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Safe Harbor Medical #10
The Baby Jackpot
They Know Everything About Babies…So why is recently single Stacy Layne suddenly on the mommy fast track? As Safe Harbor Medical's first successful egg donor, she should have known better. That goes double (or should she say triple?) for Cole Rattigan, the country's leading fertility surgeon.
Cole prefers the operating room to figuring out what's going on inside a woman's head. But after an unplanned night of passion with his favorite nurse, the man who wrote the book on fertility is about to become a father…three times over!
Stacy not only nixes Cole's marriage proposal—she plans to give up the triplets for adoption. Stacy wants to be swept away. Can a man who's just discovering his paternal side find the words to let the woman he loves know how much he cares?
Cole prefers the operating room to figuring out what's going on inside a woman's head. But after an unplanned night of passion with his favorite nurse, the man who wrote the book on fertility is about to become a father…three times over!
Stacy not only nixes Cole's marriage proposal—she plans to give up the triplets for adoption. Stacy wants to be swept away. Can a man who's just discovering his paternal side find the words to let the woman he loves know how much he cares?
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Jacqueline Diamond
247 books173 followersUSA Today bestselling author Jacqueline Diamond has more than 100 novels to her name! A former Associated Press reporter and TV columnist, Jackie is best known for her Safe Harbor Medical romances and mysteries, as well as her traditional Regency romances.
Her newest exciting venture is the Forgotten Village Magical Mystery series, beginning with A Cat's Garden of Secrets. Other recent works include the Sisters, Lovers & Second Chances series, featuring couples over age 50.
Jackie has been honored with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She and her husband, who have two grown sons, live in Southern California. You can learn more about her books at www.jacquelinediamond.net or at JacquelineDiamondAuthor on Facebook.
Her newest exciting venture is the Forgotten Village Magical Mystery series, beginning with A Cat's Garden of Secrets. Other recent works include the Sisters, Lovers & Second Chances series, featuring couples over age 50.
Jackie has been honored with a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. She and her husband, who have two grown sons, live in Southern California. You can learn more about her books at www.jacquelinediamond.net or at JacquelineDiamondAuthor on Facebook.
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March 8, 2013
This was a pretty good book. Of the two main characters I liked Cole best. He started out seeming kind of standoffish, but it turned out he was mostly just clueless. He had been raised by a single mother who was a doctor, but didn't really have a maternal bone in her body. He had never been truly exposed to love and felt like he wouldn't know what it was. Stacy is one of his surgical nurses and he really appreciates what a good job she does. A chance encounter makes him realize he's attracted to her, then a combination of an injury and alcohol causes them to act on that attraction. When Stacy ends up pregnant his first reaction is to propose marriage. He is dismayed by her refusal and stated intention to give the children up for adoption. Though he had never seen children as part of his future, the idea really starts to grow on him. He also still feels responsible for Stacy and wants to take care of her. I absolutely loved his way of doing little things to make her life easier and how much he wanted to make it last forever. He really wanted to convince her not to give them up and knew better than to try to pressure her. He also did everything he could to protect her from a media frenzy. I really loved seeing his growth from a somewhat detached doctor to a man who made friends and was able to open up to love. I loved the way that he tried to learn about being romantic from other doctors at the hospital.
I spent most of the book just wanting to shake Stacy. Her divorce had devastated her and she was still trying to figure out what she had done wrong to make her husband stop loving her. She wanted children but because of her current feelings she decided to become an egg donor and use that to help someone else have children. She couldn't believe that she ended up getting pregnant, and with someone she saw as totally unromantic. I thought that she had a really unrealistic idea of what love was and how it was shown. She was determined that if she couldn't offer the babies that ideal family herself she would give them up. I really didn't like the way that she gave Cole absolutely no say in the matter. As time went on she came to appreciate his friendship and care, but she still couldn't see that he was showing her his love also. When she finally learned the truth about some of the things she had seen as romantic it was a real eye opener for her. I liked the ending and how she went about her own romantic statement.
