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Accidentally Yours (Wheeler Hardcover)

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With a son dying of a rare disease and the clock ticking for finding a cure, Kerri Sullivan does what any desperate mother would do - blackmail a billionaire into donating money to fund the research. Once Nathan King is reluctantly on board, he insists that Kerri assist him in getting the permits for his flagship condo towers in return, to prove to the citizens of Seattle that the billionaire has a heart after all. But Nathan doesn't count on losing his newly found heart to the feisty widow, nor does she since she has made a pact with God to give up a personal life to insure her son survives the same disease that killed Nathan's son. With the media at their tales, an absent minded scientist racing against fate to find a cure, and an estranged sister out for vengeance, the duo has their work cut out for them.

Mallery's latest novel combines witty dialogue, romance, and humor to tell a heart-tugging story of survival, with a mother's undying love at the forefront. It'll have you laughing and crying simultaneously. Definitely one of her better novels - right up there with my personal favorite, "Falling for Gracie."

Single mom Kerri Sullivan will do anything to get the funding for the research that could save her nine-year-old son, Cody from deadly Gilliar's Disease, even if it means accosting billionaire Nathan King, while he is having lunch. Nathan had lost his own son Daniel to the disease six years ago. Dr. Abram Wallace had been making great strides in the research for the disease, when there had been an explosion in the lab killing three scientists, four members of the cleaning crew and two security guards. The lab was shut down and a lot of employees were laid off. The small town of Songwood, Washington was slowly dying too. Now only Dr. Wallace and his assistant were working on the cure. Kerri begs Nathan to give the fifteen million dollars that Dr. Wallace said that he would needs to reopen the lab. Nathan refuses to give the money for the research.

Kerri has a way to blackmail Nathan that he will not be able to refuse the money for the research. Nathan was in need of a more favorable image in the news to get the permits for the zoning and funding that he needs for his newest construction site. Nathan will give the money to Dr. Wallace in exchange for Kerri and Cody going out with Nathan so he will be see in a more favorable light by the press. Nathan has a reporter that had been reporting anything that would trash Nathan's character. Will the reporter find out about the deal that Nathan and Kerri had made?

Susan Mallery's, "Accidently Yours" will make you want to take your own children into your arms and be thankful that they are healthy. The emotions in this story will make you cry and still you want to help this mother find a way to make her son well again. There are several obstacles that Nathan and Kerri must overcome to find the way to true love, so come along on the journey.

Helen Slifer

"Accidentally Yours" is the story of Kerri Sullivan, a woman facing almost insurmountable odds. Kerri's son, Cody, has been diagnosed with an incurable and terminal disease. The only researcher tackling Cody's disease has abandoned his research due to an accident in the lab. Kerri knows she must secure funding to persuade the researcher to get back to work; she decides to use her determination and her daring to persuade local billionaire Nathan King to write a check for a few dollars. Fifteen million, as a matter of fact.

Nathan King's son died from the same disease. He is determined to not get involved. With anyone. Especially not with a mom gutsy enough to transform herself into a superhero to give her son courage, and most especially not with the son that touches his heart as well.

I've read many of Susan's books. I've never read anything like "Accidentally Yours". It came from somewhere special. There is magic in these pages. Magic, humor, a few tears, and a wonderful story.

I hope you'll love it as much as I do.

Kerri's 9 year old son has a terrible illness and she needs funding for the lab to restart looking for a cure. She decides to approach Nathan King who is very rich and his son had died from the same illness. The chemistry is great, the romance fun and story has lots of heart;Enjoy!

I would also recommended; Spirited Away by Cindy Miles,Just a Taste by Deirdre Martin, Sawyer by Lori Foster,Falling For Gracie by Susan Mallery and See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson.

This was the first book I've read this year and it's going to be extremely hard to beat. I'm not going to review the storyline, others had already done it here, but I had to say how much I absolutely loved this book. Accidentally Yours is a story that will stay with me for a long time. It's the kind of book that touches the heart. Poignant. Will make you think about the important things in life. Will make you believe in miracles. Any book that can do that, IMHO, is a miracle in itself. This puts Susan Mallery up there with the best of the best.

