Book Review: About That Man

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

About That Man     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Sherryl Woods
Class/Genre:   Romance   Romantic Suspense
Mira, Jun 2001, $6.50, 408 pp.

In Trinity Harbor, Virginia, no one, not her father nor her brothers, or even the townsfolk, can believe that spinster Sunday school teacher Daisy Spencer would take the miscreant into her home. However, no one takes the time to understand that Daisy needs the ten-year old Tommy Flanagan to love as a mother even if the lad tried to steal her car. Perhaps if they knew how she learned over a decade ago that she could not have children that, in turn, ended her relationship with her beau Billy Inscoe, they would better understand her.

Her father King and her two brothers find a relative of Tommy’s, DC police officer Walker Ames, who they demand take the urchin away before he steals more than just some loot from Daisy. However, when Daisy and Walker meet, an attraction immediately springs up between them. Still, both have demons from their respective pasts that make a permanent relationship seem impossible.

Though the story line follows romance textbook guidelines, the characters are very deep, which in turn provides freshness to a plot that could have been insipid. The lead couple is three-dimensional and very likeable. Their interrelationships with one another, with Tommy, and with her family make Sherryl Woods’ contemporary romance fun to read.

Harriet Klausner

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