She wants to find an older guy to spend time with this summer. He’s a single dad who needs a nanny. When they meet, it seems like they are the perfect solution to both of their problems. But is it possible they’re only creating more?
Hannah is desperate for a break after graduating from an all girls’ boarding school. While trying to convince her father she needs to take a gap year, he tells her … take a gap year, he tells her if she’s not in school, she’s out of the house and into a job.
When she stumbles upon a nanny position, she thinks it’s the perfect solution. The minute she sees Ryan, she should have the good sense to run away. After all he is twenty-seven, a graphic designer, and hot as hell. But if all goes well, he’ll move her to Boston in the fall and make her his full-time nanny. Only now, she’d like to make more than just the job official.
Six months ago, his girlfriend, the mother of his child, died in a car accident. He felt like he’d never recover. Until Hannah. Only the longer she’s around, the more attached he and Claire, his daughter, become. This is bad. He needs someone for Claire more than he needs someone for himself, right?
Over time Hannah moves in, but he knows it’s too late. His feelings can’t be helped. The fear that he’ll lose another woman he loves is always hanging over his head, so he vows to love no one at all. No one can convince him otherwise, but Hannah definitely wants to try.
This book is intended for a mature audience. 18+
This is book 2 in the Summer Secrets Series, but can be read as a standalone.
Other titles by USA Today Bestselling Author Emma Tharp:
1. What About Her (The Bluff Harbor Series Book One)
2. What About Us (The Bluff Harbor Series Book Two)
3. Drawn to Dark
4. Keeping It Casual
5. Moving On (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book One)
6. All In (McLoughlin Brothers Series Book Two)
7. Alive Again (McLoughlin Brother Series Book Three)
8. Crashing Christmas: A Billionaire Office Romance
9. Always Just Us (Just Us Book One)
10. Forever Just Us (Just Us Book Two)
11. Scoring Chance (Rules of the Game Book One)
12. Defending Your Heart (Rules of the Game Book Two)
13. Goal on the Rebound (Rules of the Game Book Three)
14. Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Rules of the Game Book Four)
15. Playing Dirty (Rules of the Game Book Five)
16. A New Season (Rules of the Game Six)
17. Winter Wonderland (A Second Chance Holiday Romance)
18. The Trade (The Monroe Series Book One)
19. Indebted (The Monroe Series Book Two)
20. Between Us (The Monroe Series Book Three)
21. Falling For the Bad Boy (Summer Secrets Book One)
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I loved Ryan and Hannah’s story! It was a fun, summer read and Ryan’s daughter Claire, is the sweetest. Definitely a book that was hard to put down!
Loved this heart breaking story with Ryan and Hannah. He has lost his girlfriend and mother to his daughter Claire who needs a nanny while he works. Enter Hannah who father has cut her off since she has decided to take a break from school so she applies for the nanny job. This is a well written book that is filled with emotion as Ryan tries to close off his heart to Hannah because he is older and does not want to suffer another lost if something were to happen to her and Hannah has decided not to give up on the love she has for Ryan.
Ryan is trying to balance work along side caring for his young daughter, so acting on his sister’s advice decides to hire a nanny.
Hannah took on a nanny’s position through the holidays after her father threatened to stop her inheritance.
A father grieving a young lady unsure of her future.
A lovely story
A truly wonderful story that has every element that you could think of. Pain, misunderstanding, young love and the cuties little girl that will warm your heart.
He may have been this young 28 year old Dean of a fine art college in Boston, but he had his life going in the right direction even though he was still fighting the grief of losing his partner and baby mama, but he needs a nanny to look after his little girl so that he can get some work done. And wonder of wonders this young 18 year old girl is looking for work so that she can support herself because she does not want to go to college right away, when her dad said that she had to pay her own way in life because he was cutting her funds off, that the next day is when they meet.
These two adults just jive so well together with the sweet little girl, you knew that it was going to have that happy ever after..
This book was just so sweet, that you have to read it!
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Hannah is tired of the high school boys and the party scene and wants to find herself an older more mature man to date. She also has to break it to her dad she isn’t going to college in the fall. She wants to take a gap year. To say he isn’t pleased is an understatement.
Ryan has a three year old daughter Claire and lost his girlfriend six months ago. Heart broken but still needing to work, he lists a nanny position. Enter Hannah. Claire and Hannah hit it off immediately. As the summer progresses, so do Ryan and Hannah’s feelings towards one another. Drama, emotions and angst take you on a whirlwind of a story.
