Harlequin Superromance
Featuring: Charlie Fredericks; Bella Monroe
288 pages ISBN: 0373714394 EAN: 9780373714391 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
In Bobby Hutchinson's engaging THE FAMILY SOLUTION, Bella
Monroe wakes up one morning to find that her husband has
disappeared with the family car and all their savings,
leaving her with a failing hardware business, car lease
payments, an out-of-control mortgage, no income, and two
teenagers with attitude.
Instead of giving up, however, Bella digs in. She closes
the store and develops plans to fix up the house and sell
it herself. Enter Charlie Fredricks, and ex-cop and novice
real estate agent, whose life is just as whacked as
Bella's. A recovering alcoholic, Charlie has a clingy,
whining ex-wife and a demanding daughter, and he works for
his brother's real estate agency mostly because he owes
his brother a lot of money. Charlie needs to convince
Bella to list her house with his agency in order to stay
employed.
So Charlie strikes a business bargain with Bella. He'll
help her fix up her house at no cost, if she'll help him
fix up three trashed houses which no one thinks he can
sell. It's a proposal that puts them in a lot of close
situations together, and love sparks quickly. But as in
any well-written romance—and this one is just that—nothing
is achieved easily.
Bella's teens throw more than a few fits, and by the end
of the book has everyone in an uproar. Charlie's ex-wife
also pulls a stunt that stuns everyone, putting his
relationship with his daughter at risk. Bella's mother
undermines all her efforts with her daughter, and just
when you think Bella and Charlie might get to spend some
time alone, Bella's father shows up—the father she hasn't
seen since he abandoned her and her mother when Bella was
a teen.
Complications abound, but they are all drawn from real
life, and Hutchinson serves them up with skill. A veteran
of Harlequin's SuperRomance line, Hutchinson has delivered
another tale of filled with everyday adventures, the kind
that pull readers in and make us care, laugh, and
occasionally want to slap a character or two. Other than a
prologue that really adds nothing and only delays a
truly "laugh out loud" meeting between Charlie and Bella,
Hutchinson doesn't miss a step. If you are a fan of the
SuperRomance line, then make an effort to pick up THE
FAMILY SOLUTION.
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.…
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