Before Thanksgiving Comes: Family Man

by Marisa Carroll

Jake Walthers is a hardworking man

When he's not farming, his hands are full just taking care of his three young children. He doesn't have time for anything else...certainly not love.

Until he meets his new neighbor. Allison Martin is beautiful, smart and too "big city" for his liking. But his kids think she's great. And after an accident leaves him in need of help, she's the only one he can turn to.

Jake doesn't mean to fall for Allison. Heck, he doesn't even want to. But when he does, he learns that Allison has her own reasons for not getting involved....

Genres: Thanksgiving, Romance

299 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Marisa Carroll is the pseudonym for sisters Carol Wagner and Marian L. Franz. The sisters also write under the names Joellyn Carroll, Jo Bremer, and Malissa Carroll.

Reviews

[Linda C]

Allison has spent 7 months at her grandmother's house in rural Ohio putting her life back together after acknowledging that she's an alcoholic and going through rehab. In her last month there she has to get the house sold. Over the time she's been there she has gotten to know the 3 children of the widower across the road. When an accident leaves him with broken and fractured ribs, Allison agrees to stay and help tend the children. This changes her relationship with Jake and brings her into closer contact with the whole family something an insecure Allison is afraid of. Incidents bring everything to a head. A good holiday romance.

[Rita]

Harlequin Super Romance books are great books to read and this book by Marisa Carroll was a great read. The story between Jake and Allison was trying at times, but they worked through it to find their love for each other.

[Linda Puhala]

enjoyed this book

[JB]

DNF

[Monica Willyard Moen]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, clean, contemporary style, Holiday romance, though I suppose it’s fair to point out that it was contemporary in 1998. I wouldn’t have mentioned it, except that there are some things that are quite different, because technology has changed so fast in the past couple of decades.

[Germaine Chevarie]

A true romance story!!! Great setting and emotionally charged. Enjoyed it immencely!