Jilly Tremayne has made up her mind to quit her job of three years because she is in love with her boss.  However, the day she intends to give her resignation her boss, Matt Smith, calls her and frantically begs her to come to his house and help him with his five-year old twins because he has gotten chicken pox from them.  Against her better judgment, Jilly goes to his house all the while curious about where Matt’s girlfriend, the mother of the twins, is.   

Matt suddenly sees Jilly in a completely new light. At the office she is the picture of efficiency yet at home, she appears to be completely incompetent and completely gorgeous.  Matt tries to keep Jilly from leaving while he tries to decipher his feelings for her while Jilly attempts to nurse Matt back to health, take care of his rambunctious children and hide her desire for Matt. 

NIGHT WITHOUT STARS is a very sweet romance with quite a bit of humor.  Matt is a bit frustrating at times because he cannot seem to make up his mind about his growing attraction for Jilly and keeps sending her mixed signals.  Jilly is a riot as she tries to tend to Matt’s children and fails miserably a few times yet still seems to redeem herself with them.  The attraction between Matt and Jilly is strong at times but they both have very strong feelings against romance in the office so they resist longer than expected.   

Ms. Otto has written a book that portrays all the aspects of children growing up in a household without both parents quite well.  She not only goes into Matt’s children coping without their mother but also with Matt struggling to bring some normalcy and stability to their lives and how Jilly grew up with an absentee father.  NIGHT WITHOUT STARS evokes laughter, tears, a little sexual heat and is definitely worth the read!

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