One in a Million \ A Dad for Her Twins

by Susan Mallery

One in a million—that's what widow Stephanie Wynne figured her chances were of finding a man who could help her raise her kids instead of acting like one himself. After experiencing that with her late husband, she was happy to finally be in control of her own life. Sure, it could get a little lonely, but there were ways around that….

FBI negotiator Nash Harmon was trained to be cool and detached in every situation. But when he came to Stephanie's B&B, there was something about her lively family that drew him in, and for the first time in his life he understood why people had ties.

Only Stephanie didn't want ties…at least, not to him. It would be his toughest negotiation, the odds were against him, but somehow Nash would convince her that she had, indeed, found the one.

BONUS BOOK INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME!

A Dad for Her Twins by Tanya Michaels

Kenzie Green wasn’t looking for a man to complete her family. Yet her enigmatic neighbor, Jonathan Trelauney, seemed to know just how to handle her children. Can JT make Kenzie see he’s the right man for her twins…and for her?

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Adult, Harlequin, Chick Lit

504 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery writes heartwarming and humorous novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance. She's best known for putting nuanced characters into emotionally complex, real-life situations with twists that surprise readers to laughter. Because Susan is passionate about animal welfare, pets play a big role in her books. Beloved by millions of readers worldwide, her books have been translated into 28 languages.

Critics have dubbed Mallery "the new queen of romantic fiction." (Walmart) Booklist says, "Romance novels don't get much better than Mallery's expert blend of emotional nuance, humor, and superb storytelling," and RT Book Reviews puts her "in a class by herself!" It's no wonder that her books have spent more than 200 weeks on the USA Today bestsellers list.

Although Susan majored in Accounting, she never worked as an accountant because she was published straight out of college with two books the same month. Sixteen prolific years and seventy-four books later, she hit the New York Times bestsellers list for the first time with Accidentally Yours in 2008. She made many appearances in the Top 10 before (finally) hitting #1 in 2015 with Thrill Me, the twentieth book in her most popular series, the Fool's Gold romances, and the fourth of five books released that year.

Susan lives in Washington state with her husband, two ragdoll cats, and a small poodle with delusions of grandeur. Her heart for animals has led Susan to become an active supporter of the Seattle Humane Society. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.

Reviews

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a "two-in-one" book, with two novels in it-- both of them romances with the single mom of twins as the heroine. In the Susan Mallery book, the hero is an FBI negotiator who has been ordered on vacation by his boss and maneuvered into a visit to California by his twin brother who wants him to meet all their half brothers. Apparently dad was married multiple times and well, backstory. The hero has other issues involving his dead wife. The heroine has three sons-- an older boy and twins. Her dead husband refused to take responsibility for anything and made her feel like she was raising four boys, and sees all men as refusing to grow up, but she's willing to play while he's in town. In the Tanya Michaels book, the heroine is moving to Atlanta with her boy-girl twins for a better job. Her ex is a flaky musician who thinks his next gig will be The One. The hero is a successful artist whose wife and baby died tragically. It has a lot of other similarities to the Mallery book, but enough differences that I read one right after the other & enjoyed them both. Good read.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice story and I enjoyed it, but the relationship started a little to quickly and the story itself was short. It's definitely a quick read.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

From my blog: http://blessedx3ane.blogspot.com/2012...

For this review, I chose "One in a Million" by Susan Mallery. It is about a mom, Stephanie Wynne, of 3, who has a Bed & Breakfast. Her husband died. One day a handsome guest, Nash Harmon, came into her Bed & Breakfast to meet his family he just found out he has. His twin, brother, Kevin, was also there, to meet them, too. He is engaged to Haley.


Spoiler Warning: If you have not read this book, stop! Read the book before reading the rest of my review!!

I am confused about the family history. I think I can get it straight. Nash was there to meet family he did not know he had- the Haynes brothers & 1 sister.
*Craig is the oldest, his wife, Jill, & 5 kids.
*Travis married to Elizabeth & 4 girls.
*Jordan married to Holly & have 3 girls.
*Kyle married to Sandy & have 4 girls & 1 boy.
*Hannah is married & had a baby girl 6 weeks earlier.
*Austin Lucas, a Adopted member of the family, married to Rebecca & have 3 boys & 1 girl.
*Gage & Quinn was also their half brothers & their mother was Edie Reynolds, who helped Nash & Kevin's mom out & took them all to Possum Landing. (Gage & Quinn are best friends with Nash & Kevin). Gage is engaged. Quinn was not there.

