The Night Before Baby

Loving the Boss #2

by Karen Rose Smith, Kari Sutherland

A marriage agreement leads to a lifetime of love!

THE NIGHT BEFORE BABY is Book 2 in the first-ever continuity series for Silhouette Romance entitled Loving the boss, a series about six friends who work for a corporation in Phoenix.

Olivia McGovern had planned her future. She intended to pass the bar exam and marry her stable, dependable mentor--her boss. But on the night of the office Christmas party she kissed Lucas Hunter, the sexy lawyer down the hall, and the passionate interlude that followed changed her life. When Olivia discovers she is pregnant and tells Lucas, he asks her to marry him. After a compatability test of living together for a few weeks, they fly to Las Vegas for the ceremony. Lucas believes Olivia is marrying him for security but thinks she still has feelings for her boss. Olivia is determined to convince Lucas to believe in love instead of simply desire and the need for an alliance because of their child. An orphan, Lucas feels he owes the foster parents who gave him a home at their ranch. Many weekends he returns there to mentor the boys they now care for. To his suprise, Olivia fits right in. But when he returns from a business trip and discovers she fell and turned to her boss for help, he angrily storms out. Through a confrontation with Olivia's boss, Lucas discovers Olivia thinks he married her simply for their child's sake. He realizes he does believe in love and is determined to convince her that if she'll forgive his doubts, he'll love her for the rest of their lives.

I hope readers enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Genres: Romance, Ebooks, Contemporary Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1999

About the author

Award-winning author Karen Rose Smith was born in Pennsylvania. Although she was an only child, she remembers the bonds of an extended family. Family is a strong theme in her books and she suspects her childhood memories are the reason.

In college, Karen began writing poetry and also met her husband to be. They both began married life as teachers, but when their son was born, Karen decided to try her hand at a home-decorating business.

She returned to teaching for a while but changes in her life led her to writing relationship novels. Now she writes romances as well as mysteries full time. Her first book was published in 1992; her 110th novel will be published in 2024. A winner of New Jersey's Golden Leaf Award in Short Contemporary Romance, Colorado Romance Writers Award Of Excellence for short contemporary, as well as the Phoenix Desert Rose Chapter's Golden Quill for Traditional Romance, she has also been honored with Cataromance.com's award for Best Special Edition and Washington Romance Writers Career Achievement Award. Her romances have made both the USA TODAY list and the Amazon Romance and Contemporary Romance Bestseller lists. Her mysteries have made the USA TODAY and Barnes and Noble bestseller lists.

She has written for Meteor/Kismet, Kensington, Silhouette and Harlequin. Readers can contact Karen through her website, on Facebook (Karen Rose Smith Author) and on Twitter @ Karenrosesmith, on TIKTOK at karenrosesmithauthor and on Instagram. They can also follow her monthly e-zine IN TOUCH with KAREN ROSE SMITH which has the latest news about her books, recipes and contests.

Reviews

[Debby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Olivia McGovern is almost a lawyer working for a law firm. During the company Christmas party she loses her virginity to jet setting lawyer Lucas Hunter and gets pregnant. Lucas was a foster child to Mim & Wyatt Carson and he still goes back to the ranch to help them with the foster children they currently have. When Lucas finds out Olivia is pregnant, he wants to get married. She's more methodical and they live together for a few weeks so they can get to know each other better. All works out.

[Kanika · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it was an ok kind of read and you need to read the series to get a sense of an epilogue as we never get to know the baby's sex or there happily ever after epilogue. The hero goes a little overboard with the jealousy and there were some communication gaps between the hero and heroine. Overall it's an decent harlequin read

[Kace | The Booknerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always enjoy this kind of storyline where the couple knows nothing about each other and has to marry because of the baby and fall in love. I was drawn in and completely fell in love with the two main characters. Although predictable, it was quite interesting, and you'll still find yourself wanting to know whatever happens next. So I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

[Tia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not too bad of a novel. I was impressed by some of it but I need to admit that I was super annoyed with the heroes jealous tendencies.

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well As we all know one of the main characters in this story becomes pregnant but what is never known is the sex of the baby.... that was a bummer but the rest of the book was well worth reading

[Lupita Figueroa BookLoverRomantic · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aburrida.