Fourteen-year-old Violet Bell arrives in New Orleans alone
from Chile, stalking the father she just recently found she
had. Unfortunately, Violet is in the wrong place at the
wrong time and witnesses a crime involving a corrupt judge
whom her father, the chief of police, is desperate to
catch. Violet is picked up by Dominic (Nic) DiLeo's deputy,
who reveals to Nic his shock at having a teenage daughter.
Her mother Megan became pregnant by Nic and escaped her
parents to raise her child on her own, in lieu of adoption,
as she was pressured to do by her parents.
Violet, a precocious child, balks at the pushy way her
father issues orders and takes control of her every
decision. Striving to keep Violet safe until the boy
associated with the judge is found, Nic also wrestles with
the feelings that have been stirred to life. Megan agrees
to take a position in New Orleans as a project consultant
for a nonprofit organization. Sorting through their
feelings for this new, complex family of loud Italians,
Violet and Megan are completely mesmerized by the warm and
close knit family. Being a clever girl who thinks for
herself gets Violet into a pack of trouble. Now, can the
suppressed secrets and feelings of years ago regenerate
themselves and give them a chance as a family?
I found this to be a very cute and upbeat story with a
young girl on the verge of becoming a woman desperate to
create roots and a chance to begin a relationship with the
father she never knew. Megan's search for the missing link
in her almost perfect life produces the ultimate love and
desired fulfillment. I thoroughly enjoyed this courageous
and spunky character and her unique relationship with her
mother.
Talk about being sucker punched. The runaway kid sitting in
Police Chief Nic DiLeo's chair with her feet propped up on
his desk belongs to his family—no doubt about it. But her
father isn't one of his five brothers.
It's him. She's his daughter with Megan Bell.
Nic was crazy about Megan in high school…until she vanished
from his life with no explanation. The bigger secret,
however, isn't the daughter he didn't know. It's Megan and
how he still feels about her. She's more beautiful now and
even more of a temptation. Suddenly the man who wanted to
drop commitments is looking for ways to tie himself to
Megan…permanently!
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