Buildings...a New York love story

City building inspector, Maxine Simms, finds Samantha Armstrong's children in a dangerous basement and brings them home slightly injured but no worse for the wear. She forgets to return the little girl's bike and it becomes the excuse to see Samantha again. They begin dating and things couldn't be better. Maxine is crazy about Samantha and her children. The children - Emma, Timmy, and Billy (Samantha's nephews) - love Maxine and her scrappy little bulldog, Butchie.
Samantha thinks she loves Maxine until her ex, Sergeant Norma Higgins, pops into the picture, injured and in need of tender loving care. Will Samantha become disenchanted by Norma's aggressive nature, or has the ambitious cop turned over a new leaf? Or, will Samantha find that the gentle Inspector Simms' is a better choice for building a relationship with her family?Using the city-scape of Manhattan as a backdrop, BUILDINGS is a novel about love and choices, and the important role family plays in the romantic choices women make!