I enjoyed seeing characters from previous books and how their lives are going now. I also enjoyed the set up for the next book and am looking forward to reading that one.
I spent most of the book just wanting to shake Stacy. Her divorce had devastated her and she was still trying to figure out what she had done wrong to make her husband stop loving her. She wanted children but because of her current feelings she decided to become an egg donor and use that to help someone else have children. She couldn't believe that she ended up getting pregnant, and with someone she saw as totally unromantic. I thought that she had a really unrealistic idea of what love was and how it was shown. She was determined that if she couldn't offer the babies that ideal family herself she would give them up. I really didn't like the way that she gave Cole absolutely no say in the matter. As time went on she came to appreciate his friendship and care, but she still couldn't see that he was showing her his love also. When she finally learned the truth about some of the things she had seen as romantic it was a real eye opener for her. I liked the ending and how she went about her own romantic statement.
I enjoyed seeing characters from previous books and how their lives are going now. I also enjoyed the set up for the next book and am looking forward to reading that one.
January 26, 2019
Dr. Cole Rattigan loved his job as head of the Safe Harbor Medical Center men's fertility program. Work was the most important thing in his life leaving no time for romance. When he got tipsy at a party he attended with the hospital staff, he was given a ride home by nurse Stacy Layne. She ended up spending the night. Ordinarily, this wouldn't have been a problem but Stacy had been having fertility hormone treatments because she'd donated her eggs to the fertility program. The hormone treatments made her particularly fertile so it was recommended that she should avoid having sex for a while. Oops. Now she was pregnant with triplets!
I had a hard time liking these two at first. I was concerned by Stacy's determination to give away her babies even though it was for a good reason. And I found Cole to be so staid that he was hard to like. But he loosened up and turned out to be a wonderful man. What will this couple do about the babies? Give them up or be their parents?
I'm a huge fan of Jacqueline Diamond's Safe Harbor Medical series and I liked hearing about people we've come to know on the medical team. I enjoyed this wonderful romance and recommend it.
I had a hard time liking these two at first. I was concerned by Stacy's determination to give away her babies even though it was for a good reason. And I found Cole to be so staid that he was hard to like. But he loosened up and turned out to be a wonderful man. What will this couple do about the babies? Give them up or be their parents?
I'm a huge fan of Jacqueline Diamond's Safe Harbor Medical series and I liked hearing about people we've come to know on the medical team. I enjoyed this wonderful romance and recommend it.
November 23, 2017
UPDATE: 11/23/17 - After my second read through I became a bit disillusioned by the heroine's behavior. It did get old after a while and triggered me to remember feeling the same way the first time I read this book. I have to say that the hero was a saint. He'd have to be to put up with her continual prodding to give their children up for adoption and simply her lousy attitude. Another female with mommy and daddy issues as she was sure her childhood and the relationship between her and her parents, along with the relationship between her mother and father would impede her own parenting. I, however, believe the opposite can be true given a little work. Watching her parents and their unbalanced and unhealthy relationship should have given her courage to step up and be different from them, offering her child/children so much more than she was given emotionally. The woman had little common sense and was much too concerned about what her father thought of her. He did disown her when she fell pregnant and she was devastated while he was continually cheating on her mother throughout their whole marriage. What a judgemental slimeball he was and for her to allow him control over her life, living her life to please him and her family, was just so wrong. Surely she had taken psychology in nursing school. She must have missed those days of class.
Original Review 10/01/13 - This was a good, sweet read...but it was frustrating at times with a wishy-washy heroine!
Recently divorced, Stacy becomes the first egg donor at Safe Harbor Medical. Stacy is Dr. Cole's favorite surgery nurse and after an unplanned night of passion, while Stacy's hormone shots from the egg donation were still in her system, they get so caught up that they didn't use protection.
Dr. Cole was the country's leading fertility specialist specializing in male infertility. He doesn't know much about women, has never been in love, and has no clue how to win Stacy's heart.
Stacy is determined to give her children up for adoption but that is not what the doctor ordered.
I highly recommend this read. It is sweet, loving, light romance that had me intrigued. I love anything with babies.
