The Family Solution

by Bobby Hutchinson

Bella Monroe woke up one morning to find her life dumped into the litter box. After sixteen years, her husband took the car and the family's savings--leaving Bella with a note, a failing business and two increasingly difficult teenagers. All Bella can do is channel her rage into...well, more productive things. When ex-cop-turned-Realtor Charlie Fredericks realizes Bella's renovating and selling her house, he offers to help her fix it up. But Bella's life needs a lot more than a quick fix-up. She needs a solution. And maybe Charlie is it.

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

Reviews

[Paula]

Bella's husband of sixteen years walks out on her, leaving her with two teenage kids, debts, and a house she needs to sell. Handsome, divorced, ex-cop now realtor, Charlie, offers to help Bella fix up her house because unbeknownst to her, he's hoping to get the listing on it. Both Bella and Charlie have baggage, neither is looking for a relationship, but the more they work together, the closer they become. Enjoyable story of two people trying to piece their lives back together and finding love along the way. The cast had many entertaining and memorable characters including Bella's troublesome teens, bickering parents, deadbeat ex, and Charlie's overly dependent ex-wife, and his daughter who's feeling neglected.