An Unlikely Father

Heron Point #2

by Cynthia Thomason

Helen Sweeney is driving Ethan insane.

First she nearly runs him down with her truck, then she's taking potshots at a sailboat with empty beer cans and leading him on a wild-fish chase! She's the craziest - and most interesting - woman he's ever met.

What Ethan doesn't know is that Helen has a reason for her behavior. She needs his business savvy to help save her fishing charter company so she can provide a secure future for herself, her father - and the little "Bean," her unborn child. Instead she finds herself falling for him - a definite complication, given her father's mysterious hatred for Ethan's father. And then there's the small matter of Ethan's desire never to have kids...

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 9, 2006

About the author

I'm Cynthia Thomason, and I'm a romantic. To me, romance means love between people as well as finding romance in places, such as waterfalls, lighthouses, beaches, or wherever else your soul connects with the wider universe.. I have written 39 romance novels for Harlequin and Kensington. But I am currently proud to announce, BACKDROP DEAD, my FIRST COZY HISTORICAL MYSTERY, set on a showboat in 1898. I guess I'll add showboats to my list of romantic places.
I was raised in Ohio. I taught high school English, ran my own auction house, and wrote books. I have experienced a great love, but lost my husband a few years ago to cancer. But he's still around. I can feel him.
I have won the HOLT Medallion Award, the Golden Quill and Readers' Choice Awards and I've been nominated several times for the prestigious Maggie Award. I'm proud of those awards, but as the saying goes, "That and five dollars will get you in the door of Starbucks." I love to write about America's small towns, similar to the one where I grew up in Summit County, Ohio. I have one son, also a writer. My favorite place to spend an afternoon is the mountains of North Carolina, but I haven't been to Ireland yet. My motto as I grow older and wiser is "never stop learning." After several lessons, I am now playing the guitar and I love it.

Reviews

[Jacqueline J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very readable book. I liked the slightly goofy heroine. The hero was a bit different. He was a survivor of a kidnapping when he was 10 and now that he is 30, he cannot convince his very rich father that he doesn't still need 4 guards around him 24 hours a day. He spends time trying to duck the guards. He is a pretty typical guy and is well written in the obliviousness that he has in places. The plot was pretty solid. Their fathers are old friends who have not spoken in 47 years and there is a lot of wondering what's up with that. Then there is the fact that she has a tendency to hook up with losers and the last one left her pregnant. The day she finds out she's pregnant, she meets the hero. That's got to suck and she doesn't really handle it well. I'm not usually a fan of this line but I liked this one.

[Bev Walkling · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice easy summer read.

[Nes · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a really great romance novel! Completely new and refreshing and the main girl character was absolutely amazing. In general the characters weren't annoying at all or completly dumb they were smart and took the great decision each time it was needed and weren't uselessly refraining themselves. I loved it