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Commitment
Tom Sullivan wants a woman who is willing to accept him as he is. The successful divorce attorney has seen enough of the flip side of love to know better than to promise forever. Women have tried to pin him down, but none have managed to make it stick.
Until Maggie McCann.
Maggie is only interested in one thing. Her fortieth birthday is looming and the tick-tock-tick-tock in her head means her biological clock is about to strike midnight on her dreams of finding Prince Charming. Armed with a new plan for her happily ever, she foregoes the Fairy Godmother routine and makes an appointment with a fertility clinic for a rendezvous with a sperm donor.
The last thing Maggie needs is to get mixed up with a player like Tom Sullivan.
A chance encounter and the opportunity to scratch a decade-long itch prove irresistible, and what starts as a one-night stand turns into a game of cat and mouse when Tom learns of Maggie’s plan to start a family on her own.
To Maggie, messing with a player like Tom Sullivan is the single-girl equivalent of playing with fire, but she convinces herself to take what she can get for as long as she can and expect nothing more. But Tom falls hard and fast for Maggie, and now that they’re planning to have a baby together he starts banking on his own a happily ever after.
If only he can get her to commit…
Until Maggie McCann.
Maggie is only interested in one thing. Her fortieth birthday is looming and the tick-tock-tick-tock in her head means her biological clock is about to strike midnight on her dreams of finding Prince Charming. Armed with a new plan for her happily ever, she foregoes the Fairy Godmother routine and makes an appointment with a fertility clinic for a rendezvous with a sperm donor.
The last thing Maggie needs is to get mixed up with a player like Tom Sullivan.
A chance encounter and the opportunity to scratch a decade-long itch prove irresistible, and what starts as a one-night stand turns into a game of cat and mouse when Tom learns of Maggie’s plan to start a family on her own.
To Maggie, messing with a player like Tom Sullivan is the single-girl equivalent of playing with fire, but she convinces herself to take what she can get for as long as she can and expect nothing more. But Tom falls hard and fast for Maggie, and now that they’re planning to have a baby together he starts banking on his own a happily ever after.
If only he can get her to commit…
278 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 21, 2012
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By day, Margaret Ethridge/Maggie Wells is buried in spreadsheets, but at night she pens tales of people tangling sheets or tangled up in intrigue. The product of a charming rogue and a shameless flirt, this mild-mannered married lady has a naughty streak a mile wide.
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By day, Margaret Ethridge/Maggie Wells is buried in spreadsheets, but at night she pens tales of people tangling sheets or tangled up in intrigue. The product of a charming rogue and a shameless flirt, this mild-mannered married lady has a naughty streak a mile wide.
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July 15, 2012
Awesome story to end off my vacation!
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We first meet Tom and Maggie in Margaret Ethridge's first book in the series, Contentment. (which I LOVED) They were both secondary characters in Contentment but not a couple at all. You don't have to read Contentment before reading Commitment as it can be read as a stand alone. (but you'd be denying yourself an awesome read)
I will admit that I am not a fan of pregnancy stories and I also don't think every romance needs to end with a baby. Commitment is so much more than a pregnancy story which the cover will lead you to believe. (Although the cover is pretty cute)
I like to compare Maggie to Annette Bening in the sense that she landed the whale, Tom. Tom the forever playboy is the sexy attorney that seems to have a collection furnishings from previous relationships scattered around his home. I love to read about alpha male protagonists like Tom. They are normally so calm, cool and collected yet when they meet a strong woman like Maggie, they don't know what hit them or how to act. All of sudden after years of being in the drivers seat, they are on a new unfamiliar terrain. Love love love it. Tom's never felt the need or impulse to pick up the phone and call a woman. Oh the power Maggie welds and she doesn't even know it. Here's a quote from Tom,
"I want to see you. I want to spend time with you. I like talking to you, that is, when we're not bickering."
(LOL smooth Tom real smooth)
Maggie is another great protagonist and an inspiration for women. She has enjoyed the majority of her life, owns a business that she is passionate about and now wants to take the next step in her life by having a baby. The darn biological clock is ticking away as she nears her 40th birthday. Of course the problem is that she doesn't have a dad in mind or is currently dating anyone. I just adore Maggie. I want Maggie as a friend. I know that I have really connected with a character when I wish I could just pick up the phone and make plans to hang out.
