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Suddenly Family (Silhoutte Special Edition, No. 1504)
Suddenly Family - Silhoutte Special Edition, No. 1504 Author:Christine Flynn Widower Sam Edwards has his hands full raising his two children and running his flight business on a small island in Puget Sound. Despite his mother's instance that he needs a new wife, Sam knows he just needs a babysitter. — One day T.J. Walker, a well-known but reclusive local, comes in and asks if he can teach her to fly. T.J. is also a single... more » mother, raising her young son Andy after the man who impregnated her ran off.
T.J. has abandonment issues, having experienced that early in life traveling from one hippie commune to another with her eccentric "mother" Crystal and then again when the man who supposedly loved her ran off. About the only constant companions she's ever had were the woods and animals. In fact, it's those animals that bring her to Sam in the first place. The local veterinarian is leaving town and she needs to learn to fly so she can transport the ones too sick for her to care for to the mainland. When she learns there is a lot more to learning to fly than she thought, she agrees to trade flights for childcare.
Of course T.J. is the perfect mother. She's never impatient, knows just how to calm an angry child and makes a happy fun home for her son despite their relative poverty. It's obvious from the beginning she is perfect for Sam. As for Sam, he's a devoted dad, and a nice guy. It isn't long before they start falling for each other, but can they get passed the large amount of emotional baggage the author has packed for them?« less