The Tenant Who Came To Stay

by Pamela Toth

"Don't you want me?" she asked in a small voice.

Of course Wade Garrett wanted her. He'd wanted Pauline Mayfield ever since he'd convinced her to rent him a room in her boardinghouse. But he wasn't sure if he was ready to trust women again. Especially one who until recently seemed so intent on keeping their relationship platonic in order to avoid small-town gossip. Still, he couldn't deny their attraction, and if Pauline was ready to take their relationship to the next level, he wouldn't say no, even if it meant putting his heart on the line — not to mention her reputation!

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Pamela Toth was encouraged to write romance fiction by Meg Chittenden. She makes her home in Seattle and is a USA Today bestselling author. She is also known as Pamela Roth.

As an author for Silhouette Romance, Pamela Toth published two novels. As an author for Harlequin Temptation, Pamela Toth published two novels.

Reviews

[Maria (Lectumari) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Es un libro lleno de sentimientos es fácil y rápido de leer con personajes no muy complicados pero una aventura emocionante y sin muchos tapujos .

[Maura · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story kind of dragged...which is saying quite a bit when you're reading such a short book. The romance is fairly boring, nothing exciting, no steamy scenes... The majority of the book sets up the town's antiquated ideas about men and women living together and Pauline's own insecurities about scandal as the main "antagonist" in the story. So when this is overcome and the H/h are together I began wondering what could happen next. And up to this point, Pauline was irritating and prudish, but I didn't hate her. Then her sister Lily comes back to town. Side rant: Lily comes back with her ex-boyfriend Steve's son who he doesn't know about and the kid is 11 years old. I cannot stand a woman who would deny a perfectly decent man knowledge of his son. Already hate her. When this happens, Pauline becomes an awful heroine. She's bitter, spiteful, nagging, her insecurities and jealousy make her unsympathetic. Poor Wade (our H) has to deal with a woman who blows hot and cold for no apparent reason and flies off the handle unexpectedly. He actually leaves her and monologues about how he narrowly escaped shacking up with a crazy woman. Hardly a week later he's proposing and telling her he loves her. Didn't sound like it to me... If you love someone you don't just abandon them when they go a little crazy - you try like hell to help them. So I don't really believe the H falls in love with the heroine in this book. Not that I could blame him.

[Hazel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Inspired by Manny's thread about Mills and Boon books. I read it last week, and now I don't remember much. I think Toth introduced issues of family conflict, but the treatment was superficial at best. Slight.

[Shelley Coughlin Porter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read on a dare. Life rule: no more joke books. There are too many good books to read!