Someone Like You

Corporate lawyer Jill Strathern is back in her hometown after walking in on her husband having sex with his assistant, and then being fired. She is taking over the law practice of a recently deceased lawyer and sending out resumes every day. Her hometown is just a brief pit stop in her mind.

Mac Kendrick, Jill's girlhood crush, is also back in town. After a career as a cop in LA, he's now the sheriff and trying to clean up his life to regain custody of his eight-year-old daughter Emily. Emily is staying with him for the summer but she's scared and not willing to trust the father who, from her point of view, left her and her mother. Mac also has to meet weekly with a social worker who doesn't believe a cop can be a good father.

As Jill show more deals with small town cases like wills and fences in the wrong place, Mac is settling in and trying to get to know his daughter again. When one of Jill's former clients comes to town to check on her, Mac's radar lights up. The client screams mafia to him and he doesn't want him bringing his business to Mac's town. Jill has only seen the good side of her former client and Mac's viewpoint is a source of conflict to their new relationship.

Though they seem to have very different goals for their futures, Mac and Jill do fall in love but have lots of obstacles to overcome.

This was an entertaining small-town romance with great characters and an interesting plot. The narration was well done. show less

I absolutely love books where the main characters find each other after years apart. And the sections written from the point of view of the daughter were exactly how I would imagine an 8-year-old reacting!

This is my first Susan Mallery book. I have heard good things about her and wanted to give her a try. Her writing pulled me in right away. The cheating husband, the troubled father daughter relationships all were a little cliched for me, but it didn't take me out of the story. I found parts of it warm and funny but at times I found, some of it completely unbelievable. The whole thing with the social worker, for me, was unrealistic and the mafia story line I could have done without. All of that being said I will pick up another one of Ms. Malleries books and recommend Someone Like You to anyone who is looking to add a new contemporary author to their list.

Much better than book two in the series, though it got more than a little bit silly at the end. Still, though, a cute story.

easy read