When Megan Smiles

Rating:
Summary: Highly recommended
Review: Two years after his wife's death, single father Rafe Dagget is target of lots of nice women whose biological clocks tick away. His wife had been very sick with her pregnancy with the twins, and he consequently stepped away from the hands-on operations of Dagget Security, Inc. and started delegating and supervising. A phone call from a long time friend, however, puts rescues Rafe from his latest blind date and puts Rafe back in the day day-to-day work with a new name and an assumed identity. He puts the twin boys in the company day care and begins investigating a case of industrial espionage. He never expects to meet a woman like sexy lawyer Megan Gallagher or to have his fake identity get in the way.

Megan arrives at LynTech planning to prove her skills and land a promotion. Engaged for a month, she expects life to go according to her carefully laid plans. But when she arrives for a black tie dinner, security will not even let her onto the premises until she proves she is supposed to be there. The inauspicious introduction to Rafe does not bode well, especially when he makes her late. But Megan's disarming smile has a way of getting to Rafe, even if he perceives her judgements of an hourly worker to be unfair. Further, she hates him for being able to get to her. As a result, their volatile relationship certainly promises to rock both their worlds.

Author Mary Anne Wilson pens a charming romance in WHEN MEGAN SMILES. The strong character driven dynamics lend the novel an amusing, tender quality as Megan and Rafe struggle to discover the person beneath the façade. Rafe's love for his children, his positive memories of his deceased wife, and his protective streak make him a powerful and memorable hero. Megan oscillates between abrasive and vulnerable as she struggles to redefine her priorities, allowing for tremendous character growth. With lots of strong wonderful secondary characters and charming children, WHEN MEGAN SMILES comes highly recommended.