Original Review 10/01/13 - This was a good, sweet read...but it was frustrating at times with a wishy-washy heroine!
Recently divorced, Stacy becomes the first egg donor at Safe Harbor Medical. Stacy is Dr. Cole's favorite surgery nurse and after an unplanned night of passion, while Stacy's hormone shots from the egg donation were still in her system, they get so caught up that they didn't use protection.
Dr. Cole was the country's leading fertility specialist specializing in male infertility. He doesn't know much about women, has never been in love, and has no clue how to win Stacy's heart.
Stacy is determined to give her children up for adoption but that is not what the doctor ordered.
I highly recommend this read. It is sweet, loving, light romance that had me intrigued. I love anything with babies.
March 3, 2013
I've read these Safe Harbor Medical books faithfully, and I don't expect magic. They are fluff, and that's okay. I like fluff. But the last two I've read have just felt lackluster to me, I don't know how else to explain it. This whole book in some ways felt very rushed, but in others felt like it would never end. The real problem with it for me though is that I didn't like Stacey at all. At. All. I didn't see the chemistry between her and Cole either, but then again, I don't see how anyone would want to be with her. She was a good friend to her friends, and that's nice, but she was a moody snatch to Cole. A fantastic nurse for him, but just selfish and thoughtless when it came to their personal life. Or, what she allowed of one. I get that the way she got preggo didn't lend itself to a lot of dating before they were kinda forced to get to know each other, but she just never gave the guy a chance. And I don't buy that she was still so messed up over her ex husband. It's really no excuse for someone flat out telling a man that they are pregnant, and that he has less than no say in how it's handled beyond that. It's not like he's some bad guy. And for someone who professes to want kids and loves kids, her answer to the whole thing doesn't make any sense. She's a grown-a$$ adult with a good job, a man (who has money too) wants to be there and support her and the babies, and that's what she comes up with? Please. I just don't buy it as a logical reaction, unless you're a moron. Which I suspect she might be. To top it all off, it just felt like it slammed into a wall and ended. One page it's the same old woe-as-me crap from Stacey, and the next page they are going to live happily ever after? Huh? I just... No. Just no. I'm not sure if I'm going to give the next book a chance at this rate.
July 20, 2021
Dr. Cole Rattigan loved his job as head of the Safe Harbor Medical Center men's fertility program. Work was the most important thing in his life leaving no time for romance. When he got tipsy at a party he attended with the hospital staff, he was given a ride home by nurse Stacy Layne. She ended up spending the night. Ordinarily, this wouldn't have been a problem but Stacy had been having fertility hormone treatments because she'd donated her eggs to the fertility program. The hormone treatments made her particularly fertile so it was recommended that she should avoid having sex for a while. Oops. Now she was pregnant with triplets!
I had a hard time liking these two at first. I was concerned by Stacy's determination to give away her babies even though it was for a good reason. And I found Cole to be so staid that he was hard to like. But he loosened up and turned out to be a wonderful man. What will this couple do about the babies? Give them up or be their parents?
I'm a huge fan of Jacqueline Diamond's Safe Harbor Medical series and I liked hearing about people we've come to know on the medical team. I enjoyed this wonderful romance and recommend it.
I had a hard time liking these two at first. I was concerned by Stacy's determination to give away her babies even though it was for a good reason. And I found Cole to be so staid that he was hard to like. But he loosened up and turned out to be a wonderful man. What will this couple do about the babies? Give them up or be their parents?
I'm a huge fan of Jacqueline Diamond's Safe Harbor Medical series and I liked hearing about people we've come to know on the medical team. I enjoyed this wonderful romance and recommend it.
February 7, 2018
Another great book by Jacqueline Diamond..... Here is a highlight from the book.....
