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Honeymoon Baby
THE UNMARRIED BRIDE!
Jennifer had taken drastic measures to become pregnant, and she was saving every ounce of love she had for her baby. There was no room in her life for marriage -- only now the father of her unborn child had turned up on her doorstep.
Jennifer's first problem was that her entire family believed Raphael Jordan was actually her husband -- and that, at last, the happy couple could have a honeymoon! Her second was that Raphael was delighted with the idea -- and suddenly Jennifer found herself sharing a bed with her gorgeous, sexy, pretend husband!
Jennifer had taken drastic measures to become pregnant, and she was saving every ounce of love she had for her baby. There was no room in her life for marriage -- only now the father of her unborn child had turned up on her doorstep.
Jennifer's first problem was that her entire family believed Raphael Jordan was actually her husband -- and that, at last, the happy couple could have a honeymoon! Her second was that Raphael was delighted with the idea -- and suddenly Jennifer found herself sharing a bed with her gorgeous, sexy, pretend husband!
185 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 1, 1998
About the author
Susan Napier
142 books153 followersPerhaps being born on Valentine’s Day was an omen that Susan Napier would become a romance writer. This New Zealand author has written over 30 Mills & Boon category romances since 1984. Napier and her husband Tony Potter met when they both worked at the Auckland Star newspaper. After they married, she left the newspaper to work for a film company where she learned the art of dialogue. After the birth of her sons, Simon and Ben, she was a freelance scriptwriter for documentaries. It was soon after that she decided to try her hand at writing the romance fiction she dearly loved.
She and her husband still live in the home they bought in Auckland shortly after their marriage.
She and her husband still live in the home they bought in Auckland shortly after their marriage.
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May 13, 2016
Oy. I'm in love. I am throwing over my husband for Rafe. Rafael. Darn, I even love his name.
Hold on to your hats as it's going to be a bumpy explanation. Jennifer owns a B&B right next to an exploding volcano in NZ. Yep, "explosive", "volcanic" all work for this book.
Turns out the h had a MOC with Sebastian, the H's overbearing father. The story starts out when Rafe arrives in New Zealand for a showdown with what he thinks is a scheming gold-digger. That image is derailed pretty quickly when he sees how Jennifer lives. Her mother is in a wheelchair, and Jennifer takes on any number of less than perfect animals. Jen's family knows she is pregnant, and she has let them think she's married to Rafe rather than his dad. I know, confusing, but it's not worth getting into all the details when the book does a much better job explaining than I could.
Right off the top Rafe owns the fact that he is attracted to Jennifer, and as he points out in a rather steamy fashion, she is attracted to him. I think I need a fan because ay caramba, he is one insane, over the top seducer. Rate is an ex-model who knows how to use his sex appeal to get what he wants. It sounds skeevy, but he sure charmed me. And the heroine.
Rafe is an unrepentant charmer and one of the dreaded blonde ones. I don't care, I love him anyway. Enough about Rafael, but let's talk Jennifer. She's pretty adorable in a buttoned up way despite being an erotic romance author. She's almost as fascinated by Rafe as I am, but hides it quite well. And she's funny. She's dismayed about her physical reaction to this scoundrel who has wormed his way into her house and her mother's good graces, but decides a fling with her idol wasn't too bad of an idea.
There are no evil women, no kidnapping. None of the external plot elements that ROMANCE writers use to create conflict. Okay there is one, and it's a big one spoiler-wise so tread carefully.
The two MC's getting to know each other (and have steamy sex) is pretty much how the plot develops. There is one fun secret. I would suggest not reading the spoiler, but it's too much fun to resist writing about...
Susan Napier is a rarity in Harley-Land romance writers as her male characters may act cruel on occasion, but it is within the context of a specific situation. She also spares her readers the ad nauseam monologuing some/most Harley heroes (Greek/Italian/Sicilian/Spanish and the occasional Brazilian and Portuguese tycoon) indulge in when they dissect every action the heroine engages in under the filter of all women are scheming, gold-diggers. Yawn. So thank you, Ms. Napier. She also very kindly endows her heroines not only personalities but also some semblance of self-respect.
So, a big four stars for Honeymoon Baby. Terrible title by the way. Hmm, Lust under the Volcano? No.
Hold on to your hats as it's going to be a bumpy explanation. Jennifer owns a B&B right next to an exploding volcano in NZ. Yep, "explosive", "volcanic" all work for this book.
Turns out the h had a MOC with Sebastian, the H's overbearing father. The story starts out when Rafe arrives in New Zealand for a showdown with what he thinks is a scheming gold-digger. That image is derailed pretty quickly when he sees how Jennifer lives. Her mother is in a wheelchair, and Jennifer takes on any number of less than perfect animals. Jen's family knows she is pregnant, and she has let them think she's married to Rafe rather than his dad. I know, confusing, but it's not worth getting into all the details when the book does a much better job explaining than I could.
Right off the top Rafe owns the fact that he is attracted to Jennifer, and as he points out in a rather steamy fashion, she is attracted to him. I think I need a fan because ay caramba, he is one insane, over the top seducer. Rate is an ex-model who knows how to use his sex appeal to get what he wants. It sounds skeevy, but he sure charmed me. And the heroine.
Rafe is an unrepentant charmer and one of the dreaded blonde ones. I don't care, I love him anyway. Enough about Rafael, but let's talk Jennifer. She's pretty adorable in a buttoned up way despite being an erotic romance author. She's almost as fascinated by Rafe as I am, but hides it quite well. And she's funny. She's dismayed about her physical reaction to this scoundrel who has wormed his way into her house and her mother's good graces, but decides a fling with her idol wasn't too bad of an idea.
There are no evil women, no kidnapping. None of the external plot elements that ROMANCE writers use to create conflict. Okay there is one, and it's a big one spoiler-wise so tread carefully.
The two MC's getting to know each other (and have steamy sex) is pretty much how the plot develops. There is one fun secret. I would suggest not reading the spoiler, but it's too much fun to resist writing about...
Susan Napier is a rarity in Harley-Land romance writers as her male characters may act cruel on occasion, but it is within the context of a specific situation. She also spares her readers the ad nauseam monologuing some/most Harley heroes (Greek/Italian/Sicilian/Spanish and the occasional Brazilian and Portuguese tycoon) indulge in when they dissect every action the heroine engages in under the filter of all women are scheming, gold-diggers. Yawn. So thank you, Ms. Napier. She also very kindly endows her heroines not only personalities but also some semblance of self-respect.