Their father, Earl Haynes, is in FL with wife number six or seven. I would never throw my child out the door with my grandchild (Look kiddos, you have it in writing!). I would help them, but they would have to have a job, stay in school (if they are in school), & help around the house. I would want to know my grandchild. There are some grandparents that don't have that opportunity because of their parent(s) keep that child away from them.

Nash's Hayne's brothers feel if they were not in love then they would not have any girls. Well, with Craig, Travis, Jordan, & Kyle, they all have girls! So, I say the theory is correct.

I love how Nash helped Stephanie around the B&B. First, the washing machine. Then, getting their old gatehouse so her & the kids could move into it before they got busy. No more telling the kids to be quiet on the third floor with guests below them. Nash had "grown up with a single mom & knew how hard that life could be." I think this is how Nash was raised for the way he is with Stephanie, helping her with around the B&B, & he got his family to help finish the old gatehouse. How sweet is that!

All of the Haynes kids & the Harmon kids are in law enforcement, except for Jordan is a firefighter. It is weird how Nash & his brother never knew they had other family & they ended up in the same field as their half siblings. Kevin is a US Marshall. Nash is a FBI negotiator. Gage is a Sheriff. Hannah is in the communications in the Sheriff's office.

I think my favorite part of the book besides 1 part (I will get to this one later) is when the kids are doing their homework at the table & Nash was there, too. Nash listened as if he really was interested in what the kids had to say. He was thinking about when him & Kevin were kids doing their homework & their mom was working, but Kevin would go out to play. Kevin would fight with their mom & Nash would go to his room to read.

Stephanie told Nash that "there's no way I would ever get married again, so the odds of another child seem slim." Nash thought Stephanie's "reluctance to marry again didn't matter to him. Not one bit." I think it does. He thought it twice!! Stephanie does not want get married again because of the way her husband treated her. (What to know then read the book!!) Not only was the reason for her feeling for not getting married was because of her being responsible when she was growing up. Her parents were artists, focused on each other, & their art. They did not pay the bills. Stephanie had to do it that along with getting food.

I love how Nash invited Stephanie & the kids to go with him when he met the entire family crew. Nash had to be nervous. Think about memorizing all those names. There has to be more than 30 people.

I love how Brett was being overprotective of his mom about Nash. He was afraid Nash would replace his dad. She told him that Nash is a guest here. Which means his home is somewhere else and he is going to be leaving us in a couple weeks. In the meantime, he's nice, he cleans up after himself and I like having another grown-up to talk to. Nothing more. Okay?" Brett is a bright kids, worried about his mom, & afraid everyone in his family will forgot about his dad. Nash was seen as a threat to him. Brett asked his mom once if she still loves his dad. She repeated the same thing as before, but with less words. Brett wanted to know "Why? Why can't you just love dad?" Stephanie said "Because he's gone." I love how she used if you really care if this girl, will you still love your brother? Then, she added herself in there. My favorite quote for Stephanie is "The human heart has the capacity to love as many people as we want to let into our lives. If I start dating or not, nothing about my feeling for you, the twins or even Dad are going to change. There's more than enough room for everyone." Brett is worried about his mom dating someone else & not being in love with his dad.

When Brett caught Nash kissing his mom, he ran out. Nash asked to talk to Brett. Nash was once in his shoes when his mom married his stepdad, Norman. Nash explained to him that he is going back to Chicago in a couple weeks where he lives & work. Nash also told him about his mom marrying Norman & how he felt about that. Brett says to Nash "But you shouldn't kiss her where just anyone can see. My brothers wouldn't understand. They don't remember Dad much & they might think you're sticking around." I think Brett is older than he seems. He makes a good point to Nash!

