Bailey Greenwood was the valedictorian at San Francisco
Western High. Before she can start her dream at college, her
father dies. She takes over the Bed and Breakfast business
their family has had for three generations. College isnʼt an
option when there isnʼt time to sleep because sheʼs working
two more jobs.
Derrick Cavenaugh is starting life anew, back near his roots
in the San Francisco bay area. His football career is
destroyed, his high school girlfriend/wife has divorced him,
and before his two daughters become a further casualty, he
accepts a possible junior partnership in contract law with
Hastings Chase Whitney.
The Greenwoods receive the news. Their income tax returns
were completed with mistakes amounting to over $10,000.
Later Bailey is at work at the Stop Right when
twelve-year-old Leslie is caught shoplifting. Her father is
Derrick Cavenaugh, a man she had a crush in high school and
who never knew she existed. It shouldnʼt matter that he
still makes her heartbeat flutter.
Derrick sees her now, though. He needs help and if the pixie
size Bailey can make him feel humble, sheʼs just what he
needs to corral his rebellious troubled teenage daughter.
Derrick convinces her to root for his daughter by giving her
a chance to work off the crime where it was committed.
While Leslie works at the Stop Right, Derrick opens up to
Bailey, admitting how his divorce had been hard on his
daughters also. He could have stayed on the east coast and
had his children experience neglect from their mother, but
instead struggled first with his new employer, and then his
daughtersʼ destructive determination to move back to Atlanta.
Beverly Greenwood, Baileyʼs grandmother, learns how hard
Bailey has tried to keep the business afloat. After a heart
to heart, they agree itʼs time to let go. Theyʼre desperate
to sell it before the IRS or bank can take the inn, leaving
them with nothing. Pacific Spa, the proposed purchasers,
know their dire situation and submit a bid for little of its
true value.
Leslieʼs troublesome friends steal from the Stop Right,
leaving the blame to fall on her shoulders.
Derrickʼs ex-wife comes to California. Sheʼs seen the light
and wants to set things right with their daughters. She uses
more plays than there are in a game book to get what she
wants. Will Derrick stay with Bailey and a real
relationship, or risk their happiness by doing whatʼs right
and return to his marriage?
The ALL-AMERICAN FATHER by Anna DeStefano reminds me of the
damsel in distress who is about to lose her home to the
dastardly mortgage company. Itʼs a story of a knight in
shining armor that cleans up very well and an evil banker
looking to make a fast buck no matter who he hurts in the
process. Wait, donʼt judge it by my sarcastic words, because
truth here. I took a break from reviews, but not before I
did, I read this book and put it to the side. After months I
went back to it and was amazed how many scenes I remembered
and how accurate the details were. I consider that the
making of a good book. So, enjoy.
What's a single father to do when his twelve-year-old
daughter is caught shoplifting a box of expired condoms?
Derrick Cavenaugh sure doesn't know, so the ex-all-American
football star turns to Bailey Greenwood for help, but she's
got troubles of her own….
Bailey is struggling to keep her grandmother's bed-and-
breakfast, her home, from being swallowed up by taxes and
the bank. She doesn't have time to help Derrick, but she
can't refuse his daughter.
The more time Derrick spends with Bailey, the more he
respects her, the more he wants her. He's failed so much
already, but he's determined to win Bailey.
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