So, a big four stars for Honeymoon Baby. Terrible title by the way. Hmm, Lust under the Volcano? No.
September 19, 2018
A veritable nesting doll of a story. Each new discovery of the H/h reveals even more about their relationship.
The largest “doll” is that the heroine was briefly married to the hero’s father and is now his widow. During that one-month marriage, she was artificially inseminated in a London sperm bank and then mysteriously fled back to her B&B in New Zealand the night her husband died. The hero has tracked her down about her inheritance and about the parentage of her baby.
SN does a fantastic job of doling out the information, and with each reveal the H/h are drawn closer and closer. I won’t spoil because the fun is discovering the strangest coincidences* along with the H/h. While the H/h are hostile to each other at first, they soon fall into bed and begin to enjoy their time together.
So that shift in tone makes this a fun, rather than an angsty read. All of their discoveries are positives.
No OWs or OMs. Heroine is not a virgin – but hasn’t had sex in five years. Heroine did not have sex during her marriage to the H’s father. Lots of hot sex scenes if that is your thing.
*Ha! There are no coincidences in HPlandia.
The largest “doll” is that the heroine was briefly married to the hero’s father and is now his widow. During that one-month marriage, she was artificially inseminated in a London sperm bank and then mysteriously fled back to her B&B in New Zealand the night her husband died. The hero has tracked her down about her inheritance and about the parentage of her baby.
SN does a fantastic job of doling out the information, and with each reveal the H/h are drawn closer and closer. I won’t spoil because the fun is discovering the strangest coincidences* along with the H/h. While the H/h are hostile to each other at first, they soon fall into bed and begin to enjoy their time together.
So that shift in tone makes this a fun, rather than an angsty read. All of their discoveries are positives.
No OWs or OMs. Heroine is not a virgin – but hasn’t had sex in five years. Heroine did not have sex during her marriage to the H’s father. Lots of hot sex scenes if that is your thing.
*Ha! There are no coincidences in HPlandia.
October 2, 2018
I like not having to use any contraception with you; I like the thought of flooding more of my sperm into your fertile body; I like knowing you're lush and ripe for me because my seed is flourishing inside you...'
Yes, this was that book.
"Honeymoon Baby" is the story of Jennifer and Rafe.
Do you like a comedy of errors in which there is romance, angst, betrayal, secrets and also boob fetish, breeding, hot sex, humor?
The book begins with our pregnant heroine coming face to face with the hero- she's undergone IVF and he's the baby's father! But suddenly we realize, she is his 5th stepmother. And that his father had apparently known her for ages. And then they had a marriage of convenience. And then a volcano erupts, literally, and they are trapped. And then secrets are revealed. And then surprise- she's suddenly an erotica writer, apart from being an inn keeper, great accountant, kind daughter, big dope. And then he's a model but also an editor and not just hot with big nips. But her dad and mom are religious and she's been taught that sex is a sin. And then, they have hot sex. And then he suctions her boobs like a vacuum cleaner.
We are only midway through..
What begins as a typical angsty HQN novel soon turns into much, much more as the hero and heroine get secluded in their room and we see them discovering various facets of each other's personality.
Also, which legit cracked me up was the breeding/nursing/breast fetish the hero had.
These are some of the ways her milk duds are mentioned in the book-
..snugly defined full breasts..
..attention to her heaving breasts, cupping and lifting them for his bold appraisal.
..his mocking gaze darkening as it ran over her body, lingering on her breasts and reminding her of his earlier outrageousness..
..his knuckles scraping briefly against her towelling-padded breast..
..most of the upper curves of her full breasts, the undarted bodice stretching provocatively..
..sight of her firm creamy breasts straining against the watery silk..
She was suddenly conscious of her overripe breasts and broad hips.
..languorously fondle her breasts..
..She gasped as his hands slid up to cup her breasts, rounding them, his thumbs rubbing at her stiffened nipples.
..her voluptuous breasts swaying towards his mouth.
Are you going to breastfeed?' 'Wh-what?'
'Your nipples are already quite large, and they're going to grow bigger as you become more heavily pregnant... you don't think they might get to be too much of a mouthful for a tiny baby?'
'I love your womanly proportions. I love the roundness of your bottom and the size of your breasts.
And I especially like the way your nipples fill my mouth when I suck them. Last night you loved me doing that...'
He was looking at her breasts as if they were miracles of wonder..
His hand slid around her back to unhook her bra and peel it away from her jouncing breasts.
..as she watched his lean cheeks hollow with the tugging suction, reminding her of his sultry absorption the previous night, when he had lain beside her in bed, suckling her breasts while his hand played idly between her thighs..
..contract rhythmically on her lace-clad breasts..
And these are NOT even 50% of the times that her momos were mentioned in one form or another.
That being said, if you like to laugh and enjoy likable characters breeding like bunnies in an isolated, dysfunctional setting, and finding their own variation of HEA, this would be a good read for you.
I enjoyed it, so ridic!
Safe
4/5
Yes, this was that book.
"Honeymoon Baby" is the story of Jennifer and Rafe.
Do you like a comedy of errors in which there is romance, angst, betrayal, secrets and also boob fetish, breeding, hot sex, humor?
The book begins with our pregnant heroine coming face to face with the hero- she's undergone IVF and he's the baby's father! But suddenly we realize, she is his 5th stepmother. And that his father had apparently known her for ages. And then they had a marriage of convenience. And then a volcano erupts, literally, and they are trapped. And then secrets are revealed. And then surprise- she's suddenly an erotica writer, apart from being an inn keeper, great accountant, kind daughter, big dope. And then he's a model but also an editor and not just hot with big nips. But her dad and mom are religious and she's been taught that sex is a sin. And then, they have hot sex. And then he suctions her boobs like a vacuum cleaner.
We are only midway through..
What begins as a typical angsty HQN novel soon turns into much, much more as the hero and heroine get secluded in their room and we see them discovering various facets of each other's personality.
Also, which legit cracked me up was the breeding/nursing/breast fetish the hero had.
These are some of the ways her milk duds are mentioned in the book-
..snugly defined full breasts..
..attention to her heaving breasts, cupping and lifting them for his bold appraisal.
..his mocking gaze darkening as it ran over her body, lingering on her breasts and reminding her of his earlier outrageousness..
..his knuckles scraping briefly against her towelling-padded breast..
