In Good Company

Title: In Good Company

Series: A Class of Their Own #2

Author: Jen Turano

Narrator:  Nancy Peterson

Genre: Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor, Christian Romance

Publisher: Bethany House Publishers

Source: Scribd

Challenges: Virtual TBR

My review:

In Good Company is my favorite in this series!! (I am almost finished listening to book 3). I enjoy Jen Turano's books and am constantly amazed by her unique storylines and quirky characters. This could be read as a standalone novel, but I recommend reading the books in order to understand the friendship between the three leading ladies the series follows.

I love Millie!! She is a wonderful character. Her propensity for mixing up words makes for quite a few laugh-out-loud moments. Her unorthodox ways might get her fired from her jobs, but they also add humor to the story. She is the first bookish character I have met that carries a dictionary, but it perfectly suits her. She is also sweet, loving, and loyal. 

Everett gets on my nerves, especially at the beginning. While he didn't plan on raising his friends' children he didn't help the situation by referring to them as "the brats." It didn't help that his sweetheart, Caroline, loathed the children and was always threatening to send them off to boarding school. The children were precocious and trying to find their way after their world was turned upside down by their parent's death. Not only that, but being uprooted from their home and brought to a house where no one showed them much affection or attention.

When Everett and Millie are forced to work together, the story picks up and soars. There were so many amusing moments but heart-wrenching ones as well. I love Turano's stories and highly recommend them to anyone who loves historical fiction interspersed with humor.

Nancy Peterson does a fabulous job narrating In Good Company. Her voice makes for easy listening.

★★★★★/5

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Synopsis (Goodreads): 

After spending her childhood in an orphanage, Millie Longfellow is determined to become the best nanny the East Coast has ever seen. Unfortunately, her playfulness and enthusiasm tend to bring about situations that have employers looking askance at her methods. After her most recent dismissal, Millie is forced to return yet again to an employment agency.

Everett Mulberry has suddenly and quite unexpectedly found himself responsible for three children he’s never met. Attempting fatherhood while also pacifying the less-than-thrilled socialite he intends to marry is made even more complicated when the children scare off every nanny he hires. About to depart for Newport, Rhode Island, for the summer, he’s desperate for competent childcare.

At wit’s end with both Millie and Everett, the employment agency gives them one last chance–with each other. Everett is wary of Millie’s penchant for disaster, and she’s not entirely keen on another snobby, grumpy employer, but they’re both out of options. As Millie falls in love with her mischievous charges and tries to stay one step ahead of them, Everett is more focused on achieving the coveted status of society’s upper echelons. As he investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding the children’s parents’ death, will it take the loss of those he loves to learn whose company he truly wants for the rest of his life?