Leave It to Max (Harlequin Superromance No. 1004) [Paperback]

Lori Handeland (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373710046
• ISBN-13: 978-0373710041
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 3.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,744,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lori Handeland has written over fifty novels, novellas and short stories in several genres--historical, contemporary, series and paranormal romance, as well as urban fantasy--for such publishers as: Dorchester, Kensington, Harlequin, St. Martin's Press, Harper-Collins, Simon and Schuster and Penguin/Putnam.

She is a New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks and Bookscan Bestselling Author and the recipient of many industry awards, including two RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal and Best Long Contemporary Romance, a Romantic Times Award for Best Harlequin Superromance, the Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence, the Write Touch Readers Award, the National Readers Choice Award and the Prism Award.

Published world wide and known for her popular and highly acclaimed Nighcreature paranormal series, as well as her urban fantasy series, The Phoenix Chronicles, Lori is also the author of the SHAKESPEARE UNDEAD historical fantasy series.

Soon she will begin a new venture, writing western historical romance under the name Lori Austin. The first book, BEAUTY AND THE BOUNTY HUNTER, will be released in October, 2012.

Lori lives in Wisconsin with her husband, enjoying occasional visits from her grown sons. She can be reached through her web site www.lorihandeland.com

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irreverent and humorous -- Very highly recommended, August 10, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leave It to Max (Harlequin Superromance No. 1004) (Paperback)

Max is a remarkable eight-year-old boy whose imagination and clumsy feet keep him in trouble. Max doesn't mean to forget he's grounded when he wanders off to follow the wind or a whim, he just forgets. Livy loves her son, but doesn't have a clue as to how to cultivate the magic that lies within her child. By trying to keep him safe from broken bones she crushes his flights of imagination. In trying to make him like other little boys, she fights against what makes him special -- his uniqueness. His father shares the same uniqueness. So when Max unknowingly brings his father home, after almost nine years of leaving Livy, his mother must confront the magic her son and former lover share, accepting the past and her own vulnerabilities.

Where once Garret knew Livy intimately and completely understood her, now she simply leaves him confused. She was the first person to offer him love, and not knowing how to love back, or believing himself worthy, he had run. But from the first moment Garret saw Max, he knew there was something special about the child. There had been an instant connection, a deep recognition of himself within the boy -- "perhaps that magic he and Max believed in so deeply." When Garret came to Savannah, Georgia, he thought he pursued the muse that inspired his previous books. Now he's coming to understand he needs so much more.

Lori Handeland's marvelous voice combines irreverence, romance, and amusement to create a memorable read. These richly developed characters combine eccentricity and realism to keep the reader amused even as their foibles present their hidden fears and vulnerabilities. Equally remarkable are the wonderful secondary characters, each carefully crafted, especially the frequently jailed grandma and the stolen goose, which kept me in stitches. Very highly recommended.