JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, #1 in Christina Dodd’s New York Times bestselling romantic suspense series, Lost Hearts…Mystery and misery scar their young lives. Three sisters and their foster brother are torn apart by tragedy and scattered across the country to grow up apart…Hope Prescott lives in Boston, far from the warm, southern home she recalls. She works with one goal in mind–finding her … apart…
Hope Prescott lives in Boston, far from the warm, southern home she recalls. She works with one goal in mind–finding her long-lost siblings. Yet her job at the answering service and her own loving nature creates a family of friends, people she knows only by their voices. She especially likes Griswald, gruff old butler for wealthy Zack Givens.
Meeting Griswald is a shock; he is neither gruff nor old, but a powerful, handsome man. In fact, he is Zack Givens, mysterious, cold, heartless–and charmed by the artless young woman who brings him chicken soup, treats him like a friend…and falls in love with the humble man she imagines him to be. When she discovers Zack’s secret and faces his betrayal, she leaves without a backward glance. Can Zack solve the mystery that haunts Hope’s past to prove their futures lie together?
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE is a full-length romantic suspense, book #1 in Christina Dodd’s bestselling Lost Hearts series, and includes bonus material for your reading enjoyment. Fans of Nora Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz will enjoy CLOSE TO YOU.
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Ok read I didn’t think it was up to usual standards of author.
Love some of Dodds books, this one was only fair.
This is the first in a series. I really enjoyed it! In the past, a family is broken up after the parents are killed in a car accident. The father, who was a minister, and his wife, are being accused of embezzling funds. Since the oldest daughter is not old enough to take care of her siblings, they are all separated. But she vows to find all of her siblings and clear her parents’ names. After she grows up, she ends up in Boston, and there she thinks she has met the love of her life, who she believes is a butler. Little does she know that he is the rich man himself. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
Boring
i liked this book
I love a mystery with a little romance or is it a romance with some mystery. Either way, this book has it! Definitely a page-turner! I ended up reading the whole series, I wanted to know so much more about the characters and what had happened to their family.
Definitely a page turner. Continued from 1st book, to 2nd book, to third book.
This book kept my interest and a relaxing read.
It was okay. Didn’t grab my attention. I couldn’t get into the characters.
Though I did read the entire book, I thought about not finishing it. The storyline was somewhat predictable, maybe a few twists, but not the most exciting. I was routing for Hope throughout and did enjoy the ending.
read this years ago…..enjoy the series and the family Dodd is always worth a read no matter what the genre
Great characters, all of them!
Can’t wait to read the rest of the series
I loved this book and the characters in it.Th book is well written and very entertaining.I would recommend this book.
Okay but not the best of her books
A sweet, regency novel by a wonderful author. Christina Dodd has always been a favorite and hits the mark again in “Just the Way You Are”!
This is a book I read years ago and since seeing it on BookBub I bought it and the rest of the first 3 books of the series on Kindle. There is a 4th, but I found my old copy. Great read along with the others. I’ve always liked Christina Dodd’s book!
Made me want to buy the other two in the series
I loved the characters. I will read the next 2 in the series.
A little slow at times but a good read.