Review by DC Brown -- One Way or Another

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[Following is a volunteer review of "One Way or Another" by Mary J. Williams.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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One Way or Another by Mary J. Williams has the main character of Calder Bennett. In the prologue, we learn basic facts about the Bennett sisters. Andi is the oldest by a year. Bryce and Calder are twins with different fathers. Destry, the youngest of the four is just a year younger than the twins. The four girls are very close, not only in age but emotionally as well. Their mother, an extremely wealthy social butterfly, leaves the raising of the girls to a parade of nannies. The four girls see their four different fathers once a year.

With that groundwork being laid, Calder becomes the focus of the story. As she leaves a club trying to get away from her date, she meets Adam who acts as a bouncer. He separates her from her date and gets her a cab home. She meets him again painting at her house, but he is not a bouncer at night and a painter by day. Who is he? Why is she so attracted?

As the author spins the tale of Calder and Adam, her ability to tell a story is revealed to be rather good. As she develops the characters, we find that all the girls are successful business women. She describes the main characters so that you can see the long hair and beautiful eyes of the girls, and the height and musculature of Adam. She makes it clear who are the bad guys. It is, after all, a romance novel so her focus remains on Calder and Adam while events take place around them.

There was a minor disconnect that bothered me. Although it's possible to have three pregnancies in three years, is it reasonable to believe these four girls each have a different father? Is it possible to be married to three men in three years? Is it just the amount of money that the mother has that prevents calling her a floozy?

The book is well-edited. It would appeal to those who enjoy well-written romance novels. It is light reading, so those who need an afternoon diversion would also enjoy it. I think a primarily female audience would enjoy this book, whether they are young adults or more mature. There is no violence or foul language, but there is sex. The sex is not explicit and therefore not extremely offensive. The ending throws a curve ball at the reader and begs another book to explain it. I give this book 4 out of 4 stars in spite of the improbability of the girls' ages.

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