Table For Five
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4.4 • 9 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LEAP OF FAITH IN ORDER TO SOAR...
A gifted teacher, Lily Robinson adores her students, but fiercely guards her independent lifestyle. Only her best friend, Crystal, has ever been able to get close.
Sean McGuire is used to living in the shadow of his famous brother, Derek. He's made his own way in life, playing by his own rules. Now an unthinkable tragedy has drawn Lily and Sean into the shattered lives of Crystal and Derek's family.
Sean and Lily are brought together by tragedy, joined in their grief and their mutual love for Crystal and Derek's children. But raising three kids is a monumental job, and Sean realizes he's in over his head. And though Lily has been the unofficial aunt to these children since they were born, planting emotional roots means taking risks and Lily's not sure she can.
But Sean and Lily are about to discover the possibilities that make everything seem worthwhile–a future filled with hope, happiness and the certainty that trusting love is the best choice of all.
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Two unlikely guardians and three orphaned children cobble together a family in this tragicomic novel, in which hardship offers everyone an opportunity for positive growth. Incorrigible playboy and former pro golfer Sean Maguire becomes caretaker for his nephew and nieces teenager Cameron, third-grader Charlie, baby Ashley when his brother, Derek, and former Miss Oregon USA sister-in-law Crystal die in a freak accident. Drawn into the maternal role and ultimately Sean's arms is fiercely independent teacher Lily Robinson, Crystal's longtime best friend. Sean does his loving best with the grief-stricken children (who also suffered through their parents' divorce the year before), but Cameron, full of anger, takes to vandalism; Charlie, suffering a reading problem, refuses to work at it; and Ashley can talk but isn't toilet trained. Shy of intimacy, Lily keeps her distance from Sean, but the family's need overcomes her reserve, and she gives up a summer vacation in Italy to join Sean and the kids on a cross-country tour for his comeback as a professional golfer. On the road, Lily loosens up, Sean settles down and the children begin to heal. Though the happy ending (plus some inconceivable golf shots) strains credibility, Wiggs offers readers a few hours of escape from their more conventional family lives.
