Ragged Rainbows / The Miracle Baby

by Linda Lael Miller, Janice Kay Johnson

Mitch Prescott was Shay Kendall's savior. He'd bought her mother's mansion on the Washington coast, a financial albatross that Shay couldn't handle. And now he offered her true financial independence--a dream as seductive as Mitch himself. All she had to do was help him write an exposé on her mother, a former Hollywood star.

It felt disloyal, even though her mother would never know the difference. Once a legend, Rosamond now wasted away in a long-term care facility, clutching a doll she thought was her baby. It would be painful, recalling her mother's fickle love and the worst moments of Shay's life. But it could be the one thing that finally allowed Shay to move forward. And find her own love.

Genres: Romance

512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 26, 2011

About the author

The daughter of a town marshal, Linda Lael Miller is a #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 100 historical and contemporary novels, most of which reflect her love of the West. Raised in Northport, Washington, Linda pursued her wanderlust, living in London and Arizona and traveling the world before returning to the state of her birth to settle down on a spacious property outside Spokane.
Linda traces the birth of her writing career to the day when a Northport teacher told her that the stories she was writing were good, that she just might have a future in writing. Later, when she decided to write novels, she endured her share of rejection before she sold Fletcher’s Woman in 1983 to Pocket Books. Since then, Linda has successfully published historicals, contemporaries, paranormals, mysteries and thrillers before coming home, in a literal sense, and concentrating on novels with a Western flavor. For her devotion to her craft, the Romance Writers of America awarded her their prestigious Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Long a passionate Civil War buff, Linda has studied the era avidly for almost thirty years. She has read literally hundreds of books on the subject, explored numerous battlegrounds and made many visits to her favorite, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she has witnessed re-enactments of the legendary clash between North and South. Linda explores that turbulent time in The Yankee Widow, a May 7, 2019 MIRA Books hardcover, also available in digital and audiobook formats.
Dedicated to helping others, “The First Lady of the West” personally financed fifteen years of her Linda Lael Miller Scholarships for Women, which she awarded to women 25 years and older who were seeking to improve their lot in life through education. She anticipates that her next charitable endeavors will benefit four-legged critters.
More information about Linda and her novels is available at www.lindalaelmiller.com, on Facebook and from Nancy Berland Public Relations, nancy@nancyberland.com, 405-206-4748.

Reviews

[Jeanne (love2cook) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another 2 for 1 book. 1st Ragged rainbows by Linda Lael Miller. Shay Kendall was in a bind financially. When Mitch Prescott bought her mother's mansion. He offered her true financial independence. To receive this freedom she had to help him write an expose on the mother, a former Hollywood star. 2nd The Miracle Baby by Janice Kay Johnson. When a PI knocks on his door and say's his brother's wife needs to see him. He goes to her and finds that his twin brother has been dead for three years and his daughter Amanda needs a bone marrow transplant and will he be tested? Well, he wasn't a match. Would he provide sperm so she could have a baby that had a 1 in 4 chance of being a match for Amanda? In the mean time cupid has his way with both of them. Will love take hold and bring them together as husband and wife? Or will something else happen? Both were good stories.

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly so bad, but I needed to entertain a Harlequin style romance. Even if it was from 2011. Mitch has brown eyes, so the cover having blue eyes makes no sense.

Also this book just kind sucks. At the end he makes her propose to her and then she admits she doesn’t want a job and just wants to be a wife. Like okay, whatever. Also, her mom was such an afterthought lol.

[Leanne Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two wonderful stories. The miracle baby by Janice kay Johnson was a great read. I have not read any of her books before. I really enjoyed her story and style

[Angela]

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[Gwen Maddela-potter · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a two books in one type of deal.

Ragged Rainbows by Linda Lael Miller (3 out of 5)

The main girl annoyed me. She had issues. :P

The Miracle Baby by Janice Kay Johnson (3.5 out of 5)

I liked it a little bit more than the first story. In this one, the main guy had issues. :P

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was without a book on a trip, so I stopped at Target and bought this one, knowing that Linda Lael Miller usually delivers a good read. However, I was abysmally disappointed in this one. Rather than Ragged Rainbows, it should have been titled "Sex with Shay" since that's about all you got. The characters were like paper doll cutouts, no depth. In fact, the whole book seemed more like an outline than a finished work. Then I looked to see when it had been copyrighted and found that it had been written early in Ms. Miller's career, which explained a lot, and so I forgave her for superficially skimming across the story and characters, but I still give it one star.

The second book in this publication saves it from the toss-out pile. Miracle Baby has all the depth that the first book lacks. You can really get into the characters and the story and understand why they behave the way they do. This is what writing is all about, so I give it four stars, especially since I was in the hospital when I was six and had a nine-year old roommate with leukemia, who was my Jessica. I can tell you from experience that this story really rings true.

[Patricia Solla · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting tale of a young woman who is the daughter of a famous actress who becomes involved with the brother of her friend who is moving into town. The young woman is involved with a series of events that lead her to befriend the brother not knowing that he is a writer who writes biographical stories about killers and drug lords. The man pitches to his agent about writing about the actress and then gets the daughter to trust him enough to help him write the book. There's a lot of action going on in the story which makes it quick reading and enjoyable. This copy of Ragged Rainbows is one of those 2 books in one the second story written by another author. The Miracle Baby by Janice Kay Johnson is also interesting but more thought provoking. The reader is caught up in a tale of twin brothers, the widow of one of the brothers and her daughter who is ill and needs a bone marrow transplant. The story gets a little heavy dealing with the 15 year separation of the twin brothers and it's impact on the widows relationship with the other brother.

[Farzan · Rating 5 out of 5]

full of argument and brawl but I enjoyed reading it back to back. it's fictional but interesting...

[Roey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dialogue sound like it came from the 1960's. Started, but after a few chapters quit... no interest in continuing.

[karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt there was a little too much fear in Shay's indecision. She took to long to trust. I liked Mitch's patience. Thank goodness he had some.

[Cherie Reeves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh. So so.

[Marcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both books were written well and kept interest of reader

[Shemeka Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very slow read for me, but I enjoyed the book.