Jessica Hart
An absolute gem! Deeply moving.
Heart-moving and
insightful, Jessica Hart's Promoted:
To Wife And Mother is a
short romance with a big story for modern women readers. This romance
features a professional heroine faced with being a caretaker for an
aging parent with too little time for the niceties of picture perfect
romance, but a woman who might just find love nevertheless.
Perdita James is stuck at one of those inane corporate management
workshops. Dressed to the hilt and a bright, intelligent, professional
woman, Perdita stands out from the crowd. The workshop labels her as a
peacock, and indeed she is a vixen, a leader and a magnet whom no eye
can resist. Try as she might to be a dolphin, a likable team player,
she cannot hide her magnet professional and personal qualities. When
she spots a latecomer to the event, irresponsible but ever so sexy,
like a sleek panther, she can't help but open her mouth...and put her
foot not far behind. Labeled a panther by the management test, Edward
watches and plans. Forceful and innovative, he knows how to revitalize
businesses but when it comes to love and family, can he perform a
miracle? Widowed with three children and businesses to run, does Edward
have time for romance? Labeled a panther, does Edward have the patience
needed to capture Perdita's heart?
Forget the silly title of this book, and forget the blurb too. Neither
tells anyone the awesome story of love inside the pages of this short
romance. Away from the office, family preoccupy their time. Perdita
cares for her aging mom and her boss Edward Merrick is a widower with
three children. How can these two achieving professionals find love
with others depending so much on them? Jessica Hart's Promoted: To Wife And Mother is a
rich story of learning that the message of true love is not some
perfect scenario but a life lived with love amongst all the demands of
life. As in previous romances, Jessica Hart once again demonstrates her
gift for dialogue. The reader feels the hero and heroine getting to
know each other, feels love evolving and growing. The unfolding
dialogue builds an assurance that this hero and heroine, because they
know each other and share, will have an happy ending long after the
last page.
Although the title is accurate in keying a potential buyer into the
themes of work and family that are inside this book, it gives no clue
as to the reading treasure to be found inside. Quite simply, Jessica
Hart's romance is a gem! The title word "Promoted" seems to place
family above intelligence and career, creating a dichotomy and
hierarchy in the roles women have. This is exactly what this book does
not do. Indeed, Jessica Hart's romance opens the door, not closing it
in a stay-at-home mom versus working mom or either/or choices but about
a woman living and loving and respecting herself and her values --- all
of them. It's not feminist or non-feminist but about women being full
women in the midst of their lives, at all stages of their lives and
also having romance. Hats off to Jessica Hart and Harlequin for
bringing romance to those women who are caretakers for their parents,
something that is happening to more and more women nowadays. Jessica
Hart's Promoted: To Wife And Mother
is awesome! A keeper on my shelves and a book I would never lend out
for fear of never getting it back.
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (March 2008)
