After being forcibly told that she will be marrying her late father's lawyer in eight days or lose all of her father's estate, Adrianna Moore decides to make a run for freedom. 

Outside the small town of Lee's Point, Adrianna crashes her car into Quinn Baxter's truck and winds up in an unusual arrangement.  Adrianna will live with Quinn, care for his crippled younger brother, and play piano in his tavern a couple of nights per week.  With little money to her name, Adrianna agrees but never suspects she will fall in love with the gruff Quinn.  She also has no idea that the cruel lawyer is out there and determined to track her down. 

Set in the mid-1930s, A WEEK FROM SUNDAY is a highly enjoyable romance.  By industry standards, books set after WWII are not classified as historicals, but I've always disagreed.  A WEEK FROM SUNDAY takes place in the middle of this time period, and therefore, to me, is best categorized as a historical romance. 

Dorothy Garlock has been writing romances for decades, and her skill is not to be argued.  Her characters come across as multi-dimensional and the tension is enough to keep you glued to the pages.  It's hard, at times, to understand a woman's role was changing, but many men still felt at home in a dominating role and some women allowed it.  Richard Pope, the lawyer, is a jerk and easy to hate from his very first appearance in the story.  Quinn Baxter and his friend Gabe LeBlanc are totally enjoyable.  I truly hope that Gabe may get his own story in time.  I'd also love to see more of Quinn's younger brother Jesse as he becomes a man.