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Three Wishes (Indigo Love Spectrum)

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Out of the two books that I've read of Seressia Glass, Three Wishes is the best thus far. I feel she has created characters who encompass more depth this time around.

The story involves Two characters who become acquainted with one another through the male protagonist's daughter. Maya, a computer software designer meets up with next door neighbor, Nick, doctor and father to seven year old Taylor, after she comes to the little girl's rescue. Maya falls for her because she's under the assumption that she can't have children of her own. She sees Taylor as the child she can never have. While at the same time, Taylor has placed Maya in the role of mother, something she doesn't have and badly wants. In the beginning, the daughter is the catalyst binding the two protagonists together. Eventually, however, they fall in love on their own.

Three Wishes includes just enough turmoil to keep the story interesting throughout. This couple had to not only deal with the issue of race (Maya is black, while Nick is White), but deception as well. Life is not perfect, which makes the story more real. Both characters had secrets that they kept from one another, with one really being a huge bombshell.

One also gets the sense that this man and woman truly love one another. And it was a love that we got to see build over time, and not one in which boy meets girl, boy and girl talk, then boy and girl become engaged. Yes, Nick was somewhat mesmerized by Maya, as she was by him, but they were allowed to sort out those feelings. Also, we were treated to a relatively nice degree of sexual intimacy between the two (not too much, not too little).

Admittedly, you'll find some similar plot devices that have shown up in previously released romance novels (i.e., widowed father with daughter in need of mother, who crosses path with woman who happens to be extremely close to her family). Nonetheless, my guess is you'll absolutely love Three Wishes.

In Grant Park, children's software programmer Maya Hughes comes home in a steady downpour when she notices a child soaked and waiting at her neighbor's home. She invites seven-year-old Taylor Whitfield to dry off and warm up in her place until her father, a surgeon, comes home. Though they met once before, Maya coaxes the child into her house with the help of her dog Hamlet and her don't call me a cat Horatio.

Taylor's father, Dr. Nick Whitfield, hurries home when he learns that his daughter's caretaker was hospitalized due to an accident. Nick and Maya are attracted to one another and the precocious Taylor pushes them closer to each other. However, she spent seven years failing to have a child, which resulted in her marriage ending while he fears falling in love ever since his first wife died during childbirth.

Readers who wish for an old fashioned, delightful contemporary romance need look no further than Seressia Glass' warm tale. Two individuals deserving of love, but almost phobic about avoiding the risk makes for a fine story especially with charming protagonists like the lead couple. Though Taylor acts too wise for her age at times, the hearts of fans will reach out to her. Fans will value this appealing novel.

Harriet Klausner

I sought out this book because of two reasons, the IR storyline and the author's previous work "No Commitment Required" which was great. I am pleased to say that this is another find addition to my IR collection. The book tells of Maya and Nick need and love of family. Maya and Nick are neighbors who barely speak however due to Mother Nature and a rain-soaked little girl who belongs to her neighbor Maya instantly falls in love with the little girl. After rescuing the little girl the neighbors meet face to face and feel an instant attraction.


However due to secrets they hold they initially chose not to act on them instead choosing to opt for friendship. Of course friendship slowly turns to love and the two find themselves desperately wanting to be a family. Naturally things go awry when secrets are exposed but as in any good love story the two overcome their obstacles and indeed become a family. What was unique about this story was though there was instant attraction the story explored them falling in love as opposed to love at first sight. All and all a very nice read one I sure you'll enjoy.

Seressia is one of my favorite authors in the interracial romance category and I am so glad that she has come out with this book.
Maya and Nick are next door neighbors who have never really had much contact until his nanny has an accident, doesn't show up and Maya comes home from work and sees his eight year old daughter, Taylor, soaking wet and sitting on the porch in the rain. She contacts Nick ( a surgeon) through his answering service and that's when the real action begins.
Initially miffed at him for letting Taylor sit out in the rain, Maya chides him for not having his cell phone on or at least keeping his battery charged. He, on the other hand, is really nervous about Taylor being over Maya's house when he doesn't really know her, but he has not choice than to trust her until he can get home from the hospital. However, once he gets to her house, looks at Maya, sees Taylor's response to her and eats a great home cooked meal by this children's software developer, he's hooked.
They both face demons from their past marriages and the inevitable problems of an interracial couple trying to live their lives in a world that still has a few racist [people]. But, the author has tons of great subplots like Maya's mixed heritage, Nick's racist mother, the princess club and passion that keep you reading it until the happy ending! I think that you'll like this one.