Others have written a summary of this book, so I'll skip that and just tell you how much I loved this book. So.....I LOVED this book! Although it did make me cry in places it also reminded me that miracles can and do happen. If you want a heart warming, emotional read please give this book a try.

A determine mom, a funny "9 going on 90" little boy and a cold yet approachable business man are the main characters of this MUST read book. This book was great! It has absolutely all the elements for not only an enjoyable book but most importantly it makes you believe that miracles do still happen. Susan Mallery has done it once again. Get "Accidentally Yours" and enjoy it!

Kerri Sullivan is looking for a miracle. Her son Cody is dying from a
deadly progressive disease and the doctor who was just days away from
finding a cure no longer has the lab or the funds to continue his
research. A mother who refuses to give up, Kerri hatches a plan to
ask Nathan King to donate the money needed to again finance the
scientific labs with personnel and equipment so a cure for her son's
disease can be found. Since his son died of the same disease, Kerri
just knows Nathan will help her. She couldn't be more wrong.

Nathan King could care less about Kerri or her requests. He just
wants to get the county commission to fund the dynamic and very
expensive condos he is trying to get approval for. He does not have
time to be a bleeding heart for some kid he does not know, nor does he
care to know. Nathan refuses Kerri's plead of help. In a truly cold
fashion, he firmly denies Kerri and vows to make her pay for
embarrassing him in the public eye. But like a true male, he has
absolutely no idea the power of a mother's love.

Nathan's character made me hate him at first. I thought he was
insensitive and mean. Wanting to shake him more times than I can
count, I had to make myself see things from his point of view. When I
did that, I began to fall in love with the complex man who was Nathan
King. As for Kerri Sullivan, her fortitude and never-give-up attitude
kept me from becoming too morose. Her faith was never ending and if I
could be half the mother she was, I would be a fine mother indeed.

Grab the tissues because Accidentally Yours is nothing if not a tear
jerker. Tearing up more times than if I was cutting onions, I just
calmly wiped my eyes and kept reading. Throughout the entire book, I
was never sure whether the miracle that Kerri needed would happen, but
I still couldn't put Accidentally Yours down. Susan Mallery has taken
emotion to a new level with Accidentally Yours and while it was a very
tough book to read, it was also astonishingly wonderful.

Talia
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

What a wonderful story Ms Mallery has given us! It will make a usual blah January a great month!.....Accidentally Yours makes you laugh, cry and close the book with happy feelings!..... Our H/h Kerri and Nathan have such a good chemistry! Kerri Sullivan's unrelenting push for the research money for Gillar's Disease has seen her through several bad years so far and now Nathan King seems to be the answer to her prayers. Nathan isn't such a soft touch but can understand what Kerri wants. The secondary cast of characters are so good too...... I hate to say anymore I'm afraid I'll give something away and you don't want that either, honest! Enjoy the book!

All Kerry Sullivan needs for her little boy is a miracle, and the going price is fifteen million dollars more than she can afford. Because Nathan King, the billionaire who has come to her town for a massive construction project's, son died of the same extremely rare disease that is killing Cody, she hopes he will fund the research that could save him. However, he no longer cares if the monstrous thing is defeated; his son is gone. All Kerry accomplishes is losing her job, but she won't give up. After releasing a false press release saying that Nathan agreed, she puts him in a dilema. His solution? Do what she wants, but get a return on his investment. He now owns her time whenever he needs it. Since his public image is not good, she's going to boost it. Neither of them counted on falling in love, but both have damaged hearts and fear to be happy again. Besides, Kerry's first priority is her son; Nathan's is business, and his sister is trying to destroy that, along with herself. Maybe another miracle is needed.

**** This is a marvelous story that will keep you in suspense and make you feel wonderful. Watching all the miracles God works through the people who need them is heart-warming. What a fantastic way to start the year. ****

Amanda Killgore