In Truly, Idaho, Henry Shaw loathed being ill so he killed himself. Many of the townsfolk feel that their former mayor was killed by his illegitimate son, who hated the man he considered no more than a sperm donor. His step-daughter Delaney arrives from Arizona to attend his funeral. To the shock and dismay of Delaney's mother, Henry's estranged bastard son Nick Allegrezza comes to pay his final respects.
Laney is shocked to learn that Henry named her in his will since they departed on not so friendly or fatherly terms. However, it is the will itself that truly stuns Delaney. She must reside in town for the next year if she wants to inherit several million dollars. If she fails to meet the stipulation, the money goes to Nick, who has inherited some property from his father with a stipulation also. He must refrain from sex with Laney for the next year or lose the property to her. Laney has loved Nick for over a decade, but he remains angry at everyone,
but especially his father. As they try to meet the terms of the will, they begin to fall in love, but he has much personal baggage to overcome and she has pressure from her mother and friend to stay away from the bad seed.
TRULY MADLY YOURS is SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE as readers will conclude that Rachel Gibson is no one-hit wonder. Her second contemporary romance is intelligent and engaging, and sure to obtain the witty writer many new fans. The story line is fun and the characters are genuine and interesting. Readers will make Ms. Gibson truly, madly theirs.
Harriet Klausner