigan, with her husband Lar.
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(1)romance
aka Jeanne Grant
Jennifer sold her first book in 1980, and since then has sold over 85 books in the contemporary romance genre. She won her first professional writing award from RWA, a “Silver Medallion” in 1984, followed by over 20 nominations and awards —including achieving RWA’s HALL OF FAME status, and the most coveted Nora Roberts LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
Jennifer has regularly been on a variety of bestseller lists, and has written for Harlequin, Avon, Berkley and Dell. Her books have sold all over the world in over 20 languages. She also accumulated a number of pseudonyms—most recognizably JENNIFER GREENE, but also JEANNE GRANT and JESSICA MASSEY.
She was born in Michigan, started writing stories in 7th grade, and graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in English and Psychology. The University honored her with their “Lantern Night Award”, a tradition developed to honor fifty outstanding women graduates each year. Exploring issues and concerns for women today is what first motivated her to write, and she has long been an enthusiastic and active supporter of women’s fiction, which she believes is an unbeatable way to reach out and support other women.
Jennifer lives in Michigan, just a short distance from Lake Michigan, with her husband Lar.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
(1)romance
aka Jeanne Grant
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June 2, 2011
The Right Stuff at the Right Time
Footloose and free spirited Merry Olson didn't expect that the guardianship agreement she signed on a napkin a decade ago would ever result in her pulling up stakes in Minnesota and haring across the country to Oakburg, Virginia, but when the lawyer of her friend Charlie called and informed her of his sudden death, she had exactly one thought: to get to his daughter as soon as humanly possible and wrap her up in as much love as the eleven-year-old could stand. Not that the young, childless Merry had the first clue about raising children, but she'd been a girl of eleven once and she knew the pain of losing a parent at a young age, so she figured she could relate, and she was sure that all Charlene needed was understanding and love, sympathy for her tragic loss, and some girl bonding. And that's exactly what Merry was going to give her.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Merry to realize that she is completely out of her depth with the unnaturally reserved tomboy with the shaved head and over-sized clothes and who wants to be called Charlie, has no clue how to handle the soccer mom gig in an upper class suburbia so far outside of her ken as to resemble foreign soil, and is terrified by the legal mumbo jumbo related to the court appointed guardian ad litem who she's convinced will judge her unworthy to care for Charlene. Merry is way over her head and sinking fast. Thank goodness her neighbor Jack Mackinnon is such a hero. She doesn't know what she'd do without him.
The woman is a big fluffy female menace who gets lost trying to navigate her own driveway and is a danger to herself and everyone who knows her. It took Jack all of about five minutes to figure Merry out. Well, five minutes and the fully decorated pink Christmas tree...in the middle of January. Still, it's like his new neighbor is some mysterious vortex and he just keeps getting sucked in. Maybe it's because she's so darned pretty. Maybe it's because she's so obviously clueless but so determined to provide for his friend's daughter. Maybe it's just because Merry touches his heart in a way that he hadn't realized he'd needed his whole life. Whatever it is, he's captivated, and the longer she's in his life, the more he realizes he doesn't ever want her to get away. Telling her that, though, may be a little harder than he'd ever dreamed.
Every once in a while I come across exactly the sort of book I most need at exactly the point I most needed it. Laid up with the flu for days, coughing up a lung (or two), feeling icky and ready to do just about anything to brighten my mood and take my mind off everything, I went looking for a light romantic comedy or a light contemporary romance. I was hoping for something on the empty-calorie side of brain candy. My sweets craving got more than satisfied by Blame It On Cupid.
I have to admit, as a longtime and proud tomboy myself, I related a little more with wounded Charlene (and I'd want to be called Charlie, too, regardless) than pink bunny slipper-wearing, petticure-loving, fluffy Merry, but there was something about the woman that drew me in. Flighty women like her usually annoy me pretty quick, but she was so big-hearted, so earnest in her care for Charlene, so dedicated to do as good a job as possible...and funny. Merry was funny. By the end I sort of adored her.
And then there was Jack. Sweet, clueless, hit-by-the-Merry-truck Jack. A bit of love 'em but don't love them sort at the start, a guy still feeling the sting of an ex-wife who cared more for her job than him so he doesn't get emotionally invested, he's also the guy that stomps across the yard in the snow, cursing Merry the whole way, only to shut the door she forgot to close, or the guy going over to the dark house to find out why the electricity isn't working despite having a date, or the one who is slipping into his jacket to go lend her a hand even as he's questioning his sons about why they think he'd do exactly that.
