New York Times bestselling author Patricia Rice writes what readers of romantic fiction love most?irresistible stories and unforgettable characters bursting with life, humor, and deep emotion. . . .
Ivy
April 2000
Featuring: Maya Alyssum; Axell Holm
368 pages ISBN: 0449006018 Paperback Add to Wish List
Although home is a dusty curiosity shop filled with
rainbows and crystal balls, Maya Alyssum's past has not
been filled with good fortune. Her impossible dream is to
open a school where kids can find unconditional love and
acceptance, the very things she never had as a child. The
town council of Wadeville, North Carolina, is determined
to stop her until the day Axell Holm walks into her shop.
He's the kind of uptight authority figure she loves to
hate . . . and hates to love.
Axell knows trouble when he sees it. But he needs the
ethereal schoolteacher and the magic she works on his
motherless daughter. He's willing to face the wrath of his
hometown to get what he wants, but he's unprepared for his
reaction to this strange and wonderful woman who turns his
ordered life upside down, making him believe in dreams
again. . . .