Baby Makes Three

Quinlan-Chadwick #2

by Marion Smith Collins

Baby Makes Three by Marion Smith Collins released on Sep 24, 1996 is available now for purchase.

248 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Marion Smith was born on 1935 in Georgia, USA. She got the writing bug early when she was seven and won an award for her essay on protection of our feathered friends. She admitted, "The thrill of seeing my words on a printed page has never faded." She met her husband, Robert L. Collins Jr., while studying journalism at the University of Georgia. Bob was a lawyer, and they had two children, Robert L. and Katherine. The family lived in the north Georgia mountains. She had been a public relations director, and her love of art inspired her to run a combination gallery and restaurant for several years. But her love was to write, and while bringing up her two children she wrote features for the local paper, press releases for civic clubs, political advertising — anything to keep her hand in. And then, she wrote her first romance novel, published in 1982. "Now I've found my niche, my passion," she said with conviction. "I want to do this every day for the rest of my life." Her enjoyment of romance writing was reflected in the warmth and gentle humor found in her novels. She was the author of several contemporary romances, as well as one book of general fiction. She and her husband shared a love of art, travel, oceans and beaches. She was a devoted traveler and had been to places as far-flung as Rome and Tahiti. Her favorite country for exploring, however, was the United States because, she sayd, it has everything. She died on 24 February 2002 in a house fire, survived by her husband and children.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well Wade didn't really leave much of an impression in the first book, he was a nice man but very slick with women; something that had to do with his neglectful upbringing when his parents were too busy with their careers to pay notice to him. So, when he receives a letter from a woman he was seeing three years back that she had his child and gave it up for adoption, that rocks his world and his PI discovers where his son is. The heroine, a famous TV personality adopted Dallas three years ago. Her son is her pride and joy and the birth mother who she met while doing an story on adoption agencies assured him that her son's father was dead. The hero meets the heroine on the pretext of a date and when he drops the bomb on her both don't react well; reactions that were understandable given their situation. No matter how much complex their situation is these two cannot deny the attraction between them as well. I liked seeing the hero grow in the book; he came to see that although the heroine's career was important to her; she was not his mother and adored Dallas. Dallas too was such a smart incorrigible three year old. I liked seeing these three become a family.