Commitment is a great title because it plays on a double entendre on so many levels. There is the obvious commitment of a relationship and to have a baby but there is more. Tom and Maggie don't start out as a couple and there are various other commitments made along the journey to get there.
Teasers: granny pants sexy scene, Fred the cat (loved Fred!), Tom's high maintenance mother, Maggie giving Tom a facial
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We first meet Tom and Maggie in Margaret Ethridge's first book in the series, Contentment. (which I LOVED) They were both secondary characters in Contentment but not a couple at all. You don't have to read Contentment before reading Commitment as it can be read as a stand alone. (but you'd be denying yourself an awesome read)
I will admit that I am not a fan of pregnancy stories and I also don't think every romance needs to end with a baby. Commitment is so much more than a pregnancy story which the cover will lead you to believe. (Although the cover is pretty cute)
I like to compare Maggie to Annette Bening in the sense that she landed the whale, Tom. Tom the forever playboy is the sexy attorney that seems to have a collection furnishings from previous relationships scattered around his home. I love to read about alpha male protagonists like Tom. They are normally so calm, cool and collected yet when they meet a strong woman like Maggie, they don't know what hit them or how to act. All of sudden after years of being in the drivers seat, they are on a new unfamiliar terrain. Love love love it. Tom's never felt the need or impulse to pick up the phone and call a woman. Oh the power Maggie welds and she doesn't even know it. Here's a quote from Tom,
"I want to see you. I want to spend time with you. I like talking to you, that is, when we're not bickering."
(LOL smooth Tom real smooth)
Maggie is another great protagonist and an inspiration for women. She has enjoyed the majority of her life, owns a business that she is passionate about and now wants to take the next step in her life by having a baby. The darn biological clock is ticking away as she nears her 40th birthday. Of course the problem is that she doesn't have a dad in mind or is currently dating anyone. I just adore Maggie. I want Maggie as a friend. I know that I have really connected with a character when I wish I could just pick up the phone and make plans to hang out.
Commitment is a great title because it plays on a double entendre on so many levels. There is the obvious commitment of a relationship and to have a baby but there is more. Tom and Maggie don't start out as a couple and there are various other commitments made along the journey to get there.
Teasers: granny pants sexy scene, Fred the cat (loved Fred!), Tom's high maintenance mother, Maggie giving Tom a facial
January 24, 2012
Commitment is one of those books you start reading and you can't stop until you reach the end. Tom Sullivan is the quintessential bachelor; a cat that can't be caught by any woman, young or old. And Maggie McCann is the girl who's dreamed of finding her prince charming, but instead finds herself on the edge of forty with no prospects to speak of. She makes an appointment with a fertility clinic, but a chance meeting with Tom changes everything.
The chemistry between Tom and Maggie is insane. They play so incredibly well off each other. Their dialogue flows seamlessly, and their banter is written to perfection. But for me, the character who most frequently steals the scene is Fred, Maggie's bipolar feline.
Slowly but surely, Tom, the life-long bachelor, becomes a fixture in Maggie's apartment and in her life. She even discovers a secret staring spot to admire him from whenever possible, and she finds herself falling hard for her newly domesticated man.
The thing I loved most about this book was the strength of all the characters. Margaret Ethridge has such a knack for developing real, living, breathing characters that are so full of energy, so full of spunk, and so easy to relate to. I want to be Maggie's best friend, and I dream of finding a Tom of my own.
There are, of course, a lot of bumps in the road, and complications along the way, but in the end they realize what it takes to make things work: commitment.
“I need you so much more than I want you,” he said, his voice softly compelling. “And Maggie, I’m going to want you forever.”
I guarantee you'll love this book as much as I do!
The chemistry between Tom and Maggie is insane. They play so incredibly well off each other. Their dialogue flows seamlessly, and their banter is written to perfection. But for me, the character who most frequently steals the scene is Fred, Maggie's bipolar feline.
Slowly but surely, Tom, the life-long bachelor, becomes a fixture in Maggie's apartment and in her life. She even discovers a secret staring spot to admire him from whenever possible, and she finds herself falling hard for her newly domesticated man.
