Promoted: To Wife and Mother

by Jessica Hart

Book Overview

You've just met your new, rather attractiveboss. Do you: A. Introduce yourself in a professional manner B. Go weak at the knees and smile Perdita James is thrilled with her new job, until apersonality... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0263200647
• ISBN13: 9780263200645
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 192 Pages

Customer Reviews

5+ stars: An absolute gem in a short romance! Deeply moving

Heart-moving and insightful, Jessica Hart's PROMOTED: TO WIFE AND MOTHER is a short romance with a big story for modern women readers. This romance features a professional heroine faced with being a caretaker for an aging parent with too little time for the niceties of picture perfect romance, but a woman who might just find love nevertheless. Perdita James is stuck at one of those inane corporate management workshops. Dressed to the hilt and a bright, intelligent, professional woman, Perdita stands out from the crowd. The workshop labels her as a peacock, and indeed she is a vixen, a leader and a magnet whom no eye can resist. Try as she might to be a dolphin, a likable team player, she cannot hide her magnet professional and personal qualities. When she spots a latecomer to the event, irresponsible but ever so sexy, like a sleek panther, she can't help but open her mouth...and put her foot not far behind. Labeled a panther by the management test, Edward watches and plans. Forceful and innovative, he knows how to revitalize businesses but when it comes to love and family, can he perform a miracle? Widowed with three children and businesses to run, does Edward have time for romance? Labeled a panther, does Edward have the patience needed to capture Perdita's heart? Forget the silly title of this book, and forget the blurb too. Neither tells anyone the awesome story of love inside the pages of this short romance. Away from the office, family preoccupy their time. Perdita cares for her aging mom and her boss Edward Merrick is a widower with three children. How can these two achieving professionals find love with others depending so much on them? Jessica Hart's PROMOTED: TO WIFE AND MOTHER is a rich story of learning that the message of true love is not some perfect scenario but a life lived with love amongst all the demands of life. As in previous romances, Jessica Hart once again demonstrates her gift for dialogue. The reader feels the hero and heroine getting to know each other, feels love evolving and growing. The unfolding dialogue builds an assurance that this hero and heroine, because they know each other and share, will have an happy ending long after the last page. Although the title is accurate in keying a potential buyer into the themes of work and family that are inside this book, it gives no clue as to the reading treasure to be found inside. Quite simply, Jessica Hart's romance is a gem! The title word "Promoted" seems to place family above intelligence and career, creating a dichotomy and hierarchy in the roles women have. This is exactly what this book does not do. Indeed, Jessica Hart's romance opens the door, not closing it in a stay-at-home mom versus working mom or either/or choices but about a woman living and loving and respecting herself and her values --- all of them. It's not feminist or non-feminist but about women being full women in the midst of their lives, at all stages of their lives and also having romance. Hats o

5 blue ribbons from Romance Junkies

Perdita James enjoys her job but she's miffed that she's expected to attend a leadership development course but the new boss hasn't even bothered to show up. To make matters worse, she's spent hours filling out a questionnaire expecting to be labeled a warm, friendly, expressive dolphin. Instead she's labeled as an attention-seeking peacock. There's just no way that could be right, is there? While the `dolphins' are off socializing, Perdita's left to wonder where she went wrong in her questionnaire answers. Fortunately she's joined by another non-dolphin. Ed is a panther - forceful, decisive, and ruthless. They commiserate their fates together and Perdita divulges her opinion of the new boss and his absence from the course - which he forced her to attend. Imagine her humiliation when she discovers the man she's talking with is the very same man she just insulted. Edward Merrick is a very busy man. Having raised three children on his own since his wife's death five years ago, he's opted to move from London to Ellsborough to give them all a fresh start. Something about Perdita's take charge attitude calls to him and he's quickly enamored of her and also realizes she has a lot of personal issues going on in her own life - namely her mother - whose health is failing. Ed and Perdita have their squabbles and she's angry with him quite often. Underneath it all there is an attraction that she's trying hard to fight. Perdita does not have romantic relationships with men who have children. She's been there, done that, and has the battle scars. Now forty years old, she's content with her life and doesn't want to change anything, well except for her mother's health problems, so why can't she convince herself or Ed that she doesn't need or want him in her life? Jessica Hart is sure to win over readers with her newest release PROMOTED: TO WIFE AND MOTHER. I alternated between laughter and tears and loved getting to know Perdita and Ed. They're both strong individuals dealing with difficult situations alone. Their working relationship is downright funny since he's determined to `humanize' her and she's dead set on maintaining her `I tell my staff what to do and they do it' attitude. As anyone who's ever dealt with raising children alone or a sickly parent can tell you just keeping your wits about you is challenging at best in most situations but throw in a possible romance and things are bound to get downright interesting. Jessica Hart has proven herself to be a talented author with her previous releases but I do believe this book has that extra something special that will touch readers' hearts and leave you feeling good about life in general. Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)