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Book Blurb

When you find your family, you’ll do anything to keep it.

When Charles Macquarrie inherits a fortune and an international clothing company, he also inherits three young cousins he desperately needs help raising. By a stroke of luck, he discovers and hires Jonathan Lamb, who spent his life in a children’s home due to chronic illness, to be his nanny.

If Jon thought a budding romance with his wealthy boss complicated his life, he has no idea of the hardships awaiting him when he’s charged with embezzlement and kidnapping. But even when threatened by accounting discrepancies and mob connections, Jon and Charles won’t let go of the family they’ve built together without a fight.

Book Review

What an absolutely delightful story! It has everything I wish for every time I read a ‘Dreamspun Desires’ title. There’s a great cast of characters from Jon, the manny, and Charles, the billionaire businessman, to some very precocious kids, and from loyal friends to slimy, ruthless enemies. There is also lots of humor that caused small smiles and big out-loud laughs and everything in-between as I was reading. And not to forget, there is an intriguing plot around big business, embezzlement, and even kidnapping. It certainly kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat. I wanted to find out who was behind the nefarious plan to destroy Charles and was willing to take Jon right along with him.
 
Jon is almost too good to be true. He’s an orphan who was raised by nuns, and he is no stranger to dealing with children. He is patient, clever, has a sense of humor, and is extremely professional. That is why he gets hired by Charles, and everyone quickly discovers exactly how wonderful Jon is. His respect for the children and how he involves them in everyday decisions convinces them he is much better than the twelve nannies they’ve had to endure in the last five years since their parents died. Jon’s quiet insistence on Charles getting to know his wards better takes a little longer to help Charles see the light, but Charles eventually gets there. And when everything falls apart, Jon is the one who holds them all together. His humble, unassuming way even continues when he is thrown into jail.

Charles may be the rich owner of a clothing empire, and he does take good care of his employees, but he has some personal walls around himself that aren’t easy to get through. Not that I can blame him – he has lost his parents and his uncle within a short period and is now “saddled” (his words not mine) with three young children. It takes losing a large part of his fortune, doubting his steadfast friend and lawyer, Albert, and fleeing to a cabin out in the woods for him to come to his senses, not just about his priorities in life in general, but about Jon in particular.

While Jon and Charles are definitely the primary focus of this story, they are very ably supported by the people in their lives. Jon’s quotes of what Sister Grace would do in any given situation range from hilarious to extremely useful. Charles’s best friend, Bunny, is a man he has known since preschool and the kind of friend worth his weight in gold. Then there is Albert, whose duties range from those of a lawyer to those of a butler and personal assistant. And not to forget three of the most adorable kids I have ever met – Madeleine who is twelve going on twenty, Holland, who is a genius with a fixation on bugs, and Juliane, who is too cute to be true.
   
If you like romances that sweep you off your feet, if two men dealing with themselves as well as young children sound like fun, and if you’re looking for a read that is funny, heartwarming, and very, very amusing, then you will probably like this novel as much as I do. This one goes straight into my reread folder!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook, print and audio
Length	Novel, 234 pages/57836 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-June-2016
Price	$4.99 ebook, $9.99 paperback, $9.99 bundle, $19.95 audiobook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/finding-family-by-connie-bailey-6803-b