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Meagan's Chance
Can a free-spirited woman teach an uptight professor what he needs to know about love and faithoutside the classroom? Shattered by her ex-husbands infidelity and her own infertility, Meagan OHare is starting over. Tossed in the midst of a family crisis by a flat tire, she meets Adam McCallister. The last thing Meagan wants is to get involved with Adam and his children. Its just a painful reminder of what she can never haveher own family. Adam couldnt agree more. The son of an alcoholic, Adam desires stability and security for his children. An undisciplined, too attractive woman who wears tie-dye T-shirts is not his idea of the model nanny. His children disagree. They have prayed for someone exactly like Meagan and arent above giving God a helping hand in getting her. In less than twenty-four hours, Meagan turns Adams neatly ordered world upside down. While the children love it, Adam questions the wisdom of his decision to hire Meagan, even temporarily. Sowhy is the knowledge that shell be there when he comes home so enticing? Living in the same house isnt easy for Meagan and Adam as they grapple with a growing attraction and a different way of looking at life. Yet their very differences are the things that draw them together. Can the free-spirited Meagan teach the uptight professor something new about his faith while he leads her to discover something new about unconditional love?
- GenresContemporary Romance
233 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2007
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July 15, 2010
** this review contains spoilers. there was no other way to do it. **
Lucy Monroe is one of my favorite authors. I have several of her books on my keeper shelf.
Have you ever read one of LUCY Monroe's Harlequin Presents? This book is the total antithesis of one of those, except in the cheesiness department. The only way I can describe it is that, to me, its like an inspirational HQ Presents on crack. In no way am I disparaging Ms Monroe, but truly this is one of the strangest books I've ever read.
The heroine reminded me of your typical HQP heroine - slightly naive for her age (27). She's divorced (!!) because her ex husband got his secretary pregnant. Heroine can't have kids. So naturally all the forces of good conspire against her and she ends up a Nanny, even though she has a degree in engineering and (major eye roll) desires to write childrens fiction.
The hero is a college professor who is so OCD he makes Joan Crawford look like a saint. He is so distraught over his traumatic childhood (both parents were alcoholics) that he his life has become one big agenda. He even has a checklist for his schedule! His poor childrens mother died in a car accident several years ago and his way of ensuring them a "full and rich life" is by scheduling them to the N'th degree with activities, outings and even homeschooling them during the Summer!
The kids play a pretty big part in the story, natch, because of the Nanny angle. They aren't TSTL, but they are borderline annoying. Throw in some questionable "field trips" to the local homeless shelter by the heroine which leads to the big misunderstanding and whammo - you have your drama.
And everything....EVERYTHING....was a reason to pray.
Honestly I just kept reading to see how weird it would get. I'm giving this 2 stars ONLY because I normally love her work. Otherwise my message to Ms Monroe is stay off the crack.
Lucy Monroe is one of my favorite authors. I have several of her books on my keeper shelf.
Have you ever read one of LUCY Monroe's Harlequin Presents? This book is the total antithesis of one of those, except in the cheesiness department. The only way I can describe it is that, to me, its like an inspirational HQ Presents on crack. In no way am I disparaging Ms Monroe, but truly this is one of the strangest books I've ever read.
The heroine reminded me of your typical HQP heroine - slightly naive for her age (27). She's divorced (!!) because her ex husband got his secretary pregnant. Heroine can't have kids. So naturally all the forces of good conspire against her and she ends up a Nanny, even though she has a degree in engineering and (major eye roll) desires to write childrens fiction.
The hero is a college professor who is so OCD he makes Joan Crawford look like a saint. He is so distraught over his traumatic childhood (both parents were alcoholics) that he his life has become one big agenda. He even has a checklist for his schedule! His poor childrens mother died in a car accident several years ago and his way of ensuring them a "full and rich life" is by scheduling them to the N'th degree with activities, outings and even homeschooling them during the Summer!
The kids play a pretty big part in the story, natch, because of the Nanny angle. They aren't TSTL, but they are borderline annoying. Throw in some questionable "field trips" to the local homeless shelter by the heroine which leads to the big misunderstanding and whammo - you have your drama.
And everything....EVERYTHING....was a reason to pray.
Honestly I just kept reading to see how weird it would get. I'm giving this 2 stars ONLY because I normally love her work. Otherwise my message to Ms Monroe is stay off the crack.
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