Until There Was You

August 15, 2011
Good girl Posey Osterhagen and bad boy Liam Murphy dance around one another in a whirl of attraction, miscommunication, and personal bugaboos in Higgins’s slightly marred latest rom-com romp. Successful and content, Posey lives in her hometown amid family, friends, and people who know everything about her from childhood. All she needs is a man to round things out—but surely her high school crush, Liam, is not the one. Newly returned home with teenage daughter and tragedy in tow, Liam still takes Posey’s breath away, even as she fights the attraction that will probably break her heart all over again. Higgins (My One and Only) employs her usual breezy, intimate style, which is sure to engage her fans but also emphasizes how similar the near-farcical story is to some of her earlier (and stronger) novels.

September 15, 2011
Posey Osterhagen has a good life in her New Hampshire hometown, running her own architectural salvage company, pitching in at her parents' German restaurant, and restoring an old church as her home. Only her love life is lacking. Enter Liam Murphy, the high-school bad boy who broke her heart. He has moved back with his daughter after his wife's death. Facing someone who knew her as a gangly, awkward young girl brings up Posey's teenage insecurities, even as Liam makes it clear that he is interested in the woman she is now. Higgins has a knack for sweet but not syrupy romances peppered with humor and populated with colorful characterslike Posey's folksy parents and her TV-chef cousin, the Barefoot Fraulein.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)