I loved him. I loved them together. And I flat-out adored how Greene developed their relationship among some other very valid and sometimes surprisingly deep plot points and threads. Issues such as the unique pain of losing a parent at a horrendously young age, gender identity, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, the heartache of first love, raising children in a modern age when sleepovers are coed, the often ravaging but sometimes subtle damage that divorce and parents' choices can have on impressionable children and teens, and several more very significant and relevant issues were all touched on to varying degrees. They added a surprising amount of depth and quite a bit of meat to a story that could have stuck with a more superficial but humorous romance and still been entertaining.
There was just so much I enjoyed about this book. Yeah, I had the flu, and I sure wasn't feeling at all good when I read it, but it kept me entertained through it all, and kept my mind off feeling cruddy. Call it chick lit, call it fluff, call it brain candy... I'll just call it a whole lotta fun when I needed fun the most.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
Footloose and free spirited Merry Olson didn't expect that the guardianship agreement she signed on a napkin a decade ago would ever result in her pulling up stakes in Minnesota and haring across the country to Oakburg, Virginia, but when the lawyer of her friend Charlie called and informed her of his sudden death, she had exactly one thought: to get to his daughter as soon as humanly possible and wrap her up in as much love as the eleven-year-old could stand. Not that the young, childless Merry had the first clue about raising children, but she'd been a girl of eleven once and she knew the pain of losing a parent at a young age, so she figured she could relate, and she was sure that all Charlene needed was understanding and love, sympathy for her tragic loss, and some girl bonding. And that's exactly what Merry was going to give her.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long for Merry to realize that she is completely out of her depth with the unnaturally reserved tomboy with the shaved head and over-sized clothes and who wants to be called Charlie, has no clue how to handle the soccer mom gig in an upper class suburbia so far outside of her ken as to resemble foreign soil, and is terrified by the legal mumbo jumbo related to the court appointed guardian ad litem who she's convinced will judge her unworthy to care for Charlene. Merry is way over her head and sinking fast. Thank goodness her neighbor Jack Mackinnon is such a hero. She doesn't know what she'd do without him.
The woman is a big fluffy female menace who gets lost trying to navigate her own driveway and is a danger to herself and everyone who knows her. It took Jack all of about five minutes to figure Merry out. Well, five minutes and the fully decorated pink Christmas tree...in the middle of January. Still, it's like his new neighbor is some mysterious vortex and he just keeps getting sucked in. Maybe it's because she's so darned pretty. Maybe it's because she's so obviously clueless but so determined to provide for his friend's daughter. Maybe it's just because Merry touches his heart in a way that he hadn't realized he'd needed his whole life. Whatever it is, he's captivated, and the longer she's in his life, the more he realizes he doesn't ever want her to get away. Telling her that, though, may be a little harder than he'd ever dreamed.
Every once in a while I come across exactly the sort of book I most need at exactly the point I most needed it. Laid up with the flu for days, coughing up a lung (or two), feeling icky and ready to do just about anything to brighten my mood and take my mind off everything, I went looking for a light romantic comedy or a light contemporary romance. I was hoping for something on the empty-calorie side of brain candy. My sweets craving got more than satisfied by Blame It On Cupid.
I have to admit, as a longtime and proud tomboy myself, I related a little more with wounded Charlene (and I'd want to be called Charlie, too, regardless) than pink bunny slipper-wearing, petticure-loving, fluffy Merry, but there was something about the woman that drew me in. Flighty women like her usually annoy me pretty quick, but she was so big-hearted, so earnest in her care for Charlene, so dedicated to do as good a job as possible...and funny. Merry was funny. By the end I sort of adored her.
And then there was Jack. Sweet, clueless, hit-by-the-Merry-truck Jack. A bit of love 'em but don't love them sort at the start, a guy still feeling the sting of an ex-wife who cared more for her job than him so he doesn't get emotionally invested, he's also the guy that stomps across the yard in the snow, cursing Merry the whole way, only to shut the door she forgot to close, or the guy going over to the dark house to find out why the electricity isn't working despite having a date, or the one who is slipping into his jacket to go lend her a hand even as he's questioning his sons about why they think he'd do exactly that.
I loved him. I loved them together. And I flat-out adored how Greene developed their relationship among some other very valid and sometimes surprisingly deep plot points and threads. Issues such as the unique pain of losing a parent at a horrendously young age, gender identity, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, the heartache of first love, raising children in a modern age when sleepovers are coed, the often ravaging but sometimes subtle damage that divorce and parents' choices can have on impressionable children and teens, and several more very significant and relevant issues were all touched on to varying degrees. They added a surprising amount of depth and quite a bit of meat to a story that could have stuck with a more superficial but humorous romance and still been entertaining.
