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| For thirteen years Daisy poured herself into her data analyst job, but one disagreement—with a client!!!—led to her dismissal. Now Daisy is unemployed, lost her boyfriend (he worked at the same company), and is estranged from her only sister, Mia. Life looks bleak and Daisy certainly has a reason to be depressed but that doesn’t pay the bills. So, she drags herself out of her flat to the nearest grocery store for a meal. She runs into a curious little girl named Cara—and then Cara’s sister Bailey shows up. The two girls are cute even as they bicker. But where is their mother? A woman shows up and it appears that she is the mother as she leaves with them (they weren’t supposed to be there). Before they leave, the woman posts a want-ad on the board. It is for a nanny position. Things are not going well for Daisy in the hilarious IT MUST BE TRUE THEN. Her sister does show up but as always, the two end up arguing. Mia only comes to Daisy when she breaks up with her latest boyfriend and needs money. Mia leaves in a huff and it puts Daisy in an even more depressing mood. The two sisters had been abandoned by their mother to live with a grandparent and Daisy always felt unwanted. Now she doesn’t have a sister. She ends up talking to a man she inadvertently meets—first as a handyman and then as a bartender. He gives her some advice, so she decides to take the advice and goes to the address of the nanny job. Oops…turns out that her handyman/bartender is the father to the girls she met in the store, and he isn’t looking for a nanny. The woman who posted it is—or now was—his girlfriend. While IT MUST BE TRUE THEN is classified as a romance, there is not a lot of romance in it. Instead, we get Daisy’s journey from being on top of the world and loving her life to now being unemployed and watching her realize that she needs to change herself. Cara and Bailey are a fresh breath of air for Daisy, but she isn’t looking for love, especially one that involves being a parent. Along the way, she soon learns that her ex-boyfriend had other girlfriends. Oh, the humiliation. Add in that it is hard to explain to potential employers as to why she got canned, it’s no wonder that Daisy isn’t sure what or where to go in her life. IT MUST BE TRUE THEN reads more like Women’s Fiction, but with the added bonus of a potential love interest. By the end of this tale, hopefully, all the what-ifs are answered, and things just may end up happily ever after for Daisy. What about her feelings for Archie, the father of the girls? Can she look past the fact that he has children, even though she loves Cara and Bailey? Pick up a copy of IT MUST BE TRUE THEN to find out the answers. Patti Fischer |
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IT MUST BE TRUE THEN – Luci Adams