..most of the upper curves of her full breasts, the undarted bodice stretching provocatively..
..sight of her firm creamy breasts straining against the watery silk..
She was suddenly conscious of her overripe breasts and broad hips.
..languorously fondle her breasts..
..She gasped as his hands slid up to cup her breasts, rounding them, his thumbs rubbing at her stiffened nipples.
..her voluptuous breasts swaying towards his mouth.
Are you going to breastfeed?' 'Wh-what?'
'Your nipples are already quite large, and they're going to grow bigger as you become more heavily pregnant... you don't think they might get to be too much of a mouthful for a tiny baby?'
'I love your womanly proportions. I love the roundness of your bottom and the size of your breasts.
And I especially like the way your nipples fill my mouth when I suck them. Last night you loved me doing that...'
He was looking at her breasts as if they were miracles of wonder..
His hand slid around her back to unhook her bra and peel it away from her jouncing breasts.
..as she watched his lean cheeks hollow with the tugging suction, reminding her of his sultry absorption the previous night, when he had lain beside her in bed, suckling her breasts while his hand played idly between her thighs..
..contract rhythmically on her lace-clad breasts..
And these are NOT even 50% of the times that her momos were mentioned in one form or another.
That being said, if you like to laugh and enjoy likable characters breeding like bunnies in an isolated, dysfunctional setting, and finding their own variation of HEA, this would be a good read for you.
I enjoyed it, so ridic!
Safe
4/5
March 7, 2019
Re Honeymoon Baby - Susan Napier set her contribution to the Do Not Disturb series in not just one room of a hotel, but the whole B & B.
The h in this is a B&B owner on New Zealand's North Island Tongariro National Park, very near the volcanically active Mount Ruapehu, which becomes one of the more dramatic characters in the book as it periodically burps and threatens a huge eruption.
The H and h are the other very dramatic characters, while the h's mother and aunt are interesting pimp the h out for all they are worth sidekicks as well. SN mixes up erotica with the standard HP tropes in romance in this one and then layers the whole story line in gradually revealed levels of deceit and manipulation.
This style of writing makes this book very hard to spoilerize, but lends itself beautifully to a full-on trainwreck of Titanic Typhooniness of Whacktacity, which explains a lot of the really high marks on this one.
I am going to lay the main plot points out before I get into the story flow- so HUGE WARNING SPOILERIZATIONS AHEAD.
Stop reading now if you want to be completely surprised, I am listing out all the hidden details first.
The h is a vicar's daughter and both he and her beloved brother have passed. There was an accident and the h's mother also became disabled. In the wake of all the injury and tragedy, the h's fiance couldn't handle the h's need to adjust her life to care for her mother, so he dumped the h and took off.
The h was left with a precariously situated B&B and an uncertain financial future. Since she likes to write, as well as care for stray and injured animals, the h moonlights as an erotic romance writer. This combination of innkeeper by day and erotica writer by night really expresses the two sides to the h's personality as well.
She has a business, conservative, prim and proper side and under the cover of darkness she lets her inner passion child out via sexy lingerie and her writing. The h met the H's father when he was a repeat guest at her inn. The elderly man was a many times married egotist and a world class fertility doctor who happened to be sterile.
The elderly man had one biological son that he contested custody of for years and then tried to force into marriage and fatherhood so that the elderly narcissist's precious family line wouldn't be lost.
The H is the son of the elderly fertility specialist and he has a strong bond with his Italian mother, he despised his father for the most part and rejected his chance to carry on the genetic legacy with marriage. The H donated a lot of motilators to his father's clinic instead.
The elderly fertility specialist, being thwarted by an egotist who has a will as adamant as his own, decides to force the issue another way.
Despite the man having many ex-wives and step children riding on his gravy train, he convinces the h to marry him to keep his fortune intact and in return he will give her a few rounds of IVF so she can have a baby.
The h, knowing that her chances of meeting a compatible mate in her circumstances are limited, but at 27 desperately wanting a baby before her time runs out, agrees to the bargain. She marries the elderly man, goes to London in a total platonic MOC and then gets her shot at IVF.
The elderly man's exes are evil and his stepchildren are morally and personally repugnant, the h dislikes the lot of them and despises their indolent, entitled lives. But the elderly man does seem to really care about his own son, the H, or at least he cares about him reproducing and atoning for the elderly man's own fatherhood mistakes.
The H went his own way years earlier and rejected following in his father's footsteps to become a model. He then started buying and revamping companies and became the star of his very own successful empire. One of those companies is the publisher of the h's erotic romance novels and the h is his best selling author.
The h becomes pregnant and at the end of the first month of her marraige, the elderly man succumbs to his cancer and prepares to die. Then the h learns that far from having an anonymous donor as the male half of her baby, the elderly man used his son's motilators to create life.
This shocks and horrifies the h, so she takes off for home as the elderly man loses his life. But the elderly man told the H what he did and more importantly, split his vast wealth between the H and the h as trustees.
The h firmly refused to take any of the elderly guy's money, she just wanted a child in her life. But the cagey guy wrote out his will that her child is in line for a substantial piece of the money and empire pie and this sets the H on the gold digging, tart shaming, forced seduction warpath.
The H shows up at the h's B&B and is all about what a gold digging, pregnant harlot the h is for the first half of the book. Since the h was very vague about who she really married, the H uses the h's reluctance to tell the truth to her mother and aunt and employee to pretend to be her recently-out-of-the-area-on-business-but-now-returned husband.
This gives the H a lot of leeway to forcibly grope, grab, bully, threaten and impose himself on the h. While he shows off his tacky side by maintaining a slyly suggestive and lewd line of verbal innuendo for a very long time.
Eventually proximity and the h's own repressed desires lead to several instances of boudoir bouncing in all types and manners of places and positions.
The prose is strangely purple at the same time as it is very technical and the use of the word flooding occurs in areas where no rivers will ever run. (SN shows off her imagination here and I confess some of the H's lines were so cheesy I had a laugh or twenty.)
Since we get a lot of Mount Ruapehu travelogue, (as the h and H hike around and find interesting places for tower of power rides), in the midst of all this technical purple passion, the juxtaposition is a bit awkward, but that is not the whole of it.
SN then throws in the revelations of how the elderly father manipulated and lied to this h in his plans for world domination via genetic legacy babies. The H, being his father's true son in both thinking and narcissistic egotism, shows he can manipulate and bully and threaten with the best of them.
