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Leonie's Luck
A Tough Little Lady
How dare Charlie Wheeler suggest that she needed a man - for anything! It looked to her like he, and his little daughter, Cecilia, needed the tender loving care that a woman could provide. Cecilia might act tough, but Leonie Marshall knew that underneath it all was a vulnerable little girl. Well, maybe Leonie was little lonely at night...and perhaps Charlie did have deep, dark eyes and a smile that could warm her heart. But in Leonie's experience, men were just plain bad luck - but could that luck be about to change?
How dare Charlie Wheeler suggest that she needed a man - for anything! It looked to her like he, and his little daughter, Cecilia, needed the tender loving care that a woman could provide. Cecilia might act tough, but Leonie Marshall knew that underneath it all was a vulnerable little girl. Well, maybe Leonie was little lonely at night...and perhaps Charlie did have deep, dark eyes and a smile that could warm her heart. But in Leonie's experience, men were just plain bad luck - but could that luck be about to change?
189 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
About the author
Emma Goldrick
149 books33 followersEmma Goldrick is the penname used by the marriage formed by Emma Elizabeth Jean Sutcliffe, borned 7 February 1923 in Puerto Rico, and Robert N. Goldrick, borned on 22 March 1919 in Massachusetts, USA. They met in Puerto Rico, where married. She was a licensed practical nurse, volunteered with American Red Cross and she taught American Sign Language and he was a career USA military man. Thirty years and 4 children later they retired, and in 1980 they started to write in collaboration, and their first novel was accepted and published in 1983 by Mills & Boon. They continued publishing 40 novels until Robert passed away at 76, in 22 January 1996. After her husband death, she published her last novel and retired. Emma Goldrick passed away at 85, in 20 November 2008.
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April 7, 2018
"Leonie's Luck" is the story of Leonie and Charlie.
Schoolteacher Leonie is a little clumsy, but in her town she is still known as one of the kindest women. She runs her playgroup, and lives with her not-related Aunt Agnes.
Things take a drastic turn when Charlie Wheeler, owner of Wheeler chain of supermarkets enters her town to take control, and ends up taking an interest in her. Charlie also has a 9 year old called Cecelia, who warns Leonie off her dad.
Slowly Charlie manipulates his way into Leonie's life, but does he really change her luck? Well the answer is YES. To bad.
This dear hero of ours is a controlling little skinny man (yes, thats how hes described in the book). He comes into the town and shuts down heroine's all sources of income (farm, playschool, land) for his business, occupies her house and refuses to leave, has something that the heroine calls "kissing disease" (he literally never leaves a chance to kiss her at the weirdest of times) and his daughter gets the heroine's beloved horse put down.
To top it off, there's some insane ex wife drama at the end. I honestly dont know where the author wanted to go with the story- the hero was either very stupid or very conniving- and I think he was bit of both. I get that he fell for Leonie, but our smart businesswoman was putty in his hands as he LITERALLY took over every aspect of her life.
Last the convict-witness drama at the impromptu wedding made me go both LOL and WTF.
This exhausted my brain.
PFFT. Next.
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2/5
Schoolteacher Leonie is a little clumsy, but in her town she is still known as one of the kindest women. She runs her playgroup, and lives with her not-related Aunt Agnes.
Things take a drastic turn when Charlie Wheeler, owner of Wheeler chain of supermarkets enters her town to take control, and ends up taking an interest in her. Charlie also has a 9 year old called Cecelia, who warns Leonie off her dad.
Slowly Charlie manipulates his way into Leonie's life, but does he really change her luck? Well the answer is YES. To bad.
This dear hero of ours is a controlling little skinny man (yes, thats how hes described in the book). He comes into the town and shuts down heroine's all sources of income (farm, playschool, land) for his business, occupies her house and refuses to leave, has something that the heroine calls "kissing disease" (he literally never leaves a chance to kiss her at the weirdest of times) and his daughter gets the heroine's beloved horse put down.
To top it off, there's some insane ex wife drama at the end. I honestly dont know where the author wanted to go with the story- the hero was either very stupid or very conniving- and I think he was bit of both. I get that he fell for Leonie, but our smart businesswoman was putty in his hands as he LITERALLY took over every aspect of her life.
Last the convict-witness drama at the impromptu wedding made me go both LOL and WTF.
This exhausted my brain.
PFFT. Next.
Safe
2/5
January 28, 2016
Heroine baffled me. If a man had put me out of business and nearly forced me into bankruptcy I sure wouldn't be all dithery and smoochy with him. I would be more likely to punch him. This guy was totally all about what he wanted. He didn't care about the hardship of the parents who no longer had a child care provider. I just plain didn't like him and was totally aggravated by her namby pamby ways. The ending was ridiculous.
This book irked me.
This book irked me.
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June 28, 2018A Tough Little Lady
How dare Charlie Wheeler suggest that she needed a man - for anything! It looked to her like he, and his little daughter, Cecilia, needed the tender loving care that a woman could provide. Cecilia might act tough, but Leonie Marshall knew that underneath it all was a vulnerable little girl. Well, maybe Leonie was little lonely at night...and perhaps Charlie did have deep, dark eyes and a smile that could warm her heart. But in Leonie's experience, men were just plain bad luck - but could that luck be about to change?
How dare Charlie Wheeler suggest that she needed a man - for anything! It looked to her like he, and his little daughter, Cecilia, needed the tender loving care that a woman could provide. Cecilia might act tough, but Leonie Marshall knew that underneath it all was a vulnerable little girl. Well, maybe Leonie was little lonely at night...and perhaps Charlie did have deep, dark eyes and a smile that could warm her heart. But in Leonie's experience, men were just plain bad luck - but could that luck be about to change?
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