The Nearly-Weds - Jane Costello

On the day of her wedding the last thing Zoe Miller expects is to be stood up, but that's exactly what her boyfriend Jason does. Unable to cope with everyone's sympathy and questions Zoe flees to America to be a nanny to a rich family. On arriving in New York, however, Zoe is told she will instead be heading to Boston to nanny R. Miller's two children, Ruby and Samuel. Zoe thinks R. Miller is a woman but he turns out to be a widowed husband named Ryan. The children love Zoe immediately but Ryan takes longer for Zoe to crack. What will happen, though, when Zoe's past catches up with her? I haven't read Jane Costello's debut novel, Bridesmaids, but after reading ...  Read the complete review

When Zoe is jilted at the alter by the person she thought she would spend the rest of her life with, she flees to America to rid herself of the pitying looks of those in her town. Taking on a job as a nanny, Zoe hopes to forget all about her thoughts of home and her recently left life. And the Miller family let her do just that. The two children, Ruby and Samuel, are the most precious things and instantly take a liking to their new nanny. Their single father, Ryan, on the other hand turns out to be a little more difficult to get on with. Absent from his children's lives for the majority of the day, a completely untidy house and an attitude that explains ...  Read the complete review