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McKenna Family #4
The Unexpected Landlord
The Unexpected Landlord by Leigh Michaels released on Sep 24, 1992 is available now for purchase.
The last thing Clancey Kincade needs as she opens her new toy store is Rowan McKenna: accountant, real estate investor -- and her new and accidental landlord. Rowan didn't intend to buy the building out from under Clancey -- and his new and accidental tenant is no more to his liking than he is to hers. Book #4 of the McKenna Series.
The last thing Clancey Kincade needs as she opens her new toy store is Rowan McKenna: accountant, real estate investor -- and her new and accidental landlord. Rowan didn't intend to buy the building out from under Clancey -- and his new and accidental tenant is no more to his liking than he is to hers. Book #4 of the McKenna Series.
- GenresRomanceHarlequin Romance
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 24, 1992
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About the author
Leigh Michaels
351 books173 followersLeigh Michaels is the pseudonym used by LeAnn Lemberger (b. July 27 in Iowa, United States), a popular United States writer of over 85 romance novels. She has published with Harlequin, Sourcebooks, Montlake Romance, Writers Digest Books, and Arcadia Publishing. She teaches romance writing at Gotham Writers' Workshop (www.writingclasses.com) She is the author of On Writing Romance.
When Leigh was fifteen she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.
Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the Robert Bliss Award as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing as an undergraduate.
She is married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.
When Leigh was fifteen she wrote her first romance novel and burned it. She burned five more complete manuscripts before submitting to a publisher. The first submission was accepted by Harlequin, the only publisher to look at it, and was published in 1984.
Michaels was born in Iowa, United States. She received a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, after three years of study and maintained a 3.93 grade-point average. She received the Robert Bliss Award as top-ranking senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and won a national William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing as an undergraduate.
She is married to Michael W. Lemberger, an artist-photographer.
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August 1, 2023
3.5 stars
I’ve gotta hand it to Harlequin cover designers: whether it be 1992 or 2022, they are meticulously accurate to the inside content. Even if that means centering an unsettling number of stuffed toys in the cover, including a plot-relevant panda bear. Read via Scribd.
I’ve gotta hand it to Harlequin cover designers: whether it be 1992 or 2022, they are meticulously accurate to the inside content. Even if that means centering an unsettling number of stuffed toys in the cover, including a plot-relevant panda bear. Read via Scribd.
September 6, 2020
This was an OK read. Nothing memorable or outstanding, just a quick read.
I found Rowan to be too much of a pushover and over the top nice guy who blows hot and cold with Clancey. I found Clancey to be sweet at first but then too much of the self righteous and nagging "girlfriend", when she is simply the tenant, and totally over stepping herself when it comes to Rowan's affairs and his plans for his house. Who is she to tell him what he should and shouldn't do with his investment and time. Rowan is not obligated to share his plans and thoughts with anyone, so I'm glad he walked away from Clancey's accusations without a fight.
Would have liked more of a stronger character development on Rowan's part. Plus would have liked to seen some more romantic moments between the two main characters instead of the brief interactions and occasional conversations.
I found Rowan to be too much of a pushover and over the top nice guy who blows hot and cold with Clancey. I found Clancey to be sweet at first but then too much of the self righteous and nagging "girlfriend", when she is simply the tenant, and totally over stepping herself when it comes to Rowan's affairs and his plans for his house. Who is she to tell him what he should and shouldn't do with his investment and time. Rowan is not obligated to share his plans and thoughts with anyone, so I'm glad he walked away from Clancey's accusations without a fight.
Would have liked more of a stronger character development on Rowan's part. Plus would have liked to seen some more romantic moments between the two main characters instead of the brief interactions and occasional conversations.
October 24, 2011
Sweet romance. I think the guy’s a bit of a push-over with the girl. I liked it when he said he was an old-fashioned kind and that was why he was taking time with her so they’d be friends first and lovers last. But I know that he’s marriage material when she accidentally dropped the window on his poor fingers on both hands and all he did was moan. That meant no matter what he’d be gentle with her.
My only problem was the pace seemed to have dragged on a bit after the first. The subplot about the mixed-up tenancy was drawn out. The Big Misunderstanding was so minor and it could have been resolved in two minutes had the guy just took the time to explain instead of walking out in a huff. And the cutesy bit about the stuffed bear looking like the heroine was plain drivel hastily added in the storyline; there was nothing romantic to tie it with the heroine’s eyes earlier on.
One of the 5 books on the siblings McKenna. The others are:
No Place like Home
A Matter of Principal
Garretts’ Back in Town
The Unexpected Landlord
Dating Games
My only problem was the pace seemed to have dragged on a bit after the first. The subplot about the mixed-up tenancy was drawn out. The Big Misunderstanding was so minor and it could have been resolved in two minutes had the guy just took the time to explain instead of walking out in a huff. And the cutesy bit about the stuffed bear looking like the heroine was plain drivel hastily added in the storyline; there was nothing romantic to tie it with the heroine’s eyes earlier on.
One of the 5 books on the siblings McKenna. The others are:
No Place like Home
A Matter of Principal
Garretts’ Back in Town
The Unexpected Landlord
Dating Games
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