Review: Everybody needs some TLC
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2011
When Zoe Anderson and Rafe Kirkland each get a call telling them their best friends have died and left them both guardians of their 4 year-old twin boys, Aaron and Parker, both jump into action to help their god-children. Zoe and Rafe have only met one time before--their friend's wedding 6 years ago. Now theses relative strangers are thrust into a makeshift family to make sure the boys are taken care of. Even though both Zoe and Rafe love the boys, neither feels adequate to take on the challenge of caring and raising them. To give all of them time to grieve and come up with a plan for the boys, Zoe and Rafe decide to spend 3 weeks at Rafe's home in Montana and then 3 weeks at Zoe's home in Washington State. After that, they feel like they will have a better understanding on what will be best for the boys. Little does Zoe know that Rafe is quite taken with her and really wants the time to get to know *her* and hopes to make the 4 of them a family.TENDER LOVING CARE was a sweet and short romantic story. I wasn't sure about a story involving the care of 4 year-old twins, but the twins were my favorite part of the story. I loved their antics and their boundary testing--probably because it rang true and for once it wasn't my kid doing it. The twins added such an element of truth and real life into the story.Both Zoe and Rafe were interesting and fun characters. I have always loved how Ms. Greene shows us characters spending time together and building their relationship. Even though I know Zoe and Rafe spend a lot of time together talking and doing things, I don't feel like *I* really got to know them.As much as this was a fun and sweet love story, there really wasn't anything new or super interesting about it for it to stand out. You pretty much know what's going to happen, but that isn't a bad thing. I enjoyed it and was happy with it. Ms. Greene tends to deliver so I keep on reading her stories for sweet romances.Other stories by Ms. Greene that I've really liked:Man From TennesseeKisses From HeavenAin't MisbehavingSilver and Spice