Review: Loved this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
This is the first novel I’ve read by author Jacqueline Diamond. I loved it! The story flowed, moving effortlessly through the character’s lives, building tension, keeping me turning the pages. There are several interwoven plots, making for a complex and engaging novel.There’s the main plot, the growing romance between Robin, an unemployed dance teacher, who’s lost her job, and Flint, a  seismic safety consultant. Not only does Robin lose her job because of Flint’s consultant work, she ends up as a nanny to widower Flint’s triplets. She thought she was offered the job because she’d make a great nanny. Flint thought the same. Little do either she or Flint know that the three children have manipulated both of them into it.Then, there’s a sub-plot that’s just as engaging: Robin’s mother Gigi’s quest to communicate with the spirit world. Robin thinks her mother is a bit eccentric and always wonders if she makes it all up. But when the spirits start communicating with Robin, well, things get interesting.Another plot running through the book is the relationship of Robin to the children she’s taking care of. She’s the biological mother, having donated her eggs years ago to a now-closed clinic. As Robin sees herself in the triplets, in their faces, and temperaments, she finds herself asking: what does make a mother?Jacqueline Diamond’s writing sparkles. It’s full of energy and snap. It’s laugh-out-loud funny.  I enjoyed this book so much that I’ll definitely be reading other books by this author.