Be My Valentino
Sandra D. Bricker
Abingdon Press, Aug 18 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9781426711619
When Jessie Stanton’s husband Jack disappeared along with all
their assets, she hired the only private investigator in Malibu that she could
afford Danny Callahan to learn what the
hell happened to her perfect fairy tale happily ever after life. Accepting she didn’t know Jack, Jessie learns
her spouse was not legally her husband and he was a con artist fleecing people
(see On a Ring and a Prayer).
Though feeling beaten, she starts Adornments
encouraged by Danny; who feels he owes Jessie as he recognizes her as his muse
who reinvigorated him by example to get off the sands and back to work. When Jack returns, he brings a second tsunami
with him; since the FBI investigates his financial transactions extending by
“marital” default into hers. Though she
likes Danny a lot and believes he reciprocates her deep feelings, Jessie has
given up on loving relationships with males even expanding her doubts to
include the Lord. While her Louisiana grandfather
prays for her; Jessie settles for being just friends (without benefits) with her
Danny; even dressing him in formal ware for his undercover assignment.
The second Jessie Stanton tale is a fascinating Christian drama as
the heroine, in spite of two devout religious males in her life, feels like a
female Job with her not-husband being her serpent. Grandpa’s back story and Danny’s clandestine
gig add depth to an appealing storyline.
Though Be My Valentino comes across somewhat
as a middle transitional book, readers will cherish the unsinkable Jessie.
Harriet Klausner
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