The new contemporary romance from Ingmanson (Promise Me Tomorrow
) has the feel of a standard category romance involving second chances at love for well-meaning single parents. After a painful divorce in California, Serena Trent and her 10-year-old daughter, Lacey, move to Connecticut, where Serena’s sister lives. During one of Lacey’s riding lessons, Serena meets divorced horse farm owner Logan Murphy, whose 12-year-old daughter, Paige, needs a new nanny for the summer. Paige, in a wheelchair since the car crash that claimed her mother, has scared off every nanny Logan’s ever hired and remains distant from the father she rarely saw growing up. Despite protests from her family, Serena sees the job as an opportunity to strike out on her own and shake her role as the “baby” of the family. Sparks soon fly between Serena and Logan, but Logan hides a big secret that inevitably stands in the way of their happiness and his burgeoning relationship with his daughter. Though somewhat stale, Ingmanson imbues her story with deft writing and well-rendered leads. (Oct.)
