Feels Like Family
Sherryl Woods
Mira, Aug 25 2015, $14.95
ISBN 9780778318408
In Serenity, South Carolina, she muses that perhaps it is seeing
the happiness of her two best friends (see Maddie
in Stealing Home and Dana Sue in A
Slice Of Heaven) but divorce attorney Helen Decatur suddenly feels alone. Her work always was enough, but now at forty
two years old that reaction formation defense mechanism no longer works
especially since her biological clock has abruptly set off alarms. She decides to have a child, but has no one
in her life to sire the infant.
If she was to choose, Helen would select pastry chef Erik Whitney
as the father of her offspring. The
attraction between them is palpable as her buddies can sense it as well but he
seems to ignore his feelings. She begins
a scheme to seduce the chef, but when she falls in love she realizes she wants
to raise a family with him; Erik has personal reasons from his past to reject
the love she offers that he so dearly craves.
This reprint of the 2007 third Sweet Magnolias tale is an
enjoyable contemporary as series fans will delight in the often amusing witty
repartee between Helen and Erik; who both have serious issues that surface
while their relationship simmers before boiling. The story line is entertaining due to the
antics of the lead couple encouraged by Helen’s BFFs and their beloved
mates.
Harriet Klausner
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