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The Baby Diaries #2
Lone Star Rising
Mills & Boon Blush series brings you moving, true-to-life romancesAnother man's baby
After her husband is killed in a barn fire, Robbie McBride Tellchick is left alone to raise three boys and the baby on the way. With the fire still under investigation, she can't even depend on the insurance money. She can, however, depend on Zack Trueblood, a fire fighter who claims he wants to help Robbie through her pregnancy and beyond.
It's well-known in the town of Five Points, Texas, that Zack's ambition is to be a landowner. His growing feelings for Robbie seem more than sincere, but she has to wonder what kind of man wants to raise someone else's child. Does he want the land she can no longer afford to keep?
Or does he want Robbie?
After her husband is killed in a barn fire, Robbie McBride Tellchick is left alone to raise three boys and the baby on the way. With the fire still under investigation, she can't even depend on the insurance money. She can, however, depend on Zack Trueblood, a fire fighter who claims he wants to help Robbie through her pregnancy and beyond.
It's well-known in the town of Five Points, Texas, that Zack's ambition is to be a landowner. His growing feelings for Robbie seem more than sincere, but she has to wonder what kind of man wants to raise someone else's child. Does he want the land she can no longer afford to keep?
Or does he want Robbie?
298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Darlene Graham
25 books7 followersDarlene Graham, who won the Oklahoma Writers' Federation prestigious Teepee Award for Best Fiction Book of 1999, says that having witnessed birth, death and "everything in between" helps her put realistic emotions into her novels. Graham practiced as a registered nurse in Labor and Delivery and then Oncology for 20 years before she decided to translate all that real-life drama into romantic suspense fiction.
"Even though I write uplifting, even humorous romance," the mother of three says, "I'm also not afraid to deal with real issues, with real pain. I've been known to sit at my computer and shed a few tears while I write."
Graham's first book, It Happened in Texas, was released as a Guaranteed Page Turner by Harlequin Superromance, and she says that since that book sold, her writing life has felt "like popcorn popping."
"Something new and exciting happens almost every day."
Graham says that she never runs out of material, and often gets her plot ideas by pure serendipity.
"I feel like I'm just getting started and I don't think I'll ever get tired of writing. Writing is my dream. How many people get to actually live their dreams every single day? For me, there's no turning back."
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August 16, 2019
Robbie's husband has just died in a terrible fire. Enter the firefighter who tried to save him (and failed). Maybe a romance on the heels of heartbreak and riddled with guilt isn't the best formula for a book, but a brand new baby makes everything right...doesn't it?
While I enjoyed reading this book to a certain extent, I kept feeling like I'd wandered into the middle of the story. Being that it's book 2 of a trilogy that should come as no surprise. At the same time, there's really not much resolution, we've put a baby at risk for no good reason, and our couple never quite clicked for me, especially the ending which felt way too much like no one was listening to what Robbie wanted at all.
Why it took me so long to read this book, is beyond me. I kept putting it down and felt no urge to pick it up again. Maybe it was the characters, maybe it was the story. I wanted so much to like it, especially with the family dynamic, but I felt like the boys disappeared about halfway through the book to never be heard from again (except one minor incident). Overall, this was a little disappointing. I'm not sure I'd pick up the rest if I saw them.
While I enjoyed reading this book to a certain extent, I kept feeling like I'd wandered into the middle of the story. Being that it's book 2 of a trilogy that should come as no surprise. At the same time, there's really not much resolution, we've put a baby at risk for no good reason, and our couple never quite clicked for me, especially the ending which felt way too much like no one was listening to what Robbie wanted at all.
Why it took me so long to read this book, is beyond me. I kept putting it down and felt no urge to pick it up again. Maybe it was the characters, maybe it was the story. I wanted so much to like it, especially with the family dynamic, but I felt like the boys disappeared about halfway through the book to never be heard from again (except one minor incident). Overall, this was a little disappointing. I'm not sure I'd pick up the rest if I saw them.
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