There was just so much I enjoyed about this book. Yeah, I had the flu, and I sure wasn't feeling at all good when I read it, but it kept me entertained through it all, and kept my mind off feeling cruddy. Call it chick lit, call it fluff, call it brain candy... I'll just call it a whole lotta fun when I needed fun the most.
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Reviewed for One Good Book Deserves Another.
November 24, 2022
J’ai beaucoup aimé l’histoire de ce livre 🥰 Mais elle reste une lecture mitigée
Au début je me suis vite attaché aux personnages et l’histoire m’a intrigué 🤔
Mais à la moitié du livre je me suis ennuyé les petits problèmes que l’auteure laissait en suspens n’avait pas éclaté…
Et comme ça jusqu’à la fin 🙈
Personnellement, je trouve que c’était trop facile … J’aurais aimé plus de péripéties plus de petits drame.
Le livre est beaucoup trop long
Le fait que l’histoire soit écrit à la 3e personne du singulier (il/elle) ne m’a pas gêné. Les descriptions m’ont permis de rentrer dans le livre.
Au début je me suis vite attaché aux personnages et l’histoire m’a intrigué 🤔
Mais à la moitié du livre je me suis ennuyé les petits problèmes que l’auteure laissait en suspens n’avait pas éclaté…
Et comme ça jusqu’à la fin 🙈
Personnellement, je trouve que c’était trop facile … J’aurais aimé plus de péripéties plus de petits drame.
Le livre est beaucoup trop long
Le fait que l’histoire soit écrit à la 3e personne du singulier (il/elle) ne m’a pas gêné. Les descriptions m’ont permis de rentrer dans le livre.
March 31, 2007
I actually have not had the chance to finish this book yet...I was reading during the Ice Storm...and then I got a Karen Kingsbur book...so Cupid is waiting on me....lol
March 25, 2010
Merry was too ditzy for me to like. And if you don't like the main character, it makes it hard to like the book, ya know?
March 18, 2012
This was recommended to me and I thought it was shallow trash. Bad writing, bad storyline, bad period.
July 28, 2016
Ok. Didn't finish. Got boring and was a bit pointless.
January 24, 2022
Okay, so normally I love Jennifer Greenes work, but this one, this one definitely wasn't it - I'm gonna say it - this book was written for a man in mind, nothing else- it was extremely sexist all the way around, absolutely horrible - they treated every single female in this book, including the main character like trash -
The main girl was written to come off as "ditzy" when really she was supposed to be seen in everyone's eyes, including her own, which isbhighly insulting as stupid. Then you have charline, the kid, who believes dressing up in boys clothes to embody her dead dad as more important, including her moral compass, as more important than actually being herself. Then you have the main dude, Jack whose supposed to be the dang "hero" of the story, which is a very big 🙄 and demeaning of the female lead - Then you have Cooper, Jack's son who gets in trouble with his girlfriend & all the main guys are beating up the girl and victimising the guy- Then you have Charlene mother who supposed to be some time of banshee - Then you have the social worker whose female and goes to the extreme & suggests being female has certain traits, with all of those traits being highly offensive and derogatory - Then you have Charlene dead dad who is also seen as a Saint, who let's his 11 yr old near guns and thinks that's alright-
This whole read was atrocious toward women - it almost felt like a male wrote this over a woman - this was seriously not it, and definitely not a rom com - truly disappointed
The main girl was written to come off as "ditzy" when really she was supposed to be seen in everyone's eyes, including her own, which isbhighly insulting as stupid. Then you have charline, the kid, who believes dressing up in boys clothes to embody her dead dad as more important, including her moral compass, as more important than actually being herself. Then you have the main dude, Jack whose supposed to be the dang "hero" of the story, which is a very big 🙄 and demeaning of the female lead - Then you have Cooper, Jack's son who gets in trouble with his girlfriend & all the main guys are beating up the girl and victimising the guy- Then you have Charlene mother who supposed to be some time of banshee - Then you have the social worker whose female and goes to the extreme & suggests being female has certain traits, with all of those traits being highly offensive and derogatory - Then you have Charlene dead dad who is also seen as a Saint, who let's his 11 yr old near guns and thinks that's alright-
This whole read was atrocious toward women - it almost felt like a male wrote this over a woman - this was seriously not it, and definitely not a rom com - truly disappointed
March 3, 2024
DNF this. So much sexism and homophobia and at times all over the place and repetitive. Most of the characters were beyond cynical except for Merry who was TOO positive, to the point of delusion. I also couldn't buy into the fact that despite not staying in touch with Charlene's dad, Merry was called in to take care of his kid. I wanted to jump through the pages and rescue both her and Charlene and kick Jack in the shins.
