Violets are Blue

by Andrea Edwards

Widower Ryan Crawford's three rambunctious children had sent a procession of housekeepers packing. He desperately needed help putting the family's chaotic life in order, and throwing himself on the mercy of Valerie Dennison's home services agency was his last hope! — To Ryan's satisfaction, Val herself spearheaded the project, applying considerable emotional expertise to the crisis. But as her maternal skills made peace in his home, her womanly charms wreaked havoc on his heart. Ryan kept telling himself he wasn't ready for a wife - even though the kids thought otherwise. So why was he getting the unsettling sensation that the Crawford household would be incomplete without Valerie?

253 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

aka Anne Benson, Erika Bryant, Adrienne Edwards, Andrea Edwards, Anne Hillary, Kathryn Jessup

Reviews

[Naksed · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the saddest books I have ever read. It's less of a romance than it is the story of a woman coming to terms with the guilt she has felt all her life in "giving up" her baby. It's a lot more than that too because she has so many emotional issues and hang-ups from a lifetime of being abandoned and neglected. So she put up a wall never to let herself get close and intimate to anyone. It will probably resonate with many who have gone through similar trauma and develop similar anxiety and depressive patterns. Themes of death, abandonment, foster care, adoption, birth parents and adoptive parents. A real tear-jerker :(