The H does his best to treat the h like the tart he believes her to be and even as he is gradually seeing that the h isn't like that, that doesn't stop him from pushing her to be his personal penthouse popsie for the last half of the book.
The H shows he can bully on the business front too, as he deftly uses a combination of threats and the h's treacherous body syndrome to maneuver into another writing contract. Finally SN has had enough flights of purple passion and enough of the h's relatives pimping her out to set up an H inadvertent exclamatory love declaration.
Which of course the lust ensorcelled h eagerly leaps upon as the H's sincere declaration of True Love Forever instead of just for a time.
The H then does his best Svengali impersonation to woo the h away from her home and her family, when she agrees to move to London and marry the H so he can be sure to have claim to full custody of the h's still impending child.
I just wasn't feeling the love on this book and while other HP voyagers find this H charming, he just squicked me out. I wasn't believing his claim of realizing his love during an excited utterance and the h just seemed too lust driven and seekritly desperate to even have a rational thought about what this means for her whole life and her child's future parenting situation.
I was also never convinced that the H was really all that into being a father. The H had a keen need to be in control of the entirety of his late father's fortune, so I felt he was lining up his goals to be successful in his quest to be ruler of all and befuddling and controlling the h was key to achieve that.
This H lied too much and explained too little for me to find his sincerity believable and the manipulations of the H's father to leave behind a family genetic line and legacy were pretty much totally untenable to my world view.
On a lot of HP outings I can overlook my personal beliefs in the cause of the HP Prime Directive, but honestly I was just too squicked out by the behavior of the majority of the male characters in this one.
Still, a LOT of other HP Voyagers really like this book and it is one excellent roller coaster ride. While the erotic portions were dubious in tone, the presentation and reveal of the whole story was excellent, so don't be afraid to give this one a go for one of the more exotic HP outings and formulate your own take on this.
The h in this is a B&B owner on New Zealand's North Island Tongariro National Park, very near the volcanically active Mount Ruapehu, which becomes one of the more dramatic characters in the book as it periodically burps and threatens a huge eruption.
The H and h are the other very dramatic characters, while the h's mother and aunt are interesting pimp the h out for all they are worth sidekicks as well. SN mixes up erotica with the standard HP tropes in romance in this one and then layers the whole story line in gradually revealed levels of deceit and manipulation.
This style of writing makes this book very hard to spoilerize, but lends itself beautifully to a full-on trainwreck of Titanic Typhooniness of Whacktacity, which explains a lot of the really high marks on this one.
I am going to lay the main plot points out before I get into the story flow- so HUGE WARNING SPOILERIZATIONS AHEAD.
Stop reading now if you want to be completely surprised, I am listing out all the hidden details first.
The h is a vicar's daughter and both he and her beloved brother have passed. There was an accident and the h's mother also became disabled. In the wake of all the injury and tragedy, the h's fiance couldn't handle the h's need to adjust her life to care for her mother, so he dumped the h and took off.
The h was left with a precariously situated B&B and an uncertain financial future. Since she likes to write, as well as care for stray and injured animals, the h moonlights as an erotic romance writer. This combination of innkeeper by day and erotica writer by night really expresses the two sides to the h's personality as well.
She has a business, conservative, prim and proper side and under the cover of darkness she lets her inner passion child out via sexy lingerie and her writing. The h met the H's father when he was a repeat guest at her inn. The elderly man was a many times married egotist and a world class fertility doctor who happened to be sterile.
The elderly man had one biological son that he contested custody of for years and then tried to force into marriage and fatherhood so that the elderly narcissist's precious family line wouldn't be lost.
The H is the son of the elderly fertility specialist and he has a strong bond with his Italian mother, he despised his father for the most part and rejected his chance to carry on the genetic legacy with marriage. The H donated a lot of motilators to his father's clinic instead.
The elderly fertility specialist, being thwarted by an egotist who has a will as adamant as his own, decides to force the issue another way.
Despite the man having many ex-wives and step children riding on his gravy train, he convinces the h to marry him to keep his fortune intact and in return he will give her a few rounds of IVF so she can have a baby.
The h, knowing that her chances of meeting a compatible mate in her circumstances are limited, but at 27 desperately wanting a baby before her time runs out, agrees to the bargain. She marries the elderly man, goes to London in a total platonic MOC and then gets her shot at IVF.
The elderly man's exes are evil and his stepchildren are morally and personally repugnant, the h dislikes the lot of them and despises their indolent, entitled lives. But the elderly man does seem to really care about his own son, the H, or at least he cares about him reproducing and atoning for the elderly man's own fatherhood mistakes.
The H went his own way years earlier and rejected following in his father's footsteps to become a model. He then started buying and revamping companies and became the star of his very own successful empire. One of those companies is the publisher of the h's erotic romance novels and the h is his best selling author.
The h becomes pregnant and at the end of the first month of her marraige, the elderly man succumbs to his cancer and prepares to die. Then the h learns that far from having an anonymous donor as the male half of her baby, the elderly man used his son's motilators to create life.
This shocks and horrifies the h, so she takes off for home as the elderly man loses his life. But the elderly man told the H what he did and more importantly, split his vast wealth between the H and the h as trustees.
The h firmly refused to take any of the elderly guy's money, she just wanted a child in her life. But the cagey guy wrote out his will that her child is in line for a substantial piece of the money and empire pie and this sets the H on the gold digging, tart shaming, forced seduction warpath.
The H shows up at the h's B&B and is all about what a gold digging, pregnant harlot the h is for the first half of the book. Since the h was very vague about who she really married, the H uses the h's reluctance to tell the truth to her mother and aunt and employee to pretend to be her recently-out-of-the-area-on-business-but-now-returned husband.
This gives the H a lot of leeway to forcibly grope, grab, bully, threaten and impose himself on the h. While he shows off his tacky side by maintaining a slyly suggestive and lewd line of verbal innuendo for a very long time.
Eventually proximity and the h's own repressed desires lead to several instances of boudoir bouncing in all types and manners of places and positions.
The prose is strangely purple at the same time as it is very technical and the use of the word flooding occurs in areas where no rivers will ever run. (SN shows off her imagination here and I confess some of the H's lines were so cheesy I had a laugh or twenty.)
Since we get a lot of Mount Ruapehu travelogue, (as the h and H hike around and find interesting places for tower of power rides), in the midst of all this technical purple passion, the juxtaposition is a bit awkward, but that is not the whole of it.
