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Just the Three of Us

by Jennifer Mikels

Published 1999256 pagesISBN 978-0-3732-4251-1

SHE'D DO ANYTHING FOR FAMILY... They were worlds apart, but Matt Duran couldn't refuse high-society princess Taylor Elmhurst when she asked for pointers on raising her adorable charge. After all, Matt liked spending time with the lonely lad. But Petey and his aunt were a package deal, and Taylor's luminous simile and velvety-soft touch were wreaking havoc on his no-strings-attached resolve. ...AND EVERYTHING FOR LOVE! Matt brightened Taylor's life - and brought joy back into Pety's eyes. Now the single mom dreamed of linking their hearts for all time. But could she convince her beloved blue-collar bachelor that they were all meant to be together, now and forever?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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Readers who want a thoughtful experience and enjoy noticing the connections beneath a book’s surface story.

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This book's DNA

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Just the Three of UsJennifer Mikels
Heightened4/5

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Before you choose

A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA standard-length read256 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1999
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-3732-4251-1
Language
English
Edition record
OL10743286M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.