February 24, 2025
The meet cute.
This romcom is so good because it does not beat readers over the head about why Merry is so twittery. Her mother abandoned her when she was 11. It gave her the insight about Charlie.
It showed how power goes to petty tyrants like the GAL.
I felt Greene did a good job of showing a dad who loved his sons enough to keep their childhood home.
I really enjoyed this book. And have read it several times over the years.
This romcom is so good because it does not beat readers over the head about why Merry is so twittery. Her mother abandoned her when she was 11. It gave her the insight about Charlie.
It showed how power goes to petty tyrants like the GAL.
I felt Greene did a good job of showing a dad who loved his sons enough to keep their childhood home.
I really enjoyed this book. And have read it several times over the years.
July 20, 2017
4.5 stars I started this book initially thinking it was going to a fluff read based on the Merry character. However as I continued to read I saw it was gonna get deep. It's about a young girls loss of the only parent she knows, a guardian who hasn't a clue, the breakup of families/marriages, teenage boys and a lot more. I glad I continued to read.
July 5, 2018
Cute! Easy read.
June 27, 2020
I liked the characters, they were believable. Storyline moved along at a good pace.
May 28, 2021
Insipid but cute.
April 28, 2011
Uhh... This one was a cute-read... Very light and addicting too.... People who like nice breezy romance with little spice and wit ... you might enjoy it...
Merry Oslen - Oh my, my... she is ditzy and all but very very adorable person.. you are hopelessly falling for her... She has very generous heart and she is very open with opinions tooo... She gives her 500% to every person she meets... And you will read about why is the way she is.... Would love to have mother like her and would hope I too would be mother like her... :D
Jack - Merry's next-door-neighbor, he is a divorcee with twin boys... He is coping with his life and it is full of chaos when Merry comes into his life... *laughs* you will love that chaos and trouble... :)
Kevin and Cooper - Aww.. they were just so adorable ... especially Cooper, he loved deeply and wanted a loving family... He could see the loneliness of his father...
Charlene - Okay, I did not like her much... She was too difficult on Merry... but in the end... she was finally opening up.... I could see hope at last... :)
These were the main characters of the story... it is very nice story how free-spirited Merry takes up the responsibility of Charlene and how she struggles to fight her own demons... It is mainly story of Merry... How she hopelessly loves Charlene as her own daughter and all the trouble she goes through for her. How it was difficult for her to singlehandedly take care of Charlene but she always had Jack for help.
It is sweet read about unconditional love, family and mother... it was very nice story all-in-all... You won't completely hate this book. It is sweet story and easy read. I loved the writing. It instantly had me totally addicted to the story.
Enjoy reading, people!!
Merry Oslen - Oh my, my... she is ditzy and all but very very adorable person.. you are hopelessly falling for her... She has very generous heart and she is very open with opinions tooo... She gives her 500% to every person she meets... And you will read about why is the way she is.... Would love to have mother like her and would hope I too would be mother like her... :D
Jack - Merry's next-door-neighbor, he is a divorcee with twin boys... He is coping with his life and it is full of chaos when Merry comes into his life... *laughs* you will love that chaos and trouble... :)
Kevin and Cooper - Aww.. they were just so adorable ... especially Cooper, he loved deeply and wanted a loving family... He could see the loneliness of his father...
Charlene - Okay, I did not like her much... She was too difficult on Merry... but in the end... she was finally opening up.... I could see hope at last... :)
These were the main characters of the story... it is very nice story how free-spirited Merry takes up the responsibility of Charlene and how she struggles to fight her own demons... It is mainly story of Merry... How she hopelessly loves Charlene as her own daughter and all the trouble she goes through for her. How it was difficult for her to singlehandedly take care of Charlene but she always had Jack for help.
It is sweet read about unconditional love, family and mother... it was very nice story all-in-all... You won't completely hate this book. It is sweet story and easy read. I loved the writing. It instantly had me totally addicted to the story.
Enjoy reading, people!!
