Knocked Up by Love

by Ella Goode

Honey’s on the run. Literally. Under witness protection, Honey has to keep a low profile which definitely means not getting involved with a pro fighter. Even if in his arms she feels safe.

Bear Chan knows a little about making money, a lot about hitting people, and nothing at all about being a father.

When guardianship duties fall on Bear’s shoulders, he knows that he’s going to need help. Fortunately, he’s found the perfect nanny for his little ward. The bad news is that his new boss (who happens to be a 5-year-old) doesn’t want him to so much as look at Honey for too long, in fear he'll run her off.

But that’s simply not possible. Honey Ricci is too sexy and too sweet for this Bear to resist. She already owns him.

Genres: Romance, Novella, Contemporary, Fighters, Sports, Contemporary Romance, Smut

122 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2021

Reviews

[Lori [semi-hiatus] · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this. I teared up a little at some scenes with Paige.

Safety: both virgins. For heroine it was also her first kiss 😍. No others after meeting and no op drama. Only some external plot drama.

[Helen Power · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet romance that features a heroine who’s in the witness protection program falling in love with her new boss–a famous boxer who she’s a nanny for. This book is quite short and perfect to read just before bed. There’s a little bit of suspense and a little bit of steam. There’s also a bit of a mystery, with finding out what happened to put her in witsec. There are a few continuity issues that bothered me in the story, and the romance was a little lurchy, (they go from not knowing each other to madly in love in a couple of pages) but that seems to be common in romance novellas.
I was also kind of confused by the title – this isn’t a surprise pregnancy novel. In fact, nobody gets pregnant at all. This isn’t really a spoiler, but I wanted to say this because if you go into the book expecting someone to be “knocked up”, you might be disappointed!
3 stars.

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I'm in his arms, I know I'm safe. The safest I can ever remember feeling in my whole life. He is my protector.

The Fighter falls for the Nanny... 4 stars!

I usually don't enjoy the nanny trope, but Ella's stories are quick, instalove-filled bites of sexiness that you can't help but love. Bear was such a softie for both Honey and Paige, and I loved seeing them all interact together. Not as steamy as her usual books, but I still enjoyed it ♡

[Serena Books · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quería pasar páginas con este libro





•Mi opinión puede contener Spoilers

•Esta destinada a ser un descargo personal no para que alguien más lea pero si lo haces y te ofende, me disculpo porque sé lo que es que te guste un libro y otros lo critiquen





Knocked up by love de Ella Goode


Argumento:

Honey está huyendo. Literalmente. Bajo la protección de testigos, Honey debe mantener un perfil bajo, lo que definitivamente significa no involucrarse con un luchador profesional. Incluso si en sus brazos se siente segura.

Bear Chan sabe un poco sobre ganar dinero, mucho sobre golpear a la gente y nada en absoluto sobre ser padre.

Cuando los deberes de tutela recaen sobre los hombros de Bear, sabe que necesitará ayuda. Afortunadamente, ha encontrado a la niñera perfecta para su pequeña pupila. La mala noticia es que su nuevo jefe (que resulta ser una niña de 5 años) ni siquiera quiere que mire a Honey por mucho tiempo, por temor a que se vaya.

Pero eso simplemente no es posible. Honey Ricci es demasiado sexy y demasiado dulce para que este oso se resista. Ya lo posee.





Mí humilde opinión:

Este libro no fue uno de mis favoritos tengo que decir con decepción.

La historia podría haber sido algo más, tenía un tema policial y estaba también la historia dramática de Paige y Bear pero al final todo se volvió demasiado exagerado para mí gusto y poco realista... protección a testigos no debería suceder así, un sicario saliendo de la nada y luego el héroe encubriendo un asesinato... la verdad fue raro y también había personajes que no aportaban realmente mucho a la historia.

Bear y Honey no lograron emocionarme, estaba la posesividad y los momentos calientes pero no pude ver la conexión, no hicieron click como espero de parte de las parejas de esta autora. Se sintió plana la relación romántica. Lo único me resultó lindo fue el juego de palabras, Honey y Bear, miel y oso.

Paige, la niñita fue divertida, me gustaban las escenas entre ella y Bear, eran dulces y el epílogo fue lindo.

Sin embargo, no alcanzó para gustarme del todo, nunca tengo el deseo de pasar páginas con los libros de Ella Goode pero me pasó con este.

[*CJ* · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Knocked Up by Love" is the story of Honey and Bear.

Heroine is on the run and in a witness protection program. She is about to leave her teaching job, when she gets hired to be a nanny to the child the hero is looking after. Ofcourse, sparks fly, there is some drama as secrets are revealed and the book ends in a HEA.

