| George
Richards has lived his life around his daughter Jessica since the day she was born. After two years of relying on Jessica’s nanny
to pick up the slack a bit and help take care of Jessica, George soon finds himself lost
when he has to look for a new nanny, when theirs relocates.
Thanks to his sister-in-law, Robyn, George meets Valerie, gorgeous, single and she
is wonderful with Jessica. George hires
Valerie to be the new live-in nanny to help care for Jessica and believes he has made a
wise decision. Possibly the wisest decision
of his life! Newly
divorced and over her head in debt, thanks to her ex-husband, Valerie Adamson is ready to
leave some of her old life behind. Val takes
the job as nanny to Jessica Richards because she has nowhere else to go. Since she really isn’t ready for another
relationship and all her time will be spent with Jessica, Val doesn’t see the little
girl’s father, George, as any threat to her whatsoever and is ready to move on. But very soon, Val finds herself looking forward
to spending some quality time with George as well.
What
happens when George begins to wish that Val would take care of HIM? Will Val stay in this ready-made family or will
her ex-husband tear them apart when he crashes back into her life?
Rida
Allen returns with TRUTH AND LIES, the long-awaited sequel to The Legacy Tree. TRUTH AND
LIES is George’s story (Erik’s brother). George’s
daughter, Jessica, is now two years older and
George shows his wonderful father qualities in this tale, which I know I was wondering
about when we met George in The Legacy Tree. At
that time, George, was a new father and feeling very overwhelmed. I was glad to see that in TRUTH AND LIES, George
still has some doubts about fatherhood but he stepped up to the plate, and is an amazing father. Readers are once again swept under with Ms.
Allen’s heartfelt words, charismatic characters and family bonds in TRUTH AND LIES. George and Val are both ”gun-shy” about
love and face many obstacles in their journey together.
Their vulnerabilities make them all the more believable and readers feel more for
each of them. Rida Allen handles her latest
sweet and heartwarming contemporary romance masterfully and with heart.
TRUTH
AND LIES comes highly recommended from this reviewer!
I
am very happy to say that there is a book 3 in the works from Rida Allen in connection
with THE LEGACY TREE and TRUTH AND LIES. Keep
checking Rida’s site http://www.ridaallen.com/ for updates on book 3, THE FASHIONABLE P.I.,
coming soon. Plus there will be a book 4 and
5! This reader is looking forward to them
all!
Reviewed
by Tracey West for The Road to Romance
September
16, 2003 |
