Harlequin Superromance
April 2010

Always a Temp

ROMANTIC TIMES MAGAZINE REVIEW

ALWAYS A TEMP (4) by Jeannie Watt: When writer Callie McCarran goes home for her foster mother’s funeral, she vows to reconnect with her childhood boyfriend, Nathan Marcenek. But she gets a cold reception from Nathan, now the editor of the local paper. He hasn’t forgiven her for leaving abruptly after their high school graduation. Forced to deal with feelings she’s been running from for years, Callie realizes they stem from parental abandonment. And Nathan has his own problems. After being injured when he was an investigative reporter, he’s returned home to hide and heal. In this sweet story about two people getting a second chance at love, Watt nicely depicts Callie’s and Nathan’s insecurities — and their ability to triumph over them.

—Alexandra Kay

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The boy scrambled up and over the fence just as Callie McCarran opened the back door. Sun glinted off his short, silvery-blond hair before he dropped out of sight into the vacant lot next door.

“Hey,” Callie called, but it was too late. The kid couldn’t be more than seven or eight, but he was a quick little guy. It was the second time she’d seen him in the yard in the two days she’d been back in town, which seemed odd, since there was nothing of interest back here.…But then she noticed the baseball-size hole in the porch screen, which was quite possibly related to the baseball lying under the wicker chair.

Callie bent down to get it.

“I found your ball,” she called. Nothing. Shaking her head, she went out into the overgrown grass and set it on the empty birdbath.

“It’s on the birdbath,” she yelled, in case the kid was crouching on the other side of the fence. “I’m going in the house now.” She walked a few steps, then added, “And I’m not mad about the hole.” The entire porch needed to be rescreened before she could sell the house, so no big deal. Read the rest of this entry »