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The Sutton Babies #3
Lullaby and Goodnight
When He Left Her Bed, Rafe Sutton Didn't Know She Was Pregnant....
After seeing the heartache love could cause, Rafe had sworn himself to bachelorhood. But that was before Rhianna McCloud knocked this cowboy for a loop. And though he suspected he'd finally succumbed to love, he still made himself walk away...
...until Rhianna and his unborn child were threatened! Was someone just trying to scare her, or was his baby in real jeopardy? Rafe's protective instincts kicked in full blast.
Another Sutton baby was about to be born, and Rafe would make sure his child was safe - even if he had to sacrifice his own life....
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2000
46 people want to read
About the author
Susan Kearney
119 books128 followersSusan Kearney used to set herself on fire four times a day, now a USA TODAY—BESTSELLING author, she does something really hot—she writes paranormal romance and romantic suspense for Tor. She can apply the old rule of "write what you know" and never run out of ideas for characters and plots. An All-American and professional diver, expert in martial arts, sailor, real estate broker and owner of a barter business as well as women's fitness and three hair salons, she has enough material for a lifetime.
Kearney, a native of New Jersey, writes full time and has sold books to the industries' top publishing houses — Grand Central, Tor, Simon & Schuster, Harlequin, Berkley, Leisure, Red Sage and Kensington. As an award winning author, Kearney earned a Business Degree from the University of Michigan. Kearney's knowledge and experience spans throughout the romance genre, and her fifty plus books include contemporary, romantic suspense, historical, futuristic, science fiction and paranormal novels. She resides in a suburb of Tampa—with her husband, kids and Boston terrier. Currently she's plotting her way through her 54th work of fiction.
Kearney, a native of New Jersey, writes full time and has sold books to the industries' top publishing houses — Grand Central, Tor, Simon & Schuster, Harlequin, Berkley, Leisure, Red Sage and Kensington. As an award winning author, Kearney earned a Business Degree from the University of Michigan. Kearney's knowledge and experience spans throughout the romance genre, and her fifty plus books include contemporary, romantic suspense, historical, futuristic, science fiction and paranormal novels. She resides in a suburb of Tampa—with her husband, kids and Boston terrier. Currently she's plotting her way through her 54th work of fiction.
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April 10, 2015
The story and plot was good, filled with action, suspense and romance. Rhianna was almost 9 months pregnant when she was kidnapped. She went into labor, and Raff found her just in time to help her delivery her baby. The rest of the book was the suspense of finding out who was behind the kidnapping. The book had a few people to guess from. It was a good book, but I didn't really get sucked into the plot like I would have liked too. Some books just pulls me right in, making it hard to put the book down. This story was not one of them, for me. I had to make myself keep reading. Take my review with a grain of salt, because not everyone is going to enjoy the same book. Just because I didn't love it, does not mean you will not like. this book may just be the best book that you have ever read.
April 17, 2018
December 26, 2000
Susan Kearney brings the story of The Sutton Babies to a close in "Lullaby and Goodnight." Eight and a half months after he slept with Rhianna McCloud, Rafe Sutton discovers she is pregnant with his child. She is also being stalked by an unknown villain. Can this surprise father protect his unborn child and the woman he's afraid to love?
The Sutton Babies began with the shallow but exciting "Cradle Will Rock," improved with "Little Boys Blue" and stumbles badly in its final installment with "Lullaby and Goodnight." There are so many things wrong with this story I can't possibly name them all. The biggest flaws include a man who sleeps with a woman and refuses to call her for nine months, then has the gall to be angry with her that he wasn't told about the baby. What a hero! Kearney already wrote a secret child story in the first Sutton book, "Cradle Will Rock." As I said with Joanna Wayne's Randolph series, aren't two secret babies in one family too hard to believe? (On the plus side, the child is used more effectively than in "Cradle Will Rock," and the characters' reactions are more realistic, if not heroic.) Add a heroine who makes one of the dumbest decisions I've ever read near the end of this book. Any respect I had for the character disappeared. Worse, this entire section of the story is unnecessary. The next to last chapter (not counting the epilogue) is useless, dragging out the plot for no reason, when the author should have used that space to expand her climax. The end of this book is ludicrous, wrapping up the entire three-book storyline in a page and a half. It's not suspenseful, it's not believable, and then the book's over! When I turned the last page, I thought, "That's it?!?" The abrupt ending is a ripoff for anyone who took the time to read about these characters over three books.
The solution that explains everything that happened in the three books makes little sense. We found out in book one that someone wanted to destroy the Sutton family. Now that I know why, I have to say, the villain could not have chosen less effective methods. Why did the villain create these convoluted schemes in the other books when there were easier ways to go about ruining the family? You won't get the answer here. I think the only answer is because Kearney likes writing convoluted plots. It made no sense. One question out of the many I had when I finished: Why did the villain stalk Rhianna instead of attacking or kidnapping her outright? Why was Cameron's wife killed in Book Two instead of trying to kill Cameron? Why try to kill the eldest Sutton brother in the first book and then forget about him after that? The series does not hold together. The ending not only made this book look worse than it already did. It made the other two look weaker than they were.
