Book Review: Some Kind Of Wonderful

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Some Kind Of Wonderful     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Barbara Freethy
Class/Genre:   Romance
Avon, Sep 2001, $6.50, 384 pp.

Tired and cynical, San Francisco Herald investigative reporter Matt Winters hears the crying of a baby in the hallway of his apartment. Matt goes to investigate and finds an infant on the floor. His new neighbor Caitlyn Deveraux, owner of a bridal shop, asks what is going on and who is he behind the safety of her door. After persuading her he is her neighbor, they take care of the infant's needs. They soon find a note that asks Matt to watch his nephew as apparently his long lost sister Sarah, separated from him by the foster parent system, dumped little Emily on him.

Worried that Sarah seems in trouble and deeply needing to give his sibling a hug for both their sakes, Matt decides to use his journalist skills and find Emily. He enlists the help of a reluctant Caitlyn. As they change dirty diapers while desperately seeking Sarah, Matt and Caitlyn fall in love, feelings that neither treasure at this moment.

Barbara Freethy provides readers with an enticing relationship drama with touches of humor that eases some of the tension of an emotion-laden story line. The warm yet at times melancholy plot contains a fine key cast to include the lead couple, his sister, and his niece while the strong support players such as Jonathan and the mysterious woman with the watering can add much oomph to the novel. Though Caitlyn's assistance seems out of character especially with her own past and wedding gown deadlines, Ms. Freethy paints a sensitive tale of some of the different kinds of wonderful that is love.

Harriet Klausner

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