SN then throws in the revelations of how the elderly father manipulated and lied to this h in his plans for world domination via genetic legacy babies. The H, being his father's true son in both thinking and narcissistic egotism, shows he can manipulate and bully and threaten with the best of them.
The H does his best to treat the h like the tart he believes her to be and even as he is gradually seeing that the h isn't like that, that doesn't stop him from pushing her to be his personal penthouse popsie for the last half of the book.
The H shows he can bully on the business front too, as he deftly uses a combination of threats and the h's treacherous body syndrome to maneuver into another writing contract. Finally SN has had enough flights of purple passion and enough of the h's relatives pimping her out to set up an H inadvertent exclamatory love declaration.
Which of course the lust ensorcelled h eagerly leaps upon as the H's sincere declaration of True Love Forever instead of just for a time.
The H then does his best Svengali impersonation to woo the h away from her home and her family, when she agrees to move to London and marry the H so he can be sure to have claim to full custody of the h's still impending child.
I just wasn't feeling the love on this book and while other HP voyagers find this H charming, he just squicked me out. I wasn't believing his claim of realizing his love during an excited utterance and the h just seemed too lust driven and seekritly desperate to even have a rational thought about what this means for her whole life and her child's future parenting situation.
I was also never convinced that the H was really all that into being a father. The H had a keen need to be in control of the entirety of his late father's fortune, so I felt he was lining up his goals to be successful in his quest to be ruler of all and befuddling and controlling the h was key to achieve that.
This H lied too much and explained too little for me to find his sincerity believable and the manipulations of the H's father to leave behind a family genetic line and legacy were pretty much totally untenable to my world view.
On a lot of HP outings I can overlook my personal beliefs in the cause of the HP Prime Directive, but honestly I was just too squicked out by the behavior of the majority of the male characters in this one.
Still, a LOT of other HP Voyagers really like this book and it is one excellent roller coaster ride. While the erotic portions were dubious in tone, the presentation and reveal of the whole story was excellent, so don't be afraid to give this one a go for one of the more exotic HP outings and formulate your own take on this.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 29, 2013
4 1/2 Stars ~ Jennifer lost her father when she was 19, then a year later a horrible accident took her brother and left her mother nearly crippled, and her fiance ended their engagement. A survivor, Jennifer struggled to make a life for her and her mother, opening a bed & breakfast was ideal. They had an annual guest, Sebastian, a wealthy fertility doctor from London. Fearful that time was passing her by, now 27 years old, Jennifer asked their guest about IVF, and thus their bargain was struck. Jennifer would travel to London with Sebastian as his companion (he was dying from cancer) and he'd set her up at his fertility clinic. And to protect Jennifer's reputation and to legally keep Sebastian's assets out of the hands of his ex-wives children they marry in name only. It was only on his death bed that Sebastian revealed his deceit, that he'd impregnated Jennifer with his son's sperm, also without his knowledge. Horrified, Jennifer immediately ran home to New Zealand. Rafe too was horrifed when his father confessed what he'd done, and so as soon as he could wrap up things in London, Rafe came after Jennifer. Certain he'd find a calculated gold digger out to deplete his father's trusts and then go after his own using the paternity of the child as a weapon, he's surprised to find she's a successful innkeeper, and rather devoted to her family. Her mother doesn't know about the IVF and believes it's Rafe that Jennifer married. He uses this lie to earn his stay, and much to Jennifer's dismay, that stay means he shares her room where it seems he's determined to learn all her secrets.
The plot in this story is really quite brilliant, with so many intricate details that make the incredulous actually seem quite plausible. Rafe is very much aware of his own charisma and senses that Jennifer hides a very sensual nature. The sparks these two create scorch the pages. I was glad that Rafe learns midway into the book that Jennifer hadn't been privy to his father's manipulation. This takes away any sense of betrayal and allows them to explore their undeniable attraction. Ms. Napier is a master when it comes to sexual chemistry and has a wicked sense of humour; the double entredres in the dialogue are really quite delicious!
The plot in this story is really quite brilliant, with so many intricate details that make the incredulous actually seem quite plausible. Rafe is very much aware of his own charisma and senses that Jennifer hides a very sensual nature. The sparks these two create scorch the pages. I was glad that Rafe learns midway into the book that Jennifer hadn't been privy to his father's manipulation. This takes away any sense of betrayal and allows them to explore their undeniable attraction. Ms. Napier is a master when it comes to sexual chemistry and has a wicked sense of humour; the double entredres in the dialogue are really quite delicious!
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February 9, 2018
A great story and a fabulous location!
The book tells of the h who gets married to the H’s sick father to help him stop his three ex-wives from getting his estate when he dies. To accomplish this, the h also had to get pregnant via in-vitro fertilization. What she didn’t know was that the H’s father used his son’s donated sperm so she is not pregnant with her stepson’s child.
The H assumed the she did this all for money and that she was a gold digger. He showed up at her B&B in New Zealand, near Mount Ruapehu, to have it out with her. His timing was a bit off because Mount Ruapehu was in the midst of an eruption of ash.
While I loved the relationship between the H and h, I absolutely loved the descriptive was the author wrote about the eruption of Ruapehu.
I never gave much though to what people living near an active volcano must go through and this was a fantastic peek into their lives. It was absolutely entertaining and educational. I will now have to do more research into life near a volcano!
A great read and a book I highly recommend.
The book tells of the h who gets married to the H’s sick father to help him stop his three ex-wives from getting his estate when he dies. To accomplish this, the h also had to get pregnant via in-vitro fertilization. What she didn’t know was that the H’s father used his son’s donated sperm so she is not pregnant with her stepson’s child.
The H assumed the she did this all for money and that she was a gold digger. He showed up at her B&B in New Zealand, near Mount Ruapehu, to have it out with her. His timing was a bit off because Mount Ruapehu was in the midst of an eruption of ash.
While I loved the relationship between the H and h, I absolutely loved the descriptive was the author wrote about the eruption of Ruapehu.
I never gave much though to what people living near an active volcano must go through and this was a fantastic peek into their lives. It was absolutely entertaining and educational. I will now have to do more research into life near a volcano!
A great read and a book I highly recommend.
