The Man Next Door - An Avalon Career Romance

by Bernadette Pruitt

Erin March thought it was all behind her. She’d finally won a bitter court battle to become guardian of her orphaned niece, Lily. Now she’s stunned to find that the lawyer who fought against her has moved in next door. Wyatt Keegan contends he’s just as surprised. But his presence in the quaint Vermont town worries Erin. She’s afraid he’s really here to gather evidence to reopen the case on behalf the rich aunt and uncle who wanted to adopt Lily. Erin goes out of her way to demonstrate her fitness as a single guardian and to hide her precarious financial situation, but things keep going wrong. Worse, four-year-old Lily develops an attachment to Wyatt. Worse yet, Erin finds herself falling for his handsome, love-wary lawyer.

182 pages, Hardcover

First published October 24, 1998

About the author

Librarian Note: Also writes under the pen name Bernadette Tabor Pruitt and Annie Terniak.

Bernadette Tabor Pruitt started her writing career in the fifth grade with pretend newspapers showing male classmates behind bars. Despite that, she was later allowed to write for some real newspapers, including the Tulsa World and the Dallas Morning News. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma Professional Writing Program, she also taught journalism at the college level. A curious traveler, she once spent a year touring Europe and North Africa in a Volkswagen camper with her husband and two small dogs. Other interests include interior decorating, genealogy (she’s half Slavic) and reading. She and her husband live in Wichita Falls, Texas. Her latest book, “Oldies but Goodies,” is about three seniors who sneak off from a retirement home to right the wrongs of their pasts.