A Family for Daniel: You, Me & the Kids (Harlequin Superromance No. 1280) [Mass Market Paperback]

Anna DeStefano (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Super Romance | Publication Date: June 1, 2005

What happens when two survivors can't make it alone?

Amy Loar is a single working mother struggling to give her daughter the secure life she deserves. Joshua White is raising his baby sister's son, only Daniel doesn't want anything to do with the small-town life Joshua loves. The last thing these childhood friends have energy for is the distraction of a relationship, until working together becomes the only way they can protect the kids they love.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... You must read A FAMILY FOR DANIEL..." --Reviewers Choice Award Winner, 2005 Best Superromance -- Cataromance.com

"...This is a keeper for me. Sorry you will have to go buy your own." --5 Roses -- A Romance Review.com

"I loved this book for its many complex issues... A great, emotional read...from an author to watch." -- Books for a Buck.com

About the Author

Romantic Times Award Winning, Waldenbooks Best-selling Author, Anna DeStefano, writes fast-paced, emotional family dramas that are so real, you'll leap into her characters worlds and want to stay well past The End.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (June 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373712804
• ISBN-13: 978-0373712809
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,057,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anna DeStefano (http://www.annawrites.com) is a nationally best selling author of classic romance and psychic thrillers. She's a two-time RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award winner, and has won or finalled in countless other awards including the National Readers Choice Awards, the Holt Medallian, the Book Buyers Best Award, the Golden Heart and the Maggie Award for Excellence.

She speaks and blogs regulary about both her writing experience and the fascination with metaphysics and paraspychology that led her to create her Legacy Series' contemporary psychic world. Join Anna at her blog each week (http://www.annawrites.com/blog) for Dream Theory and Psychic Realm updates, as well as her running series on How We Write Wednesdays (HoWW) and the writing industry favorite Publishing Isn't for Sissies (PIFS).

Her interactive workshops on the writing process--plotting through character, improvisation (drafting), and rewriting--regularly attract standing room-only crowds wherever she speaks. Her series of communication workshops (taught independently or with her literary agent, Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary Agency) are the latest addition to her teaching resume, and they're quickly becoming the most requested of her programs and conferences and weekend-long retreats.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong second novel by DeStefano, June 15, 2005

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booksforabuck "BooksForABuck" (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Family for Daniel: You, Me & the Kids (Harlequin Superromance No. 1280) (Mass Market Paperback)

Amy Loar, climbing the corporate ladder in Atlanta, and Joshua White, a school principle in tiny Sweetbrook, share little except a past as best friends. But when their two children--Amy's daughter Becky and Josh's nephew Daniel--get in trouble together at school, they have a mutual problem, and they have to work together to solve it. Along the way, they rediscover their closeness, which blossoms into something far deeper and more complex.

Amy has recently escaped a verbally abusive husband and is committed to building a secure life for herself and Becky the only way she knows how--pursuing a big-city career with dogged determination. She knows Becky is getting the short end of the stick in terms of her time and attention, but only until this one big project is over. Josh has all the financial security he needs, and more. But it's not enough for Daniel, whose father was physically abusive. Daniel is holding everything inside, and unless he confides in someone, his horrible father stands a good chance of regaining custody.

I loved this book for its many complex issues, and I agonized with Amy over what was the right thing to do. These characters faced so many difficult choices. Getting into the viewpoints of the troubled children added dimension to the story, and their triumphs were all the sweeter because of the pain they'd faced. A great, emotional read; a quality sophomore effort from an author to watch.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwrenchingly good!, August 7, 2005

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Holly Fuhrmann (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Family for Daniel: You, Me & the Kids (Harlequin Superromance No. 1280) (Mass Market Paperback)

Josh and Amy were friends, but a rousing fight and the passage of time has left them with just childhood memories. Josh is trying to cope with a troubled, orphaned nephew, and Amy is trying to rebuild a life for herself and her daughter after walking away from a disastrous marriage. It's not the ideal time for either of them to rekindle their friendship, even a worse time to take it beyond friendship into an entirely new type of relationship. But love doesn't tend to wait for the right time.

Four wounded souls come together and find not only healing, but a family in this wonderful second novel by Anna DeStefano!

5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply Moving, October 17, 2005

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Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Family for Daniel: You, Me & the Kids (Harlequin Superromance No. 1280) (Mass Market Paperback)

Anna DeStefano's A Family For Daniel is an emotionally moving story.

Joshua White is at his wits end trying to help his troubled nephew Daniel. His sister had died suddenly after leaving an abusive partner. Josh as a grade school principal has another child in the school that is going through a trying time as well. Becky is the child of his former high school pal Amy Loar.

Amy is slowly getting her life back on track after her disastrous marriage. She leaves her young daughter in the care of her mother while she rebuilds her career in Atlanta. But Becky is floundering and Amy must go back to her hometown to help.

Now Amy and Josh must join forces to help these to troubled children. As they work together old feelings resurface but now they are stronger and more powerful. Amy has some major trust issues to overcome before she can let these feelings fly.

A Family For Daniel will make your heart soar and weep as these two young children find their ways back to being whole. The relationship between Amy and Josh is deeply touching and heartwarming. This book is assuredly a keeper.