From Publishers Weekly
The zany supporting characters from Civil-Brown's previous novels (Tempting Mr. Wright, etc.) are back with their crazy antics and off-the-wall humor in this breezy contemporary romance. Paradise Beach, Fla., is normally a sleepy town, so when Officer Samantha Bartlett receives a call claiming there are giant T. rex footprints on the beach, she expects to discover the remnants of a childish prank. Instead, she finds the DustBuster Brigade a group of older gentlemen who comb the coast with their DustBusters to keep the town tidy guarding some very large, deep and unusual tracks. Having heard the report on his aunt's police scanner, Derek Diche, the host of a well-known "mystery debunking" TV show, sets out to examine the tracks for himself, and he ends up butting heads with a fiery female officer. The next morning, a giant egg appears on the beach, and, to Sam's dismay, Derek calls in his camera crew. Although Sam's determined to dislike Derek for his poster-boy good looks and smooth-talking ways, she still can't help trying to convince him that miracles do exist. At times, the novel's plot complete with alien abductions, renegade FBI agents and unruly town folk may overwhelm the reader, but the romance between Derek and Sam will have fans believing in magic. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Samantha Bartlett has vowed never again to fall for a smooth-talking hunk. So it's hate at first sight when the lovelypolice officer meets Derek Diche, a TV exposjournalist she instantly decides is short on hard facts -- even if he is long on hard pecs. But then Samantha's appointed as Derek's town liaison, which means they're up-close and personal.A lot. And though she swears she'd never trust a man who specializes in Illusions, she begins to think maybe hiscool fapde is just an illusion, too... Burned out on reporting warsand disasters, Derek arrives in Paradise Beach determined to debunk a mysterious phenomenon. After all, there is no real magic in the world, and he's going to prove it. Having sexy Samantha around to tease out of her seriousness is just more of the fun, at first. But as Derek begins to bring out the woman beneath her defenses, and she begins to show him it's safe to long for enchantment, he wonders: maybe love is the best magic of all.


About the Author
Sue Civil-Brown has been writing romantic stories since childhood. Now, having published two dozen books under the pen name Rachel Lee and won numerous awards, she is delighted to turn her attention to the light-hearted and humorous in love and life.Sue lives with her own knight in shining armor on Florida's Gulf Coast, where the weather provides almost as much excitement as her dearly beloved, their children, and their Siberian husky.Boredom, she says, is never a problem.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Samantha Bartlett has vowed never again to fall for a smooth-talking hunk. So it's hate at first sight when the lovelypolice officer meets Derek Diche, a TV exposé journalist she instantly decides is short on hard facts — even if he is long on hard pecs. But then Samantha's appointed as Derek's town liaison, which means they're up-close and personal.A lot. And though she swears she'd never trust a man who specializes in Illusions, she begins to think maybe hiscool fapde is just an illusion, too...

Burned out on reporting warsand disasters, Derek arrives in Paradise Beach determined to debunk a mysterious phenomenon. After all, there is no real magic in the world, and he's going to prove it. Having sexy Samantha around to tease out of her seriousness is just more of the fun, at first. But as Derek begins to bring out the woman beneath her defenses, and she begins to show him it's safe to long for enchantment, he wonders: maybe love is the best magic of all.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly