Feels Like Family (Sweet Magnolias, Book 3) | 
|  | | | Title: | Feels Like Family (Sweet Magnolias, Book 3) | | Author: | Sherryl Woods | | Publisher: | Mira | | Type: | Book / Mass Market Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 April, 2007 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0778324362 / 9780778324362 | | List Price: | $6.99 | | Amazon Price: | $6.99 | |
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Helen Decatur spent a lifetime setting goals—getting through college and law school, opening her own practice, becoming financially secure and establishing herself as one of the most highly respected matrimonial attorneys in the state of South Carolina. Achieving those goals was a breeze compared to the one she's faced with now. The most driven—and cynical—of the Sweet Magnolias, Helen is forty-two, single and suddenly ready for the family she's put on the back burner for all these years. Unfortunately, having a child at her age comes with lots of complications, not the least of which is the absence of a serious relationship in her life. But Helen's not the type of woman to wait around for fate to step in. Taking charge of her own destiny puts her at odds with her two best friends, sets sparks flying with a man who doesn't want a family, and leads her straight into the most unexpected complication of all…love.
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• Too Much Going On 02 October, 2007
Lawyer Helen postponed family for her career and at 42, is wishing she hadn't. With no man in her life, but her two friends pushing her to sexy pastry chef Erik, she's not sure if she's ready to go the baby route alone. But when a client suddenly needs someone to watch her small children, Helen drops everything to step up to the plate, with Erik lending a helping hand. Erik left his job as an EMT after his wife died in premature labor. He went to cooking school and never really looked back - all he is sure of is that he doesn't want marriage or babies. When his relationship with Helen takes a sudden turn to passion, she sees that Erik is her answer to her baby dilemma. Of course, she neglects to run it by him before ending up pregnant weeks later. Erik insists on marriage, but as a successful divorce lawyer, Helen is resistant.
Adding more drama to the story is sous chef Karen's struggle with depression after being abandoned by her husband with two young children (and her resistance to let another man in her life), another sous chef coming to Helen to get her wrongfully deported husband returned to the US, and the deranged spouse of a client hell bent on vengeance against Helen, which puts her and her baby in danger.
To put it simply, there is far too much going on in the story that the plot gets convoluted and just drags on and on. Helen, the most intriguing of the three Sweet Magnolias is reduced to being wimpy and deceitful, and Erik far too forgiving. I didn't really get that there was any chemistry between them. The far more compelling story was Karen & Elliott's romance. I have found that when Woods produces a trilogy, the third often loses steam or has the responsibility to tie up far too many loose ends that the story itself suffers. This was simply an okay book for me - not one that would stand up to repeat readings.
- Reviewed by customer ID: ANOBZWKE25SBY
• Take A Trip To Serenity - 3rd Book Of The Series 03 May, 2007
Feels Like Family (Sweet Magnolias) by Sherryl Woods is the 3rd book in the series. I of course started with this book - opps. In this novel Helen Decatur is a lawyer who a strong attraction to , handsome pastry chef Eric Whitney. There is lots of story lines and some great twist. Off to read the previous books's Stealing Home and Slice of Heaven.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A18FUHNBP90IB4
• Feels Like Family 13 May, 2007
Helen Decatur has always set goals for her life and has achieved those goals; she made her way through law school, opened her own practice and is a highly respected matrimonial attorney in South Carolina. Now at the age of 42 she feels she has let life pass her by, now she wants a family and a child of her own. Helen has set back and watched her two best friends living with their husbands and their children and she desires the same life, but having seen so many devastating divorces she has held off till now.
Helen's friend Dana Sue owns a restaurant and Erik is the pastry chef, Erik has a pain filled past and has avoided romance. There is a chemistry between Helen and Erik even amongst their arguments you can feel their romantic attraction. Will Helen and Erik unite? Or will Erik's painful past prevent him from discovering a romantic spark with Helen? Will Helen have the family she so desires?
Feels Like Family is the third in the trilogy of The Sweet Magnolias. You will find some wonderful and interesting characters, love, romance, suspense and sexual tensions making this one difficult to put down. The plot is intriguing and fast paced, and this one is a fascinating and highly enjoyable read all while looking at some very realistic issues which face women in their late 30's and early 40's everyday.
I highly recommend picking up the trilogy of The Sweet Magnolias, I have not had the pleasure of reading the other two in this trilogy but found this one to be highly enjoyable and I will be picking up the first two in this trilogy.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A24E0HXB7EXRE8
• A Special Tale 05 April, 2007
In Serenity, South Carolina, she muses that perhaps it is seeing the happiness of her two best friends (see STEALING HOME and A SLICE OF HEAVEN) but divorce attorney Helen Decatur suddenly feels alone. Her work always was enough, but now at forty two years old that reaction formation no longer works as even her biological clock has abruptly set off alarms. She decides to have a child, but has no one in her life to sire the infant.
If she was to choose, Helen would want pastry chef Erik Whitney as the father of her offspring. The attraction between them is palpable as her buddies can sense it as well but he seems to ignore hisr feelings. She begins a scheme to seduce the chef, but when she falls in love she realizes she wants to raise a family with him; Erik has personal reasons from his past to reject the love she offers him.
The final Sweet Magnolias tale is an enjoyable contemporary romance as the readers will enjoy the often amusing witty repartee between Helen and Erik, who both have serious issues that surface as their relationship simmers before boiling. The story line is entertaining due to the antics of the lead couple encouraged by her best friends and their beloved men returning from the previous novels. Readers will agree that "Serenity will never be the same" after this charming trilogy.
Harriet Klausner
- Reviewed by customer ID: AFVQZQ8PW0L
• Feels Good 18 October, 2007
Last of the three Sweet Magnolias trio it introduces the third woman in much more detail than she was seen in the first two books.
Although some of the plot can be gussed, the byplay between thr people is always interesting and enteertaining with a few twists that may catch readers by surprise.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A4RI9HDRFF13X
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