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Anna Meets Her Match
Take one uncontrollable little girl. Add a home infested with bees. Toss in former childhood nemesis Anna Burdett, and what single dad Reeves Leland gets is one big headache! His trio of matchmaking maiden aunts aren't helping matters. Neither is his attraction to Anna, now grown into a beautiful woman. The former wild child soon proves to be the perfect match for Reeves and his willful daughter. Could this reunion spark old memories and new possibilities for a future together?
278 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2009
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Arlene James
214 books88 followersArlene James has written romance for four decades, and has published 100+ novels. A mother of sons and now a happy grandmother to the brightest, most talented, and lovely of all granddaughters, she is finding her sixth decade to be great fun.
She and her very supportive husband of 45 years (whom she agreed to marry on their first date!) enjoy a busy social life and have visited much of the world. After calling Texas home for three decades, they now live in beautiful NW Arkansas.
Arlene grew up on a ranch in south central Oklahoma and still maintains strong ties in that area. She firmly believes that writing has afforded her the best of all possible means of earning a living, and credits a junior high school English teacher with proving to her that her dream of being an author was entirely achievable.
After 4 decades of deadlines and multiple-book contracts (for which she is deeply grateful), she is enjoying the ability to write exactly what she feels led to write on her own schedule.
She and her very supportive husband of 45 years (whom she agreed to marry on their first date!) enjoy a busy social life and have visited much of the world. After calling Texas home for three decades, they now live in beautiful NW Arkansas.
Arlene grew up on a ranch in south central Oklahoma and still maintains strong ties in that area. She firmly believes that writing has afforded her the best of all possible means of earning a living, and credits a junior high school English teacher with proving to her that her dream of being an author was entirely achievable.
After 4 decades of deadlines and multiple-book contracts (for which she is deeply grateful), she is enjoying the ability to write exactly what she feels led to write on her own schedule.
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May 1, 2014
Anna Meets Her Match (2009) by Arlene James (Love Inspired)
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This is a really nice book which I enjoyed a lot. Anna was a wonderful person who was dealing with her life as best she could. However she actually made a few things harder for herself as she was cutting off her nose to spite her face (as the saying goes). Reeves was also a very wonderful and caring person. When he meets Anna again all he remembers were the surface commotions she had always caused. As he gets to know her a bit better though he ends up understanding the underlying cause and this starts to put her past actions into a new light for him. The little girl was adorable and I loved how Anna totally understood her and was able to relate as well as gently show Reeves how to be the father he had always tried to be but had been coming up short as. The Aunts were such lovable characters as well and you could even understand how Anna's grandmother went overboard in the other direction (this is understandable once you read the book) while trying to raise Anna. She was really a bit clueless even though she was trying to do her best for Anna and I felt a bit sorry for her.
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Back Cover Blurb ~~ A Recipe For Disaster?
Take one uncontrollable little girl. Add a home infested with bees. Toss in former childhood nemesis Anna Burdett, and what single dad Reeves Leland gets is one big headache! His trio of matchmaking maiden aunts aren't helping matters. Neither is his attraction to Anna, now grown into a beautiful woman. The former wild child soon proves to be the perfect match for Reeves and his willful daughter. Could this reunion spark old memories and new possibilities for a future together? -NFM-
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This is a really nice book which I enjoyed a lot. Anna was a wonderful person who was dealing with her life as best she could. However she actually made a few things harder for herself as she was cutting off her nose to spite her face (as the saying goes). Reeves was also a very wonderful and caring person. When he meets Anna again all he remembers were the surface commotions she had always caused. As he gets to know her a bit better though he ends up understanding the underlying cause and this starts to put her past actions into a new light for him. The little girl was adorable and I loved how Anna totally understood her and was able to relate as well as gently show Reeves how to be the father he had always tried to be but had been coming up short as. The Aunts were such lovable characters as well and you could even understand how Anna's grandmother went overboard in the other direction (this is understandable once you read the book) while trying to raise Anna. She was really a bit clueless even though she was trying to do her best for Anna and I felt a bit sorry for her.
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Back Cover Blurb ~~ A Recipe For Disaster?
