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The Whittakers #1
Having the Tycoon's Baby
SHE NEEDED A BABY
. . . and a sperm bank could be Liz Donovan's last chance. But instead of some anonymous donor, Quentin Whittaker was offering to father her child?as long as she married him first. The sexy CEO's whirlwind courtship was setting off enough sparks to start a whole family. At this rate, she'd be pregnant before she walked down the aisle!
HE NEEDED AN HEIR
Making love to Elizabeth was the most exquisite pleasure Quentin had ever known, but forever wasn't part of his game plan. Yet once she had his baby, how could he walk away? Heaven help him, wanted her?in lust, in wedlock and in fatherhood. But was love part of the bargain . . . ?
. . . and a sperm bank could be Liz Donovan's last chance. But instead of some anonymous donor, Quentin Whittaker was offering to father her child?as long as she married him first. The sexy CEO's whirlwind courtship was setting off enough sparks to start a whole family. At this rate, she'd be pregnant before she walked down the aisle!
HE NEEDED AN HEIR
Making love to Elizabeth was the most exquisite pleasure Quentin had ever known, but forever wasn't part of his game plan. Yet once she had his baby, how could he walk away? Heaven help him, wanted her?in lust, in wedlock and in fatherhood. But was love part of the bargain . . . ?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 2003
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About the author
Anna DePalo
192 books139 followersWhile still in her teens, Anna DePalo began her first novel. She wishes she could say that this early manuscript went on to receive numerous accolades and to bring her fame and fortune. Instead, that first attempt—well, all three pages of it—hit the trash heap, and she understood why many authors have burned their papers for posterity.
She has lived in Italy and England, graduated from Harvard, earned an advanced degree in political science, and practiced intellectual property law.
One day, she decided to give fiction writing another try, believing that having done some more living would help her tell the truth about life in the pages of made-up stories. This time she didn’t stop at three pages—or even ninety-three. That first finished manuscript soon sold to Harlequin, became a bestseller and award-winner, and has been published in over twenty countries to date.
Anna's books have hit the USA Today best-seller list, and have won the RT Book Club Reviewers' Choice Award, the OCCRWA Book Buyer’s Best, the NJRW Golden Leaf, and the NECRWA Readers' Choice. She lives with her husband, son and daughter in New York.
She has lived in Italy and England, graduated from Harvard, earned an advanced degree in political science, and practiced intellectual property law.
One day, she decided to give fiction writing another try, believing that having done some more living would help her tell the truth about life in the pages of made-up stories. This time she didn’t stop at three pages—or even ninety-three. That first finished manuscript soon sold to Harlequin, became a bestseller and award-winner, and has been published in over twenty countries to date.
Anna's books have hit the USA Today best-seller list, and have won the RT Book Club Reviewers' Choice Award, the OCCRWA Book Buyer’s Best, the NJRW Golden Leaf, and the NECRWA Readers' Choice. She lives with her husband, son and daughter in New York.
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August 2, 2015
Esta boluda de pocas neuronas, Liz, lleva prácticamente toda la vida enamorada de Quentin, y un buen día, en cuanto se entera que él se ha comprometido, rápidamente corre a encamarse con un tipo en una o dos citas... Y solo por despecho y porque piensa, que tener 23 años y ser virgen debe ser como tener cáncer, por lo tanto, hay que extirpar el tumor cuento antes. Yo diría a esto: buenooo, si realmente le apeteció o sintió algo por ese individuo... Pero el cuento cambia mucho cuando esta tarada lo hace solo por despecho, como dije, y encima, que casualidad, con alguien parecido físicamente a Quentin... O_O ¡Liz, es una romántica empedernida, si señor! (Véase la ironía)
¿Se puede ser más patética? No, no se puede.
Y, luego, pues claro, a lamentarse por ese "error"...
¿Se puede ser más patética? No, no se puede.
Y, luego, pues claro, a lamentarse por ese "error"...
August 12, 2018
I've had the privilege of knowing Anna for years, and was thrilled to see that she is just as trenchant, funny, earthy and sweet on the page as she is in person. Her heroines are SMART and never put themselves down; they have backbone and the guys they choose turn out to be pretty damn decent, and at the same time, capable of you know what.
I also love the "family saga" structure of much of what she writes. It builds on the 19th century conception of "families merging" that goes back to Austen really. Sisters of the bride end up marrying brothers of the bride and there are implicit cultural expectations too around large extended Italian American families vs. the tensions of more modern and independent approaches.
She also is meticulous about her craft and knows the worlds (real estate, high school, Hollywood) that her characters allow us to glimpse - but the details feel organic and just flow, making the stories feel authentic even as, with pleasure, we turn the pages enjoying the heroine/hero's chemistry.
I also love the "family saga" structure of much of what she writes. It builds on the 19th century conception of "families merging" that goes back to Austen really. Sisters of the bride end up marrying brothers of the bride and there are implicit cultural expectations too around large extended Italian American families vs. the tensions of more modern and independent approaches.
She also is meticulous about her craft and knows the worlds (real estate, high school, Hollywood) that her characters allow us to glimpse - but the details feel organic and just flow, making the stories feel authentic even as, with pleasure, we turn the pages enjoying the heroine/hero's chemistry.
July 28, 2017
No me ha gustado nada . es un pesimo libro . lo he leido una vez y no lo voy leer mas. no es gran cosa ¡¡hay libros mucho mejores que este!!.
August 18, 2019
Predictable, but ok.
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October 24, 2020DNF tired of reading
July 21, 2016
Quentin & Liz's story is great.
Waiting to read other brother's story..
Waiting to read other brother's story..
December 5, 2014
Awesome ending. I can't wait to read the next book.
May 2, 2017
Leido el 17/06/2011
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