Bride of Fortune

It was such a good read that I couldn't put it down - finished in about 3 hours! I really enjoyed the introduction of another branch of the Fortune family - can't wait to meet more of them.

Jason Fortune, Vice-President of his family's construction company, has his hands full dealing with the construction of the Children's Hospital he has worked hard to make into a reality. His work and his daughter consume his life and though he doesn't resent it, he sometimes feels there is an emptiness in his life that can't be filled. Adele O'Neill is the ethics consultant who is initially scorned by Jason. But her persistent drive and longing to help children win him over professionally as well as personally.A woman who has never known family, Adele is moved by the close-knit Fortune family and more specifically by her growing admiration and love for Jason and his daughter, Lisa. And yet, she's convinced Jason will never see her as a "keeper" and that she doesn't have what it takes to be a mother to Lisa having never had one. Leanne Banks begins a new branch of the Fortune's Children series. This Arizona branch promises to be as intriguing as the original branch in Minnesota. Both Jason and Adele are well-defined and strong characters. Their story is an engaging one which deftly lays down the groundwork for this complex family while never losing touch with the fact that this is, in fact, Jason and Adele's story.