Catherine Spencer (1) (1950–)

Overall, I enjoyed reading this but I was annoyed by how obtuse Dan was about how Molly was treated by the residents of the town. Molly had some pretty valid reservations, ones that were borne out by her reception the first day at her mother's home and I wish that Dan had actually listened to her instead of constantly brushing it off.

I did admire that Dan broke off the first relationship when he found out how young Molly was, even if he was a total ass-wagon about it. And I liked Molly's growth over the story. I do think that the book would have benefited from a couple more chapters as some things were wrapped up too neatly, but that's often my complaint with category novels that deal with slightly heavier issues.… (mer)

this was basically the story of a man who spent all of his time going off to hot spots throughout the world on humanitarian missions and ignoring his father. he meets the heroine who is his father's nurse and they have a 3 month affair during which he continually leaves her to jet off around the world. she wants him to not put himself in danger and for her to be more important to him than his work. they break up and she finds out she's pregnant. Most of the book is the affair and the secret baby is only at the end and it was too much waiting for the other shoe to fall for me.… (mer)