Beloved Bachelor Dad

By Crystal Green

Beloved Bachelor Dad by Crystal Green released on Dec 25, 2000 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037324374X
• ISBN13: 9780373243747
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Great first work

I thought that Crystal did a great job on her first book. I liked the characters and the humor along with the antics of a 7th grader! It was fun to read and I recommend it to anyone!

Highly recommended

Both his father, Ray Brody, and his teacher, Nora Murray, grossly underestimate Trent's manipulative ability. The twelve-year-old has come to live with his father after a seven-year absence when his mother Cheri dumped him and then disappeared, choosing drugs over her son. Trent believes that his teacher would be the perfect woman for his dad, so he misbehaves, thereby arranging a meeting between them. Trent recognizes Nora's giving nature and her tendency to reach out both to her students and their parents. Teaching is more than a job for her; it is her saving grace. Nora believes that perhaps she can give enough to compensate for her father's transgressions. From the first moment she meets Ray, Nora can hardly resist what she comes to refer to as Ray-tingles. She tries to rationalize her responses as years of craving a baby and estrogen run wild. She also tries to maintain her composure as guilt and self-preservation keeps yanking at her. She hides guilt over being the daughter of man she calls a monster. Further, self-preservation is way of trying to avoid disappointment. The moment Nora enters his bar, Ray's responses prove powerful as everything seems suddenly more vivid. "Even kisses had a shade of red, of wanting more." He really likes her nervous leg, honey hair, and fruit-spice scent. Yet she leaves him feeling "scatters him like a puzzle." On one hand, she's his son's teacher and should be allowed to maintain her professional distance, yet he wants to hold her and to touch her. On the other hand, he refuses to allow another Cheri break their hearts.The three of them belong together. A trio of lost souls; it takes one person to find another wounded soul. Together, if they all are willing to risk their hearts, they can become a family. This heart warming, humorous matchmaking novel will delight romance readers. Trent behaves and misbehaves as any twelve-year-old would, right down to skipping school. Nora and Ray display vulnerabilities that are easy to identify with, making their characters vividly realistic. Highly recommended.

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Beloved Bachelor Dad started out slow, but I later realized that it only built the characters and made them more interesting. Nora is a great student teacher with a not so great past. Nora was raised by a man who was abusive to her mother, and Nora herself almost married a man who was emotionally and verbally abusive. For Nora, it is hard to trust others.One of Nora's students Trent Brody likes his teacher so much that he wants her as more than a teacher--he would love for her to be his mom. Trent sets out to bring his father and teacher together.Ray, Trent's dad, likes Nora. Ray even flirts and dates Nora, but is unsure if he wants anything permanent.Bringing together these three is like pulling teeth. Its a long slow process. Its a great story about love and family and the craftiness of a child.