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Father Christmas (Harlequin SuperRomance #767)

by Janet Dailey, Judith Arnold

Published 1997189 pagesISBN 978-0-3737-0767-6

SOMETIMES A MAN NEEDS HELP LEARNING TO BE A DAD...THAT'S WHAT THE DADDY SCHOOL IS ALL ABOUT. Cops, kids and Christmas. When John Russo showed up at Molly Saunder's Daddy School carrying a not very well concealed weapon, she thought the worst. When she learned he was a cop looking for care for his two-year-old son, she wasn't much happier. But motherless Mike Russo tugged at her heartstrings, and Molly just knew he would benefit from her program. So would his father. If anyone needed lessons in being a daddy, it was Detective John Russo. No matter that his job was totally beyond her comprehension. No matter that he was dangerously handsome. No matter that the Christmas season made her nostalgic about family. All that mattered was little Mike -- wasn't it?

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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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

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Father Christmas (Harlequin SuperRomance #767)Janet Dailey, Judith Arnold
Powerful4.5/5

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Reading lengthA shorter read189 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1997
Primary categoryRomanceAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3737-0767-6
Language
English
Edition record
OL7419524M
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Good to know

Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Romance, 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 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?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.