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The Man Must Marry Janet Chapman |
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Sam Sinclair and his two brothers don’t know what to think. Abram, Sam’s eighty-five year old grandfather, has been missing for weeks. Unable to track the wily man down, Sam is surprised and admittedly curious when he is told a proxy is coming in his grandfather’s place to vote for a new CEO at a Tidewater International board meeting. Sam isn’t all that worried, after all, he can pretty much hold his own with anyone. However, this is where Sam’s thinking gets completely discombobulated. It seems that Abram has sent a woman as his proxy and not just any woman. He has sent Willamina Kent in all her glory; torn stockings and all. Willamina Kent guards her heart diligently. When Abram asks her to go to a board meeting in his stead, she knows what the old man is doing and while she is scared to death and ridiculously clumsy at times, she honors his wishes. Coming face to face with Abram’s grandson Sam makes her heart beat faster but Willa refuses to allow it to interfere with what she has promised her friend. No matter what Sam says or what he makes her feel. Sam and Willa work diligently at trying to find a loophole in his grandfather’s will. While Sam isn’t against following his grandsire’s wishes, Willa refuses to even think about settling down with him. When an accident happens and Willa receives surprising information, she knows that the time for a decision is now. Her fear of rejection is immense and it will take a small miracle to get Willa to admit what her heart has been telling her all along. In THE MAN MUST MARRY, Sam and Willa are like oil and water – at first. By the time the book ends they are more like a delicately blended dressing. Sam makes my heart race at his first sighting of Willa. Even seeing her at her worst, Sam finds something about this enigmatic and scared woman that he likes and treats her with respect. Her little ‘issues’, for want of a better word, makes Sam smile more than once and when this happened, I knew he was the man for Willa. Willa’s character is complex. More than once I could feel her waffling between wanting forever with Sam and wanting to be alone. Her grief and guilt over a past mistake underscores every relationship she struggled to have since her divorce. Her unwillingness to allow Sam into her life and heart made me lose my breath more than once. Some say love is a miracle and that is what it takes for Willamina Kent to finally realize that she deserves forever. And not just forever alone – she deserves forever with Sam Sinclair. Janet Chapman is known for her historical romances. I am happy to state that she is as talented as a contemporary romance author as she is as a historical one. More than once I laughed out loud at the clumsiness and chaos that was Willamina Kent. Her bravery in the face of following Abrams wishes brought more than once tear to my eye. I am hooked! Grab a pole and reel me in because I am officially in need of the second installment of this new series. THE MAN MUST MARRY just whetted my appetite for more. The Sinclair Brothers are luscious and I am on pins and needles waiting on the next book! |
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