Product DescriptionEleven-year-old Charlene is not impressed with Merry, her new guardian. Clearly the woman needs some major help in the parenting department. Their neighbor Jack could be the right man for the job--but it doesn't look as though the two grown-ups are ever going to get together without help.
Jack recognizes a short-distance runner when he sees one, and Merry fits the bill. The gorgeous party girl is so unprepared to take charge of the totally fun-proof Charlene, he almost feels sorry for her. Almost.
Merry is in way over her head. Who would have thought that a vow written on a cocktail napkin would make her a parent long before her time…or that a rock-solid man and a serious little girl would ever become the two most important people in her life?
Merry has finally found something worth fighting for. Now all she has to do is figure out just how to fight!
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Rating: - Delightful Diversion
I read most of this book while sitting in the waiting room at the local urgent care and found it to be a delightful diversion from the minor problem I was there for. Merry Olson is a warm, charming, giving person whose response to learning she's been named guardian of a friend's daughter is "Of course I'll come." Her first thought is for Charlene (aka "Charlie"), the eleven-year-old whose care she is now responsible for. While others might think she's doing it for the money, Merry isn't worried ... Read More
Rating: - Blame It On Cupid-A Joyfully Recommended Title!
Years ago when Merry had agreed to be the guardian for her friend's daughter, Charlie, in the event of his death, she didn't really think it would ever happen. Now she's guardian to a grief-stricken eleven year old who is by no means happy by her arrival. To add more trouble, Merry's new neighbor, Jack, doesn't seem to approve either. As time goes on, Merry, Jack and Charlie, along with Jack's two sons, become closer and closer, but Jack's ex-wife had put him through an emotional ringer and he's ... Read More
Rating: - Cupid is Charming
Merry is the delightfully carefree and somewhat 'ditsy' friend of Lucy, from the first book, Blame it on Chocolate. She is a loveable woman who floats from job to job, boyfriend to boyfriend. Things change when an old friend dies and she is appointed guardian of his 11 year old daughter, Charlene. Not only does Merry inherit a child, but she has to pack up her things and move to a new city. To say that Merry is a fish out of water is an understatement. She attacks this new challenge with gusto. ... Read More
Rating: - Touching and humorous contemporary romance!
Merry Olsen has just been awarded guardianship of eleven-year-old Charlene Ross. Merry knew Charlene's father, Charlie, when he lived in Minnesota, but they lost touch after he moved away. Upon learning of Charlie's recent passing, Merry packs up her life and hightails it to Virginia to show Charlene that someone is looking out for her. She buys her gifts, cute girly items she's sure Charlene will adore, and plans to recreate Christmas because Charlene missed out due to her father's death. Unfortunately, ... Read More
Rating: - upbeat contemporary tale
Merry Olsen is the last person anyone would assume be assigned a guardian to a preadolescent girl as everyone who knows the forever optimist affectionately call her "Ditzy". Yet her friend the late Charlie Ross did just that. Merry drives from her home in Minnesota to Oakley, Virginia to take charge of eleven years old Charlene, whom she never met before though she has no legal obligation to do so.
The seemingly coldhearted lawyer Lee Oxford assumes Merry is in it for the large trust fund that ... Read More
- Delightful Diversion
- Blame It On Cupid-A Joyfully Recommended Title!
