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The Nanny Bargain
Falling for the Boss
Concerned for his orphaned twin brothers, outdoor-gear shop owner Sawyer Banks urges new employee Tori Janner to apply for the nanny position their grandparents are advertising...and spy for him. With plans to start over in Hunter Ridge and dreams of reviving her quilting business, Tori takes the job--but refuses to report to Sawyer unless the boys' welfare is in danger. But soon it's her own heart that's in jeopardy. Because after spending time with the committed bachelor, she starts to see the depth behind his easy charm--and begins to imagine herself as his wife.
Concerned for his orphaned twin brothers, outdoor-gear shop owner Sawyer Banks urges new employee Tori Janner to apply for the nanny position their grandparents are advertising...and spy for him. With plans to start over in Hunter Ridge and dreams of reviving her quilting business, Tori takes the job--but refuses to report to Sawyer unless the boys' welfare is in danger. But soon it's her own heart that's in jeopardy. Because after spending time with the committed bachelor, she starts to see the depth behind his easy charm--and begins to imagine herself as his wife.
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224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published April 18, 2017
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March 12, 2024
Good book, in a great series!
April 21, 2017
This is the fourth book in the Hearts of Hunter Ridge series and I really enjoyed my visit back to Arizona mountain country. Each book in the series reads perfectly fine as a standalone so no worries about playing catch-up -- unless, of course, you like stellar contemporary romance, In which case you should definitely back-track and pick up the three previous books. :-)
What an interesting conundrum Sawyer puts Tori in. At first I was righteously indignant at his audacity but then I got to know him and realized his heart was in the right place. If only he could connect it with his brain and use words to sort things out! LOL But then he wouldn't need Tori and she wouldn't feel torn loyalties and the angst-factor wouldn't have been as edgy and...well...the story wouldn't have been as excellent! So, overall, I guess the author knew what she was doing. :-)
Sawyer's never been commitment material. Tori has ambitions that don't include romance. But when these two are thrown together in the company of adorable twin boys, well, magic happens. The Nanny Bargain has all the ingredients of a captivating read including a swoonworthy hero paired with an all too stubborn heroine. Then there are all the engaging secondary characters and the whole story is set against a background of community and faith. Awesomesauce in 217 pages!
What an interesting conundrum Sawyer puts Tori in. At first I was righteously indignant at his audacity but then I got to know him and realized his heart was in the right place. If only he could connect it with his brain and use words to sort things out! LOL But then he wouldn't need Tori and she wouldn't feel torn loyalties and the angst-factor wouldn't have been as edgy and...well...the story wouldn't have been as excellent! So, overall, I guess the author knew what she was doing. :-)
Sawyer's never been commitment material. Tori has ambitions that don't include romance. But when these two are thrown together in the company of adorable twin boys, well, magic happens. The Nanny Bargain has all the ingredients of a captivating read including a swoonworthy hero paired with an all too stubborn heroine. Then there are all the engaging secondary characters and the whole story is set against a background of community and faith. Awesomesauce in 217 pages!
April 19, 2017
This was a fun book to read! I love going to Hunter Ridge, Arizona and the people there are such fun to be around! I wish I could live here! Ms. Kaye has brought this community to life and created such a great place to live with wonderful characters that are believable, lovable and "gently" flawed to be just like the rest of us! I anxiously wait for each book to come out so I can revisit the place and see who I'm going to get to know this time! This book was about Sawyer Banks and his new employee, Tori Janner. However, he gets her to apply for the childcare position with the grandparents of his orphaned twin brothers because he wants her to keep an eye on them for him. Tori doesn't want to "spy" on the boys for Sawyer so she refuses unless their welfare is in danger but things begin to get complicated when different things begin to happen. both Tori and Sawyer have a past that make them leery and jumping into a relationship with each other but that doesn't stop their hearts from connecting! The grandparents were quite strict with the boys and I cheered Tori on when she tried to stand up for the twins and what would be better for them! This is a delightful book and I would recommend it! I like the theme of communication and talking things out that were brought out in the book.
August 24, 2023
The cover *REALLY* ruined this for me. HUGELY.
We have Sawyer Banks, the hero of the story. He owns a sporting goods store. On pg. 43 he's called a 'rugged outdoorsman', Tori is constantly talking about the 'big' man with 'broad' shoulders. Pg 98 she calls him a 'mountain man'. Pg 149 he 'lowers himself into a chair way too small for a man of his size'.
