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Positively Pregnant #2
The Ladies' Man
Rachel Harper só queria parecer uma mulher sofisticada e se divertir. Mas o lençol amarrotado era a lembrança marcante de uma noite atípica: levara para casa um homem que conhecera no bar! Semanas depois, descobriu que estava grávida dele… Rachel não sabia como contar a novidade para Carter Brockett. O que ele pensaria dela? Afinal de contas, havia uma legião de mulheres ávidas por um compromisso sério com Carter, e agora Rachel carregava um bom motivo… Até perceber que ele também não tivera controle sobre o próprio desejo.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 29, 2006
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Susan Mallery
864 books15.5k followers#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery writes heartwarming and humorous novels about the relationships that define women's lives—family, friendship, romance. She's best known for putting nuanced characters into emotionally complex, real-life situations with twists that surprise readers to laughter. Because Susan is passionate about animal welfare, pets play a big role in her books. Beloved by millions of readers worldwide, her books have been translated into 28 languages.
Critics have dubbed Mallery "the new queen of romantic fiction." (Walmart) Booklist says, "Romance novels don't get much better than Mallery's expert blend of emotional nuance, humor, and superb storytelling," and RT Book Reviews puts her "in a class by herself!" It's no wonder that her books have spent more than 200 weeks on the USA Today bestsellers list.
Although Susan majored in Accounting, she never worked as an accountant because she was published straight out of college with two books the same month. Sixteen prolific years and seventy-four books later, she hit the New York Times bestsellers list for the first time with Accidentally Yours in 2008. She made many appearances in the Top 10 before (finally) hitting #1 in 2015 with Thrill Me, the twentieth book in her most popular series, the Fool's Gold romances, and the fourth of five books released that year.
Susan lives in Washington state with her husband, two ragdoll cats, and a small poodle with delusions of grandeur. Her heart for animals has led Susan to become an active supporter of the Seattle Humane Society. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.
Critics have dubbed Mallery "the new queen of romantic fiction." (Walmart) Booklist says, "Romance novels don't get much better than Mallery's expert blend of emotional nuance, humor, and superb storytelling," and RT Book Reviews puts her "in a class by herself!" It's no wonder that her books have spent more than 200 weeks on the USA Today bestsellers list.
Although Susan majored in Accounting, she never worked as an accountant because she was published straight out of college with two books the same month. Sixteen prolific years and seventy-four books later, she hit the New York Times bestsellers list for the first time with Accidentally Yours in 2008. She made many appearances in the Top 10 before (finally) hitting #1 in 2015 with Thrill Me, the twentieth book in her most popular series, the Fool's Gold romances, and the fourth of five books released that year.
Susan lives in Washington state with her husband, two ragdoll cats, and a small poodle with delusions of grandeur. Her heart for animals has led Susan to become an active supporter of the Seattle Humane Society. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.
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February 5, 2020
Carter and Rachel. I was enjoying this story when it kinda fizzled out. Rachel and Carter meet by chance and are caught in a wave of passion with consequences... a baby. She is a kindergarten teacher and he's an undercover cop. She has had two serious relationships and he has 'dated' just about every unmarried female in the city.
I really didn't know what to make of his past... If it were me, it would be quite hurtful to constantly have his past rubbed in my face. But Rachel just seemed to be nonplussed at most.
I really didn't feel like Carter viewed her any differently than any of his 'other women'. Why does he love her? He never stands up for her to his family (who were horribly interfering and judgmental) or the 'other women'. He doesn't actually make much of an effort to get to know her and never tells her about himself. THAT she has to find out the hard way. He does allow his family to harass her unremittingly. He was such a limp dick, I really didn't see why all those women dated him in the first place. Both of them are so luke warm and constantly telling each other how they don't want to get married. The whole story was just so unromantic.
I kept expecting the romance to pick up but it never does. Instead it gets mired in her 'issues'. So now she's the 'bad guy' and his faithless, yet supposedly 'faithful' past is of no consequence??? Why was it such a large, prevailing part of the story then?
I have no faith that Carter won't start to 'tire' of her like he did all the others. There's absolutely no grovelling unless you count her grovelling for not being able to open up to him fast enough... him, who was a complete stranger less than 2 months earlier, AND didn't voluntarily open up to her?... really???