The twins are funny! When they were arguing over who folded the laundry, each said that the other did it last time. I think she needs a chore chart for each of the kids so they know exactly what chore they have to do each day. We do that here. Ashleigh knows she feeds the cats every morning. Noah takes care of his puppy. There are items done on certain days. I love how Nash tries to help her. He is right by working together they would get done a lot faster.

Nash's mom, Vivian, & stepdad, Norman, came to the B&B, too. Vivian wanted to help in the kitchen, too, just like her son. Howard wanted Nash to be with Stephanie. I love the talk that Howard & Nash had. Nash knew that Howard is not a bad man.

How sweet is Nash! He let her sleep in, made breakfast for his mom, step dad, & the boys. She thought to herself "Sense or not, Nash's actions touched her in a way nothing had for years. Maybe ever. He'd taken care of her. Just like that, with no expectation of getting something back. She hadn't known that men like him existed. He made her feel she could count on him."

Brett's opinion about Nash changed after he had his family help with the old gatehouse. Brett wanted him to stay & he wanted his mom to ask him to stay. Totally different than from before.

My favorite quote from Nash is "I want to change the rules. I don't want to be a temporary guest. I don't want to leave. I want to make things complicated and messy and permanent. I love you, Stephanie. I love you in ways I've never loved anyone before. I want to marry you and grow old with you. I want us to have one of those marriages that makes young couples sigh with envy. I want to have a baby with you. If the legend is true, you'll get the girl you want."


I hope you enjoyed my review of "One in a Million." This is a great book. I really loved it.
Keep Reading!!
Melissa


P.S. Something for you
1. Where did Nash grew up?
2. Who was the math person? Nash or Stephanie.
3. Why did Nash have to go on vacation?
4. Who was Tina to Nash?
5. How did Tina die?
6. What is your favorite part of the book & why?

A Dad for Her Twins Review Coming Soon....

[Kate McMurry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kindle re-issue of two romances about single-mothers with twins

I hadn't read either of these authors before and discovered them through a link recommendation on Amazon. This is a Kindle edition, "two-for" deal. Susan Mallery's One in a Million was originally published in 2003, and A Dad for Her Twins by Tanya Michaels was originally published in 2008. This Kindle edition is well formatted and edited.

In One in a Million, 33-year-old widow, Stephanie Wynne, has kept a secret from her eight-year-old twin boys and 12-year-old son in order to save them from disillusionment--she wasn't in love with her dead husband, and she didn't respect him either. He was impulsive and immature, never helped her around the house or with the kids, and was a lousy provider as well. Just before he died, he came into an inheritance and made the one contribution to his family that actually worked out--purchasing a huge house in a small town to turn into a bed and breakfast.

When 31-year-old widower, Nash Harmon, arrives to stay at Stephanie's B&B, they are instantly attracted to each other, but Nash is as leery of a lasting attachment as Stephanie. Like him, his wife was with the FBI. She died on a joint assignment, and Nash blames himself, even though his boss and team members have assured him there was nothing he could have done to save her. Nash and his twin Kevin (hero of the book in this series just prior to this one) were born illegitimately to a 17-year-old mother, and they have recently discovered their promiscuous father had abandoned other legitimate and illegitimate half-siblings in multiple locations in the country, several of them here in the town where Stephanie lives.

Ms. Mallery states in a preface to her fans that this is a "delicious romantic adventure with a sexy guy who not only" makes the heroine's "toes tingle, but also folds the laundry and fixes breakfast." He can also fix a washer, clean the kitchen, and is great with Stephanie's kids. He is, in particular, able to relate to the two who are twins because Nash is a twin himself.

This is definitely a feel-good read. It is part of a series called Hometown Heartbreakers about the various offspring from multiple mothers of womanizer, Earl Haynes (see below for a full list of this series). It might be interesting to someone who has read the entire series from start to finish to have all the couples from the first nine books show up for three separate family gatherings in this book.

All of these various couples are, of course, gorgeous because they have been protagonists of romance novels. In addition, because most of these couples involve one or more partners with children from previous marriages and have since produced children together in their new marriage, there are multiple Haynes families with as many as five children. The extended family as a whole is presented as totally loving and mutually supportive, an idealized fantasy of large, extended family that is very common in these types of Harlequin series.

