Reviewed by Sandra Merville Hart

No one believes Tad Bungley will ever amount to much, and his dad tops the list. No, maybe his mother did, because she left when he was eight and never came back. Dan and Anita Wilson believed in him enough to give him a job on their ranch. He didn’t want to mess up.

Anita knows that Dan feels she tends to be overprotective of their twenty-year-old son, Sam. His mind is that of an eight-year-old. Tad accepts him right away, but Anita doesn’t trust that others will treat him as kindly. She prays daily for Sam, Tad, and others.

Then Tad’s former girlfriend drops their infant daughter off at the ranch and leaves. He’s stunned to learn he’s a father. How can he care for sweet Charley, who has a smile that melts his heart?

This cast of believable characters drew me into the story from Chapter One. The sweet baby captures more than one heart. I couldn’t put the book down.

The contemporary story is told from Tad’s and Anita’s point-of-view, along with a few scenes in Sam’s POV. Unexpected events, plot twists, and surprises from secondary characters kept me flipping pages. The author weaves a poignant story that tugged at my heart.

The ending left some important questions unanswered. Otherwise, it’s an excellent contemporary story.

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