May 4, 2019
Synopsis:
Set near Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, twenty-seven-year-old Jennifer (Jen) Jordan runs a bed and breakfast, Beech House, for the annual skiers, together with her mother. She gets a totally unexpected visitor in the form of thirty-three-year-old Raphael (Rafe) Jordan, who addresses her as Mrs Jordan in a disgusting way, coz she was his father's wife, (and presumably a gold digger) but, was pregnant with Rafe's child.
Basically, this story is about Sebastian Jordan playing the matchmaker between his estranged son, Raphael and a girl whom he met while on a holiday in New Zealand, from Britain.
Review:
Rafe is a former male model, and former editor of a raunchy men's magazine, and understandably, is a born charmer. He detests Jen and calls her stepmama (which made me cringe, more so when he practically pawed her, ugh...) since she was married to his father, who is now dead. He and his father never got along. His father was a very wealthy doctor and businessman, and a totally aloof person.
Paula Scott, Jen's mother is a sassy lady who falls for Rafe's charm, much to Jen's dismay, though Rafe was a bit disconcerted after seeing her in a wheelchair. After that though, Rafe and Paula get along like a house on fire.
Jen wears tortoiseshell spectacles. I haven't encountered a heroine yet in M&B world with spectacles. Imagine my surprise! This book is so sexy, with all the blatant talk of sex as well as the teasing and flirty banter. With the backdrop of the bursting volcano, it made for a damn interesting read.
Jenny has a secret career, which even her mother knows nothing about. I love it when writers write about such characters. I wonder what goes on in their heads when they do that. In a way, this is a book about books also, and ya know how I love 'em. Raphael and Jennifer's special connection is really sweet.
There is a white Persian cat, Maxie; a short-haired Burmese-cross cat, Milo; and a golden labrador, Bonzer; as well as Fergus, the budgie.
This book is hilarious all along. It ends on a humorous note too, though an epilogue would have been nice.
P.S. If published today, it could have made it to the Dare imprint. I can't stress enough about how this book is a laugh riot. And for keeps. I'm so getting a paperback. Totally recommended.
Susan Napier has raised my expectations so high with this book that I think I will just avoid the other books in this series (for fear of getting disappointed) for the time being.
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Set near Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, twenty-seven-year-old Jennifer (Jen) Jordan runs a bed and breakfast, Beech House, for the annual skiers, together with her mother. She gets a totally unexpected visitor in the form of thirty-three-year-old Raphael (Rafe) Jordan, who addresses her as Mrs Jordan in a disgusting way, coz she was his father's wife, (and presumably a gold digger) but, was pregnant with Rafe's child.
Basically, this story is about Sebastian Jordan playing the matchmaker between his estranged son, Raphael and a girl whom he met while on a holiday in New Zealand, from Britain.
Review:
Rafe is a former male model, and former editor of a raunchy men's magazine, and understandably, is a born charmer. He detests Jen and calls her stepmama (which made me cringe, more so when he practically pawed her, ugh...) since she was married to his father, who is now dead. He and his father never got along. His father was a very wealthy doctor and businessman, and a totally aloof person.
Paula Scott, Jen's mother is a sassy lady who falls for Rafe's charm, much to Jen's dismay, though Rafe was a bit disconcerted after seeing her in a wheelchair. After that though, Rafe and Paula get along like a house on fire.
He had already drunk half of his own tea, and eaten two of her mother's feather-light scones while inveigling his way into her good graces. Jennifer's eyes told him she would like to dump the contents of her cup over his head. She wasn't fooled by his amiable air of relaxation.
Jen wears tortoiseshell spectacles. I haven't encountered a heroine yet in M&B world with spectacles. Imagine my surprise! This book is so sexy, with all the blatant talk of sex as well as the teasing and flirty banter. With the backdrop of the bursting volcano, it made for a damn interesting read.
She deleted large chunks of her hard-copy files, safe in the knowledge that they were already doubly backed up onto floppies.
Jenny has a secret career, which even her mother knows nothing about. I love it when writers write about such characters. I wonder what goes on in their heads when they do that. In a way, this is a book about books also, and ya know how I love 'em. Raphael and Jennifer's special connection is really sweet.
I've read some pretty hair-curling things in my time...'
Since her hair was now dead straight, Jennifer guessed that they had had no permanent effect.
There is a white Persian cat, Maxie; a short-haired Burmese-cross cat, Milo; and a golden labrador, Bonzer; as well as Fergus, the budgie.
Once you've experienced how intense sex can be with the right person, you get bored with bonking the fluff.'
'You weren't bored last night,' she accused hotly, incensed at being reduced to a casual 'bonk'. That was even less meaningful than a one-night stand!
This book is hilarious all along. It ends on a humorous note too, though an epilogue would have been nice.
P.S. If published today, it could have made it to the Dare imprint. I can't stress enough about how this book is a laugh riot. And for keeps. I'm so getting a paperback. Totally recommended.
Susan Napier has raised my expectations so high with this book that I think I will just avoid the other books in this series (for fear of getting disappointed) for the time being.
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May 21, 2012
TSTL the lot of them! I am STILL trying to figure out why a healthy young woman gave up on life and got herself impregnated without the prospect of a spouse/lifemate/whatever on the horizon especially since she really is a hopeless romantic. Oh, the ruts we get ourselves into.
Didn't understand her rationale. Had a hard time buying into it. REALLY liked the hero despite all of this. REALLY liked Aunt Dot, too. The hero's father was a meddling old coot who seemed to be trying to do the right thing by his son beyond the grave. I kinda got over my anger with him at the end.
The heroine was just meh for me.
Didn't understand her rationale. Had a hard time buying into it. REALLY liked the hero despite all of this. REALLY liked Aunt Dot, too. The hero's father was a meddling old coot who seemed to be trying to do the right thing by his son beyond the grave. I kinda got over my anger with him at the end.
The heroine was just meh for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 2, 2014
A rather bizarre storyline. And that is really what dropped it a star for me. The hero was nicely intense and the ending was emotional.
March 6, 2017
*mild trigger*
I really love this one, surprisingly. I adore both protagonists as they're pretty much not the typical harlequin leads. Both are very well balanced and we do not see any strong push and pull but a well developed relationship here, with them spending time together and talking through things. While there is still a ways before these two get their hea, the mood's not too overly dark with revenge, vengeance or hate for a majority of the book.
