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The Christmas Wife
Molly has returned to Serenity for Homecoming…but will she stay forever?
Beau Julander, a single father of two, is having trouble juggling the responsibilities of career, home and family. And his work for the Homecoming Week Committee makes this time of year really busy—but not too busy to get reacquainted with Molly Shepherd, a girl he barely knew in high school.
His attraction to Molly and her obvious interest in him soothe the damage done to his ego when his ex-wife walked out on him, but he's keenly aware of how his kids have been hurt by the divorce, and he doesn't want to make things worse for them by becoming involved in a relationship that's only temporary. But Beau and his kids soon find out that Molly is not a temporary kind of woman—she's in for the long run.
Beau Julander, a single father of two, is having trouble juggling the responsibilities of career, home and family. And his work for the Homecoming Week Committee makes this time of year really busy—but not too busy to get reacquainted with Molly Shepherd, a girl he barely knew in high school.
His attraction to Molly and her obvious interest in him soothe the damage done to his ego when his ex-wife walked out on him, but he's keenly aware of how his kids have been hurt by the divorce, and he doesn't want to make things worse for them by becoming involved in a relationship that's only temporary. But Beau and his kids soon find out that Molly is not a temporary kind of woman—she's in for the long run.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2003
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Sherry Lewis
56 books96 followersSherry Lewis is an award-winning, national bestselling author who writes across several genres. Along with her writing career, she has been teaching writing workshops for more than 20 years through Dancing on Coals Workshops for Fiction Writers.
In 1993 Sherry launched her mystery-writing career with the sale of her first three books in the Fred Vickery mystery series to Berkley Prime Crime. In early 1994 she sold her first romance to Harlequin Superromance, launching her career as a romance writer.
As Sammi Carter, she wrote the Candy Shop mystery series set in Paradise, Colorado and featuring Abby Shaw. As Jacklyn Brady she wrote the Piece of Cake mystery series set in New Orleans, featuring cake artist Rita Lucero.
Originally from Montana, Sherry spent several years living at the base of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. She now lives a block from the beach along Florida's Emerald Coast. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
In 1993 Sherry launched her mystery-writing career with the sale of her first three books in the Fred Vickery mystery series to Berkley Prime Crime. In early 1994 she sold her first romance to Harlequin Superromance, launching her career as a romance writer.
As Sammi Carter, she wrote the Candy Shop mystery series set in Paradise, Colorado and featuring Abby Shaw. As Jacklyn Brady she wrote the Piece of Cake mystery series set in New Orleans, featuring cake artist Rita Lucero.
Originally from Montana, Sherry spent several years living at the base of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. She now lives a block from the beach along Florida's Emerald Coast. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.
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January 10, 2012
Both hero and heroine have suffered terribly because people in their lives were not honest with them, yet they spend nearly the entire book lying to themselves, to each other, and (in the hero's case) to those they love. They only get together in the end because the heroine gets a lecture from her step-mother, and the hero's sister finally tells him a few home truths I would have liked to see him hear in the first chapter. But of course his sister only tells him these things because we need an HEA; this same sister was actively encouraging him when he was doing the same thing in chapter one.
There's also the fact that the heroine fixed the hero's relationship with his ex-MIL and his kids, and made major strides in terms of repairing his relationship with his ex-wife, but when the relationship between the two of them goes south, she walks. Which is perfectly believable, but does not exactly make the HEA ring true. The hero also "fixes things" for the heroine, in the sense of helping her get to the truth about her father and encouraging her in a new career, but both those essentially feed his whole "I don't have problems; I fix problems for others" complex. It's nice that he got enough past his "I can do it myself" routine to go after the heroine in the end, but it would have been way more satisfying to actually see the two of them demonstrating their ability to work out a problem in their own relationship together.
There's also the fact that the heroine fixed the hero's relationship with his ex-MIL and his kids, and made major strides in terms of repairing his relationship with his ex-wife, but when the relationship between the two of them goes south, she walks. Which is perfectly believable, but does not exactly make the HEA ring true. The hero also "fixes things" for the heroine, in the sense of helping her get to the truth about her father and encouraging her in a new career, but both those essentially feed his whole "I don't have problems; I fix problems for others" complex. It's nice that he got enough past his "I can do it myself" routine to go after the heroine in the end, but it would have been way more satisfying to actually see the two of them demonstrating their ability to work out a problem in their own relationship together.
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December 27, 2019
Homecoming
This is a good story with many twists and turns that keeps you reading.The characters were likable and complex and I felt like I wanted to help them. Nicely woven together.
This is a good story with many twists and turns that keeps you reading.The characters were likable and complex and I felt like I wanted to help them. Nicely woven together.
March 28, 2014
A good read. Nice story, with a different take on falling love between two people who meet up years after knowing each other in high school. I liked the way the author handled the twists and turns with the hero and heroine as well as their family and friends weighing in on the problems they've had in the past.
May 18, 2011
The title is stupid, but the book is fairly enjoyable romantic fluff, with no actual need to flip pages past the sex scene.
December 31, 2014
Very light - ok as one of my Christmas reads
July 9, 2023
the book that made me fall in love with reading, thank you sherry lewis🤍
January 7, 2016
Loved the book. Easy read! Humor and romance!
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