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The Good Mom
She's never let herself be tempted again, until Dr. Aidan Lowe shows up in her salon chair...
Single mom Ashley LaValley has spent years dedicating herself to the well-being of her twelve-year-old son, Brandon, a cancer survivor with dreams of becoming a doctor. After Brandon wins a scholarship to a prestigious Boston prep school, Ashley uproots her whole life--new hairstylist job in the city, new apartment, new challenges to her sobriety. Her carefully controlled world feels like it's crumbling.
And then Dr. Aidan Lowe reluctantly turns up in her salon chair. He's intriguing, sexy, and fresh from a dangerous experience in a war-torn Doctor's Aid clinic overseas. She knows better than to get too close. But when Brandon is in danger of flunking out, Ashley has no choice but to accept Aidan's help. Her forbidden crush has become her son's tutor!
Ashley has always put Brandon's needs first. Wickedly, Aidan is reminding her she has needs of her own...
Single mom Ashley LaValley has spent years dedicating herself to the well-being of her twelve-year-old son, Brandon, a cancer survivor with dreams of becoming a doctor. After Brandon wins a scholarship to a prestigious Boston prep school, Ashley uproots her whole life--new hairstylist job in the city, new apartment, new challenges to her sobriety. Her carefully controlled world feels like it's crumbling.
And then Dr. Aidan Lowe reluctantly turns up in her salon chair. He's intriguing, sexy, and fresh from a dangerous experience in a war-torn Doctor's Aid clinic overseas. She knows better than to get too close. But when Brandon is in danger of flunking out, Ashley has no choice but to accept Aidan's help. Her forbidden crush has become her son's tutor!
Ashley has always put Brandon's needs first. Wickedly, Aidan is reminding her she has needs of her own...
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2023
About the author
Cathryn Parry
24 books57 followersCathryn Parry writes from her home in central Massachusetts. She’s an award-winning author of romance fiction with over a dozen novels published to date. Her books include small-town, Sweet and Clean, Scottish-set contemporary and sports romance series.
In her free time, she loves figure skating, planning as many vacations as possible and pursuing her family genealogy hobby. She lives with her husband, Lou, and a sweet, sixteen-pound rescue cat named Buster who loves to supervise her office activities.
For more information about Cathryn’s upcoming releases and to subscribe for new-book alerts, please visit her website at CathrynParry.com
Cathryn's Books:
Sweet and Clean Romance:
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Return to Wallis Point Beach (the Clean Romance version of The Long Way Home)
The Highlander’s Romance (the Clean Romance version of The Sweetest Hours)
Falling for the Pitcher (the Clean Romance version of Out of His League)
Christmas at Prescott Inn
Small Town Beach Romance:
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The Long Way Home (Wallis Point Book 1)
The Secret Between Them (Wallis Point Book 2)
The Undercover Affair (Wallis Point Book 3)
Summer by the Sea (Wallis Point Book 4)
Sports Romance:
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Out of His League (LaValley Sisters/Boston Baseball 1)
The Good Mom (LaValley Sisters/Boston Baseball 2)
Something to Prove (A Downhill Skier Romance)
Secret Garden (A Golfer Romance)
Christmas at Prescott Inn (Figure Skaters Romance)
Contemporary Scottish Adventure Romance:
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The Sweetest Hours (Sage Family 1)
Scotland for Christmas (Sage Family 2)
Secret Garden (Sage Family 3)
For more information and to subscribe for new-book-alert emails, please see her website at www.CathrynParry.com
In her free time, she loves figure skating, planning as many vacations as possible and pursuing her family genealogy hobby. She lives with her husband, Lou, and a sweet, sixteen-pound rescue cat named Buster who loves to supervise her office activities.
For more information about Cathryn’s upcoming releases and to subscribe for new-book alerts, please visit her website at CathrynParry.com
Cathryn's Books:
Sweet and Clean Romance:
-------------------------------
Return to Wallis Point Beach (the Clean Romance version of The Long Way Home)
The Highlander’s Romance (the Clean Romance version of The Sweetest Hours)
Falling for the Pitcher (the Clean Romance version of Out of His League)
Christmas at Prescott Inn
Small Town Beach Romance:
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The Long Way Home (Wallis Point Book 1)
The Secret Between Them (Wallis Point Book 2)
The Undercover Affair (Wallis Point Book 3)
Summer by the Sea (Wallis Point Book 4)
Sports Romance:
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Out of His League (LaValley Sisters/Boston Baseball 1)
The Good Mom (LaValley Sisters/Boston Baseball 2)
Something to Prove (A Downhill Skier Romance)
Secret Garden (A Golfer Romance)
Christmas at Prescott Inn (Figure Skaters Romance)
Contemporary Scottish Adventure Romance:
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The Sweetest Hours (Sage Family 1)
Scotland for Christmas (Sage Family 2)
Secret Garden (Sage Family 3)
For more information and to subscribe for new-book-alert emails, please see her website at www.CathrynParry.com
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June 4, 2017
A great story, loved it all.
