Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780373294787
ISBN number: 0373294786
Label: Harlequin
Manufacturer: Harlequin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 304
Printing Date: December 01, 2007
Publishing house: Harlequin
Sale Popularity Level: 864136
Studio: Harlequin
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Just one kiss under the mistletoe could change her whole life! Lovely Miss Emma Harrison has long turned her back on the frivolities of the Marriage Mart and dedicated herself to helping her father. But this Christmas everything changes--the unforgettable Jack Stanton is back! No longer the charity boy determined to make good, he has become one of the richest men in England. Driven to succeed and used to getting anything he wants, Jack makes it clear that he wants Emma. And as the Yuletide festivities throw Emma into his company, she can't help but wonder if she made the right choice seven years ago...
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When Emma Harrison was eighteen she fell in love with her father's protégé Jack Stanton. When he proposed, however, she asked him to wait, as her mother was ill and she felt duty bound to nurse her, he didn't though and left her father's bridge building company to start his own. Seven years later Emma is overseeing her father's company as they design and build a bridge in Northern England when Jack Stanton comes back into her life.
Emma is worried about her father's health and Jack's company has contracted for the railroad bridge. Jack is concerned about delays and visits the site. Emma is angry at the intrusion as she feels she is handling things well and lets her prickliness come through in every sentence. One thing that I grew tired of reading was that she lifted her chin in defiance or was always smoothing her skirts.
Jack is extremely likable and patient with Emma who has to always be right and makes the mistake of jumping to conclusions but only with Jack. She is quick to think the very worst of him. He recognizes that there are problems with the bridge and Emma knows this but she is determined to protect her father's reputation. What about the safety of others, Emma?
There is a subplot with her father's health that really was very easy to figure out. It was surprising that Emma never did unravel that mystery since she has taught herself civil engineering and mathematics but cannot deduct a cause and effect with her father's illness.
There are not a lot of emotional interludes with the leads except when they are squabbling or rather when Emma is questioning Jack on his job performance. Emma even describes herself as an acid tongued spinster; she proves it time and again. I never felt like these people really loved each other, even toward the end of the book Emma still has doubts about Jack. I had doubts about how he could fall in love again with her too.
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