In addition, this book delivers exactly what every widow/divorcee-with-kids story from Harlequin promises: the once-burned heroine finds in the romantic hero a handsome, buff man who is a fantastic lover, doesn't care about her post-childbirth stretch marks and cellulite, thinks she's the most amazing woman he's ever met, cooks, cleans and does maintenance tasks for her, adores her kids and instinctively knows just how to parent them and, on top of all that, makes a good living. In short, he's perfect husband/daddy material. His only flaw (as is also fairly common in these types of Harlequin stories) is that he is afraid to love because of tragedy in his past. As additional romantic conflict in this story, the heroine is afraid to trust a man again because her first husband was a flake.

The kids in this story are smart and interesting--rather than just schmaltzy-cute, which is a plus. I also enjoyed spending time with Nash. Some readers get bored with perfection, but this is one fantasy that doesn't get old for most women, including me. His cleaning the kitchen was sexier for me personally than the bedroom scenes! I did skim the family get-together scenes because I found it hard to care very much about all the characters I didn't know from the previous books in the series.

Speaking of the series, for those interested, this is a list of all the books in this series:

1) The Best Bride, Sil. Spec. Ed. (SSE) 933, Jan. 1995 (Travis Haynes)
2) Marriage on Demand, SSE 939, Feb. 1995 (Austin Lucas, adopted Haynes)
3) Father in Training, SSE 969, July 1995 (Kyle Haynes)
4) Part-Time Wife, SSE 1027, May 1996 (Craig Haynes)
5) Full-Time Father, SSE 1042, July 1996 (No Haynes in sight, not sure the linkage)
6) Holly and Mistletoe, SSE 1071, Dec 1996 (Jordan Haynes )
7) Husband by the Hour, SSE 1099, May, 1997 (Hannah Pace, half-sister of the Haynes brothers)
8) Good Husband Material, SSE 1501, Nov. 2002 (Gage Reynolds, illegitimate Haynes)
9) Completely Smitten, SSE 1520, Feb. 2003 (Kevin Harmon, illegitimate Haynes)
10) One in a Million, SSE 1543, June 2003 (Nash Harmon, illegitimate Haynes)
11) Quinn's Woman, SSE 1557, Aug. 2003 (Quinn Reynolds, illegitimate Haynes)

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In A Dad for Her Twins, 28-year-old divorcee, Kenzie Green, has nine-year-old fraternal twins to raise, supporting them with a conservative job as a bank loan officer. She's just moved to Atlanta from a much smaller town, and her kids are resenting leaving their friends. However, Kenzie has been able to re-connect with her 26-year-old sister, Ann, who has a five-month-old baby girl, and is very willing to help Kenzie with babysitting and companionship. Kenzie is temporarily stationed in a small apartment complex, and she soon discovers everyone there is like a small family. They all know each other and are all friendly, except for the neighbor directly across from her apartment, a handsome, enigmatic, and very tall artist named Jonathan "JT" Trelauney.

This story is a good match for this duo of books. They have twins in common, and a similar reason for the heroine to resist re-marriage. In this book, Kenzie's ex is a rock musician who married Kenzie when she was only 18. She got pregnant with the twins almost immediately, and her ex was useless as a father. Kenzie divorced him because, like Stephanie of the other book, she felt he was like an extra child and not worth the hassle.

JT is a widower of about 31 years of age who is afraid to ever again go through the pain he went through losing his wife. He was a successful, much-lauded fine artist before she died, but he has been unable to paint in the three years since her death.

This is also a feel-good story about a woman with kids looking for a second chance at love with a man who is good father material. Like Nash, he is wounded and guilty and afraid to love. And like Nash, he is instinctively great with kids.

I enjoyed Kenzie's relationship with her sister and the family of affiliation with the quirky neighbors in Kenzie's apartment complex. This is a fast, easy read to while away an afternoon.

[Audrey Ettinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

Romance scale.

