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Fall Into Me (Zebra Contemporary Romance)

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Pauline Trent captures the south in neat and subtle ways. I believe this book is much better than her first, which was also very good and introduced the characters of this book. Lambert Falls is in North Carolina and possibly my view of the book comes from being a Southerner and being of an older generation. I recognize so many of the characteristics portrayed in Bobby Granger, the Sheriff, as being much like my own husband, a really great southern gentleman. He does not display the negative stereotypes of southern men but the best ways of them, with a few little quirks along the way. The book moves along quickly and I didn't want to stop reading it until I had finished.

Ms. Trent has written a terrific little light-hearted romance that makes for a great break from heavier, more serious, fiction. She writes well, and the story carries the reader along so entertainingly it is impossible to put down.

In Lambert Falls, South Carolina Sheriff Bobby Granger is euphoric to learn a favorite author Howard Michaels is coming to town to write a book on the law enforcement official's ancestor. When Michaela Howard arrives to conduct research on her next novel, Bobby is stunned not so much that he is a she, but how attracted he is to the big city author.

The widower knows not to get involved as he has his nieces to care for even with one getting married soon and the other attending community college; besides he has a lifestyle of being by himself except for the kids since his wife Abby died almost two decades ago. Finally he fears risking his heart because he expects Michaela to leave once she finishes her work here. Yet Granger cannot stop himself from wanting her though he doubts he has anything to offer her.

This is an entertaining second chance at love romance starring a nurturing widower and a nice successful writer. The support cast wants the best for Bobby, especially the nieces he raised, even as he blunders his way to love. Although a final airport spin should lead to firings and reprimands, and the overall plot is thin, fans will enjoy the return to Lambert Falls (see Falling in Love).

Harriet Klausner