Along Came Zoe

by Janice Macdonald

Book Overview

Along Came Zoe by Janice Macdonald released on Nov 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373712448
• ISBN13: 9780373712441
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!

ALONG CAME ZOE by Janice MacDonald December 28, 2004 Having read several books by Janice Macdonald, I've come to expect from her the best there is in the world of Harlequin Superromances, and I was not disappointed. In ALONG CAME ZOE, Zoe finds herself angry with a local surgeon whom she believes is the reason her best friend's daughter is dead. Zoe McCann is not one to keep her mouth shut, and she often speaks before thinking. I found her character very refreshing, very real, with flaws and imperfections that may appeal to a lot of romance readers today. She's over weight, very non-conservative in appearance, and seems to belong in another era (with the hippies). She's a single mom, with a teenage son who idolizes a father that spends a lot of time surfing. She wants Brett to become a doctor, while Brett isn't really sure what he wants to be, but it certainly isn't in the field of medicine. When Zoe's best friend's daughter, Jenny, dies as a result of an accident, Zoe finds her anger is taking control of her life. She confronts the surgeon that was not available to perform any life saving procedures to save the young girl's life that fateful night, and at first thinks that her assumptions about the doctor are correct, that all he cares for is his salary and his golf game. However, as the two get to know each other, something changes in her assessment of Philip Barry, a man she remembers from her childhood years, when she was the daughter of the Barry's housekeeper. While Zoe sorts out her feelings for Philip, she is also dealing with her son and his good-for-nothing father. Philip is also dealing with child-rearing issues, in particular with his only daughter Molly, who seems to be going through some emotional problems that are more serious than what the average teenager goes through. Macdonald as usual does an excellent job with weaving the various sub-plotlines together to make one cohesive novel. It is amazing what she does in the span of a few hundred pages, knowing this is "just" a Harlequin Superromance novel. She takes on serious issues and blends them with the romance that the readers come to expect from a Harlequin book, but creates a story that I feel is a step above a simple romance. Most Harlequin Superromances do strive for this structure in their books, but I feel that Macdonald excels at what she does. ALONG CAME ZOE comes highly recommended to those who love to read romances with a little bit more.