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Blue-eyed, fiery-tempered Elizabeth Hayes is working hard to preserve Chalmers house, the Victorian mansion next to her growing antique business. But Zachary Chalmers, heir to the mansion, has very different plans for the site. And Elizabeth's eight-year-old son, adopted from Romania three years earlier, has plans of his own: He wants a daddy--and this tall, handsome man is the perfect candidate.
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I really enjoyed this small-town story about an antiques-store owner and the man who inherits her best friend's dilapidated Victorian. His idea is to raze it and build an office; hers is to preserve it as the former home of the city's founder. The inevitable clash isn't as unfriendly as you might think, though there are some sparks involved!
I loved how much the characters' Christian values played into and affected their daily lives and the small-town feel was perfect. It was also fun to read a “contemporary” firmly set in 1999: no cell phones, no computers, and kids playing outside like they were when I was growing up. And the romance was authentic and not all goo goo over body parts, as well as being a part of daily life rather than being the only thing the characters focused on.