Wanted Man

Rhian MacGregor has spent the past seven years abstaining from relationships and taking care of her orphaned nephew. Her sister and brother-in-law were her only family and when they died in a tragic accident she took her seven month old nephew in and gave up all of her dreams to be his parent. Jem is now eight and going to be spending eight weeks in an RV with his father’s parents. Rhian decides it is time to let lose – she decides to have a summer fling and write a children’s novel.

Nathan Delaney is running from his identity as a famous author and finds himself hired as Rhian’s new painter. He only plans to stay in town as long as it takes to paint her house, but finds himself drawn to the woman and wanting more than a summer fling. When a TV journalist manages to hunt him down, he has to decide to stay and make peace with being famous or stay on the lam and hide.

Rhian is a strong heroine who left this reader breathless in her antics and actions to save what she loves. Her love for Nathan outweighs common sense from the beginning and gives the goose bumps as she learns more about the man she fell in love with. When Nathan has a secret to keep he lets only those he loves in, and when he fell for the wrong woman he has to deal with that fact. This makes him scared of love and honesty, when he finally comes clean about it; the drama makes for a tale that ends with a bang!

WANTED MAN is the debut novel for author Ellen Hartman and is one of the best debut novels this reader has read! They say practice makes perfect, but this author is pretty darn near perfect as far as this reader is concerned. This is author will be put on my “to be watched” list and her website scoured frequently for tidbits on new titles. A secondary character, Min (Rhian’s best friend and nanny) spoke to this reader, and will hopefully appear soon in a new novel from the talented Ms. Hartman. (*HINT*)

June 2007