SO DISAPPOINTING.
I really didn't know what to make of his past... If it were me, it would be quite hurtful to constantly have his past rubbed in my face. But Rachel just seemed to be nonplussed at most.
I really didn't feel like Carter viewed her any differently than any of his 'other women'. Why does he love her? He never stands up for her to his family (who were horribly interfering and judgmental) or the 'other women'. He doesn't actually make much of an effort to get to know her and never tells her about himself. THAT she has to find out the hard way. He does allow his family to harass her unremittingly. He was such a limp dick, I really didn't see why all those women dated him in the first place. Both of them are so luke warm and constantly telling each other how they don't want to get married. The whole story was just so unromantic.
I kept expecting the romance to pick up but it never does. Instead it gets mired in her 'issues'. So now she's the 'bad guy' and his faithless, yet supposedly 'faithful' past is of no consequence??? Why was it such a large, prevailing part of the story then?
I have no faith that Carter won't start to 'tire' of her like he did all the others. There's absolutely no grovelling unless you count her grovelling for not being able to open up to him fast enough... him, who was a complete stranger less than 2 months earlier, AND didn't voluntarily open up to her?... really???
SO DISAPPOINTING.
May 27, 2016
3.75 stars!! A little Too predicable but still entertaining.
March 14, 2017
This book is so horribly written. I honestly don't know what I read.
We have a Hero who has literally screwed everything that moves (he still has good relationship with all his exes), seriously he cannot walk a mile without seeing his exes. Gross.
Then we have the heroine who has been engaged twice but called everything off because she's afraid of a real thing.
And then when she got pregnant, we have the Hero's meddling family-- his sisters, his mom and his in laws who were on and on about him marrying the heroine. They constantly meddled and it was so annoying. Not to mention his exes who were sending well-wishes to the heroine to "love him for all the rest of us cause he's a good man." How is that an inappropriate thing to say?
There are other things that were bothering me, the pacing for instance, but I don't have the energy to write them all out. Bottom line, this book is a huge mess.
We have a Hero who has literally screwed everything that moves (he still has good relationship with all his exes), seriously he cannot walk a mile without seeing his exes. Gross.
Then we have the heroine who has been engaged twice but called everything off because she's afraid of a real thing.
And then when she got pregnant, we have the Hero's meddling family-- his sisters, his mom and his in laws who were on and on about him marrying the heroine. They constantly meddled and it was so annoying. Not to mention his exes who were sending well-wishes to the heroine to "love him for all the rest of us cause he's a good man." How is that an inappropriate thing to say?
There are other things that were bothering me, the pacing for instance, but I don't have the energy to write them all out. Bottom line, this book is a huge mess.
March 15, 2018
Rachel Harper, a naive kindergarten teacher, woke up one morning in her rumpled bed with fragrant coffee brewing in the kitchen. She had certainly stepped outside of the box when she spent the night in the arms of Carter Brockett, something she had never done before. He left her his phone number but she did not call, old fashioned not only in how she dressed but also in believing that the man should make the phone calls at the beginning of a dating relationship.
Carter Brockett is a ladies' man, a man whore extraordinaire. He has been with nearly every female in the city where he lived...or at least it seemed that way. But the night he slept in Rachel's arms was not an ordinary one night stand. It was something very special but he is shocked that she never called. Carter had become so accustomed to women flocking to him that he never has to make a phone call. The women always handled that. It was disconcerting to him that this woman had not done the same.
Once it dawned on Rachel that she and Carter had gotten so carried away that they did not use protection she began to worry. Of course, Rachel was pregnant and had thrown his phone number away, not knowing how to contact him. She finally goes to the bar where she met him and gets his phone number from one of his ex-girlfriends asking him to meet her. She tells him that she is pregnant but he never mentions marriage or doing the right thing. They do decide to spend time together to become better acquainted since he wants to be in his child's life and that shocks Rachel.
