J.S. Hawley, Come With Me

Come With Me

J.S. Hawley

Kensington Dafina, Jan 2007, $6.99

ISBN: 0758219350

Like her two older siblings, Jessica Bishop has been a success as the CEO of Utopia. However, her partner Doug wants to move on so he introduces Jessica to a proposed replacement Fred Tyler. When she meets Fred, Jessica rejects him as being unsuited, but realizes perhaps it is time for her to move on as well. Her leaving Utopia turns into a media feeding frenzy so Jessica flees Manhattan for a remote location in the North Carolina Mountains.

Staying in her brother's getaway cabin, Jessica meets Michael Majestic Cloud Walker. Both are attracted to each other, but she just wants to be alone so that she can regroup. He refuses to back away as he has never felt this way before. Michael persuades "Jesse" that they can share a passion and still have space; but that ignites much more between them if he can convince his beloved that their way is the best way even as the "youthful invaders" begin to arrive.

COME WITH ME is a delightful, character-driven contemporary romance starring a workaholic taking her first time out and a Native American seeking the right path as he will one day be the tribal leader. Readers will enjoy Michael's campaign to win the heart and soul of Jessica who has no time for herself let alone making room for another person (make that seven and growing). Though the ensemble invasion makes it difficult to keep track without a scorecard, J.S. Hawley provides a warm, modern-day tale of love enhanced by the message of it takes caring adults to nurture the young.

Harriet Klausner