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Treat Her Right (Men To The Rescue) (Harlequin Temptation)

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Lori Foster's TREAT HER RIGHT is the second book in the "Men to the Rescue" series from Harlequin's Temptation line, starting with CAUGHT IN THE ACT, and finishing up with MR. NOVEMBER, due out on shelves next month.

Zack Grange is a single father to a precocious little girl named Dani, who describes her father as "A Hero". A fitting title; since Zack happens to be a paramedic, and though it can be trying profession (life or death in fact), he's a man who loves his job. He takes it, his life, and his responsibility as a parent very seriously.

Enter Wynn Lane, the new face in the neighborhood who moves into the house behind Zack.

Wynn is loud, boisterous, carefree, and...big! Not big as in heavy or overweight, but solid, and big boned. Wynn doesn't have a dainty bone in her body, but her heart is sweet, and her interaction with his daughter gives him worry. The two are wonderful together, and Zack feels himself being drawn in despite his determined resistance.

You see, Zack has been looking to marry again, but Wynn is so far from the woman he envisioned to fill the roll of wife, and mother.

Zack begins to see, however that his attempts to banish her from his mind become increasingly more difficult with every saucy turn of her head, or each glimpse of the skimpy shorts she favors when doing yard work, or spotting her napping in the hammock she's set in her backyard.

Secondary characters add to the laughter and they lend a quirky aside to the serious relationship that is developing between the two. Though Zack keeps repeating to himself that it's only physical, his heart has other ideas. And Wynn, with her wild hair, and past bad experience with love, fears Zack will never see her as anything other than a friend, and an occasional late-night playmate.

We first met Mick as a cop in CAUGHT IN THE ACT, and Josh is a fireman who shares a stationhouse with Zack. Both are his best friends, and add to Zack's troubles with their constant ribbing. Josh has an eye for the ladies, and sees Wynn as quite a woman. Zack has personal decisions to make concerning Wynn, but will he lay claim when Josh shows interest in his new neighbor? Will his friend back off when he sees that Zack is falling in love with the girl next door, Even if Zack doesn't yet realize it himself?

Ms. Foster's stories never fail to entertain, and TREAT HER RIGHT is no exception. Her tales of love, and relationships focus on the male point of view more often than not, and is a refreshing perspective. To see the male struggle with desires, and feelings for the heroine gives her stories a twist that is different, and insightful. You'll chuckle at the antics of Wynn's friends and family, and Josh, Mick, and Mick's wife, Del, will make you feel as if you are sitting down and reading about people you know and care about.

A lively, sexy, and charming read, Ms foster sets the standard for time spent with a good book! TREAT HER RIGHT is one of those that make the grade!

Congratulations, Ms. Foster! Another winning story!

"Treat Her Right" continues where Foster's previous release, "Caught in the Act," left off-and this time, it's Zack Grange's turn in the hot seat. A widower with a young daughter, Zack has decided that it's time to Look to the future and remarriage. He knows exactly what type of woman he wants for a wife and mother and it's not his new next door neighbor Wynn Lane.

Outspoken, physical and eye-to-eye tall as Zack, Wynn finds her new neighbor to be a man worth getting to know better and his little girl adorable. Unfortunately, although little Dani feels the same way about Wynn, Zack does not. Or so he thinks. The sparks fly as Zack and Wynn first fight their attraction to each other, then succumb to the inevitable.

Lori Foster continues her tradition of giving romance readers everything they could possibly want: sympathetic characters, great dialogue, steamy love scenes and the easy camaraderie of a closely bonded group of men that only she can deliver. The fun continues in her next book, "Mr. November," in which the 3rd member of the group, Josh Marshall takes his turn in the game of love.

I enjoyed this book for the most part. I guess what I didn't like about it was the emphasis on how "Big" Wynn was. I got the point pretty much in the beginning of the book, but it was constantly brought up throughout it... Half the time I wasn't sure if Zack really did like Wynn all that much, only tolerated her and the ending came really fast... I think I'm kind of in the middle on this book. It's worth reading though, especially if you like Lori Foster. I'll let you draw your own conclusions!

Wynn Lane is a six-foot-tall, athletic Amazon, and paramedic Zack Grange has never seen anything like her. In their stocking feet, they look eye-to-eye, and she is almost as strong as he is. In fact, she's constantly challenging him to prove she isn't actually =stronger= than him. This is the boy/girl-next-door story with a real twist!

From Zack's first meeting with Wynn, shouting zingers and arguing with her burly brother as she moves in next door to Zack at the crack of dawn, he is in turn irritated, appalled and screamingly attracted to her. But he refuses to get involved with her, because as a young widower, he has a four-year-old daughter to raise, and she has to come first. He is determined that a "feminine" woman is going to be his new wife and mother to his daughter, and in no way does tomboy Wynn fit the bill.

