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Summary: Fiery characterizations -- Highly recommended
Review: Teresa Scott is a waitress at the Rainbow Café in a small, Arkansas town where she meets Riley O'Neil. He's a reporter who enjoys disconcerting people with off-the-wall comments. She's cautious in her interactions with Riley because he doesn't need any encouragement from a woman who doesn't date. She insists that she finds his teasing more annoying than amusing, despite her attraction to the reporter. When Teresa realizes that he's already chummy with her children, she can't help wondering how that ever happened. Especially with a guy who claims to not like children.Fear of rejection keeps Riley from submitting one of the fantasy novels he's written to a publisher. That same fear has always kept him from issuing invitations to women he knows will be accepted. So now he wonders why he finds himself pursuing a woman who consistently declines. Especially when he learns she has children. And especially when he has no intention of every marrying. Worse, he even rents her the duplex next door, insuring that they see one another frequently, and resulting in intimacies he didn't quite predict. Author Gina Wilkins offers a terrific conclusion to her miniseries Hot Off the Press. DATELINE MATRIMONY concludes the underlying secondary plot while never taking the emphasis from the burgeoning romance between Riley and Teresa. Riley's an unlikely hero, not necessarily because he's forsworn marriage or dating a woman with children, but because he's mouthy, irritating, and won't take no for an answer while still remaining charming, funny and honest. Indeed, DATELINE MATRIMONY'S crisp dialogue and fiery characterizations result in a strong read. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: Fiery characterizations -- Highly recommended
Review: Teresa Scott is a waitress at the Rainbow Café in a small, Arkansas town where she meets Riley O'Neil. He's a reporter who enjoys disconcerting people with off-the-wall comments. She's cautious in her interactions with Riley because he doesn't need any encouragement from a woman who doesn't date. She insists that she finds his teasing more annoying than amusing, despite her attraction to the reporter. When Teresa realizes that he's already chummy with her children, she can't help wondering how that ever happened. Especially with a guy who claims to not like children. Fear of rejection keeps Riley from submitting one of the fantasy novels he's written to a publisher. That same fear has always kept him from issuing invitations to women he knows will be accepted. So now he wonders why he finds himself pursuing a woman who consistently declines. Especially when he learns she has children. And especially when he has no intention of every marrying. Worse, he even rents her the duplex next door, insuring that they see one another frequently, and resulting in intimacies he didn't quite predict. Author Gina Wilkins offers a terrific conclusion to her miniseries Hot Off the Press. DATELINE MATRIMONY concludes the underlying secondary plot while never taking the emphasis from the burgeoning romance between Riley and Teresa. Riley's an unlikely hero, not necessarily because he's forsworn marriage or dating a woman with children, but because he's mouthy, irritating, and won't take no for an answer while still remaining charming, funny and honest. Indeed, DATELINE MATRIMONY'S crisp dialogue and fiery characterizations result in a strong read. Highly recommended.
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