Vane McClellan is all business. He might come from money, but he’s worked hard to make his architecture firm one of the top in the country. But things have slammed to a halt in the wake of becoming guardian to Annabelle, his late cousin’s daughter. Vane fears Annabelle may need more than he can give her. Maggie Stewart, Annabelle’s teacher, cares deeply for her students but likes to live … live footloose and fancy free. She’s about to move—again—but not before she gets Annabelle settled. They’ve grown close since the girl joined her class, and now Maggie has one final job: drop Annabelle off at Vane’s summer home.
When Maggie gets stranded at Vane’s vacation home, she gets a chance to see Vane vulnerable. The sight of a strong man doing his best in the face of new fatherhood melts her heart. When he asks her to stay and nanny Annabelle for the summer, Maggie agrees in hopes that she’ll be able to teach Vane how to be a father before her new job starts. Vane is happy to have someone he trusts to shepherd his young ward. As the three begin to become a family and Vane and Maggie give in to the passion that’s plagued them from day one, they’ll let themselves be something both have feared for a long time: happy. But when summer comes to an end, Vane and Maggie will have to decide if they want to follow their hearts…or their plans.
This novel contains sexual content and profanity.
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Vane becomes guardian of his cousin’s daughter, but has no idea what to do with her as the school year comes to a close and the summer is here. In steps Maggie, her teacher. She is leaving the school to start somewhere else, but vane talks her into helping him. Things develop between them. It makes for a good HEA read.
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The Billionaire’s Ward, Leslie North
Vane is raising Annabelle as his ward because both her dad, his cousin and her mother are both dead. His nanny quit and he needs help fast. Maggie volunteers to help because she is between jobs and will be going to rural Alaska to teach at the start of the new school term.
A bond quickly forms between Annabelle and Maggie. Living at the beach while renovating an older home can accelerate or kill relationships…fast.
Vane and Maggie’s relationship is on a roller coaster ride. What will happen? Maggie is determined to leave in the fall.
A stand alone novel, I cannot spoil the ending: read to find out what happens with this diametrically different couple.
The Billionaire’s Ward is the final book in McClellan brothers trilogy. We meet Vane McClellan the last of the clan! Vane has been given custody of Annabelle, the daughter of his cousin who died. Vane is a very structured all business kind of guy who has been thrown into fatherhood of a preteen! Enter Annabelle’s teacher Maggie, a bubbly carefree adventurous type, who grew up with a mother that never settled down always moved around, totally opposite of Vane. Not one to stay in one place for any length of time, she is preparing to move to Alaska for 5 years! Maggie offers to drive Annabelle to the McClellan beach home so that Annabelle can attend the end of the year school trip. The beach house is being remodeled and they need to be there. He agrees! Vane is having trouble getting a nanny for the summer partly due to Annabelle who does not want one. Maggie agrees to help out becoming the nanny for a few weeks which ends up becoming the whole summer. Maggie fits right in and we watch as she, Vane and Annabelle begin to fall into a natural routine and become “family” feeling all the bumps along the way. Unfortunately, time is running out and Maggie will be leaving or will she finally find home!
I liked the last McClellan. I’m a sucker for a man trying to do what’s right for his kid; especially one placed in his custody. The teacher being the one to help and fall in love with him was similar to another story I read that is also connected to Leslie North that I had a hard time connecting. But I couldn’t put it down. The story is short and sweet with some sexy times thrown in.
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My first instinct is to say, “there’s a lot going on in this book”, but there really isn’t that much. The story itself is quite straightforward. I think why I feel there’s so much going on is all the different layers of emotional depth that are touched on. The emotions are complex and tangled, dealing with life, loss, love, and moving on. Vane was probably my favorite character. He’s trying so hard to do his best, be his best, for this little family that he’s suddenly a part of. I loved him almost immediately. Annabelle and Maggie tugged hard at my sympathies. Annabelle for having lost her parents at such a young age, and Maggie for having a parent that skewed her view of the world. The ending was perfect and adorable. I’m sad to see my time with the McClellan boys has come to an end.