October 22, 2016
4 1/2 STARS!
Cathryn Parry's latest release is full of emotion! A single mom who had a rough childhood, and fought demons of her own is determined to show her son a better life, and stresses over it a lot. In the course of a new step in their life, she meets a man who needs the simple kindness that she brings to a situation, and in turn, he ends up being a great stepping stone in helping her son's dreams progress, and in giving her a piece of herself back that she didn't even realize she was missing.
Ashley LaValley has already fought and won a cancer battle with her young son, so helping him achieve his dream of becoming a doctor to help others seems like an easy road. They uproot their lives and relocate to Boston where he's won a scholarship to an exclusive prep school that will be a huge step forward towards his medical career. When Brandon is on the verge of flunking out, she has to learn to lean on the help that is offered as a silver lining.
Dr. Aidan Lowe has recently returned from a stint in Afghanistan and is at about the lowest point in his life when he meets Ashley. Her kindness touches him in a way he didn't know he needed, so when an opportunity arises for him to help her and Brandon, he can't turn his back on them. When sparks fly, will Ashley let her own needs play a part in the picture for a change or will it continue to be all about her son?
Cathryn Parry's latest release is full of emotion! A single mom who had a rough childhood, and fought demons of her own is determined to show her son a better life, and stresses over it a lot. In the course of a new step in their life, she meets a man who needs the simple kindness that she brings to a situation, and in turn, he ends up being a great stepping stone in helping her son's dreams progress, and in giving her a piece of herself back that she didn't even realize she was missing.
Ashley LaValley has already fought and won a cancer battle with her young son, so helping him achieve his dream of becoming a doctor to help others seems like an easy road. They uproot their lives and relocate to Boston where he's won a scholarship to an exclusive prep school that will be a huge step forward towards his medical career. When Brandon is on the verge of flunking out, she has to learn to lean on the help that is offered as a silver lining.
Dr. Aidan Lowe has recently returned from a stint in Afghanistan and is at about the lowest point in his life when he meets Ashley. Her kindness touches him in a way he didn't know he needed, so when an opportunity arises for him to help her and Brandon, he can't turn his back on them. When sparks fly, will Ashley let her own needs play a part in the picture for a change or will it continue to be all about her son?
October 9, 2016
Ashley LaValley is afraid her secret in the guise of her 12-year-old son will be discovered by the family of the boy's deceased father--especially when the boy is the face of a fund-raising effort for curing childhood leukemia.
When the boy is in danger of being kicked out of a fancy prep school, an alum of the school--a doctor himself--is convinced by his grandmother to help the boy. Perhaps she also has a vested interest in helping Aidan Lowe get over what happened to him in Afghanistan.
Ashley has to keep Brandon's needs first, doesn't she? After all, she's been doing so since his birth. Except she wants to succumb to her own needs when she acknowledges how attracted she is to Aidan. How all this is resolved is tastefully done.
When the boy is in danger of being kicked out of a fancy prep school, an alum of the school--a doctor himself--is convinced by his grandmother to help the boy. Perhaps she also has a vested interest in helping Aidan Lowe get over what happened to him in Afghanistan.
Ashley has to keep Brandon's needs first, doesn't she? After all, she's been doing so since his birth. Except she wants to succumb to her own needs when she acknowledges how attracted she is to Aidan. How all this is resolved is tastefully done.
October 15, 2016
The Good Mom by Cathryn Parry is a great little read. Lots of detail and description give you a nice taste of Boston at its best. The storyline was interesting with a skittish mom trying to do her best for her cancer surviving child and a doctor recently returned from Afghanistan who was still trying to overcome the ordeal he'd been through there. Their journey was quirky with both a bit unsure exactly what they wanted. But they managed to get there in the sweetest way, with a few bumps and turns throughout. Perfect book to snuggle up with on a cool fall day.
August 31, 2016
I very much enjoyed this story. It was nice to read a book that reminded me of things I had seen in Boston. At times the grandmother seemed to be using people but then it turned out she was just trying to help her family.
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