Finally a Family

After her experience with a debilitating ulcer, Alexis Castle has little choice but to take a vacation from her high-pressured life. She sees this vacation to Catasaga Lake as the perfect opportunity to heal the rift between herself and her increasingly estranged daughter, Jamie. She also decides to look into Guardian Flight, a company who is looking to the Castle Foundation for a much needed grant to fund a new helicopter. Spence Keagan, the chief rescue pilot for Guardian Flight, has his own problems when it comes to family. Years ago, he escaped from his father's plans for him in order to pursue his dream of flying. Now history seems to be repeating itself as he struggles to establish a rapport with his own son, Jeff.Both Alexis and Spence are drawn to each other. But it is really their struggle to strike a balance with their respective families which brings them closer togeter and integrates the two families. As three generations of Castles and Keagans attempt to come to terms with old misunderstandings, Alexis and Spence find themselves helping each other and falling in love in the interim. Kathryn Shay has written a great story about two strong individuals. Both Alexis and Spence learn through their fathers, children, and each other, that life can't always be the way you want it to be. They struggle with the come-and-go variables which sometimes overshadow the constant love that comes almost unthinkingly where family is concerned. Most importantly, both characters learn to compromise as they try to juggle family, careers, and commitments they love.

In Catasaga Lake, New York, head helicopter pilot Spencer Keagan is upset because his recent medical rescue failed and the patient died. The last thing he needs is to meet a female "suit" whose Castle Foundation may sponsor a new helicopter. Immediately, Alexis Castle and Spencer dislike one another.Alexis suffers from an ulcer caused by her being the heir to her father's empire. She has come up to the lake on a vacation to heal her stomach and improve her terrible relationship with her teenage daughter. Coincidentally Spencer's neighbor is the cousin Alexis staying with. Like Alexis, Spencer is also barely on civil terms with his father and his adult son. As the summer moves along, Spencer and Alexis fall in love, but more importantly, discover the true meaning of family.FINALLY A FAMILY is a warm relationship drama that highlights the interchange between three generations of two dysfunctional families. The lead characters, their fathers, and their children behave like real people struggling to find a connection between one another. Kathryn Shay, whose firefighter series was a blazing success, scores with another triumph that echoes the need of love and understanding to forge a bonded family.Harriet Klausner