The Sooner the Better/Debbie Macomber/296 pgs.

This is a re-released paperback book of Debbie Macomber's which was originally published in 1998 as Moon Over Water. I can only say that I like Macomber's newer works much better. The main character, Lorraine Dancy, finds out that the father she thought was dead all these years, is alive and living in El Mirador. Suffice it to say, she reunites with him, gets involved (unintentionally) with an artifact robbery, is saved by Jack (an ex-mercenary), and eventually has her "happy" (or should I say "sappy") ending. In between there's conflict with her father, her fiance (not Jack), etc. I should have stopped after the first 20 pages, but, like a train wreck waiting to happen, I had to see it to its conclusion!