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Title: That Thing Called Love

Author: Susan Andersen

Narrator: Emily C. Michaels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

He's the last man on earth she should want

For a guy she's fantasized about throttling, Jake Bradshaw sure is easy on the eyes. In fact, he seriously tempts inn manager Jenny Salazar to put her hands to better use. Except this is the guy who left Razor Bay - and his young son, Austin, whom Jenny adores like her own - to become a globe-trotting photojournalist. He can't just waltz back and claim Austin now.

Jake was little more than a kid himself when he became a dad. Sure, he'd dreamed of escaping the resort town, but he'd also truly believed that Austin was better off with his grandparents. Now he wants - no, needs - to make up for his mistake. He intends to stay in Razor Bay only until he can convince Austin to return with him to New York. Trouble is, with sexy, protective, utterly irresistible Jenny in his life, and his bed, he may never want to leave.

Members Reviews:

Just as good as I expected from this author

I initially avoided this book because of reviews expressing strong distaste for an H who abandoned his child for the sake of his career. But its not that simple. The H at 18 hated small town life and had worked hard for a lucrative college scholarship, to get himself and his girlfriend a better life out of the town. Then she gets pregnant and dies shortly after childbirth. H had abandoned his scholarship, married his girlfriend and got a job at a local hotel to support them. Personally I think not many 18 year olds would have done this. Finding himself responsible for a newborn baby, I find it understandable that when his wifes grieving parents offer to look after the baby so that he can take up his college scholarship, he accepts their offer. Ok, so he makes a big mistake and then loses contact with his child due to a career choice that required lots of overseas travel but also due to unhelpful grandparents who wanted to raise their only grandson. But he knows he messed up, and is back to put things right. So I get annoyed at judgmental reviews that see this as unforgivable. Would these reviewers rather he just stayed away?

With a classic first greeting between the H and h (Is your mother home?), this is a satisfying romance with that humour and repartee that I love about Susan Andersen books. Instant attraction between the couple takes some time to develop further, as the H struggles to form a relationship with his teenage son which, I was pleased to note, took priority for both H and h. The h, although not happy with the idea of losing her de facto little brother also realised that a relationship with his dad was a positive thing that needed nurturing. She is not happy with losing her guardianship, but also realistic enough to put the needs of the child before her own. In this aspect, especially, it was good to find a book where the two adults actually acted like adults, put the childs needs first at all times, and never let their emotions cloud the issue where the child was concerned.