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Summary
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In the town of Haven Point, love can be just a wish--and one magical kiss--away...
Computer-tech millionaire Bowie Callahan is about the last person that schoolteacher Katrina Bailey wants to work for. As far as she can see, he's arrogant, entitled and not up to the task of caring for his young half brother, Milo. But Kat is, especially if it brings her closer to her goal of adopting an orphaned little girl. And as her kindness and patience work wonders with Milo, she realizes there's more to sexy, wary Bo than she'd ever realized.
Bo never imagined he'd be tasked with caring for a sibling he didn't know existed. Then again, he never pictured himself impulsively kissing vibrant, compassionate Katrina in the moonlight. Now he's ready to make her dream of family come true...and hoping there's room in it for him, too...
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Author Notes
RaeAnne Thayne graduated from college with a degree in journalism. She soon became a reporter for the local newspaper and quickly moved up to editor. She developed a love of romances and sold her first book in 1995.
She has also won several awards and honors including: three-time Rita nominee, 2012 Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, and 2010 RT Reviewers Choice for best Silhouette Special Edition. Her titles include: Light the Stars, A Cold Creek Secret, A Thunder Canyon Christmas, and Fortune's Woman. In 2014 her title Starstruck, as part of the book Together for Christmas, made Harlequin's Hot Romance List.
RaeAnne is also the author of the Haven Point Series. The fifth book in the series, Snowfall on Haven Point, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.
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Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Thayne's sixth Haven Point contemporary (after Snowfall on Haven Point) is built on the flawed premise of disabled children teaching awkward adults about unconditional love. Elementary school teacher Katrina Bailey is teaching English in Colombia when she meets Gabriella, an orphaned girl with Down syndrome. She begins adoption proceedings, selfishly hoping that parenthood will help her convince herself and everyone else that she is a responsible adult. When Katrina reluctantly returns home for a family wedding, she sees autistic six-year-old Milo having a meltdown in a grocery store and spontaneously offers to become his caregiver. She figures that the job will help her raise money for the adoption and get experience caring for someone disabled. After Milo's mother died, his older brother, tech entrepreneur Bowie Callahan-who had been abandoned by his mother at a young age and didn't even know Milo existed-became responsible for the boy's care. Bowie vows to make sure Milo will never suffer the way he suffered, but he has no idea how to raise an autistic kid, and he's glad to accept Katrina's offer. Bowie's decision to demonstrate his devotion by hiring a complete stranger as a caregiver is questionable, and he seems more interested in his job than his brother. Readers will still enjoy watching Bowie and Katrina fall in love as they learn to believe in themselves, but the use of disabled children as plot tokens is grating. Agent: Karen Solem, Spencerhill Associates. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Katrina Bailey has returned to little Haven Point, Idaho, for her sister's wedding. The hot new bachelor, Bowie Callahan, is one of the founders of a high-tech company that has recently relocated to the town. They meet in the supermarket when Katrina, using her skills as an elementary school teacher, steps in to sooth a little boy with autism. It turns out that Bowie's late mother, whom he hadn't seen or heard from in more than 20 years, willed him guardianship of six-year-old Milo. Bowie has gone through three nannies in an amazingly short time, and the autism specialist he has hired won't arrive for three weeks. Katrina needs the money millionaire Bowie offers her to help with Milo to adopt the daughter of her heart, Gabi, a little girl with Down Syndrome in a Colombian orphanage. As Thayne spins a charming installment in her sweet Haven Point series, she does a fabulous job of keeping all the threads that could lead to a happily-ever-after ending tangled up in suspense.--Herald, Diana Tixier Copyright 2017 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Elementary school teacher Katrina Bailey, back in Haven Point for her sister's wedding after a teaching stint in Colombia, has no intention of being a temporary nanny for Bowie Callahan, the arrogant R&D director of a new tech facility. But she could use the money for her planned adoption of a three-year-old Colombian orphan, and Bowie's little brother, Milo, who has autism, needs her help. She never sees it coming that her relationship with Bo would develop in a totally different way. Characters from previous books are the perfect backdrop for the reluctant spark between Kat and Bo. VERDICT All about family, this latest jewel in Thayne's community romance crown is guaranteed to please. Thayne (Snowfall on Haven Point) lives in Northern Utah. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
