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Million Reasons Why

by Ruth Jean Dale

Published 1991ISBN 978-0-3732-5480-4

Marry rich! That's what widow Mimi Carlton wished to do as she blew out the candle on her birthday cupcake. Once, she'd married for love, but with an eleven-year-old son to raise and an estate of $837.67, it was time to get practical! She had her looks and a plan. When she kissed millionaire Dusty McLain at a New Year's Eve bash, Mimi thought she'd hit pay dirt! Dusty had always had rotten luck with women--especially his ex-wife and estranged daughter. Out of self-preservation, he'd kept his relationships simple--purely sexual. Until he met Mimi. When his daughter unexpectedly left her baby with him, Mimi moved in to help out. Dusty liked playing house--until he learned of Mimi's vow ....

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Romance, Fiction. 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

Romance · Fiction

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Balanced tone · Steady pace

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Million Reasons WhyRuth Jean Dale
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Reading lengthLength not listed
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1991
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3732-5480-4
Language
English
Edition record
OL10743807M
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Good to know

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

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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 must each character learn before the relationship can become believable?
  2. How do work, family, friendship, or identity shape the central relationship?
  3. Does the emotional resolution feel earned by the choices that came before it?

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