Our H was at first the typically wronged and embittered H at the beginning of this story, and he did his share of cynical taunts and accusations. Yet right from the start, he doesn't come across as too broody or dark as he also throws in a lot of smiles and witty double entendres that left our h sweating privately. He also figured things out real quick and didn't really go overboard broody, instead we see a very likable character that's pretty upset with the situation and just came over to get some answers. He's fun to read as he's flirtatious and cheeky at times, and also pretty straight forward and direct with his dealings with our h.
Our h is also a well balanced character. Though she did have some great secrets and was worried of the havoc the H might create, she doesn't come across as too prickly or mean, and while she is attracted to our H, she still has a backbone instead of coming across as being brainless with lust whenver the H is around. I also like the fact that she's willing to step up to take risks when she sees the need to do so, and was willing to take advices after really thinking things through.
The chemistry between these two is really good. This one is surprisingly smoky, and the sexy times here are really well done. Never a big fan of talking but in here it works super well with this pair. Besides bedtalk, there are also fun times and heart to heart as well, so it actually reinforce how well matched they are.
I especially love the ending. This also is one of the few that has the h doing some mild grovelling as she's really wronged our poor H. It's very sweet and cute.
All in all, a very enjoyable read.
I really love this one, surprisingly. I adore both protagonists as they're pretty much not the typical harlequin leads. Both are very well balanced and we do not see any strong push and pull but a well developed relationship here, with them spending time together and talking through things. While there is still a ways before these two get their hea, the mood's not too overly dark with revenge, vengeance or hate for a majority of the book.
Our H was at first the typically wronged and embittered H at the beginning of this story, and he did his share of cynical taunts and accusations. Yet right from the start, he doesn't come across as too broody or dark as he also throws in a lot of smiles and witty double entendres that left our h sweating privately. He also figured things out real quick and didn't really go overboard broody, instead we see a very likable character that's pretty upset with the situation and just came over to get some answers. He's fun to read as he's flirtatious and cheeky at times, and also pretty straight forward and direct with his dealings with our h.
Our h is also a well balanced character. Though she did have some great secrets and was worried of the havoc the H might create, she doesn't come across as too prickly or mean, and while she is attracted to our H, she still has a backbone instead of coming across as being brainless with lust whenver the H is around. I also like the fact that she's willing to step up to take risks when she sees the need to do so, and was willing to take advices after really thinking things through.
The chemistry between these two is really good. This one is surprisingly smoky, and the sexy times here are really well done. Never a big fan of talking but in here it works super well with this pair. Besides bedtalk, there are also fun times and heart to heart as well, so it actually reinforce how well matched they are.
I especially love the ending. This also is one of the few that has the h doing some mild grovelling as she's really wronged our poor H. It's very sweet and cute.
All in all, a very enjoyable read.
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March 20, 2018
I really, really wish I could give this book 4 stars. But I couldn't. I feel that there's this TINY bit that is lacking from this funny, romantic, fluffy piece of a novel. I like both the hero (oh!) and the heroine. Especially the hero, because it's not everyday we get an alpha that's secretly a beta. Or maybe bi not only a gentleman, but also a funny one at that. And the heroine is not that naive damsel in distress. But anyway, while the story line has a very good foundation for misunderstanding drama (that I love), I feel that it mostly focuses on them knowing each other. Which is good, if you're looking for something with less drama. But apparently, currently it's not enough for me :p
February 21, 2021
Secret Romance Author Jennifer wanted a baby and Rafe's belated father wanted to know he was getting grandkids before he died... so what was a terminally ill Millionaire & Fertility Specialist eager to thwart his gold-digging money hungry former wives to do?
Why sweet talk the beautifully naive inn-keeper at his favorite ski resort into becoming his private nurse and marrying him of course!
Jenny agrees to help prevent the toxic lot stealing all his hard earned legacy, and he uses his skills to gift her with the child she desperately wants... only while Jenny thinks it was an anonymous donor, it was actually his wayward playboy sons sperm sample.
Complicated enough, if only that son weren't also the model she's used as the fake photographer husband to explain her current pregnant status to her widowed mother.
Rafe feels furious at having been denied with his inheritance. Especially when it is revealed his new stepmother has been given controlling interest of the families publishing business... and then it comes to light that she's pregnant with HIS child. Livid and lust fueled, he takes off to Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand and declaring that Daddy's home!
The enemies to lovers element, coupled with his fathers matchmaking and baby drama, Rafe has turned into an alphahole stalker but all his possessiveness and her shock makes their chemistry hilarious when they end up having to share a bed. Rafe demands that he at least get the wedding night that created that budding life in his fake wifes belly, and eventually they discover that the secret writer... has indeed fallen for her secret pen-pal editor.
This was a fun read.
Why sweet talk the beautifully naive inn-keeper at his favorite ski resort into becoming his private nurse and marrying him of course!
Jenny agrees to help prevent the toxic lot stealing all his hard earned legacy, and he uses his skills to gift her with the child she desperately wants... only while Jenny thinks it was an anonymous donor, it was actually his wayward playboy sons sperm sample.
Complicated enough, if only that son weren't also the model she's used as the fake photographer husband to explain her current pregnant status to her widowed mother.
Rafe feels furious at having been denied with his inheritance. Especially when it is revealed his new stepmother has been given controlling interest of the families publishing business... and then it comes to light that she's pregnant with HIS child. Livid and lust fueled, he takes off to Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand and declaring that Daddy's home!
The enemies to lovers element, coupled with his fathers matchmaking and baby drama, Rafe has turned into an alphahole stalker but all his possessiveness and her shock makes their chemistry hilarious when they end up having to share a bed. Rafe demands that he at least get the wedding night that created that budding life in his fake wifes belly, and eventually they discover that the secret writer... has indeed fallen for her secret pen-pal editor.
This was a fun read.
August 10, 2024
I thought I would like this (it started out good) but the only thing worth reading was the lesson in volcanic activity. The H and h never come across as a couple headed for HEA, as they were more about lust than love, and their relationship was like the porn novels the h writes. The H's personality was pretty crummy, and the way he kept groping the h, like a horny high school boy, got really annoying! And then he gropes his own balls to try and tempt her, WTF!!! The whole hijacked sperm thing was pretty crummy, too and the h willing to marry that horrible old man so she could have an IVF baby (pretty dumb, since she was 27 not 40, plenty of time to find a man, not to mention get over her fiancé's betrayal) and have a means to get her books for horny women published was beyond ridiculous!
The H seemed too cold to have any genuine emotions (except for being horny), putting all his feelings into his business empire, financed in part from his sexy modeling days and porno publishing and if I found out he was my donor daddy I'd pray for a miscarriage!
