All-American Father

Leslie Cavenaugh is causing her single father heartache because she doesn’t know he loves her and would do anything for her. The twelve year old has taken her rebellion too far when she shoplifts a box of expired condoms and her father, Derrick has no idea how to handle his little girl anymore. Bailey Greenwood is a clerk at the store where Leslie tried to shoplift, and feels bad for the little girl and wants to help her get her life back on track.

Bailey herself has enough problems of her own; she is trying to help save her grandmother’s inn which is near bankruptcy. For the past eleven years, Bailey has put her own dreams on hold and has stayed home working multiple low paying jobs to support what she thinks is her grandmother’s dream.

Derrick, Bailey, and Leslie all have issues that cloud their visions for their lives. Each only seeks happiness but they need guidance to arrive at their destinies. What these three lively characters don’t know is that their lives will become entwined as they find their way out of the messes they have created, that they will fall in love.

Ann DeStefano is a talented author who takes a tale and makes it shine with her storytelling abilities. Her characters go beyond multi-dimensional and will make a lasting impact on reader’s hearts. She takes real life people and tells their stories in a way that will leave your heart aching for Leslie and her need for love.

While not the main character Leslie spoke to this reader’s heart. Her father is a work-a-holic, her mother is absent from her life, and when she does return, she comes only out of her own selfishness – not for the love of her daughters. Derrick’s need to do right by his daughter makes him a perfect hero, and throw Bailey and her need to help no matter what the cost into the mix, and you have a perfect family, but will they work out their own issues to come together? As readers know, romance novels always come out right, but the trials to the right ending make this an endearing read that any lover of series romance does not want to miss.

April 2007