I loved the earlier books in the Hometown Heartbreakers series, and I was glad to find some new ones. This one was more like the earlier books: male and female partners each has a damaging first marriage, and the kids take a long time to warm up to the new partner (huh, just realizing that it always seems to be BOYS who have trouble, and GIRLS who love the new partner - Kyle, Travis. I guess that Jill's boys love her right away. OK, maybe not a pattern.) Anyway, Nash being a twin and Stephanie having twin boys is cute, and I liked seeing the rest of the family a few years later (apparently they all have a LOT of kids!).

Not as interesting as the earlier ones -- but are the books just getting old? It was probably at least a decade ago that I first read these.

[Tammy Patterson]

Finished March 2012

[Frances Mance · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy read. sex scenes too descriptive and gross. would have been a better book, if a little cleaner.

[Sally Kilpatrick]

Gotta respect a book that starts with a frazzled mom and a broken washer. Mallery's book stars a widow and a widower, both of whom have been emotionally damaged as much by their former spouses as by their respective deaths. Stephanie, mother of three, is still trying to hold her bed and breakfast together and thoroughly convinced she doesn't need another man in her life because he'd be a fourth kid instead of a partner. Nash, an FBI negotiator, is in town to meet a long-lost family he isn't even sure he wants. Both of them think a no-strings-attached-affair could do them some good, but it may just be the exact opposite of what they really want or need. Stephanie's an independent, sassy heroine, and Mallery's portrayal of her sons feels just right. Nash is quite the tortured brooder with a heart of gold--he even does the dishes--and you'll fall in love with his family almost as quickly as he does.

This book is paired with A Dad for Her Twins by Tanya Michaels, a book with surprisingly similar themes tackled in a completely different way. In this case, divorcee Kenzie is making a fresh start for herself and her twin nine-year-olds. She's more determined than ever to get away from her ex-husband, a selfish rock musician with all the worst parts of an artist's temperament. The last thing she needs is to move into the hall across from another surly artist. Sure, JT may be attractive, but he appears to suffer from the same flaws as her ex, and Kenzie needs someone with a far more stable temperament as a father figure to her kids. JT, still reeling from the death of his wife and infant daughter, can't find the wherewithal to paint. At least not until the bewitching Kenzie moves in across the hall.

LOVED this story especially the portrayal of Leslie and Drew, Kenzie's precocious and precious kiddos. There are also some great dynamics between Kenzie and her seemingly perfect younger sister, and I love Mrs. Sanchez, the neighbor who doles out equal parts unsolicited advice and tasty Mexican dishes. Loved, loved the dynamics between Kenzie and JT, the push me/pull me of how they want to open up to each other but can't then start to do so anyway. Great humorous voice and lots of nice artistic metaphors, too.

[Darcy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was shocked when I picked up this book from the library, it was over 500 pages, not usual for a Mallery book. At closer look I realized it was an old Mallery book, along with a bonus book by an author that I hadn't read, what a great surprise!

The Mallery book was sweet. I loved the craziness of the new found extended family. All of the brothers had such and easy going nature to welcome in all of these surprise siblings, it was nice. I also really liked that they all were concerned about turning into the no good father, when just by thinking those thoughts it wasn't likely they would.

The romance between Stephanie and Nash was great. I liked that each of them wasn't ready for a real relationship, but could deal with a short term one. It allowed them the pressure free time to get to know each other and what they really wanted. I loved how Nash dealt with Stephanie's boys. He didn't force his way into their lives, just was around and let things happen. The ending was great! I loved that what sent Stephanie over the edge was the words from her son.

Michaels story fit in with Mallery's very well. It was about more people that are trying to define just what family is and how you can't let your past determine your future. The apartment building and it's residents played a big part in the romance between Kenzie and JT. I liked that both of them have baggage, some that color how they view the other sex. I wondered if there was even the possibility for them to get together. For most of the story things move very slowly, but once they heat up, it is full steam ahead. Like the previous story the feelings of the kids are taken into account and dealt with in a great way.

[steph · Rating 3 out of 5]

Both these books were cute. I was having a blue day yesterday and I needed something to not only distract me, but also put a smile on my face and both these two stories delivered in that aspect.

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One in a Million by Susan Mallery.

3 stars.

