Megan Anderson arrives home to Anderson Butte, Colorado in defeat with her two and a half year old daughter Haley. Always the black sheep of the family and screw-up of the small town, Meg is back with her head down after yet another failure. Her father is the town mayor, one brother the sheriff, and one a doctor and she has a sister who runs the hotel.
The town survives on a pact of secrecy to protect celebrities seeking a place to vacation away from publicity. All of the success of the residents has been at the power and control of her father. Everyone has been given strict orders they are not to aid Meg at all, including giving her a job or loaning her money to force her to assume some responsibility.
Josh Granger fell in love with the pixie with the attitude when assigned his job by the FBI under the alias of Sam Coulter to investigate her father, Mitchell, of on-line gambling charges. Learning that Meg is pregnant forces him to break things off in order to protect her and the infant she is carrying. Unable to tell Meg anything of his real reasons, she believes just one more person has deserted her. Eventually Josh quits the FBI to be with Meg and Haley, but is met with a gun toting grandma intent on giving him what she believes he deserves. Now Josh has the challenge of mending fences with Meg while still hiding the truth, until the case reaches it's conclusion. The challenge is convincing Meg he truly loves her and wants a forever life with her and their child. Meg's problem is being lied to and able to trust him again after breaking her heart before.
IT HAD TO BE HIM wass was one of those enjoyable reads that I was truly sorry ended. Complete with a quirky screw-up of a gal and her antics and the three amigos, an octogenarian trio poking their noses into her business, made this absolutely delightful. I have never had the pleasure of reading any of Tamra Baumann's works before but am very impressed with her ability to keep the reader on the edge with the plots and exploits throughout the read.
IT HAD TO BE HIM is a truly terrific story with genuine creativity, which I certainly enjoyed.
Even though Meg Andersonβs hell-raising days are over,
coming home to Anderson Butte isnβt easy, especially when
her impossible-to-please dad is the mayor and her do-
gooder siblings run the place. But with another job lost
and the gorgeous father of her daughter trying to make
contact after disappearing three years ago, a break is
definitely in order. Hopefully the little town filled
with big, juicy secrets can help.
After being off the grid for years, Josh Granger, a man
with his own secrets, wants Meg and his daughter back.
But first he has to get past townspeople as protective as
a pack of rottweilers. Heβs not the man Meg thinks he is,
but he canβt tell her whyβ¦not yet.
As Meg slowly warms to Josh, itβs clear the old spark is
still there. But when his secret is exposedβalong with
Megβs own shocking revelationβwill it tear their family
apart again, or bind them forever?
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