If Not For A Bee
Carol Ross
Harlequin Heartwarming, Oct
1 2015, $6.50
ISBN: 9780373367436
In the bakery in Rankins, Alaska, thirteen year old Gareth Everett
holds the specially made birthday cake when a bee lands on the box, panicking
the teen. His widow mom Janie rolls up a
newspaper to swat the insect, but a beach bum interferes protecting the
bumblebee. Gareth drops the box. She realizes the bee patrol protector is
renowned scientist Dr. Aidan Hollings AKA as brother-in-law to her sister Emily (see Mountains Apart). The baker Lilah cannot make a timely
replacement because another of Janie’s four children Reagan is lactose
intolerant. Gareth watches mother and
son walk away as if part of a funeral march.
Aidan uses the small town as his temporary home base while leading
the state study of bumblebees. However,
he likes the feisty Janie the journalist and enjoys the enthusiasm of her two
oldest sons (Gareth and Reagan) who still struggle with the death of their dad;
though he admits he is not very comfortable with their two year old twin
brothers. As the two adults fall in
love, she must overcome her doubts that a famous hunk would want a ready-made
family of five; and he must overcome his doubts that a widow with four children
would believe a globetrotting scientist would want a ready-made family in the
middle of nowhere.
Deftly combining jocularity with anxiety, the latest Seasons of
Alaska (see A Case for Forgiveness) contemporary is a delightful family drama
romance in which the two oldest boys play significant roles in this love
fest. Readers will relish the tale of
the matchmaking bumblebee as love thrives in Rankins, Alaska.
Harriet Klausner
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