“You don’t have to say yes,” Stacy murmured. That was it, the word he sought. “Yes!” he shouted, so loudly the circulating nurse gave a startled jump, and Lucky blinked in surprise. “Did anyone not hear that?” Owen queried ironically. “Yes!” Cole repeated. “I love you!” “I love you, too,” Stacy choked out. To hell with what people thought. Cole lunged over, scooped her into his arms and kissed her. She melted against him, kissing him back. It felt wonderful. From behind, he heard people clapping. “Why don’t you guys go eat lunch?” he called, casting a meaningful glare in their direction. “You can keep the T-shirts,” Stacy added. “I’m saving mine for April Fool’s Day,” Ned joked. “I’m saving mine for Halloween.” Rod waggled his eyebrows. They scuttled off, by stairs and by elevator, and for all Cole cared, by emergency exit and rope-and-ladder. “Oh, sweetheart.” He refused to let go, afraid that if he did, Stacy might disappear and he’d wake up. He’d had a very vivid dream about her once before, and the result had been triplets. He doubted he’d get that lucky again.
“You don’t have to say yes,” Stacy murmured. That was it, the word he sought. “Yes!” he shouted, so loudly the circulating nurse gave a startled jump, and Lucky blinked in surprise. “Did anyone not hear that?” Owen queried ironically. “Yes!” Cole repeated. “I love you!” “I love you, too,” Stacy choked out. To hell with what people thought. Cole lunged over, scooped her into his arms and kissed her. She melted against him, kissing him back. It felt wonderful. From behind, he heard people clapping. “Why don’t you guys go eat lunch?” he called, casting a meaningful glare in their direction. “You can keep the T-shirts,” Stacy added. “I’m saving mine for April Fool’s Day,” Ned joked. “I’m saving mine for Halloween.” Rod waggled his eyebrows. They scuttled off, by stairs and by elevator, and for all Cole cared, by emergency exit and rope-and-ladder. “Oh, sweetheart.” He refused to let go, afraid that if he did, Stacy might disappear and he’d wake up. He’d had a very vivid dream about her once before, and the result had been triplets. He doubted he’d get that lucky again.
January 12, 2019
Three Cheers!!
This was a fabulous book with great characters and a spectacular storyline. Take one hormone driven woman and a love starved surgeon and shake it all together and just see what Ms. Diamond can deliver! Great read.
This was a fabulous book with great characters and a spectacular storyline. Take one hormone driven woman and a love starved surgeon and shake it all together and just see what Ms. Diamond can deliver! Great read.
January 12, 2019
Great story
This was really different, with an egg donor who then gets pregnant while still full of hormones!
Of course the daddy is the surgeon she works several cases with every day! And the fun begins.... You'll love it.
This was really different, with an egg donor who then gets pregnant while still full of hormones!
Of course the daddy is the surgeon she works several cases with every day! And the fun begins.... You'll love it.
January 16, 2019
Engaging
I don't know what I loved the best! Story was entertaining and the characters on so interesting, I got to chuckle a bit, swoon a bit, even was very concerned for a bit. I guess the best was watching a relationship form.
I don't know what I loved the best! Story was entertaining and the characters on so interesting, I got to chuckle a bit, swoon a bit, even was very concerned for a bit. I guess the best was watching a relationship form.
April 5, 2013
extra 1/2 star.
Huh. This is the first Safe Harbor Medical book that I've read and the extra 1/2 star is for Cole and the surrounding cast of characters. I didn't particularly care for Stacy very much, which is not to say that I disliked her, per se...
Huh. This is the first Safe Harbor Medical book that I've read and the extra 1/2 star is for Cole and the surrounding cast of characters. I didn't particularly care for Stacy very much, which is not to say that I disliked her, per se...
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June 30, 2016Miniseries: Safe Harbor Medical
Category: Home and Family
Category: Home and Family
January 17, 2015
It was an ok reading.
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March 9, 2013review coming soon to harlequinjunkie.com
May 25, 2013
Super easy read. If your looking for a doesn't make you think and is just fluff this book is for you. I liked Cole, but I didn't much care for Stacey.
June 5, 2013
It was okay didn't like Stacey though loved cole he was the best
August 30, 2013
Cute story.
November 9, 2013
Good one, as all of the books on these series!
June 7, 2014
I liked Cole, I really didn't like Stacy.
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