SUMMER LOVIN

Zoe is a security specialist and a member of the eccentric Costas family, which is fostering a child named Sam and hoping to adopt her. Enter Ryan Baldwin, Sam's rich uncle, who has been searching for her. He falls head over heels in love with distrusting Zoe and prickly Sam. When someone attempts to harm Sam, the action revs up and romance flourishes. Bernadette Quigley reads with an upbeat tone and happy-go-lucky charm. When Phillips puts the upper-crust Baldwins face to face with the freewheeling Costas, Quigley creates her characterizations with vocal stereotypes that make the listener smile at the unlikelihood of the story. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 06]