+ Cute concept. FBI agent ordered to take a vacation. Goes to meet the half siblings he never knew. Stays at single mother of three boys B&B. He's the only guest. You can guess the rest.
+ The characters were good. I like how Nash connected to Stephanie's twelve year old and his anger at Nash because Nash remembered when his single mom married when Nash was a kid and the anger and guilt and relief he felt back then.
+ This book is part of a series and while I could tell that while reading (I think I ended up counting 9 Haynes/Reynolds/Harmon/Pace siblings ---their biological father was a bit of a manwhore (obviously)), it didn't take away my enjoyment of the book even though I couldn't remember any of the half siblings names or their spouses names or their children's names. I just got the feeling that they were a big large family trying to make both Nash and Stephanie feel welcome.
+ He showed up in a helicopter at the end. I'm a sucker for over the top decelerations.

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A Dad for Her Twins by Tanya Michaels

3 stars

+ Cute but realistic 9 year-olds. Smart, single mom. Eccentric apartment neighbors that took them all in the minute they arrived. Hot painter neighbor guy who couldn't help but get drawn into their life. My kind of Hallmark movie.

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars for One in a Million by Susan Mallery
I didn't enjoy Nash's story as much as I did his twin's, Completely Smitten. The HEA happened after a very short period of time and while I thought that Nash and Stephanie showed great relationship development during that time, I wasn't entirely sure I bought into the marriage proposal. The children were realistically portrayed and I enjoyed seeing the dynamics between them and Nash. I wish there had been more of Kevin and Haley. My biggest was that there were times where this was really repetitive. Characters said the exact same things to each other that they had said before, and said it as though it was new information. This almost caused me to put the book down a few times. This isn't a book I will reread but I still enjoyed it overall.


A Dad For Her Twins
I didn't find this story very engaging. The pacing was a bit too slow and I prefer an alpha hero. I also thought the title was a bit misleading. This was a DNF for me.

[JoAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed both of these books. In One, widow Stephanie Wynne runs a B&B. Nash Harmon is staying there while in town to meet some half-brothers and a half-sister he and his twin brother never knew. He is on a mandatory vacation from the FBI. He is attracted to Stephanie and it surprises him because he has not felt that way towards a woman since his wife was killed. Will he act on these feelings? Will Stephanie feel the same way?

In A Dad, Kenzie and her nine year old twins are moving to Atlanta so Kenzie can get a better job. She needs to earn more money because he deadbeat ex does not help in any way. She meets a sexy man who turns out to be her neighbor. He's an artist who has not painted since the death of his wife and newborn baby. But meeting Kenzie is just the thing JT needed. She breathes fresh air into his lonely life. Will everything work out?

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review pertains only to One In A Million. I haven't yet read Tanya Michaels' story, the second in this omnibus edition.

Single mom Stephanie Wynne and widowed Nash Harmon are at the center of this Susan Mallery romance. She gives them a quintessentially cute how we met: he stays at the b&b she runs. As with any good single parent story, Nash develops a sweet relationship with each of her three sons as well as having bonded with her.

Though I keep forgetting, these omnibus edition stories seem to all be a series of their own. They follow the Haynes/Harmon brothers in Glenwood, a family of sons all sharing a deadbeat, absent father who held no account for his actions. That said, these are easily stand alone books as well.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was pleasantly surprised by the two stories in this one. I've been having a love/hate deal with Susan Mallory's writing since last year.
But this one.....this was good.
Admittedly the second story is not by her. But still.
One in a Million was cute, sweet and DID NOT HAVE ANNOYING CHARACTERS. It was amazing. The sex scenes were kinda ridiculous but this is a romance novel so there's plenty of cheese.....and plenty of awkward penis descriptions. But overall, it was cute and full of quirky characters. I loved the banter between the main couple as well. Very well done.
The second story was also enjoyable. I rolled my eyes a few times at the main girl but still really enjoyed the characters and thier journey.
Also, loving the fact that there were twins throughout both.

[Jeannine Wickliffe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stephanie Wynne didnt want another male in her life after her childish husband died. She just wanted to run her B&B and raise her kids. Nash Harmon just wanted to get over his forced vacation and get back to being an FBI negotiator. Life had other plans for these two. Great fun read
Tanya Michaels book A Dad for Her Twins is a fun read also. Kenzie Green just wanted to get on with her life and raise her twins but her new neighbor Jonathan Trelauney had a way with her twins. But Kenzie didn't want anything to do with another artsy male, because one was more then enough with her musician ex. Would the two find common ground

[Jenn C Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two books, so two reviews.

