Simply Magic
In St. Louis in 1875, Phoebe Hightower has been reduced to stealing food and to burning the family furniture to keep warm. Then she inherits half of a run-down hotel in Rimshot, Nevada. Riley Burnett owns the other half. He has just turned in his U.S. marshal badge and moved to town to take care of his three-year-old motherless daughter. Riley doesn't know the first thing about children; he can't even brush his daughter's hair. Then Phoebe shows up and makes him feel even more inadequate. They work together, begrudgingly at first, getting the hotel in shape; then, along the way, they discover the meaning of family and of love. Kane's cozy romance may seem a bit contrived toward the end, but it is full of tender emotions and a touch of magic.Ann Bouricius