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A Temporary Arrangement (Harlequin Super Romance)

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A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT by Roxanne Rustand
September 1, 2006


Amazon rating 4/5

"Abby Cahill needs a temporary place to live while she helps out at a Wisconsin hospital as the interim director. She was recommended for the job by her friend Grace who just retired. After an unsuccessful stay in a room let out by an elderly gentleman (who thought her lifestyle too rowdy), she needs a place to stay but because of the time of year, there are no motel rooms available.

Ethan Matthews has come to the hospital because of a nasty injury. While he's waiting to be looked at, he sees Abby with her friend Erin's three children (she's been baby sitting, which is also part of the reason her landlord evicted her). Ethan doesn't get a good impression. However Abby finds herself involved with Ethan because he doesn't trust any social worker to take care of his son Keifer while being treated at the hospital. Abby volunteers only because she knows the seriousness of his injury. While Keifer is at first timid with Abby, the two soon bond." - complete review at BookLoons - M. Lofton

This was an enjoyable superromance because of the various story lines. Tension mounts when Abby's career is on the line at the hospital, due to some errors that are being pinned on her. Plus she moves in to help out Ethan, who doesn't have full use of his hand because of the injury. Subplot involving Ethan's son's need to get his father's attention and love will tug at the reader's heart. I enjoyed A TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT. Recommended.

Leaving Detroit for the summer to spend time in a remote rustic section of Wisconsin, Abby Cahill looks forward to a simpler slower life. However, the temporary Director of Blackberry Hill Memorial Hospital learns that her rented apartment burned down in a fire and the only vacancy is at a farmhouse owned by wildlife biologist Ethan Matthews, who is involved in a project to return wolves into their natural habitat. In return for allowing her to stay, he asks for her help around the farm and with his son while he heals form an injury.

As Abby and Ethan become acquainted they begin to fall in love; his son and their puppies have already hooked her heart. However, when summer ends she returns to the Motor City to teach nursing though she wonders if this was just a summer romance or much more.

Abby and Ethan are intelligent lead characters who prove that the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. The story line is fascinating on several fronts besides the obvious contemporary romance between the protagonists. The look at running a hospital and the efforts to bring back wolves will hook readers as both subplots are fully developed making for interesting reading as much as understanding complex issues. On top of that is a well written romantic theme as the audience wonders whether the nurse will return to Motown or stay in Badger Country.

Harriet Klausner