Wynn has spent most of her life being "one of the boys," hanging out with her brother's friends, and she has never, ever responded to a man as she does from the first moment she lays eyes on Zack. Not only is she totally attracted to him sexually, she adores the tender way he takes care of his little girl. Wynn has no defenses against what she feels, and she openly shows Zack her immediate, intense attraction. She is thrilled that he seems strongly drawn to her, too, but the push-pull Zack is giving her is driving her crazy.

I am a big fan of Lori Foster--I've read every book she's written since she first burst onto the romance scene a few years ago. And as good as all her books are, I have to say, she's outdone herself with this one! I have never seen characters so vivid and alive. They just leap off the page! Especially Wynn Lane. You just don't run into passionate, whimsical, eccentric heroines like her very often in romance in general, let alone in category romance, and I am delighted that Harlequin is encouraging such innovation! I love the way Wynn always says exactly what she thinks, no matter how "unladylike" it is.

Zack is also a very worthy match for her. Though he starts out preaching very macho, sexist ideas about what the "ideal" wife would be, you can tell immediately that he is =not= a real sexist because he never worries about his manhood when he is taking care of his little girl. And this is another terrific thing: you aren't just told why Wynn can't resist Zack's tenderness, you see and feel it in the loving interactions with his daughter.

Speaking of Zack's daughter, little Dani is another remarkable character. It is hard to do kids and not have them be sickeningly sweet or predictably naughty, but Foster avoids both these traps with Dani. All the subcharacters, in fact, are super. In particular, Wynn's eccentric parents are a bizarrely comic pair, and her gym-owner brother and his weight-lifting friends are hilarious.

Finally, in my listing of everything I like, I come last, and anything but least, to the sexuality in Treat Her Right. Whew! Stunningly passionate and intense, it is hot enough to be in one of Foster's Harlequin Blazes! In short, this book has magnificently achieved the most prized objective of the well-done comic romance--humor that is actually funny paired with deep emotion and searing sex. Who could ask for anything more?

I just discovered Lori Foster a little less than a month ago and she has rapidly become one of my favorite authors of any genre, not just of romance. Her blend of humor, fantastic, real characters and very steamy, sensual love scenes are just to die for. I don't think I've read one of her books yet that I haven't laughed at one or more parts. She is a great author who makes you happy you've read her books and want more of them.

Treat Her Right is the second book dealing with 3 male friends finding their perfect women (Caught in the Act (another five star excellent read) was the first book dealing with Mick and Delilah and is very highly recommended). Though you technically don't HAVE to read Caught in the Act, you should treat yourself to a wonderful read as it will give you some background on each of the characters, including Zack, the hero in this book. As soon as I had read the first 3 chapters of Caught in the Act I went and pre-ordered this book and the next sequel, Mr. November immediately before going back to finish Caught in the Act.

In Treat Her Right, Zack, an EMT Paramedic (who just happens to be drop dead gorgeous and couldn't care less, and has the most charmingingly fantastic personality...and boy, do I wish men like this existed in real life), is a widower with an absolutely adorable 4 year old daughter (*I* hate stories with kids normally but I totally loved this little girl) whom he loves very deeply. Zack has decided that it's time for him to start looking for a new wife so that his daughter will have a good feminine influence since his daughter hates anything even remotely frilly and feminine (except clothes that have lots of color) as she has only had her dad, his best friends, Mick and Josh (whose story Mr. November comes out next month and I am anxiously awaiting), and an elderly woman who babysits the daughter when Zack is on duty. His daughter just asked Zack what feminine napkins are after watching a tv commercial and Zack realizes that while he is a fantastic dad, his daughter also needs a mother as there are some things he just won't be comfortable with as she gets older. Josh has volunteered to help Zack out with this kind of problem since *he* knows everything about women and all women adore him (oh, I can't wait for his story and him to get his comeuppance) but Zack decides a woman is what's needed, not his oversexed male friend. ;-)

Zack thinks the perfect woman for a new mother would be a stay-at-home, quiet, mousey, petite, ultra-feminine woman who will always realize that his daughter comes first (think sexy June Cleaver). Fortunately for Zack what he finds is his new next-door neighbor, Wynn (short for Wynonna), who couldn't be less like what he thought he wanted. Wynn is 5'11" of all woman who happens to have a muscle-bound brother by the name of Conan (yes, he really does look the way his name makes him sound) who regularly tries to beat her up and she him like they were still in diapers (not in a mean way, just like adolscent siblings), she also has hair that looks like it got hit by a tornado, wears baggy, ripped sweats, short shorts and could not be described as delicate and thin by the widest stretch of imagination. She also is loud and in your face and falls in love with Zack and his daughter almost immediately.

Of course Zack is attracted (as is Josh but he would rather live so he bows out), but thinking he really needs to give his daughter his June Cleaver clone he resists temptation. For a while.

