Sherryl Woods, Feels Like Family

Feels Like Family

Sherryl Woods

Mira, Apr 2007, $6.99

ISBN: 0778324362

In Serenity, South Carolina, she muses that perhaps it is seeing the happiness of her two best friends (see STEALING HOME and A SLICE OF HEAVEN) but divorce attorney Helen Decatur suddenly feels alone. Her work always was enough, but now at forty-two-years-old that reaction formation no longer works as even her biological clock has abruptly set off alarms. She decides to have a child, but has no one in her life to sire the infant.

If she was to choose, Helen would want pastry chef Erik Whitney as the father of her offspring. The attraction between them is palpable as her buddies can sense it as well but he seems to ignore hisr feelings. She begins a scheme to seduce the chef, but when she falls in love she realizes she wants to raise a family with him; Erik has personal reasons from his past to reject the love she offers him.

The final Sweet Magnolias tale is an enjoyable, contemporary romance as the readers will enjoy the often amusing and witty repartee between Helen and Erik, who both have serious issues that surface as their relationship simmers before boiling. The storyline is entertaining due to the antics of the lead couple, encouraged by her best friends and their beloved men returning from the previous novels. Readers will agree that "Serenity will never be the same" after this charming trilogy.

Harriet Klausner