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A Family for Raffi [Paperback]

Lara Rios (Author)
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Book Description

October 1, 2001
There are times when the human spirit must rise above it's comfort zone.

He's a man who has everything.

Dale Curtis runs a multibillion dollar airline his father built from the ground up. He cares about two things: profits and driving up his stock prices. Neither compassion nor devotion are part of his vocabulary.

She's a woman who wants nothing.

Tamara Cassetti has made it her life's goal to take children out of dangerous situations and find them loving families. But as a professional social worker her involvement ends there. Raised by institutions herself, she has learned to keep attachments superficial.

What they both need they can only find in each other.

But a young orphaned boy makes them both question what's important in life. Tamara has no dreams of happily ever after. She believes love is only an illusion, especially with a wealthy, arrogant playboy such as Dale. Yet, as she watches Dale overcome his affluent upbringing and give his love to the one child who has stolen her heart, she fears they will both lure her into their world forever.


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Lara Rios has written a sensual, deeply emotional romance ...Readers will adore Raffi. -- Romantic Times Magazine, October 2001

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Learning to compromise and see life through another's point of view is a strong theme throughout the book. Pristine Publishing is proud to present A Family For Raffi as its debut romance for the Eternal line. Lara brings her personal knowledge of adoption to the story and keeps you rooting for these two characters in hopes that they will make Raffi their own and become a family.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 312 pages
  • Publisher: Pristine Pub; First Edition edition (October 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1931627002
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931627009
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,722,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lara lives in California with her very culturally diverse and unstereotypical family that includes a brilliant Anglo husband, and two talented and beautiful Korean children. When she's not writing she enjoys challenging herself physically. Feats to date include five marathons in one year; biking down a volcano in Hawaii; and the latest ' walking across a fiery bed of burning coals all the while praying she didn't become another of her father's asados. But of course, spending time with her family is what she treasures most of all.

Lara is a multi-published author, consultant, and motivational speaker for educational and corporate settings. Lara can be contacted at lararios@earthlink.net

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A heart-warming story!, October 22, 2001
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Erica Fuentes (Lexington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Family for Raffi (Paperback)
A Family For Raffi goes far beyond the depth and scope of most of the romance novels I have read, as the central character is a beguiling little boy, Raffi, whose innocence and love brings the two most important people in his short life together.

Although Tamara has spent her adult life struggling to free herself from what she considers to be the frivolous existence of the priveleged upper crust of society, she finds herself attracted to her best friend's brother... even though he seems to be the epitome of everything she inherently rebels against.

Dale is equally attracted to Tamara, but once he feels secure in their relationship, he begins to change her into the person she never wanted to be. The result is explosive, and they both go their separate ways.

But Raffi loves them both. An abused child who has repeatly fallen through the cracks of the social services system, Tamara is that one social worker who cares, and Dale is his foster parent.

And only the magic of this child can show both of them that although their worlds seem so far apart, they can create their own world and a Family for Raffi.

Not only is this book a good read, but it gives a deeply insightful view of the pitfalls of the adoption system, and the children who fall through the cracks of the system.

I highly recommend it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Heartwarming Story. Raffi will touch your heart!, October 17, 2001
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Just a great romance, with a wonderful little boy, Raffi. Delightful, I couldn't stop until I finished the whole book.
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