Flirting with Disaster
All her life, Maggie Forsythe has seesawed erratically between wanting to please her wealthy Charleston socialite parents and rebelling against all they stand for. With best friend Dinah (The Backup Plan, 2005) blissfully married, she retreats to recover from her broken engagement, but her sulking is interrupted by the arrival of Dinah, Cord, and Warren (the ex-fiance) with a request that she join them in building a home for another acquaintance from their shared childhood, widowed Amanda O'Leary, and her three children. Meanwhile, Cord is busy convincing historic renovator Josh Parker to supervise the construction, and when Maggie meets Josh, sparks fly between the bad-boy loner with the heart of gold and the socialite art gallery owner. Multiple subplots are cleverly interwoven throughout Woods'thought-provoking contemporary southern romance, including teasers for Amanda's upcoming romance with the local minister (Waking Up in Charleston,2006) and the budding relationship between Josh's mother, Nadine, and prominent local widower George Winslow.Lynne WelchCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved