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The Major and the Librarian
For four years Major Sam Griffin had stayed away from Serenity, Texas, gruffly avoiding the fact that he was still heart-achingly in love with the woman who had almost married his brother.
Now home on leave, the devastatingly handsome pilot had to face beautiful Emma Dalton again. And though there was unmistakable yearning in her eyes, Sam could never put down the roots he knew the shy librarian so strongly craved. When Sam finally had the chance to win the heart of the woman he'd always loved, could he convince Emma that her home would always be where he was?
Now home on leave, the devastatingly handsome pilot had to face beautiful Emma Dalton again. And though there was unmistakable yearning in her eyes, Sam could never put down the roots he knew the shy librarian so strongly craved. When Sam finally had the chance to win the heart of the woman he'd always loved, could he convince Emma that her home would always be where he was?
248 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 15, 1999
About the author
Nikki Benjamin
55 books8 followersNikki Benjamin was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, but after living in the Houston area for almost 30 years, she considers herself a Texan. She attended Notre Dame High School and graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia with a degree in secondary education. She worked in the circulation department of the Houston Public Library and as the executive assistant to the president of an international marine engineering company prior to embarking on her writing career.
Always an avid reader, Nikki was encouraged to write by a good friend, a fellow reader and writer. They discussed story ideas and critiqued each other’s manuscripts, and eventually sold their first books a few months apart. During the early years of her writing career, Nikki especially enjoyed being able to work at home while raising her son, now attending college in Montana.
Nikki has also had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Western Europe. She has sailed along the Dalmatian coast on a 42-foot charter boat, and in recent years, she lived for several weeks at a time in such exotic places as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Jakarta, Indonesia. Currently, she enjoys sailing on Galveston Bay, where she crews regularly on a friend’s 42-foot sailboat. She attends the Houston symphony and Stages theatre, likes to pot garden on her patio, and often cooks lavish meals to share with friends. She is still an avid reader, and she continues to enjoy traveling, especially to western Montana, either on her own or with her equally adventurous friends.
Always an avid reader, Nikki was encouraged to write by a good friend, a fellow reader and writer. They discussed story ideas and critiqued each other’s manuscripts, and eventually sold their first books a few months apart. During the early years of her writing career, Nikki especially enjoyed being able to work at home while raising her son, now attending college in Montana.
Nikki has also had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Western Europe. She has sailed along the Dalmatian coast on a 42-foot charter boat, and in recent years, she lived for several weeks at a time in such exotic places as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Jakarta, Indonesia. Currently, she enjoys sailing on Galveston Bay, where she crews regularly on a friend’s 42-foot sailboat. She attends the Houston symphony and Stages theatre, likes to pot garden on her patio, and often cooks lavish meals to share with friends. She is still an avid reader, and she continues to enjoy traveling, especially to western Montana, either on her own or with her equally adventurous friends.
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February 15, 2012
This book should only be like a 4 star, but because the librarian wasn't a stereotyped character it got that extra star! I really liked the story and the characters were all likable. I really loved that she wasn't the stereotyped stuffy librarian and she had to go through some transformation to get the guy, there were no Dewey jokes, or anything like that. She was a librarian, it was her job, it didn't define her! Nikki Benjamin rocks in my book because of that!
November 30, 2021
A cheap shot at using the librarian stereotype and then it wasn't even something relevant to the plot itself!
I read this simply because a teacher in our school found it in a used book store and got the biggest kick out of the title and had to share it with his librarians! How kind. So I thought, I need to read it to figure out what it's about. Well, it tried. A man whose brother was engaged to "the librarian" and died mere days before their wedding blames himself and feels the shame from her anger in the hospital. Years later his mother is ailing in their small town and "the librarian" is taking care of her and writes to him to tell him that she may be dying. He returns from his Italian post in the Air Force. The reader knows there's tension and it's why/how the brother died that both of them blame each other and themselves and how they fall in love. There's really no mystery here.
HOWEVER, the one or two references to her work at the library was not even relevant. Just a catchy title. Sexy librarian was not to be. Intelligent librarian who doesn't know how awesome she is not to be. Small town librarian with a big heart ... sort of. Give me more librarian (give me more cowbell).
I read this simply because a teacher in our school found it in a used book store and got the biggest kick out of the title and had to share it with his librarians! How kind. So I thought, I need to read it to figure out what it's about. Well, it tried. A man whose brother was engaged to "the librarian" and died mere days before their wedding blames himself and feels the shame from her anger in the hospital. Years later his mother is ailing in their small town and "the librarian" is taking care of her and writes to him to tell him that she may be dying. He returns from his Italian post in the Air Force. The reader knows there's tension and it's why/how the brother died that both of them blame each other and themselves and how they fall in love. There's really no mystery here.
HOWEVER, the one or two references to her work at the library was not even relevant. Just a catchy title. Sexy librarian was not to be. Intelligent librarian who doesn't know how awesome she is not to be. Small town librarian with a big heart ... sort of. Give me more librarian (give me more cowbell).
February 11, 2018
I went old school nostalgia today with this harlequin!
October 20, 2013
*sigh* I was bored. It was a lot of in time in the character's heads, and I tend not to enjoy that as much. Makes for a slow moving plot, and especially when they kept thinking the same things.... And it was a bit too much of "I like him/her, but she doesn't like me" over and over by both characters, even after they started getting together. Just didn't have the patience for it. I actually enjoyed the last 40 pages or so, and finally felt like both characters were showing some depth, but it was a bit too late for me. Oh well.
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January 12, 2012
This is my first romance novel, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Because I've never read one, I'm not sure how to rate it either. Wasn't good or bad, but definitely not my cup o' tea.
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