And yet on the cover? We have a picture of little clean-shaven, wussy, metrosexual dude. WHAT IS THAT?! And he's holding hands with his quite-possibly gender transitioned lover? It looks just awful. That isn't Tori - that's either his teenaged brother or worse? HATE the cover!!!!
The story isn't much better. Sawyer is a reformed gambler who wasn't *REALLY* an addict, because 1) no chrischun dude would evah do a thing like dat, and 2) LI authors don't actually tackle hard topics. They just reference them vaguely in past tense. What sweetens the pot in this story is that - in a totally overdone irony ploy by the author - Tori's parents divorced because they were *BOTH* gambling addicts who... left her with grandma while they... um, went their separate... gambling... ways... to lose money... alone, each of them. R'something.
Please, don't ask. ((((((sigh.)))))))
Additionally, the author introduces the thematic thread of children lying, but refuses to *CALL* it lying, while complaining about people who refuse to call it lying, and then never takes the lesson through to correction/resolution. Yeah. That's grrrrrrreat stuff, there.
Then there's the fun with the children's grandparents, who - for absolutely NO rhyme or reason - punish the kids in absurd ways. Cubby misses his dad? Well, then obviously we need to put the twins in separate bedrooms. It's ridiculous and does nothing more than confound the readers with oddness in the story.
And there are no *REAL* repercussions for bad behavior. Child wanders away in the woods without letting a grown-up know? Well... we just let that go. ((Um, no? If that was the TRIAL outdoors trip before the actual one, the actual one should be postponed as a punishment, so they realize the gravity of their actions.)) I'm not fond of Kaye's parenting and weirdness surrounding.
In other unrelated crapness, I'm *VERY* sick of the 'gotta get the approval of the local arts co-op before I can craft!' BS that goes on in ALL of these books. NOBODY should lord over someone else's hobbies, and if you want to open a quilt shop? Open the shop, girl! Them big-mouths at the co-op can't stop you. You had one with your grandma out of town, you can have one here, too. Screw the "homigoodness, will I make the cut?!?!?" clique-iness of this whole stO_opid theme running through the series. I'm sorry, but true artists march to their OWN drums, not the co-ops' drum, hello. That's the beauty of the LIBERAL arts (aka *F.R.E.E.D.O.M*). I hate the Hunter's Glen co-op. And the mindset within these books. It's all wrong, smacks of 'business' and not 'creativity'. And really, what does the co-op contribute? NADA.
And to wrap this review up, this book has THE. MOST. BANAL. and unromantic ending I have read in a LONNNNNNNG time. "I love you, Tori. I'll always love you. The kind of love that leads to wedding bells and baby diapers and golden anniversaries." Well, I dunno, but *MY* heart just totally didn't flip with that one. Why not mention Depends and bifocals, stretch marks and dog vomit, while you're at it?
The sizzle was a big, big fizzle, and that is highway robbery for the reader. What the farts!?! Zing us - it's what romance writers are SUPPOSED to do! Women read romances for the ROMANCE. It'd be nice if there were a little in the book, at the big declaration/love reveal, hello. I feel utterly gypped.
And I wasn't doing well with this BEFORE that, either...
We have Sawyer Banks, the hero of the story. He owns a sporting goods store. On pg. 43 he's called a 'rugged outdoorsman', Tori is constantly talking about the 'big' man with 'broad' shoulders. Pg 98 she calls him a 'mountain man'. Pg 149 he 'lowers himself into a chair way too small for a man of his size'.
And yet on the cover? We have a picture of little clean-shaven, wussy, metrosexual dude. WHAT IS THAT?! And he's holding hands with his quite-possibly gender transitioned lover? It looks just awful. That isn't Tori - that's either his teenaged brother or worse? HATE the cover!!!!
The story isn't much better. Sawyer is a reformed gambler who wasn't *REALLY* an addict, because 1) no chrischun dude would evah do a thing like dat, and 2) LI authors don't actually tackle hard topics. They just reference them vaguely in past tense. What sweetens the pot in this story is that - in a totally overdone irony ploy by the author - Tori's parents divorced because they were *BOTH* gambling addicts who... left her with grandma while they... um, went their separate... gambling... ways... to lose money... alone, each of them. R'something.
