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Ten years have passed since Dan broke Sabrina's
heart and crushed her faith in men. Now he wants her back, but can he get
her to see beyond his old playboy persona to the man he's become?
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Tina Gallagher weaves a wonderful web of words to tell
a story about love, trust, and forgiveness and brings home how hard they are
to regain when once they are lost.
The idea that a person is a product of his or her rearing is a strong thread
in this story. Dan McMullen’s father’s philosophy that there are girls you
have sex with and there are girls you marry sets Dan up for years of
heartache. Dan’s father practiced that philosophy and pounded it into Dan
when he was a teenager. It was a lesson he learned well and paid dearly for
in adulthood.
Sabrina Kelly, a physical therapist, wants to make partner in the
rehabilitation clinic where she works. When the chance comes, she discovers
that old feelings from her college years must be dealt with before she can
move on. Dan was the love of her life in college but via the big mouth of a
so-called friend, she learned he had sex with other girls while saying he
wants to marry her. It broke her heart and destroyed her trust in him. Now,
in order to make partner she must become his personal therapist until he is
rehabilitated to the point he can return to his professional ball team.
The inner thoughts of Sabrina and Dan take the reader on a journey that
reveals the depths of pain and misery they have both endured the past
decade. Ms. Gallagher’s writing gives such well-developed characters the
reader feels like they are personal acquaintances. One wants to shout HURRAY
each time a hurt is healed and good feelings come.
The secondary characters are so entwined with the hero and heroine that they
seem absolutely necessary to the story. Of course, little, eight-year-old
Lexi is the catalyst that works again and again until the satisfactory
results is realized.
AND THERE ARE GIRLS YOU MARRY is a novel hard to put down until one is sure
the old problems are resolved and happy-ever-after is a certainty.
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