BOOK REVIEW- The Parent Pact (Return to Redemption, Book 3) by Laurie Kellogg

Cinderella and Prince Charming never had to consider the welfare of their children

When widower Tyler Fitzpatrick meets Annie Barnes at his daughter’s school, his libido goes tilt. The sexy single mother is everything he and his grieving little girl need. Unfortunately, Annie flatly refuses his dinner invitation. She wants a husband and a father for her son—not just a boyfriend. And the last time she checked, wealthy, summa-cum-laude lawyers didn’t marry high-school-drop-out housekeepers.

Tyler concedes there’s a vast difference between their experiences and lifestyles. Still, he’s inexplicably drawn to the impoverished young woman—even though her little boy reminds Tyler of an underprivileged past he’d rather forget. While becoming better acquainted, he offers Annie a job caring for his daughter and home in Redemption, PA. He also proposes a Parent Pact—an agreement to become role models to each other’s child and to fill one another’s needs as single parents while they continue to search for true love.

Accepting Tyler’s offer would solve a lot of Annie’s problems. However, surrendering to her weak-in-the-knees attraction to the irresistible widower could very well leave her and her son heartbroken. Yet, when circumstances threaten her ability to feed her child, Annie reluctantly agrees to the pact, making it clear she has no desire for Tyler to fill her so-called needs in bed. It’s a bald-faced lie, but she knows the man’s desperation to give his daughter the nurturing she needs will compel him to accept a purely platonic relationship.

Now, Annie’s only problem is resisting the overwhelming temptation to let sin-in-a-tailored-suit Tyler seduce her.   AMAZON   3.5 STARS

I liked it but with some reservations. It was kind of a mixed bag for me. The emotions were there although it seemed to repeat a theme or two quite a bit.   The story did start out strong but then kind of dogged down about half way through.  Part of that I think had to all the detailed wealth but it also showed the huge gap between the lifestyles of the two main characters.  There is hope for the rest of the book though because it finally does pick up and it also solves a mystery about Annie's father's death.  There is also a good Epilogue which I was glad to see. 
There was some humor in the story and I thought the cover was kind of cute too.
 Both Tyler and Annie were interesting characters as was their children, Mandy and Noah.  Two other people who added to the story was Tyler's long time friends, Luke and Ben.  Tyler's sister Sabrina also shows up in the book and adds a promising side story to the book.   It looks like she will have her own story in, "A Heart Decision (Return to Redemption, Book 5")