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Seeing Double #2
Covert Cootchie-Cootchie-Coo
"Please hide and protect my baby boy, Troy."Those few words told Reed Tanner all he needed to know about the infant left on his boat: the baby was in danger and it was his job to keep him safe. But trying to find answers only led to more questions, forcing Reed to accept the help of Josie Dionne, a way too sexy--and way too secretive--P.I. Together they tracked down clues while never leaving each other's side, slowly closing in on the truth. Unfortunately, they also awakened a vicious enemy, someone willing to shoot first, ask questions later. Safeguarding both baby and beauty became the only focus of this once-dedicated bachelor. Losing either would be his undoing...
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First published January 1, 2009
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September 6, 2009okay - a new batch of bizarre series romance books have arrived!! i dont even need to "review" this one - it should be enough to just look at the cover and shake head despairingly. the expression on that baby's face pretty much telegraphs that it does not enjoy the cowboy's holding of it, nor does it look forward to the covert cootchie cootchie coo, whatever that means. where are cowboys getting all these babies? every month, at least seven more. mothers don't let your cowboys grow up to have babies...
January 4, 2025
Reed Tanner is some sort of cruise operator, and one morning when he returns to his boat, he finds a baby on board. There is a note from the baby's mother, Reed's ex-girlfriend, to hide and protect him. Worried about the mother's safety, he is put in contact with Josie Dionne, a private investigator, so that they can find her. The two quickly learn that a hitman is after the mother and baby, and must figure out who hired him.
Pick this one up if you want a book as stupid as its title! Covert cootchie-cootchie-coo? What even is that???
First of all, I just don't see how this could play out the way it does. Reed and Josie just figure that the police will be too busy to deal with the matter. It's not really up to them! An abandoned baby whose mother might be in danger? You call the police! The baby needs to be checked out at the hospital, at which point it becomes a ward of the state. Reed can't just take the baby home, like he does here - much less skip off to another state entirely, which he and Josie also do!
It was too far for my disbelief to be suspended.
On top of that, I'm not sure I really liked the main characters. Josie is one of those women who desperately wants a baby above all else, but acts shocked when people think that of her, even though she does nothing but tell them exactly that. Her telling Reed he was selfish for possibly not wanting a baby when other people want one so badly is really yuck. If he doesn't want a baby, that's his prerogative. So long as he's paying child support, it's nobody's business. In real life, I would be worried about someone so deeply invested in a baby that's not theirs, as Josie is here.
As for Reed, he often came across as an immature jerk. Even after police were made aware of an abandoned baby, he insists that the baby should stay with him. Putting aside the fact that in real life, that would never happen, it doesn't make any sense for Reed to do this. He isn't into babies and isn't sure he wants to be a father. We only get this plot development so that Reed can have his character arc and learn that he is cut out to be a father after all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'd believe that if the circumstances around it happening weren't so unbelievably contrived. Beyond that, his abandonment of the mother's baby and his life in Texas screams running away from your problems, he's always making suggestive comments to Josie that aren't appropriate for the moment, and he punches someone out after a really mild insult.
Of course, Tessa just finds this testosterone-fueled display of violence at a mild crack to the male ego really hot. In her own words! Ugh. Yuck, just yuck.
That alone had me in my comments saying that the book is only worth 1 star. Buuuuuut...that's not entirely fair. The pacing was on point and the book was really easy to read. The ending threw in a couple of decent plot twists that more effectively demonstrated Reed's growth of character than anything to do with stepping up and looking after a baby. All the plot strands wrapped up satisfactorily by the end, which, these days, seems to be something of a rarity, even for the major book releases, so kudos for that.
Not one to rush out and find, but it is staying in my collection simply because of that ridiculously bonkers title!
Pick this one up if you want a book as stupid as its title! Covert cootchie-cootchie-coo? What even is that???
First of all, I just don't see how this could play out the way it does. Reed and Josie just figure that the police will be too busy to deal with the matter. It's not really up to them! An abandoned baby whose mother might be in danger? You call the police! The baby needs to be checked out at the hospital, at which point it becomes a ward of the state. Reed can't just take the baby home, like he does here - much less skip off to another state entirely, which he and Josie also do!
It was too far for my disbelief to be suspended.
On top of that, I'm not sure I really liked the main characters. Josie is one of those women who desperately wants a baby above all else, but acts shocked when people think that of her, even though she does nothing but tell them exactly that. Her telling Reed he was selfish for possibly not wanting a baby when other people want one so badly is really yuck. If he doesn't want a baby, that's his prerogative. So long as he's paying child support, it's nobody's business. In real life, I would be worried about someone so deeply invested in a baby that's not theirs, as Josie is here.
As for Reed, he often came across as an immature jerk. Even after police were made aware of an abandoned baby, he insists that the baby should stay with him. Putting aside the fact that in real life, that would never happen, it doesn't make any sense for Reed to do this. He isn't into babies and isn't sure he wants to be a father. We only get this plot development so that Reed can have his character arc and learn that he is cut out to be a father after all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'd believe that if the circumstances around it happening weren't so unbelievably contrived. Beyond that, his abandonment of the mother's baby and his life in Texas screams running away from your problems, he's always making suggestive comments to Josie that aren't appropriate for the moment, and he punches someone out after a really mild insult.
Of course, Tessa just finds this testosterone-fueled display of violence at a mild crack to the male ego really hot. In her own words! Ugh. Yuck, just yuck.
That alone had me in my comments saying that the book is only worth 1 star. Buuuuuut...that's not entirely fair. The pacing was on point and the book was really easy to read. The ending threw in a couple of decent plot twists that more effectively demonstrated Reed's growth of character than anything to do with stepping up and looking after a baby. All the plot strands wrapped up satisfactorily by the end, which, these days, seems to be something of a rarity, even for the major book releases, so kudos for that.
Not one to rush out and find, but it is staying in my collection simply because of that ridiculously bonkers title!
June 23, 2012
Awesome book. Great ending from the first book. 5 stars!
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