Bird in Hand

by Dixie Browning

TAKING A DIVE

Tyrus Clay felt as if he was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. He'd been forced to retire from his career as a deep-sea salvage diver for health reasons. Now he was grounded -- stuck on dry land doing a diving study -- and his landlady could best be described as eccentric.

Anny Cousins usually ignored her boarders, but when Tyrus Clay arrived she was reminded of the wounded hawks she was licensed to care for. She knew she could help heal him -- she was accustomed to rehabilitating the wildest of wild creatures -- only she hadn't meant to lose her heart in the process!

186 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

About the author

Dixie Burrus was born on September 09, 1930 in North Carolina's Outer Banks, U.S.A, where her family had lived for generations, to sea captain Dozier Burrus and Achsah Williams. Her father was the professional baseball player Maurice Lennon "Dick" Burrus, she has two sisters, Mary and Sarah Burrus.

Dixie is an artist and romance writer. She began writting contemporany romance novels as Zoe Dozier, now she writes her contemporary romances with her married name, Dixie Browning, and historical romances with her sister, Mary Burrus Williams as Bronwyn Williams, one combination of their married names. She has been awarded a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, and been a five-time RITA finalist. She has also won three Maggies, and numerous awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the NC Press Club.

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tyrus lives at Anny's home while working at a deep sea study at the university. She knows something is wrong but cannot figure out what but figures if she waits long enough she'll learn his secret and be able to help him. What neither expects is to fall in love.

I loved Anny's craziness! She was so much fun as Tyrus struggled to keep up with her thought processes. I liked that Tyrus was trying to stay faithful to his girlfriend who basically had thrown him over and fight his attraction to Anny but it was a lost cause. The more he is around her the harder he falls. This was the perfect read for an autumn day when it is warm enough to sit outside and read.

[3stii · Rating 2 out of 5]

Daje 3 gwiazdki na podstawie wszystkich innych książek, które z tego czytałam, a nie że po prostu zasługuje na 3. Jest trochę lepiej napisana niż tamte, co już czytałam po prostu.