February 16, 2011
WARNINGS: I was walking around Wal-Mart with my iPod in front of me, reading this book and trying not to run into people or have people run into me. Yeah, that's how much I was addicted to reading this book. Also, there are a few sex scenes, but nothing that's R rated.
I liked Merry. She was "ditzy", sure. But she had her reasons. She never stayed in one place or job for long because she didn't want to get too attached. To a third party, she looked like a quitter who can't commit to anything. But if there is one thing that Merry has no problem committing to, it's Charlene. She can't stand the thought of leaving Charlene just when she needs someone the most.
Jack is swoon-worthy to me but then again it's like WHAT? He is helpful and he definitely likes Merry but he's so adamant to convince himself that he doesn't like her. I know why he does this, but at times, I just wanted to slap him. But for some reason, I found that I still liked that part of him.
Overall, this book rocks. I liked Greene's writing. It was sweet in ways like "for Pete's sakes!" and sayings like that. Her writing just allowed me to flow from word to word and page to page.
Addict's Last Words: Blame It On Cupid (I really don't see how Cupid plays a part, but he is mentioned so...) is a fast read that I'm sure you'll like/love.
To Buy or To Borrow: I don't think you will be disappointed if you buy this one. I wasn't. AND I'm sure it will be a good re-read book!
I liked Merry. She was "ditzy", sure. But she had her reasons. She never stayed in one place or job for long because she didn't want to get too attached. To a third party, she looked like a quitter who can't commit to anything. But if there is one thing that Merry has no problem committing to, it's Charlene. She can't stand the thought of leaving Charlene just when she needs someone the most.
Jack is swoon-worthy to me but then again it's like WHAT? He is helpful and he definitely likes Merry but he's so adamant to convince himself that he doesn't like her. I know why he does this, but at times, I just wanted to slap him. But for some reason, I found that I still liked that part of him.
Overall, this book rocks. I liked Greene's writing. It was sweet in ways like "for Pete's sakes!" and sayings like that. Her writing just allowed me to flow from word to word and page to page.
Addict's Last Words: Blame It On Cupid (I really don't see how Cupid plays a part, but he is mentioned so...) is a fast read that I'm sure you'll like/love.
To Buy or To Borrow: I don't think you will be disappointed if you buy this one. I wasn't. AND I'm sure it will be a good re-read book!
August 16, 2011
actually, this was my second times read this book. the first time i read this around november 2010. but, last night, i had this urge feeling to read it again. and i didn't disappointed.
I love Merry. a lot. she's sweet, kind, loving, and the way she interacted with Jack was really great. and Jack, he's such a hero. Kevin and Cooper, I love love love them. Kevin was the easygoin one and loved to play with girls, and Cooper was the smart and nerd one, when he loved someone, he really really loved her. too bad, that girlfriend of him broke his heart . I love him :)
and Charlene, what an adorable little girl. I like how she tried hard to be brave like her father. she's so strong. I like how Merry treated her like her own child.
it was a really good book. it was fun, and enjoyable.
I'm sure i'll read this again in the future :)
I love Merry. a lot. she's sweet, kind, loving, and the way she interacted with Jack was really great. and Jack, he's such a hero. Kevin and Cooper, I love love love them. Kevin was the easygoin one and loved to play with girls, and Cooper was the smart and nerd one, when he loved someone, he really really loved her. too bad, that girlfriend of him broke his heart . I love him :)
and Charlene, what an adorable little girl. I like how she tried hard to be brave like her father. she's so strong. I like how Merry treated her like her own child.
it was a really good book. it was fun, and enjoyable.
I'm sure i'll read this again in the future :)
February 17, 2018
4,5/5
Mon avis complet ici : https://sook-book.blogspot.fr/2018/02...
J'ai passé un excellent moment de lecture/détente avec ce petit roman doudou. Les personnages sont très différents, mais semblent avoir tous connu un jour l'abandon d'une personne aimée que ce soit par le deuil ou le départ volontaire sans retour en arrière. A travers toute cette légèreté, l'auteure insuffle à son roman de beaux messages d’espoir, de tolérance et de pardon qui m'ont beaucoup émue et ont su résonner en moi comme il le fallait, je pense. J'ai eu le cœur serré en refermant le livre, comme à chaque fois qu'un univers m'émeut avec force et je suis vraiment ravie de ne pas avoir fait traîner ce roman plus longtemps dans ma pile à lire. Cette petite nouveauté dans les derniers romans parus avant les fêtes est un vrai régal ! Je vous le recommande chaudement.
Mon avis complet ici : https://sook-book.blogspot.fr/2018/02...