The situation is complicated now that she will be bound to him for a lifetime because of their child. Everywhere they go together his exes come out of the woodwork hanging all over him, propositioning him, discussing his amazing bedroom capabilities and it becomes deeply troublesome to Rachel (and to this reader. Just way over the top.) Many of his ex girlfriends have remained close to his mother and sisters and they show up at family gatherings and holidays with their families in tow. It causes a great deal of discomfort for Rachel and she doesn't know how she will be able to handle this. It is one thing to have exes but when they join the family at family gatherings, Thanksgiving, Christmas, well, that would make the strongest self assured woman feel out of place as it does with Rachel.
Carter Brockett is a ladies' man, a man whore extraordinaire. He has been with nearly every female in the city where he lived...or at least it seemed that way. But the night he slept in Rachel's arms was not an ordinary one night stand. It was something very special but he is shocked that she never called. Carter had become so accustomed to women flocking to him that he never has to make a phone call. The women always handled that. It was disconcerting to him that this woman had not done the same.
Once it dawned on Rachel that she and Carter had gotten so carried away that they did not use protection she began to worry. Of course, Rachel was pregnant and had thrown his phone number away, not knowing how to contact him. She finally goes to the bar where she met him and gets his phone number from one of his ex-girlfriends asking him to meet her. She tells him that she is pregnant but he never mentions marriage or doing the right thing. They do decide to spend time together to become better acquainted since he wants to be in his child's life and that shocks Rachel.
The situation is complicated now that she will be bound to him for a lifetime because of their child. Everywhere they go together his exes come out of the woodwork hanging all over him, propositioning him, discussing his amazing bedroom capabilities and it becomes deeply troublesome to Rachel (and to this reader. Just way over the top.) Many of his ex girlfriends have remained close to his mother and sisters and they show up at family gatherings and holidays with their families in tow. It causes a great deal of discomfort for Rachel and she doesn't know how she will be able to handle this. It is one thing to have exes but when they join the family at family gatherings, Thanksgiving, Christmas, well, that would make the strongest self assured woman feel out of place as it does with Rachel.
January 13, 2012
Rachel, the heroine, is a conservative kindergarten teacher. She doesn't even kiss a man she doesn't know pretty well. But...the night she meets Carter Braddock she not only kisses him but she has hot sex with him and makes a decision to never see him again. Three weeks later she realizes she's pregnant. She contacts him to inform him of the pregnancy and to get him to sign away his rights to the baby. Carter isn't a marrying kind of guy and is relieved that Rachel doesn't want marriage either but no way is he signing away his rights to the baby. Carters mom and sisters are determined they should marry so they decide to pretend to date to keep the family out of their business, but Carter is a very good kisser so they occassionally and then more frequently find them selves in bed...together. This is a nice romance with some emotional issues to work thru to get to HEA.
October 14, 2018
Leída en Enero 2013
**3.5 estrellas
Muy cliché y todo pero fue entretenida y algo tierna
**3.5 estrellas
Muy cliché y todo pero fue entretenida y algo tierna
August 23, 2016
So I'm usually a fan of Susan Mallery, but not with this one. I wasn't a fan of either of the romantic leads and I couldn't stand Carter's family. First of all, it is ok if you decide you don't want to marry a perfect stranger just because you and he accidentally got pregnant. Carter's family feels the need to butt into Rachel's business again and again. Basically telling her that she has to get married to Carter. I get making that suggestion once, maybe twice, but when they both say no then it's time to recognize that it's not your life and you need to butt out. Carter also really didn't do anything about it, he made a couple of attempts to talk to his family, but then just kind of shrugged it off. I mean there is a part where her brothers-in-law literally show up at her work and congratulate her on getting married and make her feel so awkward and terrible that she lies and says they are dating. Maybe, other people will feel differently, but it was exceedingly hard for me to read this book and watch Rachel get continously walked over by Carter's family. And I found all of Carter's ex's popping up really weird and just over the top. I also had a huge problem with the end...
*spoilers*
I hated Carter's response to Rachel being freaked out about his proposal. I could be wrong, but they had just decided to live together, had barely really dated and Carter knew all about Rachel's past. Instead of working with Rachel to overcome her fears of intamicy and actually dating for a while so Rachel was more comfortable with the idea he just decided to propose. Now I know this is a romance novel and that just happens, but I was extremely insulted when he insinuated that Rachel would be a bad mother because she feared losing people. I just feel like the way to help someone overcome their fear is talking with them and being there for them so they feel safe to open up and I don't feel Carter really did that.
