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5.0 out of 5 starsMy Favorita Susan Mallery Book
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2014
I bought this book after Christmas about six years ago, and I ended up re-reading it a few times, and just bought it again for my kindle (I'm slowly in the process of moving all my paperbacks to e-books). This is my absolute favorite Susan Mallery book! I wish she would continue the series, and write more for the Buchanans.
I think this book has a bit of everything. There's romance, passion, love, family, loyalty, and devotion. It's Dani's story and starts out with a bang, if you ask me :) It opens with Dani trying to see the Senator, who she thinks may be her biological father, and his oldest adopted son, Alex, is the gate keeper (or "dragon boy") and won't let her by. Mark Canfield does, in fact, turn out to be her biological father. He is probably the only part of the story I don't like, but the author wrote him this way. He's sort of distant from his family, and his wife in 100% hopelessly devoted in love with him, even after several years of marriage. It's a bit unequal relationship.
Soon Alex and Dani are fighting sexual tension, and hot smoldering kisses turn into something more - something that neither expected. I think they are a great match for each other, and have much in common with family loyalty and wanting to protect those that they love. Alex's ex-wife had cheated on him, but he doesn't mention it to his family because he doesn't want them to know that she only married him for his name and money. His pride got in the way, but I think it's a reasonable explanation.
Katherine, Mark's wife and Alex's adopted mom was truly a wonderful character. Another reviewer said that she was hoping for them to divorce, and I actually agree with that comment. She does her duty as a political wife, even if it makes her unhappy. In the end, Mark does work to make his family happy and healthy, but he's still a jerk (in my own opinion, lol!). Katherine also adopted special needs children, because she truly loves these kids.
I could go on and on, but I'll stop in a moment. I've mentioned many characters, and not just the hero and heroine. It's a book about family and has several POVs, so you get a glimpse of what's going on outside of the hero and heroine dynamic. I really liked that aspect of the book. I was already in love with the Buchanan family, but I fell in love with the Canfields too. Faults and all!
