The Best of Me

by Tina Wainscott

Lucy Donovan has always subscribed to the finer things in life. That is, until a fateful trip to the Bahamas and an even more fateful encounter with the sexy, cynical Chris Maddox. His take on the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373259948
• ISBN13: 9780373259946
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

strong contemporary romance

She barely talked to her father over the last decade or so as she considered him to be a no good lazy bum. So when Lucy Donovan inherits Sonny's Marine Park in Nassau, Bahamas from her dad, she visits with the intent of selling. Lucy prefers staying home where she works long hours as an ad executive.At the park, someone is trying to kidnap the star attraction, Randy the dolphin. Lucy sees a gorgeous male in the pool molesting her fish. Chris Maddox founder of the Free Dolphin Society informs Lucy that Randy needs to swim free in the ocean with his peers as opposed to being caged in a chlorine pool. Chris and Lucy talk as he explains that he must untrain Randy so that the dolphin learns to use his echolocation skills. As the mainlander and the dolphin "thief" become better acquainted, both realizes that the other brings out the best qualities in them. However, he has a world to save and she has issues remaining from her estrangement with her father making a permanent relationship less likely than society ending the caging of animals.THE BEST OF ME is a strong contemporary romance containing a powerful plot involving the freeing of captive dolphins. The story line works due to a wonderful support cast including Randy and the lead couple, though Lucy carries too much baggage that often conflicts with the Free Randy theme for the dominant plot. Still, fans will root for the precociously intelligent Randy and want Lucy and Chris to make it together saving the world.Harriet Klausner