The thing I loved most about this book was the strength of all the characters. Margaret Ethridge has such a knack for developing real, living, breathing characters that are so full of energy, so full of spunk, and so easy to relate to. I want to be Maggie's best friend, and I dream of finding a Tom of my own.
There are, of course, a lot of bumps in the road, and complications along the way, but in the end they realize what it takes to make things work: commitment.
“I need you so much more than I want you,” he said, his voice softly compelling. “And Maggie, I’m going to want you forever.”
I guarantee you'll love this book as much as I do!
February 23, 2013
"Maggie McCann, will you have my baby?"
I had been waiting to read this book for over a year.As soon as I got the chance to I read it and somehow the magic the book had got lost.I wasnt expecting a two person point of view even though in the end I found I welcomed it.
It was slow and fast at the same time. I know it doesnt make sence so I will explain.It was fast and easy meaning that I had not realised how the time had passed from the moment I started the book until I finish it.It was slow because Maggie dont say the words I want a baby until we have read about 40% of the book. In this case that's ok since Maggie and Tom did not know the other well even though the knew each other for 15 years and it would be a little weird if the decided to have a baby together that way.So in that 40 % they develop a better relationship and learnt a few things for each other and the reader gets to know him better.
I liked the book.The characters, especially Fred, the story and everything about it.
So 5 stars for the playboy who tries to convince the girl who knew prince charming doesnt exist and still wanted him to give a chance to him and find their Happily Ever After.
I had been waiting to read this book for over a year.As soon as I got the chance to I read it and somehow the magic the book had got lost.I wasnt expecting a two person point of view even though in the end I found I welcomed it.
It was slow and fast at the same time. I know it doesnt make sence so I will explain.It was fast and easy meaning that I had not realised how the time had passed from the moment I started the book until I finish it.It was slow because Maggie dont say the words I want a baby until we have read about 40% of the book. In this case that's ok since Maggie and Tom did not know the other well even though the knew each other for 15 years and it would be a little weird if the decided to have a baby together that way.So in that 40 % they develop a better relationship and learnt a few things for each other and the reader gets to know him better.
I liked the book.The characters, especially Fred, the story and everything about it.
So 5 stars for the playboy who tries to convince the girl who knew prince charming doesnt exist and still wanted him to give a chance to him and find their Happily Ever After.
March 21, 2012
Reasons why this was a really good day:
1. Finished a fabulous book by one of my favorite authors, Margaret Ethridge
2. Got to find out a lot more about surprise couple Tom and Maggie, who first made their appearance in Contentment
3. Tom and Maggie join the list of other fun, flirty, and fabulous couples penned by Ms. Ethridge
4. I want to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond immediately (Maggie is a Bed, Bath & Beyond girl)
5. Pregnancy is now such a long-ago memory that I can read about morning sickness and feel nostalgic instead of experiencing sympathetic dry heaves
6. But I am grumbling: Why don't we all have a Shelia in our lives? (Or a guy licking bear claw crumbs from our chests?)
7. The book had an epilogue! Yay! More Maggie & Tom!
8. Less than a month to go before Margaret's next book, Spring Chickens is released! Can't wait!
9. It's the first day of Spring and it's an unbelievable 84 degrees in northeast Indiana
1. Finished a fabulous book by one of my favorite authors, Margaret Ethridge
2. Got to find out a lot more about surprise couple Tom and Maggie, who first made their appearance in Contentment
3. Tom and Maggie join the list of other fun, flirty, and fabulous couples penned by Ms. Ethridge
4. I want to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond immediately (Maggie is a Bed, Bath & Beyond girl)
5. Pregnancy is now such a long-ago memory that I can read about morning sickness and feel nostalgic instead of experiencing sympathetic dry heaves
6. But I am grumbling: Why don't we all have a Shelia in our lives? (Or a guy licking bear claw crumbs from our chests?)
7. The book had an epilogue! Yay! More Maggie & Tom!
8. Less than a month to go before Margaret's next book, Spring Chickens is released! Can't wait!
9. It's the first day of Spring and it's an unbelievable 84 degrees in northeast Indiana
June 24, 2012
This is book the reader cannot judge the book by its cover. The cover just doesn't do the book any justice. Having that said, Commitment is a wonderful story about last chance. Maggie McCann is approaching forty. She is attractive, smart, and funny and yet she couldn't find someone that she can fall in love with. She finally decided that she was going to be a single mom by artificial insemination...until she ran into Tom Sullivan.
