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Michael's Family (Harlequin Superromance No. 727)

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This was a sweet, innocent romance novel, almost old-fashioned...a little like the heroine, Jenny. She leaves her job, broken-hearted, and goes to stay with her sister (in order to lick her wounds), only to find herself falling in love with her sister's boss, Logan Taylor. He's a handsome, successful, rogish type of man. The kind who has all the girls in the district falling for him. Despite this, he's extremely likable as a character. He has a good sense of humour, if at times a bit mocking, and he has a lot of patience when dealing with "trying" Jenny. He does lose his temper every now and again, but I think that's out of frustration with Jenny. She could be a bit trying sometimes, because she was a bit naive and tended to jump to the wrong conclusions. She's drawn to Logan, but fights her attraction, because of her past bad experience, but also because of her belief that Logan is romantically involved with her sister. This is further complicated by the fact that her sister is a vulnerable widow with two, adorable little children, and as if that's not enough, she's beautiful! And yet all the characters in this story are very likable. There's no sex in this book, but in my experience that just means the story will be good. Too many sex scenes usually means a weak story. Thankfully that is not the case here. Janet Dailey, as usual, does not disappoint!

Not hot and steamy in the least, it's a wonderfully romantic book that kept me tuned in until the last page. The heroine was a bit too b*tchy most of the time but she was still likable enough. It's understandable she was to have a chip on her shoulder, but the motivation for this could have been more dramatic. Having one man be that way isn't the end of the world, except to her apparently. How she treated Logan much of the time was fun to read but not entirely easy to emphasize with.

I really loved the 'hero' of the book, from this dominating attitude, to his temper, to his tenderness. As an older Presents, there's no sex, but you'll just have to let the imagination kick in. I'm grateful Dailey didn't spend paragraphs throughout the story focusing on the sheer, unrealistic beauty of everyone. (A pet peeve).

Editing must not have been done well, as I found at least 8 spelling errors and it did irritate me there was little separation when the story shifted. As an example, she would be talking about having lunch with Brad, then the next paragraph would turn out being the next day. No line separating it, no symbol, nada. It grew confusing.

A very feel-good story that isn't mushy and the characters aren't eye-roll inducing. (Thank God)

I'm a sucker for Janet Dailey's alpha males and subtle romance. I think of this as a great Christmas/winter read. Enjoy!

I read this book about a year ago and I still remember every detail. It is definately on my list of the best books I have read, and I have read a lot. It is beautifully written. If you get your hands on it, don't hesitate to buy it and read it.