Secret Baby

Review: The Highest Stakes of All by Sara Craven

by Keira 11.28.2011

Heroine: Joanna Veron is somewhere around 19. In her father’s world she plays at being a high maintenance vapid beauty, but inside she’s really just a sweetheart looking for a way out of her father’s lifestyle (without having to go to her perfectly nice uncle) ever since a particularly bad incident when they were living [...]

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Review: Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves

by Aggie S. 11.08.2011

Reviewed by Aggie S. “A good girl can be bad for one night… but can a bad boy be good for a lifetime…” Bernadette has a very interesting job being the bodyguard for one of Texas’s most eligible bachelors, Jeremy. She is also responsible for taking care of her mother, who tends to be forgetful [...]

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My Favorite Tropes: Secret Baby!

by Carla F. 10.23.2011

Guest post by Carla F. Secret Baby! The phrase just screams for capitalization and an exclamation point. Of course, this plot is when a couple goes their separate ways without the hero knowing that the heroine is pregnant. (Sometimes the heroine doesn’t even know.) The couple could have been separated by war, controlling parents, a [...]

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Babies, Kids, and Adult Children: What’s your take?

by Keira 06.21.2011

Offspring in romance is one of those things that really get readers up in arms. We either love them or hate them. Few ride the middle and think they’re okay if the story warrants their appearance. In general I hate them. No, seriously, I do, despite that I’ve given a few of them 5 Stars. [...]

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Review: Never a Mistress, No Longer a Maid (Kellington Book One) by Maureen Driscoll

by Keira 06.17.2011

Story: Nurse Jane Wetherby and Lord Edward Kellington have a very brief and hot affair behind enemy lines at the Battle of Waterloo. Jane convinces Edward (Ned) of her widowhood when in fact she’s an unmarried virgin – talk about your virginity surprise! Of course the dunderhead ruins it all by proposing they continue the [...]

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Review: The Italian’s Secret Child by Catherine Spencer

by Keira 01.24.2010

Matteo De Luca is one prideful, stubborn man. He was stubborn at twenty-five and he still is at thirty-five. He’s very wealthy and comes from a blueblood Italian family but chooses not to share this with anyone, especially our heroine until after she is staring gobsmacked at his house in Tuscany. Stephanie Leyland-Owen married Charles [...]