Tom Sullivan is jaded about marriage especially from his parents' marriage. There hasn't been any women in his life that he dated that would make him proposed marriage to anyone of them. Maggie has always been on his mind but he knew that Maggie is one woman that he has to avoid at all cost until the he met her again.
Maggie decided to just have one last fling before she proceed having a baby. It also does help when Tom challenged her to be a bad girl just once.
After Maggie and Tom spent the time together, both just started to realized how wrong their perceptive about each other were.
I really love this book. A second chance at true love encounter, a HEA ending, what more can someone like me look for in a book. The story is sweet with several fairy tales references brought up that can get a girl mushy with emotions.
Tom Sullivan is jaded about marriage especially from his parents' marriage. There hasn't been any women in his life that he dated that would make him proposed marriage to anyone of them. Maggie has always been on his mind but he knew that Maggie is one woman that he has to avoid at all cost until the he met her again.
Maggie decided to just have one last fling before she proceed having a baby. It also does help when Tom challenged her to be a bad girl just once.
After Maggie and Tom spent the time together, both just started to realized how wrong their perceptive about each other were.
I really love this book. A second chance at true love encounter, a HEA ending, what more can someone like me look for in a book. The story is sweet with several fairy tales references brought up that can get a girl mushy with emotions.
March 14, 2012
This book touched me in so many ways! I loved Ms. Ethridge's first book, CONTENTMENT, with Sean and Tracy. But this book, with the older brother, Tom, had me laughing, swooning, and rooting for him til the very last word! Margaret Ethridge was already one of my favorite authors, but this book put her in the very TOP of the list. (Above Nora Roberts!) I have downloaded everything this author has written on my kindle and can't wait to read them all!
Buy this book and see for yourself! Margaret Ethridge is an amazing author and storyteller!!! You will never be disappointed with her work.
Buy this book and see for yourself! Margaret Ethridge is an amazing author and storyteller!!! You will never be disappointed with her work.
July 13, 2015
Enjoyable and witty. The sex was fade to black but still had some steam. Loved the mature couple.
May 18, 2013
I have nothing but love for gorgous Miss Ethridge and her spellbinding, sweet and sexy wordsmithery. As with all her books I've devoured in the past two weeks, I am smitten! Tom and Maggie were the perfect at-odds pair to tangle and tangoe. Every word was beautifully, humorously written, sometimes tender and heartbreaking, and wholly delicious. I kind of wish there were more Sullivan brothers because I've just gotten a taste for Sean and Tom...I need more!
Off to the my next Margaret Ethridge fix, and I cannot wait.
Off to the my next Margaret Ethridge fix, and I cannot wait.
August 15, 2014
4.5/5.0
“Commitment” is an impressive story filled with rich characters that make the reader really care for them.
Read full review in the 2012 November issue of InD’tale Magazine.
“Commitment” is an impressive story filled with rich characters that make the reader really care for them.
Read full review in the 2012 November issue of InD’tale Magazine.
February 9, 2012
Another great story by Margaret Ethridge. You won't be disappointed if you read this wonderful story!
February 21, 2012
Another good read from Margaret Ethridge. Enjoyed this one almost as much as the first. Loved how the characters grew and changed. Awesome!
March 12, 2012
A wonderful middle age romance novel. Loved it
July 14, 2012
I really liked it! I was a bit surprised to see that it took place during the plot of the first book, but once I got into it I really enjoyed it.
February 18, 2012
For the most part, it was a good read despite the fact that I felt like there was forced angst and the heroine, Maggie, straddled the fence separating being insecure and annoying at times. What happened to people saying what they mean and meaning what they say?
February 7, 2017
4.25 Stars
May 21, 2016
CUTE! ^.^
The novel was good, the characters made me smile and the ending made me giggle. All together a good read.
The novel was good, the characters made me smile and the ending made me giggle. All together a good read.
September 18, 2016
I enjoyed this book. I liked the characters and their story line. Easy fast paced read.
April 22, 2019
I loved Tom and Maggie's story. A very well-written book with interesting characters that think they know what they want and then find what they really want and need.
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