White-Owens spins off an old-fashioned romance from 2007's The Way You Aren't
. Some 25 years ago, five-year-old Adam Carlyle proposed to his 18-year-old babysitter, Wynn Evans. When handsome 30-year-old Adam encounters Wynn again, she's a curvy divorcée with two small sons, and their attraction is instantaneous. “Raise them the way you want them,” jokes Wynn's best friend, but Wynn's bitter divorce has left her reluctant to date, and the middle of the book presents a steady parade of disapproving, often vicious exes and relatives as Adam and Wynn get more intimate. Just as Wynn begins to have doubts about the future of their relationship, a shocking event occurs that would test the strongest couple. Powerful chemistry and appealing characters help to counteract the extremely linear plot and piles of clichés. (Oct.)
