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Heartbreak Canyon #3
Rogue's Reform
Ethan had spent a lifetime looking for trouble. Then he received a photo of a woman who, seven months ago, had claimed him, body and soul - for a single night - and who was now seven months pregnant. Grace Prescott had always accepted the little she'd been given. Then Ethan resurfaced, proposing marriage for the child's sake. But she wanted the whole dream. And she wasn't going to settle for less.
Silhouette Romance - Sensation
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2000
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Marilyn Pappano
192 books126 followersAward-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
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August 20, 2011
I enjoyed this book, which is third in a series. So far, the first one, telling Guthrie's story, is my favorite. Ethan is Guthrie's younger brother, who has been a flake all his life. His dad was a flake. Grace is a woman who was virtually held prisoner by her father her entire life. She's never been out of her small home town. Never had a single guest enter her home. When her father goes out of town for the one time in her life, she dresses up and goes to a bar (she's in her twenties), hooks up with Ethan, has her first kiss and first sex and ends up with her first pregnancy.
Ethan comes back to town to do the right thing, only no one can believe it because he is such a flake. That includes Grace, who refuses to acknowledge him as the father because having such a flake for a dad would make her child the object of gossip and derision. That doesn't do Ethan's low self esteem any good, but he goes along. Most of the book revolves around these issues--Ethan trying not to be a flake and change his ways, and Grace getting some gumption.
I liked both characters, especially Ethan, who is charming and really just wants to be loved.
Ethan comes back to town to do the right thing, only no one can believe it because he is such a flake. That includes Grace, who refuses to acknowledge him as the father because having such a flake for a dad would make her child the object of gossip and derision. That doesn't do Ethan's low self esteem any good, but he goes along. Most of the book revolves around these issues--Ethan trying not to be a flake and change his ways, and Grace getting some gumption.
I liked both characters, especially Ethan, who is charming and really just wants to be loved.
November 13, 2024
Not my favorite romance trope, but an enjoyable read.
April 16, 2012
This story touched upon a lot of subjects such as gossip and judgment. As humans we can't help but judge each other, it's just apart of what we were created to be. However there is many kinds of judgment and rudeness unfortunately is no exception. When the heroine and hero are the star attractions in the gossip going around their little town, things start heating up. The heroine is already pregnant by the notorious bad boy hero. Now the town is gossiping even more that the hero is back in town and hanging around her. With the heroines sensitivities and the heroes "I don't give a crap" attitude, can they actually make it together and create a life for their unborn daughter?
It was a pretty decent read, touched on some sensitive topics and I did enjoy it. However at times I found it less than interesting and kind of boring. It was quite the mix.
It was a pretty decent read, touched on some sensitive topics and I did enjoy it. However at times I found it less than interesting and kind of boring. It was quite the mix.
October 8, 2013
It was a nice sweet story. Sometimes a quick read such like this is nice.
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