It was ok!

Safe
2/5

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Couldn't stick with anything so went for a quickie!

[Cat H · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.2 stars.
This was cute.

First off their names?!
Honey and Bear? Are you kidding me? That’s so fucking precious.

Bear is that classic OTT, possessive, alpha with a little social awkwardness, and an obsession with his Honey.

The plot was short and simple. The sex was steamy but brief.

I enjoyed it. But I wanted more from it.

[Zoë⋆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5 stars*

I normally don't add all of the 'adult' books I read on Goodreads unless I really enjoyed them and this book definitely made the cut. I really do seem to enjoy every book Ella Goode releases. This was an extremely cute, short read and I enjoyed the plot. Loved both main characters (particularly Bear) and enjoyed the different POVs.

[Lynn Thinking out loud · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the sweetest most emotional book Ella has written to date. I balled my eyes out. Of course I jumped for joy when everyone got their hea.

[Intel Chicky Reads Romance (Kara Merideth) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute read!

Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: opposites attract
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥
Triggers: none

Super cute and smexy read! Hero is a big, growly fighter and the heroine a nanny that watches his ward.

[CeCe · Rating 1 out of 5]

It did not work for me. The switch in POVs were frequent and unnecessary. I did not feel connected to the characters.
DNF.

[Babel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet, funny, and dynamic. Hot too :-)

This cute novella matches a giant fighter named Bear and a mysterious woman called Honey. Yummy match indeed :-D

They fall in lust and in love when he snatches her from her previous job in order to take care of a sassy little girl he suddenly kind of inherits. I loved the convoluted way they all end up together. It has humour and heartbreak.

Paige is an adorable and clever girl. Bear is rough around the edges and has no experience with tender feelings, but more than makes up for it with his protective side and his passionate devotion.

It is poignant as Paige finds a new home with the gruff fighter and the loving nanny who is his in from a dangerous situation. There are family times, funny interactions, steamy grown up love, and also some tough heroísmo as the fighter defends their happiness. Very good.

[Jami · Rating 5 out of 5]

When bear is given custody of Paige, he has absolutely no idea what to do. Insert Honey… except Honey is keeping secrets!!! The minute that Bear sees Honey though, he knows she will be his. He just has to break down the walls and show her that he will fight for his family and he will win!!

Safe read
I want to say dual virgin, but it’s never actually confirmed (see quote below)
No om/ow drama
Epilogue 8 years out

“Before her, I never wanted another. The desire was never there. No woman could handle or want what I can give. They’d all run screaming. Then Honey came along—the one woman for me.”

[Alba M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honey está cansada de no poder hacer amigos, de tener que mudarse cada dos por tres, cansada de... De todo. Vivir en protección de testigos no es fácil y a veces se arrepiente de haber visto lo que vio. Así que tiene prohibido hacer amigos, trabajar en algo relacionado con su pasado o enamorarse. Pero Bear y Paige aparecen en su vida y es difícil no amarlos... A cualquiera de los dos.

Me ha encantado!!!!! Bear es un gran oso amoroso muy adecuado a su nombre 🥰. De verdad que hacía tiempo ya que un libro corto no me encantaba tanto, osea me gustan y todo pero de encantarme al mil por cien, hacía mucho tiempo. Así que por supuesto que lo recomiendo, es cortita y amor a primera vista ya sabéis cómo va pero es genial genial genial para pasar el rato ♥️

[help · Rating 2 out of 5]

tw: gun violence(its mentioned), murder, physical violence

not a fan of nanny romance and dense men who don't know how to string two words cohenrently
but it got better gradually

I liked how Bear was with Paige, i.e how clueless and utter fool he made of himself was fun to read
Liked the family dynamics in the end, got a sweet ending
the beginning plot could have been less frustrating

[Viv “BookVixen” Gutierrez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one melted my heart.

100% totally safe. Double virgin yumminess!

[LaBlue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just my kind of story! Sweet, with an interesting plot. Not a lot of plot action as it was mostly the couple dealing with a situation. It was also super short. I would have loved a longer version of this story. It was too short to really do it justice but there was an epilogue and it satisfied me enough to say I loved this story. Limited s e x which is okay too. Sometimes it’s too much s e x. This book was not a happy medium. It was lite on the s e x scenes. So if steam is your main driver this won’t be for you.

Lastly, the title makes no sense for this book. “Knocked up” doesn’t actually happen until the epilogue and “knocked” by itself because he was a fighter was just lame. So yes a better title should have been chosen or the story should have reflected it more than it did.