Overall it was a good book. It kept my attention long enough and in five hours when it was all over, I felt satisfied and not cheated of five dollars. The interaction between the lead male and the lead female's family were definitely funny and I think the moments spent on that really made the book. However, little parts that I now know aren't meant to be funny but still result in gut busting laughter for all and ruined the experience, plagued the book. Chief among these parts was this little gem page found on page 151 when the main characters are getting their freak on, and I quote:

"I can see the need gathering in your eyes like a storm. Rain for me, sweetness. Let me feel the thunder inside you."

Now, I know the blame cannot rest completely on Ms. Glass. Editors, publishers, and supposed friends that had a first read should have told her to pull that sentence because it ruined not only the hot and heavy scene in which it was said but all others to come. You couldn't possibly take the work seriously after reading a line like that and because of it I kept subconsciously hunting for whatever else was unrealistic and awkward in her book.

This was my first book by Ms. Glass, and I must say that she has a new fan. This was a very sweet, romantic story. It had the passion, angst and emotion that I like in romances but sadly don't see much of now days in many of the popular authors. What made it even better was the interracial aspect. It wasn't over the top or too preachy. It just told a story about two people trying to establish a relationship with other barriers than race being the main focus. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to other romance readers. I've found a new author to add to my collection.

A good story about Nic and his daughter Taylor and their next door neighbor Maya. NIc (white) and Maya (black) were very likeable and their relationship was rather sweet. What seperated this novel from 5 stars is the incident in the supermarket that was completely overblown and unbelievable. I cannot buy the idea that Taylor's outburst could result in Maya being treated as if she had kidnapped the child - I realize the novel was set in the south - Atlanta, but the reactions by the security guards were too extreme and soured me on the novel.

I just love everything about this book. The intelligence, the romance, the intimacy, the maturity and above all the simplicity of the way the 2 main characters meet. Nick and Maya develope a relationship that as a reader I was rooting for even through conflict. When ever I read an I/R novel that is lacking any kind of redeeming quality and I wonder why any editor and publisher would even want to be associated with such,"crap" and I'm left on the verge of giving up on the I/R genre all together, I always manage to some how read "Three Wishes" again and get a glimmer of hope for the genre once more. Thank you Seressia Glass for understanding the basics.

I enjoyed this book very much. It was my first time reading anything by this author. The only aspect that I didn't appreciate was the mixed race of the main female character, Mya. I wanted a book about an African American woman and white man but it was 'white washed' by her not being 100% black. It played into the stereotype that white men would only want a black woman if she were biracial or multiracial or in some way, exotic. I myself am multi-racial, so this is nothing personal but I wish that the character was not 'built' this way. I am not sure why the author did that, but besides that detail, this book was very well written. There were aspects of it that were a bit far fetched- but it is a romance novel so that genre has to be respected and expected for some 'fantasy' freedom and leeway. Overall, a good read that you will have trouble putting down.

I really don't know what to write to convey just how good this book was. The relationship between Neil and Maya, the leading characters, were real and I could "see" it unfolding before my eyes. It wasn't hard to believe that these two people would and want to be together despite the race difference. Their romance was sweet and loving and passionate. It wasn't over the top, it was just two people trying to make it work an in every day world while being of different races.

What I really like about the book was how Neil's daughter, Taylor, was actually in the book and the two characters spent time with her instead of her being shipped off to so and so and having sleeps over etc (yes, it happened..of course the characters had to be alone together but they spent just as much time with her (probably more) as they did apart from her). I ,also, liked how open and honest Neil and Maya were to each other and how there weren't miscommunication between them as that seems to be the main issue with most of the romance books I've read. And that the love they felt for each other was never a question and they didnt feel the need to deny it to "protect themselves"

The reason this book got a four was for a couple of reason. 1. Things were to said to have happened which were written not to happened (or rather the author may have forgotten to put it in there). There are two instances of this. 2. I felt that the male relationship between Neil and his friend (cant remember his name) seemed false and not like how males would act with each other. And just as soon as he made an appearance he was gone. I would have liked for him to have been more a part in this book so Neil could have had a sounding board like Maya had with her sisters and family. Other than that this book is and should be a 5. Awesome book and I look forward to all her other books!