My Love's Keeper

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Summary: Hooked my quickly.
Review: Dr. Nicole Moore was a social worker at one of the local family centers. The moment her brother introduced her to Zachary Regan, Nikki knew he was dangerous to her heart and vowed to keep her distance. She would only allow herself to fall in love with a man who would feel the same for her as she did for him. Nothing less would suffice.

Zack was a famous architect. He was pulled to Nicole from the first. But he had been a widower for six years now and was still unable to tear down the walls he had built around his heart. He had lost his mother and his wife. He refused to open himself up to the risk of emotional pain again. (He also had his hands full with a teenage daughter, twin little boys, and a neurotic dog.) Yet Nicole was getting through all Zack's defenses.

**This story caught me quickly and was able to hold onto my attention the entire time. A love story that will make a reader's boring afternoon fly by! **

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Summary: Wonderful ground breaking romance
Review: It is easy to say with hindsight that Ms. Alers' talent was obvious for all to see, but at the time this novel was first written in the early 1990s, romance had not quite become the blockbuster genre it is today, and African-American romances were just starting to be explored.
Now, over a decade later, we can still see Ms. Alers going strong with a stellar career in the genre, and this book, finally back in print, is a delight from start to finish.
The couple are strong-minded, modern characters who have stood the test of time, and you will be kept on the edge of your seat to see if they can learn to compromise and allow themselves to fall in love despite the pain they have experienced in the past.
A real keeper, as the title says!

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Summary: A powerful story
Review: Neither wanted to marry. Love said otherwise. An independent woman, Nicole Moore was proud of her accomplishments but her routine could not be disrupted. There was no time for a man - or love - in her life. If this is true, why was Nicole's heart saying something different? As Nicole comes to terms with her newfound knowledge, she must fight a larger battle than she expected. Only time will tell who will score the next point. Hunk extraordinaire, Zachary Regan is a woman's dream man. After the death of his wife six years past, he has put everyone's needs ahead of his. Now the tables are turning in his direction. Will he take the chance? Will Nicole's love bring Zachary into the real world once again? Or will Zachary retreat behind his fears? Ms. Alers writes a powerful story. With Nicole secure in loving again, Zachary must learn to trust that he will not be left behind. A must read, My Love's Keeper shows that some men can be tamed to share their heart with the women they love.

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Summary: Recommended -- powerful and sensual ethnic romance
Review: Nicole Moore can't repress the incredible attraction she feels upon meeting the sexy Zachary Regan. A widower of six years, Zachary clearly wants only to concentrate on raising his children and keeping his company solvent -- he has no wish to marry again. Nicole firmly believes that if he didn't want to become involved with any woman then he shouldn't be so virile, masculine and compelling. Tall and gorgeous, Nicole is accustomed to men pursuing her, not her pursuing them. Zachary has just reversed that trend.

At times Nicole finds her self-confidence shaken, feeling naked and vulnerable before a man who doesn't want her. Yet she tenaciously continues to see Zachary, leaving him to find her enchanting. He finds himself falling for this stubborn, strong willed woman who's secure enough not to be put off by his declaration to not remarry impresses him. For the first time in his life, Zachary feels as though he's loosing control.

This powerful and sensual ethnic romance boldly confronts the miasma of emotions when two people, sworn to remain single, meet the one person who rock their worlds. Author Rochelle Alers presents powerful yet vulnerable characters in MY LOVE'S KEEPER, powerfully revealing the contradictions created by a rebel heart. Recommended.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Nicole Moore is happy with her life as a career woman, loves her job as assistant director and program coordinator for an East Harlem family agency services, and wishes her family would stop pushing her to get married. She has a good friend who escorts her to various functions without wanting more. That is, until she meets her brother's good friend Zachary Regan who has his own successful architectual firm. She likes him very much, a handsome interesting man who is married--he wears a wedding ring--so she's comfortable in his presence. Until he informs her that he's a widower with three children to raise and he's never going to marry again, period. Okay, she doesn't want to get married either, so why not have a platonic friendship?
The reason is that there's a fierce sexual attraction between them, and Nicole doesn't play the bedroom hopping game. And since Nicole is his best friend's sister, Zachary can't very well do anything to ruin their friendship. Besides, he's an adult, he can control himself. Sure, he can; so can she. After a rocky start in which Nicole wants to teach Zachary a lesson, their time together becomes more and more important to each of them. She knows that she's falling in love with Zachary, and tries to break up with him, but he isn't having any of that. Nicole doesn't want her heart broken, and keeps trying to cool off their relationship, while Zachary can't keep his hands off her. She is beautiful, intelligent and what he desires most in a woman, dispite their differences in background. He was raised by his Aunt in Harlem, working hard to overcome prejudices and poverty, which Nicole was raised in an afluent family without having to struggle for success.
Nicole realizes that it's too late, she's already in love with him, and believes Zachary loves her as well. Now if she could only find out why he is so adamant about marrying again. And he wants desperately to overcome his phobia about marriage...
I thoroughly enjoyed this love story of full of sexual tension, likeable hero and heroine who struggle to overcome the problems keeping them apart. I recommend it..

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Summary: Love's Keeper
Review: Zachary Regan a successful architect and widower with three young children has locked away his heart because of a secret fear to love again. Dr Nicole Moore, associate director of a family help agency is the sister of his frat brother Adam, who unknowingly becomes the key that threatens to unlock his deep rooted fear of love and committment while igniting the passion Zachary's heart can no longer keep hidden.

Zachary is drawn to Nicole's beauty, strength and intelligence from the very start, he tries to fight the course that nature is playing in their lives but finds himself caught in emotions that will not be controlled. Nicole knows Zachary is struggling with ghosts from his past that keep an invisible wedge between them but she will not let him set the pace for their relationhip especially if it means she will be hurt. Nicole and Zachary learn that healing is the true key and understanding, patience and trust unlocks even the most wounded heart. Theirs is a tender love story of passion and family.