Either way, I “knocked” stars off for the shortness of the story as it was complex enough to warrant a much higher word count, for limited and boring s e x scenes, and because of the lame title, even though I absolutely did like this book very much. Enjoy.

[Ꭿຖᥲ·♡ ྀི · Rating 4 out of 5]

4✯

°Virgin heroine
°Seems like he was also a virgin
°Switching POVs
°Insta love/lust
°Protective possessive OTT alpha hero
°Free of OW/OM drama
°No separation
°No cheating
°No intimate scenes with OP
°Epilogue: around 8 years later married with 5 children and another on the way

Merged review:

4✯

°Virgin heroine
°Seems like he was also a virgin
°Switching POVs
°Insta love/lust
°Protective possessive OTT alpha hero
°Free of OW/OM drama
°No separation
°No cheating
°No intimate scenes with OP
°Epilogue: around 8 years later married with 5 children and another on the way

[Sarah Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

No strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.

Overall: 3-stars

Safety Rating: Safe
• No cheating
• No OW/OM drama
• Does have the Heroine pushing the Hero away
• No separation


Possible Triggers: Yes
• Death of child's father
• Attempted murder
• Murder
• Knife violence


Ending: HEA with Epilogue

[A-reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

My reviews always contain spoilers, I write them so I can remember the story.

Bear is a fighter who has been given temporary custody of a five year old girl, Paige. He doesn’t know the first thing about little girls so he hires a nanny. Honey is in witness protection, she was a nanny for a wealthy family, the husband kills his mistress and Honey contacts the police and now there is a contract out on her life. She’s been teaching as a substitute but with the regular teacher returning to work she needs her next job. Paige is a student in her class and when she is given the opportunity to be Paige’s nanny she’s hesitant to accept because of her attraction to Bear. For him it’s love at first sight, he has never felt this way about a woman before. Then Paige’s dad dies of complications of his injuries. Paige is permanently his now. Worried Honey will leave if Bear pursues her, Paige asks Bear to leave her alone, but in the end Bear does seduce Honey. To help Paige he proposes to Honey, but she says she can’t marry him and then has to explain why. Little bit of drama with her old creepy landlord and the WITSEC officer. Her ex-employer tries to have her killed, she gets taken but Bear finds her and gets rid of the two bad guys, he saves her. She accepts his proposal and the three of them become a family. Epilogue with them all celebrating Paige’s 13th birthday party and they have boys too.

[Kiley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Knocked Up by Love was about Benjamin "Bear" Chan, a famous boxer, and Honey Walker (AKA Hannah Ricci), a nanny/substitute elementary school teacher).

This story was a bit all over the place. Honey had been placed in Witness Protection six months earlier for reporting her boss to the police, so she has had to be moved repeatedly in that short span of time. It was OTT dramatic and angsty, with a touch of spice. Unfortunately, there was more fluff-n-stuff than meaningful content, and that detracted from the book. I actually started this story two days earlier than I wrote the review...and I never take that long to read a book. It was boring and full of information dumb.

The reason for Honey to be in WitSec was mostly secondary to the love plot, but it felt more like it was thrown in haphazardly and worked in at the worst possible moments. I think what I disliked the most was how the author portrayed the MMC as an uneducated, ill-spoken man. So what if he came from "the wrong side of the tracks", was dirt poor growing up, etc.? That doesn't mean he wasn't an educated man. Perhaps he didn't have the education others had, but that doesn't mean he wasn't smart.

The whole story was a bit off-kilter and just didn't flow smoothly. It needed more grit and a bit more background story, but it needed to be put together in such a way that it could be read with enjoyment and not disappointment.

I only gave this a one-star rating. It just didn't earn anything higher.

[K B · Rating 1 out of 5]

Again with the inconsistencies…timeline is all over the place in what’s supposed to be the same day. First Honey’s writing a 6 page letter to the kid’s real teacher after being out for maternity leave for like 3 months (which let’s face it in the US is unbelievable enough for a teacher to be able to do) but makes it seem like it was the start of the year & she doesn’t know the kids. Then there’s mention that Spring Break is around the corner so that would mean it’s March/April. Except when they find Ted he says he bought the pay per view of Bear’s fight three, or four months, ago in February right after Valentine’s so when the is this book happening?

