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Single father Jack Jones is in dire need of a new nanny. His five year old son Nathan is legally blind, he has twin baby girls arriving in less than two months and the girl currently working for him is leaving at Thanksgiving to go home and continue her higher education. If Mannies Incorporated doesn’t come up with a viable candidate soon, he’s not sure what he’s going to do.

Dan Miller is on the hunt for a new job. He’s had some great placements with Mannies Incorporated, many as Manny to multiple birth families to get them over the hump. He even has experience with special needs children, so the job he’s interviewing for looks like it’s right up his alley.

When Dan arrives at Jack’s house, he discovers that this Jack Jones is his Jack Jones, the man he was in love with during college, and who broke up with Dan because Dan wanted children. Will Dan and Jack be able to put the past behind them and work with each other, or will their past keep them from having a future together?

Book Review

With the same kind of charm as the previous books in the series, plus some wonderful characters of its own, this fourth ‘Mannies Incorporated’ book had me invested from the very beginning. What made this story extra special was that Jack - the daddy looking for help with a legally blind almost-six-year-old son, Nathan, and newborn twin girls – and Dan – the trained manny – know each other from college days and used to be lovers. This adds a whole extra dynamic to their new relationship, and I enjoyed that part enormously. The way both men help Nathan deal with new sisters and life in general is heartwarming, and watching this newly forming family figure out how they fit together as they deal with all kinds of situations and obstacles was not just entertaining but touching as well.

Jack is a single father, ever since his ex left when Nathan turned out to be legally blind. He is about to have twins, and Nathan’s current nanny has graduated college and is planning to leave for graduate school. Jack, as you can imagine, is desperate to find a replacement, but Nathan has vetoed all applicants so far, and Jack is running out of time. He is s frazzled he doesn’t realize it’s Dan, his first lover in college, who has come for an interview. When he does? It’s a little awkward, but they never had a huge fight. Jack just wasn’t ready for kids back then, and Dan wanted children, so they parted ways. Fully aware of the irony of the situation, Jack still finds Dan to be competent, willing, and knows they can make this work.

Dan has spent the thirteen years since college being a manny and he loves his job. He is stunned to find Jack as his potential new employer but doesn’t let that stop him from giving serious consideration to taking on this new assignment. He is impressed with Nathan’s energy and abilities, he loves the idea of twin babies about to arrive, and he thinks Jack is as hot as ever, if not more so. There is no question for him that he’s going to give the job a try, and as wonderful as he is with Nathan, finding new ways to help the little boy become more independent, his presence is a big success.

The personal relationship between the two men, both now older and wiser than before, takes a little longer to develop… and I found the pacing to be just right. Nobody with that much responsibility is going to jump into a deeper commitment right away. But when they do? The satisfaction is all the better.

If you like lovers’ reunions of a slightly different kind, if watching two men deal with small kids is your thing, and if you’re looking for a sweet read with lots of aww moments and gradually developing emotions between two wonderful men and some great kids, then you will probably like this novel as much as I did.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 212 pages/64350 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	13-December-2015
Price	$6.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.amazon.com/Three-Get-Ready-Mannies-Incorporated-ebook/dp/B019D7KH4E