The characters in this book are all spot on and you wish you knew them. The secondary characters (and also Mick and Del from Caught in the Act and Josh) are fully fleshed and realized.

This is an absolutely fantastic book and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Lori Foster's TREAT HER RIGHT is the second book in the "Men to the Rescue" series from Harlequin's Temptation line, starting with CAUGHT IN THE ACT, and finishing up with MR. NOVEMBER, due out on shelves next month.

Zack Grange is a single father to a precocious little girl named Dani, who describes her father as "A Hero". A fitting title; since Zack happens to be a paramedic, and though it can be trying profession (life or death in fact), he's a man who loves his job. He takes it, his life, and his responsibility as a parent very seriously.

Enter Wynn Lane, the new face in the neighborhood who moves into the house behind Zack.

Wynn is loud, boisterous, carefree, and...big! Not big as in heavy or overweight, but solid, and big boned. Wynn doesn't have a dainty bone in her body, but her heart is sweet, and her interaction with his daughter gives him worry. The two are wonderful together, and Zack feels himself being drawn in despite his determined resistance.

You see, Zack has been looking to marry again, but Wynn is so far from the woman he envisioned to fill the roll of wife, and mother.

Zack begins to see, however that his attempts to banish her from his mind become increasingly more difficult with every saucy turn of her head, or each glimpse of the skimpy shorts she favors when doing yard work, or spotting her napping in the hammock she's set in her backyard.

Secondary characters add to the laughter and they lend a quirky aside to the serious relationship that is developing between the two. Though Zack keeps repeating to himself that it's only physical, his heart has other ideas. And Wynn, with her wild hair, and past bad experience with love, fears Zack will never see her as anything other than a friend, and an occasional late-night playmate.

We first met Mick as a cop in CAUGHT IN THE ACT, and Josh is a fireman who shares a stationhouse with Zack. Both are his best friends, and add to Zack's troubles with their constant ribbing. Josh has an eye for the ladies, and sees Wynn as quite a woman. Zack has personal decisions to make concerning Wynn, but will he lay claim when Josh shows interest in his new neighbor? Will his friend back off when he sees that Zack is falling in love with the girl next door, Even if Zack doesn't yet realize it himself?

Ms. Foster's stories never fail to entertain, and TREAT HER RIGHT is no exception. Her tales of love, and relationships focus on the male point of view more often than not, and is a refreshing perspective. To see the male struggle with desires, and feelings for the heroine gives her stories a twist that is different, and insightful. You'll chuckle at the antics of Wynn's friends and family, and Josh, Mick, and Mick's wife, Del, will make you feel as if you are sitting down and reading about people you know and care about.

A lively, sexy, and charming read, Ms foster sets the standard for time spent with a good book! TREAT HER RIGHT is one of those that make the grade!

Congratulations, Ms. Foster! Another winning story!

I can't really add to the synposis by the previous reviewer --except to add that Wynn's parents are "unique", but I can agree 100% that I enjoyed this book. This is a great book. I laughed when Zach and Wynn wrestled--more than once. Wynn's family is "different" to say the least--especially her parents. The book also doesn't follow the typical storyline--boy meets girl; boy and girl fall in love etc. Lori Foster's writing is romantic, realistic and yet fun, too.

I've read many books by Lori Foster and I've never been disappointed--except for the fact that Casey's story hasn't been told yet!

This book had me hooked from the minute i read the first page. we met Zack Grange in Caught in the act, which was also a fab. book, but this is his story, he meets Wynn with her outragous personality and is instantly actracted to her, even though she is a less than idealized woman, which i think is awsome, someone who isnt described as being little miss dainty and willowy, but sexy with her less than little figure. the whole book is like a cat and mouse game. The dialoge cracked me up. I love knowing what the characters are thinking and Zack had some pretty funny thoughts. The book was fun, and meets the standards of a good romance, heat mixed with fun, the best combination.

I have read almost everything Lori Foster has written. It only took one of her early Harlequin's to convince me that she puts so much life in her stories. She has humor, love, sex, compassion, friendship, loyality, strength and devotion. Everything we all want in our own lives. Her characters are interesting, easy to identify with because they are not perfect but they are always trying to do the right thing. I recommend any Lori Foster book! This one is the second in a "Men to the Rescue' series. Read "Caught in the Act" first then this one. I love the spunkiness of the girl next door and I just adore the daughter. The man is great too...That is all I will tease you with..Just buy it and read it and enjoy.

This book's hero is a paramedic, one of our everyday heroes, whose life revolves around his daughter. Then tall, loud Wynn moves next door and they strike sparks immediately. The only thing is that our hero Zack believes he needs a quiet, reserved wife to help him raise his daughter.
I loved this book! Wynn had me in stitches throughout the book. I can't wait for the next book.