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My Brother's Keeper
My Brother's Keeper by Emma Goldrick released on May 25, 1988 is available now for purchase.
189 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1988
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Emma Goldrick
149 books33 followersEmma Goldrick is the penname used by the marriage formed by Emma Elizabeth Jean Sutcliffe, borned 7 February 1923 in Puerto Rico, and Robert N. Goldrick, borned on 22 March 1919 in Massachusetts, USA. They met in Puerto Rico, where married. She was a licensed practical nurse, volunteered with American Red Cross and she taught American Sign Language and he was a career USA military man. Thirty years and 4 children later they retired, and in 1980 they started to write in collaboration, and their first novel was accepted and published in 1983 by Mills & Boon. They continued publishing 40 novels until Robert passed away at 76, in 22 January 1996. After her husband death, she published her last novel and retired. Emma Goldrick passed away at 85, in 20 November 2008.
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June 20, 2021
"My Brother's Keeper" is the story of Mickey and Harry.
Ugh. In this frustrating romance between stepsiblings, our oblivious heroine is trying to recover from her stepbrother returning home. Not only does she try to matchmake him with her friends, she ignores the very obvious attraction between them while being receptive of his kisses, keeps lusting after OM/ fiancé who is evidently a liar and a money hungry leech, and makes stupid decisions all around. She needs a brain transplant.
Frustrating.
Unsafe
1.5/5
Ugh. In this frustrating romance between stepsiblings, our oblivious heroine is trying to recover from her stepbrother returning home. Not only does she try to matchmake him with her friends, she ignores the very obvious attraction between them while being receptive of his kisses, keeps lusting after OM/ fiancé who is evidently a liar and a money hungry leech, and makes stupid decisions all around. She needs a brain transplant.
Frustrating.
Unsafe
1.5/5
October 1, 2016
Re My Brother's Keeper - EG is back with more hijinks and slapstick comedy. This one has an H and h who are step siblings. They live in an isolated area of the Adirondacks and the H has finally returned to visit after many years being a lawyer in Boston. The h is caring for her elderly stepfather and soon to be married to man who looks like a Greek god and unfortunately tends to act like one too. He is selfish, capricious and a fortune hunter.
The h decides that the H needs to be matchmade up too, so she starts presenting a candidate or two to become the H's wife. She organizes various outings such as a boat trip to a little island to pick blueberries that includes the H, the h, the fiance, the fiance's somewhat dubious femme fatale female cousin and a Vassar friend of the h's whom she hopes to set up the H with. The trip goes horribly astray with canoe overturnings, possible snake bites, falling into the lake and the Vassar girl climbing up a tree to escape a hideous garter snake.
The campy goings on continue as the h's Vassar friend heads for the hills and the H tells the h there is a rumor going round that the h is an heiress to her con-man grandfather's non existent fortune. The h tries to explain to her fiance that the story is just that, a story, there is no family fortune on the h's side because it was all spent except for the house and some land where the h and her stepfather live. The fiance's cousin (who is actually his ex wife,) is trying her wiles on the H and not getting anywhere. The h realizes that she is in love with the H, but since her mother said that the H was her brother before she died, the h considers him off limits and resolves to make due with her fiance. Then the stepfather has to into the hospital for surgery.
The fiance's cousin is told by the h that the H won't be getting any of the stepfather's money when she tries to pump the h for H info while the h is waiting to hear about her stepfather's recovery. The h explains that the H was given his share when he started his Boston law practice and the h will get what remains.
Apparently it is a lot of money and the fiance gets the h to sign a power of attorney when she goes back to her home to get ready for the stepfather's return. He also demands that the wedding be in a few days. The h signs the document but post dates it so that it won't be effective until her birthday which is in two weeks. The h then gets a call from the fiance's cousin that there is a problem with the document's date that he showed to the loan people. The h goes over to her fiance's house to tell him about the call and see that the fiance and the cousin have been sharing a bedroom. She doesn't know what to think.
The wedding is the next morning tho and the h duly shows up, the ceremony is underway when the h decides that she can't marry the fiance. There is big party by the H and stepfather when the h leaves the church without being married. Then the fiance shows up and the stepfather forces the h to go off with him to explain. The fiance drags her off to a cabin and proceeds to get mean, he essentially went to mafia loan sharks and borrowed money based on the h's power of attorney, the plan was to marry her and then kill her off for her supposed fortune.
