MADE FOR US is the first book in The Shaughnessy Brothers series about five brothers and their baby sister who, along with their father, are reluctant to change. This is a family that has basically kept everything the same after the mother of the family unexpectedly died. It's an eye-opening story of how teenage grief was dealt with and its effect on adult relationships. Samantha Chase first introduced the Shaughnessy Brothers in her Montgomery Brothers series and this first book in her new series is a great read. She does a great job in developing each character's personality preparing you for the next book in the series.

Here you are introduced to Aidan Shaughnessy, who owns a construction company and is an exacting task master. The new designer for his houses is Zoe Dalton and she's finding working with Aidan to be quite a challenge. Aidan is used to giving orders and not being challenged, but finds himself challenged at every turn with Zoe. A storm forces Aidan and Zoe to end up spending time alone together and the friction heats up.

Aidan has issues because of his mother's death when he was a teenager. It's kind of painful when you see how he handles change. He is the oldest and has always taken care of everyone else. So when he finally finds someone to have a relationship with it's interesting and also sad how he handles circumstances that come up. Zoe has suffered a loss herself but she deals with things totally different than Aidan. Very good story!

I'm looking forward to reading how Samantha Chase will develop the stories for the other four brothers, the one little sister and the father of a family that is reluctant to change. You get a sense of each of their personalities and it's apparent that they will each have an interesting story.

A very heartwarming story!

Book Summary

Can't make time for love? The Shaughnessy brothers have spent the years since their mother's untimely death taking care of each other and trying to make their father proud. Oldest son Aidan is hard-working, handsome, successful-and still single. Sure, he'd like to have his own family someday, but who has the time?

She'll show him how to find it Zoe Dalton, a stunning designer Aidan meets on one of his construction jobs, has the beauty and heart to make Aidan realize how much he could be missing. But it's not easy to break down walls you've spent years building up. Now there's a major storm bearing down on the North Carolina coast, and it could be catalyst enough to force Aidan and Zoe into some major decisions of the heart.

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