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The Baby Bank #4
The Baby Gift
The Baby Gift by Susan Crosby released on May 25, 2000 is available now for purchase.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Susan Crosby
208 books29 followersAnd they lived happily ever after.
I’ve always loved that sentence. There is such hope in those words, such faith in the future and ever-after love. I’ve always been a believer, which led me to being a reader of romance novels long before I began to write them. The dance of courtship between a man and a woman, sometimes slow and bluesy, sometimes wild and uninhibited, is sheer bliss to me. And the best part about writing is creating these two dancers who find their perfect partners out of all the other people on the planet.
What brings them together? What could tear them apart? Why do they stick it out through the bad times? Why do they fall more in love with each other every day? Finding the answers to these questions intrigues me. Who are you? I ask them. Some characters give me an hour-long monologue; others clam up until I push the right buttons. Eventually, I get them all to talk, even if I have to torture them a little.
On my journey to becoming a writer, I did a lot of the usual things—married, had children, attended college a little later than the average coed and earned a B.A. in English. Some not-so-usual things happened, too. Life constantly changes, and so we must grow. It’s not a bad thing.
I’ve been fortunate enough to win some awards and receive some honors, which are listed elsewhere on this site. I’ve had the great privilege of working with an exceptional editor from my first book on. My community of writers spans the entire country—smart, funny and loyal people who share and give and support. Without them, this once-upon-a-time journey wouldn’t be anywhere near as fun.
I’ve always loved that sentence. There is such hope in those words, such faith in the future and ever-after love. I’ve always been a believer, which led me to being a reader of romance novels long before I began to write them. The dance of courtship between a man and a woman, sometimes slow and bluesy, sometimes wild and uninhibited, is sheer bliss to me. And the best part about writing is creating these two dancers who find their perfect partners out of all the other people on the planet.
What brings them together? What could tear them apart? Why do they stick it out through the bad times? Why do they fall more in love with each other every day? Finding the answers to these questions intrigues me. Who are you? I ask them. Some characters give me an hour-long monologue; others clam up until I push the right buttons. Eventually, I get them all to talk, even if I have to torture them a little.
On my journey to becoming a writer, I did a lot of the usual things—married, had children, attended college a little later than the average coed and earned a B.A. in English. Some not-so-usual things happened, too. Life constantly changes, and so we must grow. It’s not a bad thing.
I’ve been fortunate enough to win some awards and receive some honors, which are listed elsewhere on this site. I’ve had the great privilege of working with an exceptional editor from my first book on. My community of writers spans the entire country—smart, funny and loyal people who share and give and support. Without them, this once-upon-a-time journey wouldn’t be anywhere near as fun.
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September 4, 2018
#Zhavecteni pokračuje a s ním i další Harlekýnka, do které jsem se ponořila. Malý dárek splňoval kritérie telenovely - záhadné těhotenství, amnézie, muž z minulosti. Většinu času to až do druhé poloviny bylo ok. Mimina sice nemusim, ale přežila jsem to. A pak přišlo milování ústy a já umřela smíchy. Bylo to zábavné. Doporučuji.
2.5/5*
English Review:
The Baby Gift is fourth book in The Baby Bank Series by Harlequin. I would never pick book like this but there is #hotreading going on on Instagram and part of that is reading Harlequins for fun and laugh at them (in a good way). The Baby Gift was a quick read. It was your classic soap opera - mysterious pregnancy, amnesia, man from the past. For most of the book, you explore relationship and past of sheriff Jeff and Gina, who he was in love with several years ago and he never thought he'd see her again. He would never expect her to show at his doorstep, not only pregnant, but also with amnesia.
I don't like children very much, which is the reason I did not enjoy this part of story very much. I am not just into motherly stuff yet. I understand it was important part of the story but I'd rather have steamy moments between characters without an annoying baby. I was surprised that characters actually had quite a deep backstories and reasons why they acted like that. I would't expect something like that in Harlequin. Although, I was not big fan of steamy moments and sex. The romance was beliavable, but the language used for description was just meh. I don't know if it's only the problem of Czech translation, but I couldn't handle that very well (like making love with mouth? Really?).
In the end, it was not that bad. If you're looking for some nice Harlequin and you don't mind kids, you can try this.
2.5/5*
2.5/5*
English Review:
The Baby Gift is fourth book in The Baby Bank Series by Harlequin. I would never pick book like this but there is #hotreading going on on Instagram and part of that is reading Harlequins for fun and laugh at them (in a good way). The Baby Gift was a quick read. It was your classic soap opera - mysterious pregnancy, amnesia, man from the past. For most of the book, you explore relationship and past of sheriff Jeff and Gina, who he was in love with several years ago and he never thought he'd see her again. He would never expect her to show at his doorstep, not only pregnant, but also with amnesia.
I don't like children very much, which is the reason I did not enjoy this part of story very much. I am not just into motherly stuff yet. I understand it was important part of the story but I'd rather have steamy moments between characters without an annoying baby. I was surprised that characters actually had quite a deep backstories and reasons why they acted like that. I would't expect something like that in Harlequin. Although, I was not big fan of steamy moments and sex. The romance was beliavable, but the language used for description was just meh. I don't know if it's only the problem of Czech translation, but I couldn't handle that very well (like making love with mouth? Really?).
In the end, it was not that bad. If you're looking for some nice Harlequin and you don't mind kids, you can try this.
2.5/5*
December 9, 2022
I hated it, upon meeting for the first time the hero rejected heroine because or her age and so she started dating his partner and got married soon after. 3 years later she shows back up in his life pregnant with her deceased husband's baby (he died soon after they married 3 years before, she used samples of his from sperm bank). I do not like that she had a baby with her husband when he had been dead for years. I didn't like anything about the plot. Np.
October 19, 2015
D1301 Jun2000 Pregnant woman walks into town after a snow storm causes her car accident. The sheriff recognizes her from his time as a deputy, his partner had married her.
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