Also, the h's mom comes across as a real dim bulb, if she thinks it was "good business management" alone that got the renovations at the B&B paid for, as well as all their other expenses, and never had any suspicions???
Too dumb to finish, so another addition to my DNF list.
The H seemed too cold to have any genuine emotions (except for being horny), putting all his feelings into his business empire, financed in part from his sexy modeling days and porno publishing and if I found out he was my donor daddy I'd pray for a miscarriage!
Also, the h's mom comes across as a real dim bulb, if she thinks it was "good business management" alone that got the renovations at the B&B paid for, as well as all their other expenses, and never had any suspicions???
Too dumb to finish, so another addition to my DNF list.
July 24, 2017
A convoluted plot that slowly unfolds, revealing secret after secret. A recently widowed and pregnant heroine, running a B&B with her mother in the shadow of a once dormant but now awakening volcano. An angry stepson who barges in and, upon being mistaken for her husband by the heroine's mother and other household members (who did not know she was widowed), smoothly steps into that role, forcing the heroine to follow along or tell her family she lied to them. There's so much going on in this book, while not a lot actually happens for a good part of it. Jennifer is likable, but Rafe stole the show, despite the majority of the book being from Jennifer's POV. I was glad I started this book on a Saturday so I had the time to pretty much read nonstop. Sometimes you have to suspend belief and just enjoy the ride, and for me this was one of those times.
October 21, 2021
The h was married to the H’s father. It was a platonic marriage. She agreed with the H’s father to get pregnant through IVF. The sperm used was the h’s sperm, but the h didn’t know that then. The H’s father doesn’t live anymore. The story begins where the H comes to meet the h and lay his claim on the (unborn) baby.
I don’t like the ‘keeping it in the family’ plot in which the h or the H hooks up with several family members. I don’t understand the h’s reasoning for giving up her own life to marry some old guy and get pregnant through IVF. I don’t like that the h wasn’t a virgin. Actually, I don’t like a lot of things about this book.
What I do like, is the H. He is quite expressive. And the steamy scenes are really steamy. So still 3 stars.
I don’t like the ‘keeping it in the family’ plot in which the h or the H hooks up with several family members. I don’t understand the h’s reasoning for giving up her own life to marry some old guy and get pregnant through IVF. I don’t like that the h wasn’t a virgin. Actually, I don’t like a lot of things about this book.
What I do like, is the H. He is quite expressive. And the steamy scenes are really steamy. So still 3 stars.
May 22, 2017
leído el 21/08/2012
ESPOSOS SIN BODA
Protagonistas: Raphael Jordan y Jennifer
Argumento:
Jennifer había tomado medidas drásticas para quedarse embarazada y estaba guardando todo su amor para su bebé. No había cabida en su vida para el matrimonio, pero el padre de su hijo decidió de repente hacer su aparición...
El primer problema de Jennifer era que toda la familia creía que Raphael Jordan era realmente su marido y que, por fin, la feliz pareja podría tener una luna de miel. El segundo, que Raphael estaba encantado con la idea... y, de repente, Jennifer se vio compartiendo su cama con su supuesto marido.
ESPOSOS SIN BODA
Protagonistas: Raphael Jordan y Jennifer
Argumento:
Jennifer había tomado medidas drásticas para quedarse embarazada y estaba guardando todo su amor para su bebé. No había cabida en su vida para el matrimonio, pero el padre de su hijo decidió de repente hacer su aparición...
El primer problema de Jennifer era que toda la familia creía que Raphael Jordan era realmente su marido y que, por fin, la feliz pareja podría tener una luna de miel. El segundo, que Raphael estaba encantado con la idea... y, de repente, Jennifer se vio compartiendo su cama con su supuesto marido.
February 4, 2021
4.25 stars
better than average hp book with many layers
the h was well rounded
better than average hp book with many layers
the h was well rounded
April 23, 2025
This was a really fun, lighthearted read!
August 18, 2026
Read first and last chapters. Too icky, using a sperm donor and having affair with stepson. I need to remember this author is not for e.
March 14, 2015
I like the plot full of unrevealed secrets, although many of them were predictable, like the fact Jennifer didn't know it w as Raphael's sperms. I love his confidence and the way he could interpret her. But the end was so abrupt that it seems the author suddenly get tired of writing and end the story with a funny line. I was wishing to read the happily ever after and only get an insinuation of it...
January 12, 2014
I have read this awhile back and almost went crazy looking for it again. I just love this Harlequin, it's not your usual kind and it has a great deal of charm.
Definitely one of my favorite romance.
Definitely one of my favorite romance.
June 21, 2015
It was quite dramatic, emotional and realistic-ish. i also did feel that the ending was very sudden. it's like the author was taking a nice drive then had to slam on the breaks all of a sudden and stop. one of the best I've read until i hit the very end
November 29, 2011
Gosh, I read this so long ago that I can barely remember the book but I remember the drama and the underlining tension and passion.
February 19, 2012
Great read...really like the H and h, the chemistry is fun, the relationship well developed and a very different story that is enjoyable from beginning to end
March 17, 2015
Pretty steamy for a mills n boon but enjoyed it. I enjoy this writers style.
October 6, 2024
tal vez demaciado cursi para mi gusto. Para ser tan corto se me hizo muy largo.
Esta bien si queres leer algo tierno y sencillo
Esta bien si queres leer algo tierno y sencillo
not-for-me
July 12, 2018Volcano. THE UNMARRIED BRIDE!
Jennifer had taken drastic measures to become pregnant, and she was saving every ounce of love she had for her baby. There was no room in her life for marriage -- only now the father of her unborn child had turned up on her doorstep.
Jennifer's first problem was that her entire family believed Raphael Jordan was actually her husband -- and that, at last, the happy couple could have a honeymoon! Her second was that Raphael was delighted with the idea -- and suddenly Jennifer found herself sharing a bed with her gorgeous, sexy, pretend husband! (
Jennifer had taken drastic measures to become pregnant, and she was saving every ounce of love she had for her baby. There was no room in her life for marriage -- only now the father of her unborn child had turned up on her doorstep.
Jennifer's first problem was that her entire family believed Raphael Jordan was actually her husband -- and that, at last, the happy couple could have a honeymoon! Her second was that Raphael was delighted with the idea -- and suddenly Jennifer found herself sharing a bed with her gorgeous, sexy, pretend husband! (
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