Callahan is equally well fleshed out, with a decent back story and enough cues that show you and not tell you what kind of a guy he is.Īll the secondary characters are well thought of as well. I’m waiting for her to ask that the next time I see the gynaecologist.) I could see parts of me in parts of Grace. (Mum asks me if I’ve met Anyone Interesting no matter where I go. As a history nerd with an equally nagging family. Too Good To Be True is a hilarious mix of well thought out characters-including a cute West Highland terrier-in an easy to read page turner that kept me grinning.

We all know what happens next, but Kristan Higgins does a good job of reinventing the (bad) boy next door and making the whole story appealing. In the meantime, Callahan O’Shea, a rugged bad boy with Irish heritage, moves in next door. Tired of the pitying looks and parental nagging, she invents a hot boyfriend to appease her family. Grace Emerson is history teacher and civil war buff whose ex-fiancé is now dating her baby sister whom she loves and adores. You can pre-order it here.(Otherwise known as OMG, Wandergurl is reading a contemporary that is not also a paranormal and is not written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.) Mark your calendars, I’m sure Kristan Higgins won’t disappoint with this one so who’s with me? It comes out in February of 2010 so that’s just in a few months. I’ve enjoyed all of the books (for the most part) by Kristan Higgins and I’m definitely going to get this one and read it just as soon as it comes out. Sounds good, don’t you think? She’s a baker so you can bet the farm that I’m anxious for this one.

But can he convince her that the next best thing can really be forever? As far as he’s concerned, what she needs might be right under her nose. Too bad Ethan Mirabelli isn’t going anywhere. So it’s goodbye to Ethan, her hot but entirely inappropriate “friend with privileges” and hello to a man she can marry.

But sharing her life with a cat named Fat Mikey and the Black Widows at the family bakery isn’t enough either. A young widow, Lucy can’t risk that kind of loss again. But most important… someone who won’t inspire the slightest stirring in her heart…or anywhere else. Someone who’ll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer.

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