From Anna Clifton comes a sweet, emotional, beautiful romance about a man whose life has been derailed and the unexpected woman who can help him get it back on track.
‘It’s for other reasons that I won’t need a nanny beyond a month.'
Twenty-three year old nanny Somer Sullivan has never had a job quite like this one: fix the messed-up, out-of-control life of high-profile artist and thirty-something dad Harry Halligan. But Somer is organised, efficient and not afraid of a challenge. She will do everything Harry needs her to do, including bringing his ex-wife home for good.
‘One month, Harry, and I’ll be out of here.'
Harry Halligan doesn’t want a nanny, but he needs one—he needs Somer. She’s the only one who can reach his troubled daughter, who can bring some measure of peace to his home. But as Somer advances her mission to fix his life, a few things become clear: his ex-wife might not be the answer, and Somer just might be. But Somer is running like hell from something in her own life and hiding in his.
Only one thing is for sure. Harry now has less than a month to make the hardest decision he’ll ever have to make—a decision that will change all of their lives forever.
~Author Bio~
Anna Clifton is a lawyer by trade and a mother to several children and a couple of cats. Her passion is writing warm, family oriented contemporary romance novels with a special focus on legal eagles. Making Ends Meet is her fourth novel.
~Paragraph from author about the book~
Are you mad? You want to write a love story about a marriage breakdown, with children involved and the ex still on the scene?
They were the thoughts that ran through my head as I jotted down early plot notes for Making Ends Meet. Perhaps I was mad, but I’m also a romantic at heart. Marriage breakdown, particularly where one party has little to no control over the decision to end it, has touched the lives of many people I care about. Incredibly, their heartbreaking journeys have brought home to me, like nothing else, the healing power of love and forgiveness, the miracle of optimism and second chances, and the truth that the end of a marriage does not have to spell 'the end of love' – far from it. I hope you enjoy Harry and Somer’s story.
~Excerpt~
‘Ask my ex-wife out!’ Harry spluttered. ‘What do you mean, on a date?’
‘Yes.’ Somer looked genuinely mystified at his reaction.
‘What for?’
‘Harry!’ she lobbed back at him, disgust heavy in her voice. ‘Have you no clue about women? Where were you planning on meeting her to talk about reconciliation?’
‘I don’t know,’ Harry admitted, flummoxed by her questions as he ran a hand through his hair. ‘My place. Hers. A coffee shop …’
‘A coffee shop!’ Somer nearly exploded. ‘Do you want her back or not?’
‘What do you suggest?’
‘Dinner, of course—somewhere special!’
Harry shook his head.
‘What?’ Somer challenged, leaning her elbows on the table again.
‘Won’t that scare her off?’
‘You’ve both been through a lot. You need to show her that you want a fresh start. You’ll never convince her of that in a coffee shop. Which brings me to my next concern.’
Harry pressed the heels of his hands against his eyes before dropping them into his lap again. ‘I should have known that a Sullivan woman would have a ‘next concern’.
Somer shrugged.
‘Okay, let me have it.’
‘Your appearance.’
‘What’s wrong with my appearance?’
‘You look like an unmade bed.’
‘Guy told me that women find that attractive,’ Harry countered with checkmate smugness.
‘What would Zegna-Man know about unmade beds?’
‘Are you saying I’m unattractive, Somer Sullivan?’
‘Are you fishing for compliments, Harry Halligan?’
She smiled impishly and Harry dropped his gaze from her face to steady his thoughts, and his pulse rate. For God help him, she was so mind-blowingly, breathtakingly wonderful. She was dropping her guard with him, as though knowing that he wanted Freya back had wiped out all the tension she was carrying around him. The effect was unintentionally cataclysmic, and not in a way that could ever be good for either of them…
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