Inglath Cooper A Woman Like Annie

A Woman Like Annie

Inglath Cooper

Harlequin SuperRomance, Dec 2003, $5.25, 298 pp.

ISBN: 0373711743

Following a nasty divorce, Annie McCabe accompanied by her small son relocates to Macon's Point, Virginia with a population just over three thousand. She quickly falls in love with the small town and wants to give something back to the people who adopted her when she needed a friend. She ends up becoming the mayor.

Corbin Manufacturing is shutting down the plant in Macon's Point. The loss of jobs will devastate and perhaps shut down the town. Desperate to save Macon's Point, Annie must persuade the owner Jack Corbin to reconsider his decision. When they meet, Annie concludes that Jack obstinately wants to end his ties to his hometown. She plans to show him how much Macon's Point meant and means to him, but neither expected a minor distraction like love to confuse the issue.

Though simplifying the complexity of a one business town losing its economic base due to a shut down (think Flint, Michigan), fans will enjoy this contemporary tale. Like Jack, readers will find it difficult not getting caught up in the enthusiasm of the heroine's whirlwind sell. Fans will appreciate her efforts to save her adopted town of finding Jack something to care about though she didn't think that it could ever be her and son.

Harriet Klausner