The Dad Next Door

by C.J. Carmichael

His daughter needs her mother. And Gavin Gray will do anything for Tory--even reunite with the woman who abandoned them. That's the only reason they've moved to Squam Lake, his ex-wife's last known address. Now it's a waiting game. That game has suddenly gotten more complicated. Because of Allison Bennett, the next-door neighbor he never expected to fall in love with. Just as their future looks promising, his ex-wife returns with a past that haunts...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373714718
• ISBN13: 9780373714711
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Great book! Where are the others?

Although I thought the decision this Dad made to launch this story was a little silly, I did enjoy the story immensely. If you like novels that are quick to read with a fairly interesting story line, then this is it for you. I am interested in reading the others of this series because I liked the characters.

love this book because...

that's my daughter on the cover! so i bought a few... umm... 20! i actually did read the book and liked it. it's a sweet story! a few of my friends read it too; they also liked it!

superb family drama

Raising his twin daughters Samantha and Tory by himself after his wife Marianne McLaughlin left them, architect Gavin Gray is horrified when Sam dies in an accident. Deciding he owes Marianne that information and hoping seeing her mom will help his surviving daughter, he and Tory travel to her hometown of Squam Lake where the classic On Golden Pond was filmed. No one in town seems to know where Marianne is. However, Gavin is distracted by the woman next door, interior decorator Allison Bennett, who just ended an engagement six weeks before the wedding. Not only does he want her, she is terrific with the reticent grieving Tory. As the trio bonds into a family, an ailing Marianne shows up begging Gavin to help her with her crisis. THE DAD NEXT DOOR is a superb family drama due to the emotional reactions of each of the key quartet. Gavin own the show as he loves the woman next door, but his daughter comes before his desires and his feelings are further turmoil by his guilt re his ill former wife and his deceased offspring. C. J. Carmichael provides a powerful cast driven relationship tale. Harriet Klausner