Mr. Destiny (Warner Forever) [Mass Market Paperback]

Candy Halliday (Author)

Book Description

Series: Warner Forever | Publication Date: November 1, 2005

From the author of "Dream Guy" comes this hilarious romantic comedy about a disciplined woman who learns the pleasures of spontaneity from a tall, dark, handsome cop. Original.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

At the start of this sparkling contemporary romance from Halliday (Dream Guy), Manhattan gallery manager Kate Anderson is standing near a painting of the Madonna and overseeing an exhibit in Central Park when she meets mounted police officer Anthony Petrocelli. According to Tony, his grandmother read his tea leaves 20 years earlier, when he turned 16, and informed him that he would be 36 when he met his bride in Central Park, and she would be a blonde with green eyes standing next to the Virgin Mary. Though flattered by the handsome Italian-American's attention, Kate informs him that she's engaged to be married in two months. Kate believes that her fiancé, snotty attorney Harold Wellington, is perfect for her, but her best friend disagrees and makes constant sarcastic comments about Harold. The humorous antics of Tony's boisterous family nicely balance the sweetly sensual romance between him and Kate. Only Harold's sudden transformation from a snob into a caring man rings a false note in this engaging tale.
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From Booklist

Kate Anderson likes order, which is why she works in her grandmother's Manhattan art gallery and is engaged to marry the very well--organized attorney Harold Wellington. The spark she doesn't know is missing flares up when she meets a hunky Italian on a stallion. Seeing the green-eyed blond standing next to a painting of the Virgin Mary, Officer Tony Petrocelli of the NYPD, who patrols Central Park on a horse named Skyscraper, is compelled to stop. Twenty years earlier his blind grandmother had "seen" his future in the tea leaves: when he was 36 he would find his wife standing next to the Virgin. Halliday's delightfully humorous tale provides a welcome holiday from the stresses of everyday life. Her characters are so lovingly depicted that one can't even hate the horrible Harold. This upbeat tale of a good-guy hero, his loving and quirky family, and the woman he is destined to love is a rarity in a field filled with dark and wounded heroes. Diana Tixier Herald
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Forever (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446614564
• ISBN-13: 978-0446614566
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,821,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun fun fun!, October 17, 2005

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J. Carroll (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Destiny (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is my first Candy Halliday book, and I loved it! The way that the characters interacted was very realistic, even with the destiny theme. And the grandmother :) Wow, I won't ruin that one for everybody else. I'm definately getting her other book, Dream Guy. Mr. Destiny is not a book that i found boring in any way. usually one or two scenes don't catch my eye and i skip over them, but this book held me from front to back. i stayed up all night to finish it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What a romantic story ...., January 9, 2007

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cb (Minot, ND) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Destiny (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

Mr. Destiny by Candy Halliday is very romantic story. Tony's grandmother told him when he was 36 he would find his bride in Central Park. She would have blonde hair and green eyes and standing next to the Virgin Mary. On a perfect day in Central Park Kate Anderson is standing beside a painting of the virgin mary and see her fantasy a Italian stallion riding towards her....This books has some great characters and was a fun contempory romance novel. If you enjoy this genre, I would also suggest ,Your Bed or Mine? by Candy Halliday, Flirting with Danger by Suzanne Enoch, Crazy For You by Kate Angell , See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson and `Underfoot' by Leanne Banks.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Light comedy with layers and depth, October 15, 2005

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glassalgae "Elizabeth" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Destiny (Warner Forever) (Mass Market Paperback)

Characters one may be tempted to ignore at first as just window dressing threaten to hijack the book. The male villain starts out as a two-dimensional menace to the heroine but surprisingly grows up soon after he walks into a trap set by a female villain. I was hoping they'd quickly detroy each other and disappear, but they actually wind up reforming each other and become a believably likable couple by the end of the story. My only regret about this book is these villains were secondary characters. I would love to see this couple get their own book. The hero of the book is a Wall Street tycoon turned NYC cop. When he's not fighting crime, he's the landlord of a neighborhood revitalization project and becomes a father figure for a tenant's son who almost joins a gang. On the weekends, he maneuvers through the romantic scheming of his meddlesome quirky family. At the end, a NYC blackout sets the stage for three couples to overcome problems plaguing them since the beginning of the book. The best scene is the one with the estranged couple who rekindle their marriage alone in a stalled elevator... This book just kept getting better from start to finish!