Lenore D. (Lenore) reviewed on 2/3/2008 + 193 more book reviews

My fave of the 4 stories was Simple Charms, by Anne McAllister. Catholic school teacher Jane Kitto has a special charm bracelet. Her grandmother gave it to her, along with the first charm, but every year afterward a new charm has arrived from someone else. Someone who has loved her from afar for years. She wishes her admirer would come forward, because this man knows her better than anyone else every has.

Enter Zack Stoner, famous NFL wide receiver and infamous troublemaker and former student who comes back to see Jane. As a girl, she crossed the street to avoid him when she saw him walking home from school, but she hasn't seen him since the day she lied for him (good little girls in Catholic school don't LIE!) to cover up Zack's crying over a particularly humiliating punishment when they were kids.

Can Jane give up on the idea of her perfect Admirer? Will she have to? Zack is imperfect, but he's here...and her admirer has never chosen to reveal himself...unless...

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