Not to mention when Johnny dies it’s been what 1 day since Honey & Bear met yet in the next chapter it’s been just over a month Honey’s irritated “at what had happened in the locker room over a month ago” but somehow in Bear’s chapter in the same scene there’s this: “So many nights over the last few months, I’ve lain in bed mapping out exactly how I would make our first time slow and perfect.” Then in Honey’s next chapter “fact that the past month has been super stressful” and “this past month living with Bear and Paige” yet two chapters later which is the day after this scene we’re back to “I haven’t been back to my place in months” and “the past few months have been the best of my life”

And let’s not forget Honey never went to college but yet she’s able to be a long term substitute teacher while in WITSEC…yeah sure.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

First things first; I really like the cover of this book!
This story is short, fast paced and an enjoyable read. I read this book in one sitting and was satisfied throughout. I found the writing style easy to follow, the characters likeable and the storyline enjoyable. Bear is a fighter that has temporary guardianship of another fighter’s five-year-old daughter. Honey is a schoolteacher that is in witness protection. When she is hired by Bear to be a nanny, sparks fly but will she give love a chance?
The chemistry between Honey and Bear is clear to see and I liked them together. I loved how possessive and protective Bear was of Honey.
I thought Paige was adorable. My heart hurt for her over her father situation. I loved her bond with Honey and Bear.
I liked and was amused by the hero and heroines names.
I really liked the ending and the epilogue for this story.
The storyline for this book is easy to follow and it is an enjoyable read.

[**Elle**Bee**Double U** · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cute romance!
Bear Chan makes a living using his fists. His life is literally about fighting and training. Women have no room in his life. But he soon changes his tune when he's required to find a nanny for a little girl who falls under his guardianship.

Honey loves nothing more than working with kids. Before she was placed in witness protection she was a nanny. The closest she's been able to come to working with kids again is being a substitute teacher. However, she takes the job looking after Paige knowing that she's breaking all the rules.

Bear is the kind of man he's not going to let some rich a-hole keep him from claiming the woman he loves. He'll do whatever it takes to make sure Honey is safe.

**I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book**

[Maru · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es una historia muy tierna de Bear y Honey.
Cuando Bear recibe la custodia de la hija de un amigo, no sabe cómo cuidarla, es un boxeador que solo entrena y pelea, no tiene relaciones.
Honey está huyendo, para protegerla la metieron en el programa de protección a testigos, se está ocultando trabajando de maestra, y consigue un trabajo de niñera de Paige.
Paige es una niña muy inteligente para su edad, y consigue lo que quiere de Bear sin esfuerzo.
Los 3 me gustaron mucho, te enamoras de Bear, por la forma que trata a Paige y Honey, es un súper dulce, muy protector de sus mujeres.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️=barely finished it, not likely to read author again-don’t read.

⭐️⭐️=meh, wasn’t great, also didn’t hate it. Will afford author grace (maybe).

⭐️⭐️⭐️=I liked it, it entertained me, I’ll continue to support this author and would recommend their work.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=loved it, everyone should read it, I’ll likely reread this book again. I can’t wait to inhale every book this author has gifted us with!!!g

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️=I have an obsession with this story, and reread it often. I have hero worship for this author and read all their stories.

[Sandra Rosales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved🤍

Check TW!
☑️Virginians
☑️Grumpy/sunshine
☑️Boxer/teacher
☑️Alpha
☑️Forced proximity
☑️Kidnapped
She is a teacher that is in the witness protection program, and he is a boxer who just became guardian to a five year old little girl. He knows nothing about raising a child and looks for help be hiring a nanny. It is instant attraction for them both. She is scared about her feelings for them both and putting them in danger. He swears to protect her and takes matters into his own hands. Especially when she gets kidnapped.

[Melinda Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Fighter Bear Chan finds himself as guardian of a little girl, he also finds himself in need of a nanny. And that nanny happens to be Honey. She already knows his young ward and the two have a bond. And when Bear sets his sights on Honey, it's lights out. But Honey has a secret past, one she's running from. She can't have a future, can she? Can she let Bear give her the HEA she's always wanted?

[Leslee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was just adorable! Nothing beats a big, giant fighter named Bear, nothing except a five year old girl entrusted into his care. When it gets to be too much, he decides to hire a nanny and that is how he finds his Honey. Even though she needs the job, Honey shouldn't be taking ones like being a teacher or a nanny. So when the past comes knocking, Bear isn't willing to give up his Honey. This was just a straight up fun, cute read and I had a blast reading it; 5 stars!

[rainbooksonme · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was something else.

The storytelling was quite enthralling.
I was curious to see what direction the writer would take me in and I was left pleasantly surprised.
I enjoyed all the character interactions, from the sassy female characters, to the brooding, protective alpha males.
The sex scenes were limited throughout but written tastefully and demanded attention.
I must say, this book was an unexpected guilty pleasure.