Take one uncontrollable little girl. Add a home infested with bees. Toss in former childhood nemesis Anna Burdett, and what single dad Reeves Leland gets is one big headache! His trio of matchmaking maiden aunts aren't helping matters. Neither is his attraction to Anna, now grown into a beautiful woman. The former wild child soon proves to be the perfect match for Reeves and his willful daughter. Could this reunion spark old memories and new possibilities for a future together? -NFM-
April 26, 2018
Back in high school Anna Burdett was a troublesome teen, who had a crush on Reeves Leland. Reeves was unaware of it. Now they have both grown up so when their paths cross will Anna's old habits resurface? Reeves little girl Gilli seems to be following in Anna's footsteps. Throw in three meddling aunts to the mixture and you have sheer joy. I liked this book a lot and found it lighthearted and fun. It was a very quick read.
May 17, 2021
This quick read was the best!! Reeves is having a hard time after he is divorced and left with his three year old daughter. Also, his house is infested with bees!! When he has to move in with his meddling aunts for the time being, an old nemesis, Anna, comes into the picture. What happens when God brings you a person to be your helpmate? What happens when a child just needs attention and love? Again, this book was a quick read and really wonderful.
June 1, 2017
Christian romance. First in a series. Three maiden aunts matchmaking for their nephew.
May 16, 2020
Anna meets her match
This book is wonderful it has many difficulties that require good thinking to resolve bible verses work in very well.
This book is wonderful it has many difficulties that require good thinking to resolve bible verses work in very well.
November 5, 2021
Very good and different
March 19, 2023
Contemporary Christian romance.
January 14, 2024
Chemistry right from the start except it is not romantic chemistry, LOL - evil - not - step - mother, lovely aunties - bee stings and stinging words - Lots to love about this book - Awesome heroine!
November 23, 2025
This is a nice little romance story, with Reeves Leland and Anna Burdett, the girl who was his nemesis in school.
November 28, 2011
I don't usually read or finish romances of any sort, let alone inspirational romances, but this was well written and I really enjoyed it. I didn't find it to be too preachy, though I did think it was kind of a stretch that the grandmother and granddaughter had such a poor relationship and that neither one, despite being Christian, was able to if not mend the relationship, at least communicate a little better. Again, not a bad book and glad I picked it up.
December 10, 2013
This was my first Christian fiction book that I have ever read.
The story of a brewing relationship between two people that thought they were unlikely for each other building a relationship with each other and God.
Truly a good read, but since the beginning I already knew that it'd have the fairytale ending for Reeves and Anna. I found Gilli to be very cute. The mother, Marissa, though ... she was something else!
The story of a brewing relationship between two people that thought they were unlikely for each other building a relationship with each other and God.
Truly a good read, but since the beginning I already knew that it'd have the fairytale ending for Reeves and Anna. I found Gilli to be very cute. The mother, Marissa, though ... she was something else!
October 21, 2010
I don't know if I didn't enjoy this book as much because it was all about a man in search of romance rather then a women or just a so so story. It is a clean Christian book but not the best of the Love Inspired series.
April 9, 2011
Just EH! Kinda had a hard time getting into this one. The love story was good...If they'd concentrated MORE on Reeves and Anna Miranda's LOVE STORY then the Aunts and Grandma!...Gilli was ADORABLE with her kitty 'SPECIAL', who ONLY liked the little girl LOL!
January 14, 2014
This is a really good book, it is well written although it does kind of start out kind of blah. Anna's story draws you in and little Gilli is so adorable. Over all really good and worth the time to read.
May 8, 2023
Fun beginning to what promises to be a wonderful series. Anna and Reeves could not be more different... but over time they find that despite those differences love can bring two people, plus a precocious little girl, together to form a family. The aunts were a delightful part of the story too.
August 20, 2010
-A house infected by bees is a recipe for disaster, as this book shows. An ok book.
July 10, 2011
One of my favorites by this author--heroine really grabs your heart.
March 15, 2013
read a long time ago so don't really remember the story. Love Inspired series of books
January 9, 2014
anna finds true love with childhood crush Reeves.
May 28, 2014
3.7 stars because at first i wasn't sure of reeves' game plan and his feelings about anna and if he actually loved her or just wanted her as a mom for gilli.
July 27, 2015
I thought this book was awesome. I loved the prayer and the faith of a young man that was looking to God for help and to please Him. What a great book. Hope there is more like this one.
August 2, 2015
Anna Miranda and Reeves Leland meet again after ten years, a broken marriage and a daughter Gilli. Can the brat really be the one for Reeves?
February 23, 2016
This was a very good book how ever I do wish the author had done more to make it more interesting. I look forward to reading more of this author's work.
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December 11, 2012This is another selection of contemporary, family-centered romance.
May 25, 2015
A delightful and charming story to two people at odds, but in love.
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