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Okay, first let me say I’ve never read a “normal” vanilla romance. Never had an interest to be perfectly honest. I absolutely love paranormal romance though (shifters, vampires, alien warrior type books). Reading the synopsis of this book though just called to me. Normally this would be the type of book I truly love to read. A man or a woman recently widowed with kids and in need of a nanny. I’m such a sap and a huge sucker for these types of books. All that was missing was one or both main characters weren’t shifters or aliens lol. This story was so sweet it literally had me smiling the whole time. I read this book in about 4hours. I couldn’t put it down. It’s 0530 and there was no way I was stopping this book until I read it completely. I just wish the author told just a smidgen more at the end. For most I’d say the book ended well but for me I didn’t want it to end. Emma is such an amazing writer. This book had me crying. I don’t write many reviews mostly because I like to talk from the heart and not give spoilers. I like to speak upon how the book made me feel and what I took from the book. I personally just went through a traumatic separation with my wife of almost 20 years. We had 4 sons and one passed away and our marriage didn’t survive. Not for my lack of trying. She just didn’t care. So reading this story already hit close to home because I’m just as lonely as Ryan, the main character. I know what he’s feeling. Missing the touch of ones partner, missing the happiness you once shared with someone. I too hope to one day be blessed to fall in love and have someone actually care and love me. So reading about how guarded Ryan was and how he slowly opened up was very real and very touching. This book was phenomenal and fantastic. This was the first book I’ve read by Emma Tharp and it won’t be the last. She has pulled me in with this book. It’s difficult sometimes to read about love but good authors can transport anyone to another place and take your mind off things. That’s what this book has done for me. Suffering from depression and severe PTSD I rarely laugh or smile and in reading this book I did both. Claire oh my gosh was so cute. A little too perfect lol but I remember my own boys at that age and I remember how awesome they were and how much I loved them and wanted to protect them from the world. Claire bear, that nickname was a nuke to my heart because I called my son Kenji-Bear. So yes, this book really laid me bare. This was simply beautiful. I truly enjoyed this book. It was such a great pleasure reading it.
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Sweet read and romance. He is a single dad who is looking for a nanny. He never expected to fall for her. good read and romance.
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This was a beautiful story. The storyline was beautifully written. The characters emotions were heartwarming. The ending was sweet.
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Ryan and Hannah will warm you hearts and have you in their corners cheering them on to a well deserved happiness. Ryan is a single father looking for a nanny. Hannah needs a job after her father tells her that she will need a place to stay since she is not going to college. They are ideal for each other in so many ways and as Hannah bonds over Ryan and Claire, their feelings do as well. On the anniversary of Ryan’s girlfriend, he makes a costly mistake with Hannah. Will he be able to make things right between them?
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I have always enjoyed Emma Tharp as an author and this book did not disappoint at all. Falling For the Single Dad was well-written and the characters were very well-crafted. Although it is part of a series, there is no need to worry as there isn’t any dreaded cliff-hanger.
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This is a great moving on, second chance story for Ryan. Hannah has to move on as her dad has cut her off. When she meets Ryan and his daughter Claire in a store in turns into her being Claire’s nanny for the summer. Ryan lost his girlfriend and mother to his daughter 6 months prior and decides girls are off limits now…that is until Hannah.
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A wonderful story you’ll love reading. Fantastic, sweet characters you’ll easily fall in love with, especially Claire, the little girl. A great romantic read to add to your summer reading list.
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This is an enjoyable quick book. Hannah is very young just graduated high school and wants to take a break before college. Ryan is a single dad in need of help with his daughter Claire. They meet by chance and she takes the job as his nanny. There is a spark, a connection, between them and it starts to feel like they are a family. The story is not new (dad falls for the nanny) but the characters are interesting and makes this a good book to read.
The second book in the Summer Secrets series a well written story that held my interest until the end. A older man/younger woman story. Ryan is raising his daughter Claire and needs a nanny so Hannah takes the job. I enjoyed seeing this story come together. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Emma Tharp is such an amazing author and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. This is Book 2 of the “Summer Secret” series. This story is well written and holds your interest so you can’t put it down. If you like a book filled with chemistry, drama and trauma then you will enjoy reading Hannah and Ryan’s story.
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