Review: Heart Stealers
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2013
Cop of the Year, is set in the 90's and features Mitch Lansing, a Vietnam vet and police captain. He made a lateral move to a small community from NYC to get away from the pace of the city and finds himself assigned to a class of at risk students at the local high school. He is to be part of a program to build rapport between the students and the police department.  When he meets the teacher, Cassie, it is like oil and water. She is all about the students and he is all about the rules.  To make it work, both will have to learn to compromise, but can they?  To save a troubled student named Johnny from a gang, they will have to find a way.Book Two, Lost and Found Groom, starts on a Caribbean island where network reporter, Kendra, is caught in a hurricane. She has been searching for a secretive crusader who flies relief flights to help the children of the impoverished island. While looking for shelter from the storm, she is assisted by a man who speaks only Spanish and the island dialect. As they wait out the storm, they find language is not a barrier to the passion that develops between them. But when she tries to find him later, to let him know she is pregnant, she is told no one by that name exists.  She eventually moves to the family ranch in Wyoming to raise her child. Three years after the storm there is a knock at the door, and "Paulo" is there, speaking English, and  wanting to meet his son. Oh, and his real name is Daniel, and he works for the government. And he only thought he had barely survived the storm--he hadn't yet met Hurricane Kendra.Book three, Somebody's Dad, is about Brett, Sharon, and her two year old son Max.  Brett is a successful investment fund manager with one rule in dating-no single mothers. He doesn't like children. When Sharon is hired to take his picture for his company's annual report, he is attracted, and asks her to go to dinner with him. When she says she will have to get a sitter, he decides one evening won't hurt. But one evening isn't enough.  At the urging of some of his friends, Brett signs up for Daddy School on Saturday mornings to help him get through Sunday mornings with Max, after spending Saturday nights with Sharon. This is a heart warming story ripped from the pages of real life. The world could use more daddy's like Brett.Book four, Falling for You, is about Chance and Aurora and roles and expectations versus spontaneity and determination. Chance and Aurora are very different, from different backgrounds, and with different futures. Chance has his future mapped out, and it includes his childhood friend, Paige,  because it is what their parents expect. Rory leads with her heart, and wants a future that includes Chance, until she sees that the future she wants will ruin his safe, careful life. And she loves him too much to let that happen. The story is set on Galveston and Pearl Islands, and the history woven throughout is as rich and intriguing as the characters.I enjoyed this compilation of novels. They were  entertaining and different enough to maintain interest. I would recommend the book.