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.