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Married By Accident (Bravo Family, #4)
FIRST COMES MELINDA WITH A BABY CARRIAGE...
Pure chance brought big-city girl Melinda Bravo and rugged rancher Cole Yuma together in time to deliver his sister's newborn. But it was pure desire -- baby and otherwise -- that convinced her there would be no harm in pretending the baby was hers and Cole's... just for a little while.
THEN COMES MARRIAGE....
And it only made sense that she and Cole also assume the roles of husband and wife -- strictly for show, of course.
THEN COMES LOVE!
Melinda and Cole both knew that despite their mutual attraction, they had nothing in common! So why, suddenly, was each of them fantasizing about making their pretend marriage the real thing?
Pure chance brought big-city girl Melinda Bravo and rugged rancher Cole Yuma together in time to deliver his sister's newborn. But it was pure desire -- baby and otherwise -- that convinced her there would be no harm in pretending the baby was hers and Cole's... just for a little while.
THEN COMES MARRIAGE....
And it only made sense that she and Cole also assume the roles of husband and wife -- strictly for show, of course.
THEN COMES LOVE!
Melinda and Cole both knew that despite their mutual attraction, they had nothing in common! So why, suddenly, was each of them fantasizing about making their pretend marriage the real thing?
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Christine Rimmer
713 books431 followersNew York Times bestselling author Christine Rimmer has written more than one hundred contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. She has won Romantic Times BOOKreview’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated seven times for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award and five times for Romantic Times Series Storyteller of the Year.
A California native who first longed to be an actress, Christine earned her theater degree from California State, Sacramento and then went to New York to study acting. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. Her plays were produced at The Back Alley and Group Theaters in Southern California and have been published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays.
She now lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.
A California native who first longed to be an actress, Christine earned her theater degree from California State, Sacramento and then went to New York to study acting. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. Her plays were produced at The Back Alley and Group Theaters in Southern California and have been published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays.
She now lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
January 31, 2012
Rating 2.5
I actually couldn't get past the implausibility of the plot in this one and I could never really like the characters much, since they seemed one-dimensional.
The heroine is hit by the hero's truck, he's the helpful sort and has a pregnant woman in his truck who turns out to be his sister, he takes Melinda to her appointment and then they go to the hospital while his sister is in labour. The heroine too was due at the same date but she lost the baby so she feels a connection to the young Annie and keeps on going back to meet her even when Cole tells her not to.
See, Cole is trying to take his sister back home, the man, her husband actually she ran away with at seventeen, suddenly took off and he wants his sister to come home, to his worried father who had a stroke and he as a vet also has business to take care of.
The heroine is trying to figure out her life, she feels like a failure, both her sibilings are well settled, while she was involved with a man for five years who didn't want her baby and the jobs she is taking don't seem to be for her.
So, when Annie says she will go back home only when Melinda comes she agrees. This is where my problems began, I mean how do you just up & leave and then when they reach there, they begin a charade that the baby is Melinda's and they are married. I also found the sudden realtionship b/w Cole & Melinda weird, they hardly talked but ended up in bed and suddenly it is hearts & flowers? I had a hard time buying that. I dunno I felt the heroine was a deeply unhappy person and I came away from the book with kind of a drab feeling if that makes any sense.
I actually couldn't get past the implausibility of the plot in this one and I could never really like the characters much, since they seemed one-dimensional.
The heroine is hit by the hero's truck, he's the helpful sort and has a pregnant woman in his truck who turns out to be his sister, he takes Melinda to her appointment and then they go to the hospital while his sister is in labour. The heroine too was due at the same date but she lost the baby so she feels a connection to the young Annie and keeps on going back to meet her even when Cole tells her not to.
See, Cole is trying to take his sister back home, the man, her husband actually she ran away with at seventeen, suddenly took off and he wants his sister to come home, to his worried father who had a stroke and he as a vet also has business to take care of.
The heroine is trying to figure out her life, she feels like a failure, both her sibilings are well settled, while she was involved with a man for five years who didn't want her baby and the jobs she is taking don't seem to be for her.
So, when Annie says she will go back home only when Melinda comes she agrees. This is where my problems began, I mean how do you just up & leave and then when they reach there, they begin a charade that the baby is Melinda's and they are married. I also found the sudden realtionship b/w Cole & Melinda weird, they hardly talked but ended up in bed and suddenly it is hearts & flowers? I had a hard time buying that. I dunno I felt the heroine was a deeply unhappy person and I came away from the book with kind of a drab feeling if that makes any sense.
July 2, 2018
Even though this book is 19 years old, I really enjoyed it. Cole Yuma was a really good hero, a real sweet and nice man who loved his family and took his responsibilities seriously. He and Melinda Bravo and his sister Annie met after a vehicle accident. Annie went into labor and she and Melinda became good friends during and after the delivery. Annie was young and spoiled and would not go home unless Melinda came along to visit. Cole and Melinda were attracted to each other and Melinda ended up staying with them and marrying Cole
September 27, 2024
I totally LOVED this book! I wish all men were like Cole ♥️
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Category: Contemporary Romance
Category: Contemporary Romance
August 22, 2014
It was an ok read. Wasn't too excitable but kept my interest.
November 29, 2010
I really enjoyed this book, and am looking forward to reading more books by this author.
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