by Trish Wylie
An explosive and emotional Valentine
read!
Her One and Only Valentine
is a short tender reunion romance in which misunderstandings of past
events provoke explosive passionate emotions. With a child between
them, the conflict takes on another dimension. Her One and Only Valentine is a
superb Valentine or any time romance read.
When Rhiannon MacNally found herself pregnant, the father was nowhere
to be found. Now Kane Healey is back! Rhiannon not only has to protect
her heart, but now she must protect her daughter as well from the man
she has learned to hate. When Kane shows up uninvited in the darkness
of a stormy night, the fireworks fly! Can Kane and Rhiannon open their
hearts and look into their youthful past? Now that they are older, will
they be wiser or will they make the same mistakes of the past? Will
they discover true love this Valentine's Day?
Her One and Only Valentine
starts with a bang, and quickly becomes an emotional read, explosive
and heart-warming. Trish Wylie draws the reader into Rhiannon's inner
emotional space, allowing the reader to feel her hurt and her need to
protect her child. The hero's character develops more gradually as
Rhiannon slowly opens her heart and allows herself to see him beyond
the hurt he caused her and might cause her child. As the plot unfolds,
Trish Wylie gives the reader several surprises. Even if the reader
thinks the resolution of this romance will develop a certain way,
several surprises await. The wild culinary ending is quite memorable
indeed!
Every time I read a romance with happy families, a part of me has to
suspend belief. Sometimes, a father showing up or claiming a child is
NOT a good thing but the things nightmares are made of! Nevertheless, I
do suspend belief because I try to just open a book and ask what it has
to give me whatever the story.
Trish Wylie's Her One and Only
Valentine broke through that disbelief. I truly felt the
heroine's reasons behind her actions and attitudes. Trish Wylie creates
a heroine whose pain is palpable but she also creates a reunion
scenario that is believable as the two characters work through their
pain and misunderstandings. Throughout the story, I found myself moving
along with the author as she created these emotional twists and turns.
This romance is very well-constructed in terms of plot and
characterization and all the things that go into a romance but that
insight into the single mom's protection of her child is the gift this
author gave to me that reaches out beyond the pages, surpassing her
fine craftsmanship with a vision of the emotional conflicts within the
heroine's heart.
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (February 2008)
