Man Of The Family
His children will always come firstGriffin Lattimer has reinvented himself. He's gone from TV news anchor to single father, managing a Florida apartment complex so he can spend more time with his kids, making them the center of his life. And then Sunny Donovan has the gall to accuse his daughter of stealing. It's ridiculous, and Griffin refuses to listen…until he realizes the beautiful lawyer is telling the truth. She isn't letting him or his child off the hook, either, and they begin to recognize the tough love for what it is: she cares. She also makes it clear she can't stay. If Sunny goes back to New York, his kids will be heartbroken. And they won't be the only ones…
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His children will always come first
Griffin Lattimer has reinvented himself. Heâs gone from TV news anchor to single father, managing a Florida apartment complex so he can spend more time with his kids, making them the center of his life. And then Sunny Donovan has the gall to accuse his daughter of stealing. Itâs ridiculous, and Griffin refuses to listenâ¦until he realizes the beautiful lawyer is telling the truth. She isnât letting him or his child off the hook, either, and they begin to recognize the tough love for what it is: she cares. She also makes it clear she canât stay. If Sunny goes back to New York, his kids will be heartbroken. And they wonât be the only onesâ¦
Before he could tell himself not to, Griffin stopped her.
âThanks,â he said at last. âIâm glad Amanda apologized. You were right. She did take your watch.â
Sunny half smiled. âAnd you didnât let her get away with it.â
He shouldnât care that she sounded proud of him. He shouldnât be staring at that little uptilt at the corner of her mouth. âSo what am I missing?â he asked, because nothing involving his daughter was simple these days. âDid she even sound sincere?â
âSheâ¦tried.â Sunny hesitated. âBut you didnât welcome my interference before, and I doubt youâve changed your mind. Iâm out of the advice-giving business.â
Ouch. Forcing his gaze away from her, he noticed the growing darkness. The sun had slipped lower in the sky and the colors had bled into a deeper shade of almost burgundy. âIâm impressed, Counselor. Didnât imagine youâd give up that easily.â
âI have my moments.â
One of the things I like most about writing is motivation. Without it Iâd spend my days staring out my office window (always a temptation!). Deadlines sure make good motivation for authors
In Man of the Family, something traumatic happened long ago to my heroine, Sunny Donovan, and she is now on a crusade to help other girls avoid the same fate. Griffin Lattimer, my hero, was quite young when he lost his dad, and that has made him responsible to a fault.
Now Griffin is trying to find his long-missing wife and protect his kids from further hurt. The last thing he needs is to fall for Sunny. Why would a driven New York attorney stay with Griffin, the manager of a Florida apartment complex?
But love has been missing from his and Sunnyâs lives for too long. Can they find true happiness with each other in a family of their own? Start reading to find out!
All the best,
Leigh
LEIGH RIKER, like many readers and writers, grew up with her nose in a book. To this day she canât imagine a better way to spend time than curling up with a good romance novelâunless it is to write one! When sheâs not in her home office on a small mountain in the Southeast, this Ohio native is probably traveling. For research purposes, of course. With added inspiration from her mischievous Maine coon cat, she is now at work on a new novel. You can find Leigh on Facebook at LeighRikerBooks and on Twitter, @lbrwriter.
To the other members of CARA
(Chattanooga Area Romance Authors): Kelle, Laurie, Nita, Cheryel and Carol. Thanks for the friendship, the lunches and the meetings filled with talkâyes, about writing, too. What a great group!
Contents
SUNSHINE DONOVAN STILL trusted in the simple thingsâtodayâs weather report, for example. She should have known better.
Sunny had just left the Jacksonville airportâwith the car radio blaring a bright afternoon forecastâwhen the leaden skies opened up. A torrent of semitropical rain spilled over the windshield, reminding her again of a recent tabloid headline.
Sunny Clouds Up.
Oh, youâd better believe it. Only yesterday, in a Manhattan court, in front of her favorite judge, Sunny had blown up. Sheâd gotten a contempt citation for her momentary loss of control, but the juryâs ruling really had been the last straw.
She was still as mad as blue blazes, even though she felt like a sun hat someone had left in the rain.
The disastrous trial verdict and a brand-new divorce decree werenât the end of the world, if she took the longer view. But her life right now could be summed up in another too-cute banner from the New York papers.
Defense Rains on Sunnyâs Parade.
If only the jury hadnât, too.
Pulling into her parentsâ suburban driveway a short while later, Sunny decided she deserved a rest. Coming back to Jacksonville was never easy, and this time, thanks to Nateâs official exit from their marriage, she was alone.
