How do YOU rate this book? Zane has a theory in life: Beautiful women are more trouble than they're worth. So when he's coerced into spending the summer with the very beautiful Carly as his nanny, he expects the worst. But she changes his opinion, one good deed at a time. Until he gets a little too close and finds out his beauty queen is nothing more than a liar and a thief. Theory proven.
But the pretty liar has two little girls who've stolen Zane's heart. He's going to have to wade in and untangle the mess Carly's made of her life for her daughters. Can Zane ignore the theory Carly's proven, forgive her, and accept that beauty is sometimes more than skin deep?
EXCERPT
She should let go of him. But to let someone else carry the weight of her world, even if just for a moment, seduced her. A sigh escaped and she tightened her hold.
"Look, your Daddy is hugging Mommy." Brie chirped, breaking the trance.
"Maybe they're going to kiss." Daniel belly laughed at his own joke.
It was enough to make Carly back up. She pushed away and wiped her cheeks where a few disobedient tears had trailed down.
Zane's hands moved to her shoulders. "Better?"
She nodded, still unsure of her voice.
"How long was she missing?"
"Not long. Maybe five minutes."
He started rubbing her arms. "You're still shaking."
At some point this story would be amusing, so Carly tilted her lips upward. "But then she screamed for the next hour because she wasn't going to get any candy."
Pressing his lips to her forehead, he murmured, "You're a saint."
Some part of her still expected the reprimand, the lecture on how children should behave in public. It would be easy to just step back into the circle of his arms and fall in love with him. But if she did and he hated her later, it would crush her and that she wouldn't allow. She tossed her hair behind her shoulder and peered up at him. "You finally figured it out."
And just like that they were back on even ground, except it wasn't ground it was an even, paper thin sheet of ice.
"Carie Lawson has done another marvelous job with this edition of the Twisted Roots series. I LOVE the McCords! ... Trust me when I say you won't be disappointed with a Carie Lawson book!!! I would highly recommend Beyond Summer. It can be read as a stand alone but for a richer experience I would recommend you read Beyond Africa first. A thank you goes to the author for providing me with this complimentary review copy! Great Job Carie!!! Can't wait for Beyond Ever After!"
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"Carie has done a superb job of developing her characters and their situations. You are drawn into the book, and become a part of the families. This is one of those books that I didn’t want to put down! It was worth just a few hours of sleep to finish the book. I highly recommend this and also the first in the series, “Beyond Africa”. You won’t be disappointed."
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