As Joyous, Tennessee's only female mechanic,
Ronnie Carter is more used to fixing carburetors than dressing for a date.
So when Jason McDeere asks her out, she's thrown into a panic! Not only is
the handsome high school teacher Ronnie's secret crush, he's the single
father of an adorable toddler...who wants a mommy.
A tomboy in overalls isn't the role model Jason had in mind for his young
daughter. But the better he gets to know her, the more he's convinced that
Ronnie's exactly what he's looking for. He has no doubt she'd make
the ideal mother for Emily.
But is he the perfect family man...for her?
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Tanya Michaels, one of my favorite Harlequin authors,
has created a family to love. Ronnie Carter is the only girl in a family of
men: her widowed father and overprotective brothers...who have made it their
goal in life to protect her from the wrong kind of men. Unfortunately for
Ronnie, that has meant every man she's ever met. That is, until she and
Jason McDeere start going out.
Her father falls in love with Jason's two-year-old daughter and her brothers
think he's perfect for her. Ronnnie does as well, until she realizes that
being involved with Jason means also being a mother to Emily, whose birthday
wish is for a new mommy. But, Ronnie has just moved out of the house on her
own for the first time and is not at all sure she's ready to give up her
independence to take care of another family.
I enjoyed getting to know Ronnie and Jason. They are just likable people and
you find yourself cheering for them as they try to decide not only what is
right for the two of them, but what is right for Emily as well.
The struggle Ronnie goes through as she sorts through her feelings is
complicated by her attraction to Jason and Tanya Michaels does a great job
in drawing the reader into Ronnie's dilemma. And, with an added
complication, the reader doesn't truly know until the last minute what the
outcome will be.
If you want a tale that's heartwarming, An Unlikely Mommy is one you
will enjoy. I recommend it for a quick read on a summer afternoon.
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