Vicky M. (vicky) reviewed Little Darlin' (That's My Baby) (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1177) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Good book, funny and touching.
jjares reviewed Little Darlin' (That's My Baby) (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1177) on + 3413 more book reviews
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Only Cheryl Reavis can get me to read a book with such a drippy title. Reavis is one of the finest writers around, but it took me months to decide to read this book. By the end of the first page, I was hooked. The lead characters are wounded warriors, eeking out an existence. Corey is a widow and a three-time loser at the baby game (she's had three miscarriages). Matt is a military man down to his toes, who finds a baby left in his Corvette. Of course, he denies that the baby is his. Social Services gets involved and asks Corey to keep the baby for a couple of days, while they sort things out. Of course, there's no other foster mother around, so Corey keeps Short Stuff.
This book is only 250 pages, but be prepared to ride a rollercoaster of emotions. The story is complex and nuanced. Even the secondary characters make the storyline spin faster. Everyone thinks they have the right to be involved in Matt and Corey's decisions. This is a different kind of contemporary story.
This book is only 250 pages, but be prepared to ride a rollercoaster of emotions. The story is complex and nuanced. Even the secondary characters make the storyline spin faster. Everyone thinks they have the right to be involved in Matt and Corey's decisions. This is a different kind of contemporary story.
Doree T. (DoreeLynne) reviewed Little Darlin' (That's My Baby) (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1177) on + 207 more book reviews
From the back cover:
THE SERGEANT AND BABY SHORT STUFF...
Hard as nail inside and out, Sergeant Matt Beltran obeyed only one rule: Need no one, and let no one need him. So what was the steely loner to do when someone left a precious baby girl-allegedly his-in his red sports car? Regroup? Stand tall? RUN!
But Corey Madsen, the tyke's temporary foster mom, clearly had other ideas. The soft preacher's widow melted Matt's armor-and "Short Stuff" herself got a toehold in his heart. Why, the terrifying twosome actually made Matt feel like a husband and father! Whoa! Was Matt';s worst nightmare becoming an impossible dream?
THE SERGEANT AND BABY SHORT STUFF...
Hard as nail inside and out, Sergeant Matt Beltran obeyed only one rule: Need no one, and let no one need him. So what was the steely loner to do when someone left a precious baby girl-allegedly his-in his red sports car? Regroup? Stand tall? RUN!
But Corey Madsen, the tyke's temporary foster mom, clearly had other ideas. The soft preacher's widow melted Matt's armor-and "Short Stuff" herself got a toehold in his heart. Why, the terrifying twosome actually made Matt feel like a husband and father! Whoa! Was Matt';s worst nightmare becoming an impossible dream?
Dolores F. (txdee) reviewed Little Darlin' (That's My Baby) (Silhouette Special Edition, No 1177) on + 17 more book reviews
Matt Beltran, an orphan since birth, has lived his life determined to stand alone and although he has the capacity to care about others and inspire loyalty from the men under him, he has never had a relationship beyond the physical with any woman. Then a one night stand makes him into an unknowing father...until the mother of his baby girl abandons her in his red Corvette and leaves town. Faced with a parenthood he neither sought or expected, he quickly sees that Corey Madsen, a young widow who fosters babies for the state, is the answer to his dilemma and marries her. If you like marriage of convenience plots with a few surprises, you will like this sweet story with a gentle romance that tugs at your heart strings.