The ex wife, (who was supposedly the cousin), and the fiance were to split the money - the fiance admits that he was sleeping with her while he courted the h and the h explains that she lied to his ex-wife, she isn't inheriting any money from the stepfather because legally she isn't related to them. The fiance tries to hurt the h, but the H shows up and rescues her. There is the usual EG banter and back and forth and then the H declares that he is marrying the h because he isn't her brother and has been in love with her forever and the h loves him back for the big campy HEA.
This one isn't bad and the schemes the h comes up with are fairly funny. Is is pretty obvious the H is a goner over the h, she just can't see it cause of her dead mother's warning, which is later revealed to be meant only until the h grew up. Every thing works out in the end tho, so try this one if you need some slapstick and comedy fun for your HPlandia adventure.
The h decides that the H needs to be matchmade up too, so she starts presenting a candidate or two to become the H's wife. She organizes various outings such as a boat trip to a little island to pick blueberries that includes the H, the h, the fiance, the fiance's somewhat dubious femme fatale female cousin and a Vassar friend of the h's whom she hopes to set up the H with. The trip goes horribly astray with canoe overturnings, possible snake bites, falling into the lake and the Vassar girl climbing up a tree to escape a hideous garter snake.
The campy goings on continue as the h's Vassar friend heads for the hills and the H tells the h there is a rumor going round that the h is an heiress to her con-man grandfather's non existent fortune. The h tries to explain to her fiance that the story is just that, a story, there is no family fortune on the h's side because it was all spent except for the house and some land where the h and her stepfather live. The fiance's cousin (who is actually his ex wife,) is trying her wiles on the H and not getting anywhere. The h realizes that she is in love with the H, but since her mother said that the H was her brother before she died, the h considers him off limits and resolves to make due with her fiance. Then the stepfather has to into the hospital for surgery.
The fiance's cousin is told by the h that the H won't be getting any of the stepfather's money when she tries to pump the h for H info while the h is waiting to hear about her stepfather's recovery. The h explains that the H was given his share when he started his Boston law practice and the h will get what remains.
Apparently it is a lot of money and the fiance gets the h to sign a power of attorney when she goes back to her home to get ready for the stepfather's return. He also demands that the wedding be in a few days. The h signs the document but post dates it so that it won't be effective until her birthday which is in two weeks. The h then gets a call from the fiance's cousin that there is a problem with the document's date that he showed to the loan people. The h goes over to her fiance's house to tell him about the call and see that the fiance and the cousin have been sharing a bedroom. She doesn't know what to think.
The wedding is the next morning tho and the h duly shows up, the ceremony is underway when the h decides that she can't marry the fiance. There is big party by the H and stepfather when the h leaves the church without being married. Then the fiance shows up and the stepfather forces the h to go off with him to explain. The fiance drags her off to a cabin and proceeds to get mean, he essentially went to mafia loan sharks and borrowed money based on the h's power of attorney, the plan was to marry her and then kill her off for her supposed fortune.
The ex wife, (who was supposedly the cousin), and the fiance were to split the money - the fiance admits that he was sleeping with her while he courted the h and the h explains that she lied to his ex-wife, she isn't inheriting any money from the stepfather because legally she isn't related to them. The fiance tries to hurt the h, but the H shows up and rescues her. There is the usual EG banter and back and forth and then the H declares that he is marrying the h because he isn't her brother and has been in love with her forever and the h loves him back for the big campy HEA.
This one isn't bad and the schemes the h comes up with are fairly funny. Is is pretty obvious the H is a goner over the h, she just can't see it cause of her dead mother's warning, which is later revealed to be meant only until the h grew up. Every thing works out in the end tho, so try this one if you need some slapstick and comedy fun for your HPlandia adventure.
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July 26, 2021
I don’t know what Emma Goldrick was thinking writing this book.
The H is the h’s stepbrother. She doesn’t work. She takes care of the household and she cooks for her stepdad.
She is engaged to be married to another guy. She makes out with that other guy even though the H is with them on the date. It’s not only kissing, her fiancé gets under her bra too and he touches her naked breasts. Ugh. It feels like infidelity to the H what she does.
The h even goes so far to actually proceed to marry that other guy. The H does not prevent it. What HP hero would let the love of his life marry someone else? This H.