Please, don't ask. ((((((sigh.)))))))
Additionally, the author introduces the thematic thread of children lying, but refuses to *CALL* it lying, while complaining about people who refuse to call it lying, and then never takes the lesson through to correction/resolution. Yeah. That's grrrrrrreat stuff, there.
Then there's the fun with the children's grandparents, who - for absolutely NO rhyme or reason - punish the kids in absurd ways. Cubby misses his dad? Well, then obviously we need to put the twins in separate bedrooms. It's ridiculous and does nothing more than confound the readers with oddness in the story.
And there are no *REAL* repercussions for bad behavior. Child wanders away in the woods without letting a grown-up know? Well... we just let that go. ((Um, no? If that was the TRIAL outdoors trip before the actual one, the actual one should be postponed as a punishment, so they realize the gravity of their actions.)) I'm not fond of Kaye's parenting and weirdness surrounding.
In other unrelated crapness, I'm *VERY* sick of the 'gotta get the approval of the local arts co-op before I can craft!' BS that goes on in ALL of these books. NOBODY should lord over someone else's hobbies, and if you want to open a quilt shop? Open the shop, girl! Them big-mouths at the co-op can't stop you. You had one with your grandma out of town, you can have one here, too. Screw the "homigoodness, will I make the cut?!?!?" clique-iness of this whole stO_opid theme running through the series. I'm sorry, but true artists march to their OWN drums, not the co-ops' drum, hello. That's the beauty of the LIBERAL arts (aka *F.R.E.E.D.O.M*). I hate the Hunter's Glen co-op. And the mindset within these books. It's all wrong, smacks of 'business' and not 'creativity'. And really, what does the co-op contribute? NADA.
And to wrap this review up, this book has THE. MOST. BANAL. and unromantic ending I have read in a LONNNNNNNG time. "I love you, Tori. I'll always love you. The kind of love that leads to wedding bells and baby diapers and golden anniversaries." Well, I dunno, but *MY* heart just totally didn't flip with that one. Why not mention Depends and bifocals, stretch marks and dog vomit, while you're at it?
The sizzle was a big, big fizzle, and that is highway robbery for the reader. What the farts!?! Zing us - it's what romance writers are SUPPOSED to do! Women read romances for the ROMANCE. It'd be nice if there were a little in the book, at the big declaration/love reveal, hello. I feel utterly gypped.
And I wasn't doing well with this BEFORE that, either...
April 7, 2024
Tori is in need of a job and is starting over in Hunter Ridge. So when her new employer offers her a second job, she needs to take it. But this new job means being a nanny to her employer Sawyers twin brothers. Sawyer wants to keep a close eye on his brothers and agrees to pay Tori extra if she becomes there nanny and reports back info to him. His brothers are being raised by their grandparents and he doubts the care they are receiving from them. Tori isn't a fan of the idea but agrees to it, but only reporting back when its an emergency. So what happens when an emergency arises and she can't bring herself to do the one thing she was hired to do? What happens when she and Sawyer find their feelings getting mixed up in this arrangement... Shes been cautioned that Sawyer can't be trusted, and yet she feels drawn to him. Will the twins be able to stay with their Grandparents? Will they end up moving away so they can get more help caring for them? Or will Sawyer and Tori be able to find another solution, so they don't have to split up the family, once again?!
Sweet, sweet story. I loved the love that Sawyer has for his brothers. And the community and support the people in Hunter Ridge seem to provide to the family. I love that Sawyer and Tori start out SO at odds, but then start to find a middle ground. So much is going in in this story. Its a story of redemption, second chances, and lots of possibilities for those that trust God to see them through.
Sweet, sweet story. I loved the love that Sawyer has for his brothers. And the community and support the people in Hunter Ridge seem to provide to the family. I love that Sawyer and Tori start out SO at odds, but then start to find a middle ground. So much is going in in this story. Its a story of redemption, second chances, and lots of possibilities for those that trust God to see them through.
July 28, 2019
BOOK BY: Glynna Kaye
Issued: May 2017
I quite enjoyed this quick read by Glynna Kaye.
The story revolves around a grieving son and jilted bride.