The beginning is also awkward and confusing. It's hard to figure out where we are in the time line for the first two chapters. The action throughout is all over the map in a plot that lacks focus. The romance is nonexistent. Rhianna loves Rafe from page one and spends the next 250 waiting for him to tell her. The "romance" consists of Rafe thinking "I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her....the book's almost over. OK, I love her." (That is not a spoiler. This is a romance novel. What else could he say in the end?) Rafe and Rhianna have no depth. Compare them with the characters from book two, "Little Boys Blue," two well-developed characters with strong rooting interest. What do we know about Rafe and Rhianna in the end of "Lullaby and Goodnight?" Next to nothing.
This is only the second one-star review I have given in two years. I know I'll still be slammed for "ulterior motives" or "grinding axes." I'm sorry. The year 2000 brought Intrigue titles like "Twice Tempted," "Midnight Remembered," "Texas Midnight," and a wonderful secret child story in "Never Too Late." Those were five star books, stories with depth, stories that made sense. To give this one four, three, even two stars seems like a stretch, would be an insult to those authors and those books. No one who's read those books or some of the other great Intrigue titles this year could think this one is anywhere near as good. "Lullaby and Goodnight" was a huge disappointment.
Susan Kearney brings the story of The Sutton Babies to a close in "Lullaby and Goodnight." Eight and a half months after he slept with Rhianna McCloud, Rafe Sutton discovers she is pregnant with his child. She is also being stalked by an unknown villain. Can this surprise father protect his unborn child and the woman he's afraid to love?
The Sutton Babies began with the shallow but exciting "Cradle Will Rock," improved with "Little Boys Blue" and stumbles badly in its final installment with "Lullaby and Goodnight." There are so many things wrong with this story I can't possibly name them all. The biggest flaws include a man who sleeps with a woman and refuses to call her for nine months, then has the gall to be angry with her that he wasn't told about the baby. What a hero! Kearney already wrote a secret child story in the first Sutton book, "Cradle Will Rock." As I said with Joanna Wayne's Randolph series, aren't two secret babies in one family too hard to believe? (On the plus side, the child is used more effectively than in "Cradle Will Rock," and the characters' reactions are more realistic, if not heroic.) Add a heroine who makes one of the dumbest decisions I've ever read near the end of this book. Any respect I had for the character disappeared. Worse, this entire section of the story is unnecessary. The next to last chapter (not counting the epilogue) is useless, dragging out the plot for no reason, when the author should have used that space to expand her climax. The end of this book is ludicrous, wrapping up the entire three-book storyline in a page and a half. It's not suspenseful, it's not believable, and then the book's over! When I turned the last page, I thought, "That's it?!?" The abrupt ending is a ripoff for anyone who took the time to read about these characters over three books.
The solution that explains everything that happened in the three books makes little sense. We found out in book one that someone wanted to destroy the Sutton family. Now that I know why, I have to say, the villain could not have chosen less effective methods. Why did the villain create these convoluted schemes in the other books when there were easier ways to go about ruining the family? You won't get the answer here. I think the only answer is because Kearney likes writing convoluted plots. It made no sense. One question out of the many I had when I finished: Why did the villain stalk Rhianna instead of attacking or kidnapping her outright? Why was Cameron's wife killed in Book Two instead of trying to kill Cameron? Why try to kill the eldest Sutton brother in the first book and then forget about him after that? The series does not hold together. The ending not only made this book look worse than it already did. It made the other two look weaker than they were.
The beginning is also awkward and confusing. It's hard to figure out where we are in the time line for the first two chapters. The action throughout is all over the map in a plot that lacks focus. The romance is nonexistent. Rhianna loves Rafe from page one and spends the next 250 waiting for him to tell her. The "romance" consists of Rafe thinking "I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her....the book's almost over. OK, I love her." (That is not a spoiler. This is a romance novel. What else could he say in the end?) Rafe and Rhianna have no depth. Compare them with the characters from book two, "Little Boys Blue," two well-developed characters with strong rooting interest. What do we know about Rafe and Rhianna in the end of "Lullaby and Goodnight?" Next to nothing.
This is only the second one-star review I have given in two years. I know I'll still be slammed for "ulterior motives" or "grinding axes." I'm sorry. The year 2000 brought Intrigue titles like "Twice Tempted," "Midnight Remembered," "Texas Midnight," and a wonderful secret child story in "Never Too Late." Those were five star books, stories with depth, stories that made sense. To give this one four, three, even two stars seems like a stretch, would be an insult to those authors and those books. No one who's read those books or some of the other great Intrigue titles this year could think this one is anywhere near as good. "Lullaby and Goodnight" was a huge disappointment.
April 14, 2012
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