La place d'une autre

Home in Emmett's Mill #4

by Kimberly Van Meter

Annabelle s'installe à Emmett's Mill, dans l'espoir de s'y faire une vie meilleure avec son enfant. Grâce à une connaissance, elle décroche un travail. Mais son patron, le séduisant Dean, a une attitude ombrageuse avec elle : tantôt il recherche ouvertement sa compagnie, tantôt il la repousse. Parce qu'il a perdu sa femme et vit mal son attirance pour une autre femme ? Parce que son fils ne supporte pas qu'Annabelle, cette intruse, puisse un jour ou l'autre prendre la place de sa mère? En dépit de tout, la passion rapproche Dean et Annabelle qui deviennent bientôt amants. Cependant, Annabelle demeure tiraillée : certes, elle rêve d'épouser Dean et de construire un avenir avec lui, mais pas au prix fort. Pas au risque de détourner Dean de ses souvenirs s'il ne le veut pas vraiment, ni de briser sa famille en s'immisçant malgré elle entre lui et son fils...

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin

340 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

Reviews

[Leya]

Here's a story of two people that know that falling for each other is dangerous. The danger of getting their hearts broken. Annebelle thinks she can't compete with the memory of Dean's dead wife, and Dean doesn't want to fall in love again, for different reasons. There's also Dean's son, he's not dealing very well with Annabelle in their lives. But what happens next took me by surprise. (I won't get into it here, you have to read the book!)

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was short and sweet (just like I like them!), but it also had something more...a mystery. Who wants to hurt Annabelle? I loved the way she went back to confront a man in her past; and the way she made Dean realize that he wasn't the cause of something that hurt him so much. I really liked her character, I also like Dean, but Annabelle was the scene stealer for me.

[Andrea]

A single mom moves into a close-knit small town and threatens to disrupt the balance of things. She finds a job and then deals with her feelings for her boss. Pretty predictable but a quick read and something a little mindless and easy.
241pps
started 11/30/08
finished 12/3/08

[Andrea]

A lot of drama for such a short romance novel, but the leads were realistic and I enjoyed it otherwise.

[Carol]

Predictable but charming enough plot of two people with a second chance at love.

[Meaghan]

fun (and predictable, but it is a harlequin after all) story

[Nancee]

Good read, especially in the second half which was refreshing!
I look forward to reading more of her books.