The Sweetheart Rules (A Sweetheart Sisters Novel)
After years as an absentee father, Coast Guard lieutenant Mike Stark doesn’t have a clue what to do when his ex leaves his two young daughters with him. His former wife hasn’t put a lot of effort into being a mother, and it shows. Veterinarian Diana Tuttle is the single mother of a rebellious teenage son. They can’t seem to communicate, and he has begun to hang out with an undesirable crowd. Still smarting from the end of their passionate affair, Diana and Mike both find themselves in Rescue Bay, where it’s impossible not to run into each other. It’s obvious to everyone but the two of them that they would make a perfect couple. Fortunately, no one in town is bashful about matchmaking. Jump’s endearing book, the second in her Sweetheart Sisters series after The Sweetheart Bargain (2013), will appeal to fans of Debbie Macomber and Susan Mallery. --Shelley Mosley