The Ladies' Man (Sons and Daughters)
Rancher Hercules  Daltry is sweating bullets.  It's the eve of his 20th birthday and his grandmother is about to reveal what his year long labor will be.   Every member of the Daltry family has been assigned a labor on their 20th birthday.  And every Daltry has been equal to the task, so far.  Family legend has it that, like the labors of their mythical namesakes, Grandmother's tasks are a true test of the individual's strengths and weaknesses.  A gifted horseman and rancher, Lee is stunned when his grandmother pronounces her sentence.  He is to be the schoolmarm for the next year.  How could he, who hated school and can barely read himself teach a room full of children?  How could his grandmother send him back to the place that taught him he truly is dumb, a place that  scarred him both physically and emotionally?  This is one dilemma his legendary charm isn't going to get him out of.  His smiles might reduce the local townswomen to putty, but he knows the children will be immune to his persuasive grin.  Meredith Lewis is one woman who could do without Lee Daltry and his charming ways.  A certified teacher, she traveled all the way from Boston to take the teaching position in Paradise Plains.  Meredith grew up an orphan, spending her formative years not in the embrace of a loving family, but in the cold confines of an orphanage.  Having children to teach and mold had been her dream for years.  That dream is dashed in a second when she finds her job has been taken away by Hercules Daltry, a mere cowhand.  Her resentment only grows when she finds that Lee has everything she could ever want; a large, loving family and now, her job.  Lee is struck by Meredith's quiet courage and beauty.   He'd like to court her properly, but deep in his heart, he knows she could never really love him, not if she knew the truth.  THE LADY'S MAN is part of a Jove special series that covers the trials and tribulations of all six Daltry children as they struggle to fulfill their special destinies.A joyful lesson about the redeeming value of love! Touching, tender, and very, very sexy; Lee Daltry will steal your heart! Ms. Heath weaves a tale packed with laughter and tears! Save the whole afternoon.  You won't want to put this one down!Annette Carney  --Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc.  All rights reserved--FromLiterary Times