The World's Best Dad

Valerie Taylor does her usual superb job of portraying children as flawed human beings in this thoughtful novel about a woman who is trying to be a good mother to her adopted daughter without changing her career track or getting distracted by her emotions. When she meets the single father next door, a man who shares her problems if not her childrearing theories, sparks fly not only from the sexual tension but also from their struggles to succeed as single parents. Meddling in-laws, hostile bosses, and loyal friends enter into the mix and make this category romance an intricately satsifying mainstream novel. Terrific book!