J'ai passé un excellent moment de lecture/détente avec ce petit roman doudou. Les personnages sont très différents, mais semblent avoir tous connu un jour l'abandon d'une personne aimée que ce soit par le deuil ou le départ volontaire sans retour en arrière. A travers toute cette légèreté, l'auteure insuffle à son roman de beaux messages d’espoir, de tolérance et de pardon qui m'ont beaucoup émue et ont su résonner en moi comme il le fallait, je pense. J'ai eu le cœur serré en refermant le livre, comme à chaque fois qu'un univers m'émeut avec force et je suis vraiment ravie de ne pas avoir fait traîner ce roman plus longtemps dans ma pile à lire. Cette petite nouveauté dans les derniers romans parus avant les fêtes est un vrai régal ! Je vous le recommande chaudement.
May 3, 2023
Très mitigée sur cette lecture.
L’histoire était intéressante en particulier pour le développement de la relation entre Charlène et Merry, dont on découvre les obstacles et l’évolution. C’est ce qui m’a poussé à finir ma lecture, malgré une fin un peu trop rapide à mon goût.
J’ai bien aimé tous les personnages, surtout les deux fils ainsi que Charlène que j’ai trouvé touchants. Ceci étant dit, j’ai eu beaucoup de mal avec la romance. En elle-même, elle n’était pas si mal partie mais elle fut beaucoup faussée par le point de vue de Jack, qui m’en a un peu dégoûté. L’image de Merry à travers ses yeux n’était pas bonne à mes yeux, se disant fou d’elle, mais surtout de son corps, ce que j’ai trouvé malvenu et decridibilisant les sentiments qui étaient en jeux.
L’histoire était intéressante en particulier pour le développement de la relation entre Charlène et Merry, dont on découvre les obstacles et l’évolution. C’est ce qui m’a poussé à finir ma lecture, malgré une fin un peu trop rapide à mon goût.
J’ai bien aimé tous les personnages, surtout les deux fils ainsi que Charlène que j’ai trouvé touchants. Ceci étant dit, j’ai eu beaucoup de mal avec la romance. En elle-même, elle n’était pas si mal partie mais elle fut beaucoup faussée par le point de vue de Jack, qui m’en a un peu dégoûté. L’image de Merry à travers ses yeux n’était pas bonne à mes yeux, se disant fou d’elle, mais surtout de son corps, ce que j’ai trouvé malvenu et decridibilisant les sentiments qui étaient en jeux.
September 4, 2007
Merry feels she is up to the latest challenge life has thrown her way. An old friend has passed away and named her the guardian of his pre-teen daughter. Merry, being single and prone to hop from job to job, is OK with uprooting her life to take charge of an abandoned child. But this girl, Charlene, is nothing like she expected and she soon finds herself in need of a lot of help. Fortunately there is a kind, handsome, and willing man just next door who is more than able to be a shoulder she can lean on. But is he willing to? [return]Fans of light romance will appreciate this one, though it is pretty predictable.
March 14, 2011
She couldn’t imagine falling for a guy who wanted 2.3 kids and the minivan deal. The only kind of guy who’d likely tempt her would have to be as free-footed as she was. If that never happened, no loss. Life offered no end of adventures and interesting possibilities just as it was.
- Merry
There was no way to cross those bridges until they came to them. Together.
- Merry
- Merry
There was no way to cross those bridges until they came to them. Together.
- Merry
October 13, 2011
Cute story. It seemed like there were some editing problems and times when what I read wasn't what was actually written, as well as some times when the scenes weren't completely fleshed out, but overall pretty good. I will definitely be reading other works by this author.
September 20, 2013
Oh Merry is so ditzy. But she has a big hearth and Jack, although is supposed to be the hero, needs rescuing. Without mentioning fierce little Charlene and the twins next door, everyone will benefit from Merry's love and kindness. A cute, addictive and well turned storyline.
February 15, 2008
Yes, embarressing to admit, but super cute and, once again, a great Metrolink read to take your mind of the biting cold while waiting for the train.
January 27, 2009
I am not usually a modern day romance fan, but this was cute.
December 3, 2010
When a free-spirit is named guardian of a mixed-up 11-year-old, she falls in love with the neighbor who is really, well, not a spy, more like and ex-spy cryptographer. A cute book.
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July 27, 2011The love story was great, thought I didn't really like the ending. The story was merely elaborated on the last part.
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July 31, 2011Love it!
April 1, 2012
3.5/5 (C+)
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