Anyway, at the very last moment of the marriage ceremony she doesn’t say: ‘I do’, but she runs out of the church.
I don’t believe in their love for each other. And she is really dumb.
The H is the h’s stepbrother. She doesn’t work. She takes care of the household and she cooks for her stepdad.
She is engaged to be married to another guy. She makes out with that other guy even though the H is with them on the date. It’s not only kissing, her fiancé gets under her bra too and he touches her naked breasts. Ugh. It feels like infidelity to the H what she does.
The h even goes so far to actually proceed to marry that other guy. The H does not prevent it. What HP hero would let the love of his life marry someone else? This H.
Anyway, at the very last moment of the marriage ceremony she doesn’t say: ‘I do’, but she runs out of the church.
I don’t believe in their love for each other. And she is really dumb.
September 19, 2012
Adorable, lighthearted story. I very much enjoyed this one. I especially liked that the heroine didn't spend the whole story pining for the hero -- it was a little inconsistent because at times the author implied that the heroine was in love with the hero the whole time, but her inner monologue didn't really reflect that much, which I liked. It was also strangely chaste between the hero and heroine for most of it -- her dreams and one petting session with her (non-hero) boyfriend went further than anything ever did between the hero and heroine. But, still, a very cute read.
January 30, 2017
The h is stupid
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November 24, 2021Harry Butterworth was a very attractive man - Mickey had always known that. He was also her stepbrother, and her very best friend. So, although there wasn't much to work with in that remote spot in the Adirondack mountains, Mickey was determined to find the right girl for Harry before she herself got married. Yet as time went on she wished she had never taken on the job - not only was Harry being remarkably uncooperative, but she was no longer so sure that it was a good idea. It was taking so much of her attention that she seemed to be thinking about Harry more often than she remembered George, the man she was supposed to marry! (
December 28, 2023
Despite the fact that the heroine Mickey/Michele was addlepated in a nice way, the story was interesting. However good intentions aside as the book progressed it was wearying trying to follow her mental contortions. The men in her life all took advantage of her in one way or another and none of them from Stepfather, to stepbrother or fiance deserved the respect she lavished on them.
March 13, 2022
I liked it more on my 1st read than the 2nd. The usual stepsibs trope where the H is patiently waiting for the h to grow up while the h is living in her "My stepbrother is my bwwwest friend and that's why we have such a powerful soul connection teeehee" lala land. The H shows up when he finds out that the h has gotten herself engaged to a greedy OM (the H briefly mentions that he also proposed to a socialite back in Boston but that the girl ditched him for greener pastures, not sure if banter or the truth, but regardless, both the leads have or are engaged to other people at some point in this story).
I think the H tried a bit to let the h realize what's up cz we see him hugging her from behind, talking into her ear, complimenting her hair, etc, but it just wasn't enough. The weirdest thing is that although he came to stop the h marrying OM, the book brings us right down to the church wedding and the I DOs, and even then it's the h who speaks up and says no. Then the H does some more passive waiting, right down to the h being semi-kidnapped by the OM in a storm and stranded on an island cove of sorts, where the OM brutalizes her and leaves her with bruises and a black eye, FINALLY to be rescued by the H. H does then proceed to break OMs arm and throw him all across the room but if he had come on time she wouldn't have been so bruised.
Be warned, the h is engaged to the OM for 85% of this book, and
I think the H tried a bit to let the h realize what's up cz we see him hugging her from behind, talking into her ear, complimenting her hair, etc, but it just wasn't enough. The weirdest thing is that although he came to stop the h marrying OM, the book brings us right down to the church wedding and the I DOs, and even then it's the h who speaks up and says no. Then the H does some more passive waiting, right down to the h being semi-kidnapped by the OM in a storm and stranded on an island cove of sorts, where the OM brutalizes her and leaves her with bruises and a black eye, FINALLY to be rescued by the H. H does then proceed to break OMs arm and throw him all across the room but if he had come on time she wouldn't have been so bruised.
Be warned, the h is engaged to the OM for 85% of this book, and
February 19, 2013
Again I find myself having difficulty getting into the story simply because neither character seemed that attractive to me. I wonder if I am actually just shallow in this way. Otherwise, a decent story of rather unlikely love coming to be.
November 4, 2014
3+ stars for this one - I like the stepbrother/stepsister theme, although sometimes the characters were a bit two-dimensional.
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