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* '''Series''': Paradise Point #1
 
* '''Author''': [[Barbara Bretton]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Barbara Bretton]]
 
* '''Publisher''': [[Berkley]]
 
* '''Publisher''': [[Berkley]]
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* '''Editor''': [[Cindy Hwang]]
 
* '''Editor''': [[Cindy Hwang]]
 
* '''Amazon Listing''': []
 
* '''Amazon Listing''': []
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==Book Description==
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There's nothing more dangerous to a woman's heart than a man who is single, straight, loves his kid, and doesn't kiss and tell...
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Maddy Bainbridge left her Jersey Shore home town right after high school, determined to put as many miles as possible between herself and her many meddling relatives.
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Now she's back in Paradise Point -- an unemployed single mother whose only option is to accept her mother Rose's offer of a job and a place to live.
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But it doesn't take Maddy long to discover that the things about your mother that made you crazy at 17 make you even crazier at 32. Rose's critical comments bring out Maddy's inner teenager and by the beginning of December, the end is in sight. Maddy would stay there at the Candlelight Inn, her mother's popular B&B, through Christmas for her daughter Hannah's sake, but once the New Year rolled around…
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And then fate, in the form of an online auction battle over a Russian samovar that looks like Aladdin's lamp, brings home-town hero Aidan O'Malley into her life and suddenly Maddy begins to believe anything is possible.
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A child's dreams, an old woman's memories, the joys and heartaches that come with being part of a family, the thrill of new love and the deep comfort of love that stood the test of time -- it all comes together that one special holiday season when even the most battered hearts open just wide enough to let a miracle or two slip through.
  
 
== Recognitions ==  
 
== Recognitions ==  
 
* [[2004 RITA® Winners & Finalists|2004 RITA® Finalist]] for [[RITA®: Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance Category|Mainstream Novel with Strong Elements]]
 
* [[2004 RITA® Winners & Finalists|2004 RITA® Finalist]] for [[RITA®: Mainstream Fiction with a Central Romance Category|Mainstream Novel with Strong Elements]]

Latest revision as of 23:15, 2 September 2021

Book Description

There's nothing more dangerous to a woman's heart than a man who is single, straight, loves his kid, and doesn't kiss and tell...

Maddy Bainbridge left her Jersey Shore home town right after high school, determined to put as many miles as possible between herself and her many meddling relatives.

Now she's back in Paradise Point -- an unemployed single mother whose only option is to accept her mother Rose's offer of a job and a place to live. But it doesn't take Maddy long to discover that the things about your mother that made you crazy at 17 make you even crazier at 32. Rose's critical comments bring out Maddy's inner teenager and by the beginning of December, the end is in sight. Maddy would stay there at the Candlelight Inn, her mother's popular B&B, through Christmas for her daughter Hannah's sake, but once the New Year rolled around…

And then fate, in the form of an online auction battle over a Russian samovar that looks like Aladdin's lamp, brings home-town hero Aidan O'Malley into her life and suddenly Maddy begins to believe anything is possible.

A child's dreams, an old woman's memories, the joys and heartaches that come with being part of a family, the thrill of new love and the deep comfort of love that stood the test of time -- it all comes together that one special holiday season when even the most battered hearts open just wide enough to let a miracle or two slip through.

Recognitions