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When Harri met Charles....
Harriet Caldwell is the headmistress of a prestigious girl's school in Brisbane. She has been content to have her successful career. She has never married and she is okay with that. And then she meets Charles Kaye, prestigious barrister and well known man about town and he sweeps her off her feet. Harri isn't Charle's normal type. He is known for dating much younger and glamourous women and regularly features on the society pages.
Harri is happy for this relationship to remain something special between just the two of them, but she is aware that at some point, his three daughters are going to need to know, especially once he proposes. Soon they are planning a life together. What Charles doesn't expect is the vehement disagreement from two of his daughters. Harri doesn't wan to be responsible for causing arguments in the family and so she is torn. Does she step away to enable Charles to repair his relationship or is she going to fight for the man that she loves.
I liked Harri and loved that she was successful and content with her life before meeting Charles. It did seem like Harri was being requested to make a lot of changes in order to accommodate her relationship with Charles. It's no wonder that she struggled with her decisions.
Charles was an interesting character given his change from chasing attractive, young women, who the media had dubbed Charlie's Angels, to falling head over heels for an elegant, confident, successful woman. His oldest daughter, Nicole, was a bit over the top in her opposition to the relationship. She was old enough to know that her dad should be entitled to have a life on whatever terms he wanted. I do, however, know that sometimes there are dramas when people recouple later in life. I was fortunate to only have a few very small incidents like this when I got together with my husband when I was in my mid 40s.
It's no secret that I am a bit of a Maggie Christensen fangirl. I have read 27 of her books over the last 5 years, all but one of which were part of series set in small country towns. I did miss the country towns, the seaside setting and the community that is such an important part of her series.
It's no secret that I am a bit of a Maggie Christensen fangirl. I have read 27 of her books over the last 5 years, all but one of which were part of series set in small country towns. I did miss the country towns, the seaside setting and the community that is such an important part of her series.
What was still present in this book was the really lovely later in life relationship between Harri and Charles and the same comforting style of writing which I have come to rely on whenever I pick up a Maggie Christensen book. I already have my next of her books lined up ready to read in a few weeks time!
I am sharing this review with the New Release Challenge hosted at The Chocolate Lady's Book Reviews. Thanks to the publisher and Rachel's Random Resources for the review copy. Be sure to check out other stops on the tour below too!
Rating 3.5/5
About the book
Charlie’s Last Angel
In her early fifties, Harri Caldwell has always prided herself on being a strong, independent woman. Content with her single life, she loves her role as headmistress at the prestigious Lilian Cooper College for Young Ladies in Brisbane.
High profile barrister Charles Kaye has lived a charmed city life. With an amicable divorce behind him and three grown daughters, he is often featured in gossip columns alongside beautiful young women, a revolving cast his daughters nickname Charlie’s Angels.
When Charles and Harri meet at an art gallery opening, the instant connection is undeniable and, much to the chagrin of Charles’ daughters, a relationship quickly ensues. Their romance attracts media attention, not only because of Charles’ public profile but because Harri is so different from the women he is usually linked to. Older, private and firmly outside the socialite mould, she becomes an unexpected fascination for the press.
As the media attention and his daughters’ disapproval weigh on Harri, she begins to question whether their love can withstand the pressure. Will this prove to be the breaking point for their relationship or will Harri be Charlie’s last angel?
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About the Author
After a career in education, Maggie Christensen began writing contemporary women’s fiction portraying mature women facing life-changing situations, and historical fiction set in her native Scotland. Her travels inspire her writing, be it her trips to visit family in Scotland, in Oregon, USA or her home on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. Maggie writes of mature heroines coming to terms with changes in their lives and the heroes worthy of them. Maggie has been called the queen of mature age fiction and her writing has been described by one reviewer as like a nice warm cup of tea. It is warm, nourishing, comforting and embracing.
From the small town in Scotland where she grew up, Maggie was lured to Australia by the call to ‘Come and teach in the sun’. Once there, she worked as a primary school teacher, university lecturer and in educational management. Now living with her husband of over thirty years on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, she loves walking on the deserted beach in the early mornings and having coffee by the river on weekends. Her days are spent surrounded by books, either reading or writing them – her idea of heaven!
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