Change of Life

by Leigh Riker

Not when Nora Pride's life was changing at a pace faster than the Indy 500. With her birthday a whisper away, she was prematurely becoming a grandmother. She'd just had her first hot flash (to her archrival's undisguised glee). And Nora had gone from primo designer to prime suspect in one day when a priceless vase disappeared from a house she'd designed. The topper--sexy detective Calvin Caine was nipping at her heels. His rough-around-the-edges authority...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373881223
• ISBN13: 9780373881222
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Harlequin Next
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

interesting police procedural romance

In Florida interior designer Nora Pride is stunned to learn that she will become a grandma soon as she feels too young to have a child with a child; she is not even fifty yet. Her business has been in the decline because of the mess left by hurricanes as most people are concerned with cleanup not modification. Finally her long time rival Starr Mulligan is stealing her clients with no regard to ethics. Her reputation falls apart next when she becomes the prime suspect in the theft of a valuable vase from a home she designed. More of her clients who somehow know she is a person of interest are dropping her for Starr. On the positive side, Police Detective Calvin Caine seems interested in her and not just to arrest her though handcuffs with the gruff cop might be fun. First comes proving her innocence, which finds her in Calvin's circle more and more. This is an interesting police procedural romance starring a fascinating middle age protagonist struggling with the aftermath of hurricanes hurting her business. The story line is interesting when Nora, proud of what she has accomplished, concentrates on saving her business; the investigation is also fun to follow with its sidebar romance as is becoming a granny, but those subplots take time away from the saving the business and contain too many key characters. Still CHANGE OF LIFE is an appealing glimpse at a fiftyish female entrepreneur. Harriet Klausner