When life is all about love, crafts and an imaginary friend (not to mention a menopausal mom!)
Dorchester Love Spell
April 2006
On Sale: April 1, 2006
Featuring: Gertie; Nori Stedworth; Mackenzie βMacβ Randolph
320 pages ISBN: 0505526840 EAN: 9780505526847 Paperback Add to Wish List
Two years ago Nori Stedworth fled the conservative mentality of both her parents and Ten Commandments, Iowa, for Manhattan. She loves her new life -- until one devastating afternoon that culminates with the arrival of her mother. Mom is suffering from middle-age meltdown. Her only identity is as a wife and mother, but her husband is a workaholic, and her daughter is halfway across the country. Grandchildren would give her life new purpose. If only Nori would come to her senses and marry town mortician and most eligible bachelor Eugene Draymore.
To that end, Mom sets off to bring Nori home. But when she meets Noriβs neighbor, her plans take an unexpected twist, and sheβs thrust headfirst into a career as the next Martha Stewart. Suddenly, sheβs a somebody in her own right and reconsiders returning to her old life.
As a coping mechanism, Nori resurrects Gertie, her adolescent imaginary friend. A laptop mix-up lands her musings in the hands of Mackenzie Randolph, a talk-radio station manager on deadline to boost sagging ratings or lose his job. He knows heβs found the answer to his prayers when he reads Noriβs make-believe correspondence.
And maybe heβs found much more.
Meanwhile Dad, with Eugene in tow, comes in search of his AWOL wife. Tempers flare when Mom refuses to return home. However, when she and Dad hear Nori on the radio, they unite to βsaveβ her from the corruption of both Mac and Manhattan.
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