Cowboy's Baby (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1389)

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful dilemma -- Recommended
Review: Two months ago at Christmas, Kate McDermot found herself descending into a pretty bad funk. While others were finding love on a family trip to Los Vegas, Kate was mourning the loss of a fiancé who eloped with someone else. Ordinary careful, cautious, and conservative, Kate needed to feel desirable, appealing and attractive. So when her brother unexpectedly arranges for her to be paired off with the sexy Brady Brown, she found herself enjoying his attention. Too much champagne and she confined her greatest secret. At twenty-nine, she's still a virgin waiting for her wedding night. Brady appreciates the specialness of her desire to be married the first time she makes love. Since they are in Los Vegas, it was simple to arrange for her dream's fulfillment. The next morning, however, Kate was mortified to find herself married to a stranger, regardless of how wonderfully intimate the previous day had been.

Now Brady's flying to her family's ranch purportedly for a fun visit. Neither he nor Kate confessed to their rash marriage, but he's actually bringing her the divorce papers to be signed. Unfortunately, fate has taken a hand in the matter, and Kate has another secret to confess. She's pregnant. And she still feels his magnetism. Despite that attraction, however, Kate has serious reservations about telling Brady about the baby. She'd seen first hand the results of shotgun weddings, and had no intentions of making Brady feel trapped. So she decides not to inform him of the pregnancy before the divorce is finalized.

Their marriage was the most insane thing Brady had ever done in his life. But she wasn't just another woman, and when she stipulated her desire to be married when she lost her virginity, it made a kind of drunken sense to fill her dream. But there's nothing more foolish than marrying your best friend's sister and then taking her to bed. Even if the lovemaking had been fabulous. Now he wonders when they put this fiasco behind them, if he'll finally be able to get her off his mind.

What a delightful dilemma Victoria Pade presents in COWBOY'S BABY. Sometimes fate has to take a hand when two people allow a hasty act to block their attraction, as Pade demonstrates with style. Unfortunately, the heroine's lack of confidence wears the plot down a bit; nevertheless, the airy tone still manages to hold the reader's avid attention. Recommended.

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful dilemma -- Recommended
Review: Two months ago at Christmas, Kate McDermot found herself descending into a pretty bad funk. While others were finding love on a family trip to Los Vegas, Kate was mourning the loss of a fiancé who eloped with someone else. Ordinary careful, cautious, and conservative, Kate needed to feel desirable, appealing and attractive. So when her brother unexpectedly arranges for her to be paired off with the sexy Brady Brown, she found herself enjoying his attention. Too much champagne and she confined her greatest secret. At twenty-nine, she's still a virgin waiting for her wedding night. Brady appreciates the specialness of her desire to be married the first time she makes love. Since they are in Los Vegas, it was simple to arrange for her dream's fulfillment. The next morning, however, Kate was mortified to find herself married to a stranger, regardless of how wonderfully intimate the previous day had been.

Now Brady's flying to her family's ranch purportedly for a fun visit. Neither he nor Kate confessed to their rash marriage, but he's actually bringing her the divorce papers to be signed. Unfortunately, fate has taken a hand in the matter, and Kate has another secret to confess. She's pregnant. And she still feels his magnetism. Despite that attraction, however, Kate has serious reservations about telling Brady about the baby. She'd seen first hand the results of shotgun weddings, and had no intentions of making Brady feel trapped. So she decides not to inform him of the pregnancy before the divorce is finalized.

Their marriage was the most insane thing Brady had ever done in his life. But she wasn't just another woman, and when she stipulated her desire to be married when she lost her virginity, it made a kind of drunken sense to fill her dream. But there's nothing more foolish than marrying your best friend's sister and then taking her to bed. Even if the lovemaking had been fabulous. Now he wonders when they put this fiasco behind them, if he'll finally be able to get her off his mind.

What a delightful dilemma Victoria Pade presents in COWBOY'S BABY. Sometimes fate has to take a hand when two people allow a hasty act to block their attraction, as Pade demonstrates with style. Unfortunately, the heroine's lack of confidence wears the plot down a bit; nevertheless, the airy tone still manages to hold the reader's avid attention. Recommended.