Millie Hogan is tired of her mom and aunts trying to marry her off. The latest victim is David Denvers, a dentist who has returned to Deer Park to take over his father's practice. Millie just wants to go to Hollywood and become an actress. It's always been her dream, but life keeps getting in the way and her dream has yet to become reality.
David lost his wife five years ago and is raising an 11- year-old son. His mother is meddling in his life as she tries to get him and Cynthia Shivley, recently divorced and returning to Deer Park also, to hook up with each other. Cynthia is actually stalking David, appearing everywhere he goes. He is not interested in her.
Millie and David devise a scheme whereby they appear to be dating and getting serious about each other. They try to keep everything casual and even set a time for their big break-up. They find this un-dating, as they call it, is actually working out quite well. They are very relaxed with each other and feel no pressure.
Meanwhile, Millie and her mom help Bart, David's son, build his box sled for the big Winterfest race. Eva, Millie's mom, holds the fastest time ever recorded in this race. She shares her secrets with Bart, telling him her strategy for being a winner. This quality time that Millie, David, Bart and Eva spend together begins to draw them closer to each other, especially Millie and David.
As race day and their break-up day approaches, Millie begins to have some serious feelings for David, which really scares her. David likewise is feeling more than just a friendship with Millie. Their plan has worked for getting their mothers off their backs and getting Cynthia to leave David alone, but will the plan backfire on them? Can they just walk away and be friends?
Kim O'Brien gives us a delightful story that deals with letting others direct your life and shatter your dreams. It's a story about starting over and rebuilding a new life. Wisdom and inspiration is shared by many of the characters about having faith and trust in God. The story's ending is quite a surprise. Will Millie's dream be fulfilled after all? I laughed and cried through the book and really enjoyed the story. You should too!
It Was a Relationship of Convenience. . .Until It Became a
Romance Millie Hogan and David Denvers both have big
problems in small town Deer Park, South Dakota. Millieβa
waitress with designs on Hollywoodβhas a mother who keeps
setting her up on disastrous blind dates, even though
Millieβs never met a man she could trust. Davidβa widowed
dentist with an almost-teenaged son and opinionated
parentsβis being stalked by an amorous former patient. So
when a lost filling lands Millie in Davidβs office, the two
of them cook up a planβa fake relationship. No one gets
hurt, and no one gets nagged. Itβs a great planβuntil they
really start to care. Now what will they do? Turns out, it
probably doesnβt matter: when Millie learns a shocking
family secret she wonders if sheβs really wife material.
Maybe itβs best to stick with the plan and head for
Hollywood. And since Davidβs folks think Millieβs all wrong
for him, well. . .he realizes he may have to let her go.
Isnβt that what you do when you love someone?
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