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Third Book is a Charm in this Romantic Series.
Leslie North has given her readers a wonderful series. This third book contains so much heart and soul. All the characters, Maggie, Vane, and Annabelle were important to the story as well as the family beach house. Even Melinda and her granddaughter, Lila who shows up at the end of the story are important in moving the story to its conclusion and HEA.
The jest if the story has Maggie agreeing to work as a Nanny for Annabelle until her next teaching job in Alaska. She’s fond of saying she’s adventurous. She also thinks Annabelle ‘s Guardian, Vane is hot. Vane is relieved that Maggie will Nanny as Annabelle has run off two Nannies already and he can’t find anyone else. Also, he thinks Maggie is hot. The three of them work well together. Soon that professional line is crossed but Maggie leaves anyway. She’s determined to head north but runs into her mom who sets her straight long enough for Vane to show up and profess his love.
It was important for the mom to show up as until this point in her life Maggie has this whole cognitive dissonance thing going on and it took her mom to be a gentle sledgehammer to break thru it and allow Maggie to see her true self…she’s a home body not an adventurer.
I’m wholeheartedly recommending this book, series, and anything written by the author, for your reading enjoyment and pleasure. Peace.
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This whole series is so beautifully written! Maggie seems like she always looking for the next adventure and Vane is trying to be the best guardian he can be. This another book I couldn’t put down!
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Maggie and Vane are opposites who seem to fit and compliment each other. They just have to get past the fact that she is/was Annabelle’s teacher and now Nanny.
Lots of tough emotions lead to finding home in each other.
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Great writing about a man with a lot of money takes over raising his cousin’s daughter, Annabelle, which he is not prepared for. Maggie is her teacher and loved the little girl and life. So when Vane decides to go to their summer cottage with her, Maggie agrees to go as her Nanny. But as you know things escalate from there. Well written. HEA
This was an awesome book, it was fun and entertaining with the characters being believable. I loved Vane and Maggie they have a wonderful chemistry and I loved the banter between them and watching them become a couple. Leslie North’s book always pull me in and I can’t stop reading until the end they are a must read for any fan!!!
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Vane suddenly became guardian to a 110-year-old girl, when his cousin died of cancer. Struggling to find time for her while working as a successful architect is not easy. He usually copes by using a nanny to take care of the child, but Annabelle thinks she is too old for nannies and tries hard to chase them away.
When the school year ends and her school teacher brings Annabelle to his new project he takes the opportunity to ask her to help him out with the nanny situation.
A nice story, nothing special, but fun to read and entertaining, with believable characters.
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I really enjoyed this book it is the third book in the McClellan Billionaires series and while it can be read as a standalone they are so much better if read in order. This was another super well written book and I really liked both Maggie and Vane and enjoyed getting to know them.
“Leslie North” books are the ultimate comfort food for me in books. You can never go wrong with one of her books and this is no exception at all! I didn’t even read the blurb for this book as I knew I was going to love it, like the other two books in this series. It was entertaining, engaging, sexy and undeniably sweet that you don’t want to miss out on this book! Happy reading!!
I wanted to fall in love, but found myself stuck at like. Vane and Maggie are finding their hearts tested by more than the young girl they both love. Annabelle is the link that binds these two strangers, but will love be strong enough to survive the pain that is sure to come? North continues to write complex characters. Not quite likeable, bordering on loveable, but always a pleasure to explore.
I This is the third book in the McClellan Billionaires series, we see Vane McClellan navigating the world as a father figure to his cousin’s orphaned little girl while undergoing a big reconstruction project, luckily her teacher Maggie, loves Annabelle enough to help her through the transition. Maggie and Vane have plenty chemistry between them and soon they begin to have a wonderful relationship but can her gypsy ways cause a derailment to their HEA?
Another wonderful well-written story, filled with plenty of drama and emotion. Loved it.
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