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Finally a Family

(2000)
(The second book in the Sexy Men...Sassy Women series)
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Spence Keagan works as a helicopter pilot for Guardian Flight, a search and rescue operation currently looking for some financial support to acquire a new helicopter. When he first meets Alexis Castle, the woman who can give Guardian some much needed monetary help, he takes in her pinched face and stiff posture, and wonders, is she in pain?

Actually, she is. Alexis's job/stress-induced ulcer is acting up today and, having been trained by her father to be all-business, she refuses to let the pain interfere, so continues meeting the people at Guardian. She is spending the summer at Catasaga Lake not only to evaluate if the organization is worthy of a donation by Castle Industries, but also, hopefully, to spend some quality time with her teenage daughter, Jamie. This seems like an uphill battle; Jamie is resentful of the time her mother devotes to her job and makes sure everyone knows it every chance she gets.

Having an estranged child himself, Spence can relate, although he really wants to keep his distance from Alexis, whom he dismisses as a woman who is too into her career to make time for her child. He knows all too well about people who are all-business; his own father, Judd, has kept his distance ever since a teenage Spence signed up for military service instead of following his father's footsteps in the Keagan family business. Judd retaliated by becoming the father figure to Spence's son Jeff, and the result is that Spence now is not willing to get very involved with anyone.

The attraction between Spence and Alexis is palpable and real, but having been burned by getting involved with someone at work before, Alexis fears the appearance of impropriety: Will everyone think Spence is romancing her just to get the money from Castle Industries? All a frustrated Spence can see is that Alexis is the only one who thinks so.

Shay's research is, of course, extensive, but she doesn't beat you over the head with it. The details of what it is to be part of a helicopter rescue team are there, but more importantly, her characters make it all human. Alexis's daughter and her father are well drawn, as are Spence's son and father. If you haven't read a Kathryn Shay book, I urge you to do it now. Pick up one of her firefighter books or this new release, and get to know some wonderful characters.

Genre: Romance

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