Sawyer Banks struggles with guilt over the deaths of his Dad and wife, feeling that he played a huge role in their demise. His twin half-brothers deserve to be in a home where they are loved and adequately cared for, but he won’t have anything to do with their daily needs.
Victoria Janner wants to put the past behind her and revive her quilting business she’d given up for the fiancé who left her. When offered a position of childcare for the Banks boys, Victoria is hesitant to accept Sawyer’s condition of “spying” on the family looking after them. She refuses to report unless the boys’ welfare is in danger.
When circumstances arise beyond Victoria’s control, she struggles with guilt for keeping news from Sawyer that will ultimately affect the future of his little brothers, and may prevent their newly found romance from having a chance.
What ensues is a sweet romance between two hurting people, and the power of forgiveness from God, and the power of family bonds.
Issued: May 2017
I quite enjoyed this quick read by Glynna Kaye.
The story revolves around a grieving son and jilted bride.
Sawyer Banks struggles with guilt over the deaths of his Dad and wife, feeling that he played a huge role in their demise. His twin half-brothers deserve to be in a home where they are loved and adequately cared for, but he won’t have anything to do with their daily needs.
Victoria Janner wants to put the past behind her and revive her quilting business she’d given up for the fiancé who left her. When offered a position of childcare for the Banks boys, Victoria is hesitant to accept Sawyer’s condition of “spying” on the family looking after them. She refuses to report unless the boys’ welfare is in danger.
When circumstances arise beyond Victoria’s control, she struggles with guilt for keeping news from Sawyer that will ultimately affect the future of his little brothers, and may prevent their newly found romance from having a chance.
What ensues is a sweet romance between two hurting people, and the power of forgiveness from God, and the power of family bonds.
June 4, 2017
The Nanny Bargain is the fourth book in Hearts of Hunter Ridge. This is my first book from Glynna Kaye and I really enjoyed it. I had to literally laugh out loud about a four year old tracking a deer but that is mainly because it's something I can see our four year old doing if we gave her an open opportunity. This book is so family strong and love filled. The love that every character has for the twins flows off the pages perfectly!
The forgiveness that the Sellys give Sawyer for coming in and out of their grandson's lives is from nothing but compassion they both learnt a lot from each other. Tori fell for the boys fist and then the entire family. If you are looking for a heartfelt, clean, inspirational read this one is for you.
The forgiveness that the Sellys give Sawyer for coming in and out of their grandson's lives is from nothing but compassion they both learnt a lot from each other. Tori fell for the boys fist and then the entire family. If you are looking for a heartfelt, clean, inspirational read this one is for you.
May 9, 2017
Great book, there were a few unexpected things. This book deals with grief, and how a child and an adults deal with it. All involved have the love, but the grief they are dealing with make them deal with in different ways.
Sweet story, I enjoyed it. First time reading Glynn Kaye, and I will read her again.
Sweet story, I enjoyed it. First time reading Glynn Kaye, and I will read her again.
June 1, 2023
I believe I read this in 2017, but just re-read it. I enjoyed it. A strong woman with integrity.
July 18, 2024
You wonder if the nanny will follow the instructions and "snitch" on the grandparents.
The older brother sounds kind of hot, even though he's got issues.
The older brother sounds kind of hot, even though he's got issues.
April 19, 2017
There were some things that their presence with lack of follow up left me confused. Also it wrapped up too quickly, also leaving me confused.
April 29, 2017
The Nanny Bargain by Glynna Kaye is a Hearts Of Hunter Ridge Series. Sawyer Banks father remarried a younger girl. They had twin boys. The parents died in a fire. They left the twin boys to HER parents. The boys are now five. The grandparents are older and she has MS. Sawyer hires Tori Janner to work in sporting good store part time and wants her to apply for a nanny job with his brothers grandparents. To spy on them to see if the boys are being treated okay. Lori won't do that but she did get the job and fell in love with the boys. Also with Sawyer. The grandparents other kids all live out of town and want them to move there. Sawyer talks to them to convince they to let him take the boys. The grandparents don't want to leave the area and agree and they move to a smaller place just to stay in town and still be able to see their grand kids. A very good book. Touching, romance.
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June 21, 2017
honor book from the library
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February 8, 2018
A sweet story. Everyone gets a happily ever after. Sawyer is great with his younger twin brothers, Landon & Cubby. Would love to be introduced to Sawyer' s older siblings.
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