One in a Million is everything I love about Susan Mallery. I loved the description of the B&B and I love the giant family that built because the dad was such a womanizer. I'm going to have to do some research and find the rest of the family's books.

A Dad for her Twins would only get 3 stars. It seemed a little disjointed to me. I needed more information about the sister and Mrs. Sanchez. I wanted to hear more about Seth and about the relationship with Mick. I did enjoy it though...

[Harman · Rating 4 out of 5]

OMG! How does this woman write so many books and not have one that I ultimately hate? Sure there are some that disappointed me, but I've never had one that didn't make me smile or race to finish it. I didn't really like the setting of the B&B in this book. Come on? Really? Otherwise I loved the story. I loved how at the end Nash came back with a huge entrance. In a helicopter! I wish he had gotten down on one knee and had a ring and all that when he proposed, but I guess not all wishes come true though.

[Julie Eichelberger-Ford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two great stories combined under one cover. One cherished author to me, Susan Mallery and one new to me author, Tanya Michaels. Both stories are similar in nature, they involve single mothers with twins and widowed men who are trying to get over the trauma of losing their wives in unexpected ways. In both stories the children play key roles in drawing the couples together. Both stories are excellently written and filled with love, laughs and a little bit of sorrow.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

one in a million was about a widow with 3 kids renting her house as a b & b. she rented to a man that worked for the fbi and his wife had died in a bomb blast. they fell in love and got married

a dad for her twins was about a mom who divorced her husband in a band who was never there for her or the kids. she moved to a apt while waiting for a house to go through escrow and met the widow across the hall who was a artist. they fell in love and got married

both good stories!

[Char (1RadReader59) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed both stories but I have to say I enjoyed the first story the best. This was the first story from Tantamount Michaels although it was slow at times the story was one I could relate to in some ways. I loved Kenzies sister Ann & JT's friend Sean. Would like to read a story about him. More carefree. As for JT who was depressed for a lot of the story. In the end a good book.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good. I don't think I'll be as big a fan of hers as I am of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, or Susan Elizabeth Phillips, but certainly as good an escape as any. I think single moms would really appreciate her books more than I would, if these two stories are any indication of what she normally writes about.

[Book Guardian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the Susan Mallery book a lot more than the other one. To echo other reviewers, two books about single moms that seem kind of alike in premise was maybe one too many. I read it on the airplane and honestly didn't finish...and I'm not the non-finish type of girl. Although I thought the details in the SM book were further out of reality, I like her style of writing better.

[Linda Zelinsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly emotional story about a man mourning his wife’s passing with guilt that he was responsible for her death and an innkeeper also a widow who suffers from an unloving marriage. Together they make a pact not to get serious, but over the course of several weeks both come to terms with their pasts. Lots of feelings come out in this book and grips th3 reader. Glad I read this.

[Just - The romance reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both (One In A Million & A Dad For Her Twins) were very enjoyable reads. One In A Million had some definite steamy scenes, Susan Mallery impressed me with those, wasn't expecting so much steam from her. My favorite of the two novellas was A Dad For Her Twins.

[Lori Morse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazingly parallel to my own life--the husband, the first child's name, I could see a lot of my own experience in Stephanie. Now I'm just hoping that a tall, dark and handsome person comes into my life....

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did not realize that this was two books in one. Greatly enjoyed "One in a Million." Well-balanced writing. "A Dad for Her Twins" was slightly more stilted, but perhaps it was because they were paired, so you could see the similarities in story-line.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

2 great stories about single moms with multiple kids who evetually find love and the dads their kids need.

[Miranda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was an utterly cheesy Harlequin but just what I needed after a depressing few days.

[Mum · Rating 3 out of 5]

It must be the year of twins and and mothers without partners! Both were cute stories.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable read. Bonus book (Dad for her Twins) also enjoyable. Fun, enjoyable characters, real to life.