Becoming a single dad was never hockey star Sam Catalano's game plan. Now he's turning his world upside down to give his two-year-old son, Casey, the best life he can. And buying his own childhood camp seems like the perfect way to do it. At least until he comes face-to-face with his new assistant director, and old camp flame, Libby Kovak.
Sam can't afford to be distracted by Libby or the constant reminders of the passion they shared. His only priority is protecting Casey and making the transition as smooth as possible. But Sam's starting to believe that the most valuable thing he can give his son, and himself, is a life with Libby in it.
Books about a child's custody always worry me. In this story, that issue takes a back seat to a father making a home for his young son to support his being awarded custody, but his fears that he won't be successful take a backseat to his experiences at a kids' camp he'd attended as a teenager. Is he really a good guy? The person he has to convince isn't his son, but rather the person who sucked face with when he'd last attended the camp, but she doesn't trust that he won't leave like he had so many years earlier--for reasons she isn't privy to.
The final complication, in the form of a smarmy article written about him in a celebrity rag that is full of inuendos and inaccuracies, threatens the custody issue, which finally is resolved. Happily. Whew.
I would have liked this better if the hero and heroine had simply talked to each other sooner, but this was a pretty feel good Super Romance. Still super sad the line is ending.
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Sam bought the camp that Libby had been working at since she was in high school. She had been led to believe she would inherit the camp. But circumstances had changed. The fact that Sam and she had been high school sweethearts was making this particularly hard for Libby. Sam was keeping secrets. Libby couldn’t figure out what they were. An intriguing book which covers a lot of subjects.