So did I like this book...no.
Will I read Susan Mallery again....yes.
*spoilers*
I hated Carter's response to Rachel being freaked out about his proposal. I could be wrong, but they had just decided to live together, had barely really dated and Carter knew all about Rachel's past. Instead of working with Rachel to overcome her fears of intamicy and actually dating for a while so Rachel was more comfortable with the idea he just decided to propose. Now I know this is a romance novel and that just happens, but I was extremely insulted when he insinuated that Rachel would be a bad mother because she feared losing people. I just feel like the way to help someone overcome their fear is talking with them and being there for them so they feel safe to open up and I don't feel Carter really did that.
So did I like this book...no.
Will I read Susan Mallery again....yes.
October 11, 2016
A one night stand that turns into a three person situation. The ending could've been a little bit better. It was a little abrupt for me. Since this is a series I'm assuming it will be answered in the next one although this is a standalone story.
February 11, 2022
I love a good romance that's a quick read. The relationship worked nicely and I got my HEA 🙂
January 6, 2020
It was not bad, but it was not good enough for me to push after 60%.
October 28, 2018
2-1/2 rounded up to 3.
Despite many eye-rolling moments throughout this book, it was entertaining enough. Rachel and Carter went back and forth between being likeable and being annoying too much for me to give it a solid 3 stars, but it was worth the time it took me to read this as my secondary book that I only read a few pages from each day.
Despite many eye-rolling moments throughout this book, it was entertaining enough. Rachel and Carter went back and forth between being likeable and being annoying too much for me to give it a solid 3 stars, but it was worth the time it took me to read this as my secondary book that I only read a few pages from each day.
June 16, 2012
I'm not sure about this one. It's not as realistic as it supposed to be. I don't like that some characters especially Carter's family are being all too nice and Carter having ex girlfriends who still try to cling on to him and Rachel for being a kindergarten teacher who is stupid to be a scaredy cat in love.
November 12, 2015
I'm sorry but this book totally kills me off.
September 19, 2018
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May 25, 2017
I’m usually a fan of Susan Mallery so I was excited when Harlequin reached out and asked if I was interested in reviewing the audiobook of Ladies’ Man when the title was re-released at the start of the year.
It sounded intriguing: Rachel’s a good girl who wants to get a bit wild and live a little, Carter’s an undercover cop not ready to settle down. There’s a one-night stand and consequences from that. So, it sounded like it was going to be my cuppa tea. Sadly, this was the type of tea I’d born straight down the drain.
Here’s where it started going wrong, so wrong.
Carter’s upset because Rachel didn’t call and he accuses her of using him.(I’m totally fine with that part.) What irked me was Rachel’s reply that, ‘I’m the woman, I can’t use you.’ Seriously, Rachel? Seriously?! Strike One.
Then when Rachel tells Carter there are ramifications of their night together, his mind automatically assumes STD, then he goes on a tirade about how can the heroine have unprotected sex with a stranger and then he gets irate that she’s not on the pill. So Carter says, “You let yourself have sex with me without protection or birth control?” Okay, Carter, it takes two and you decided to go bareback. So, most definitely Strike Two.
And to top it off, she asks him to sign away his rights. Strike Three. I’m done.
Then throw in is Carter’s ex-girlfriend stick her nose into Carter and Rachel’s private business and revealing it to his family, who happens to be the world’s most meddling family.
I just couldn’t take any more of the madness and turned this one off for good.
It sounded intriguing: Rachel’s a good girl who wants to get a bit wild and live a little, Carter’s an undercover cop not ready to settle down. There’s a one-night stand and consequences from that. So, it sounded like it was going to be my cuppa tea. Sadly, this was the type of tea I’d born straight down the drain.
Here’s where it started going wrong, so wrong.
Carter’s upset because Rachel didn’t call and he accuses her of using him.(I’m totally fine with that part.) What irked me was Rachel’s reply that, ‘I’m the woman, I can’t use you.’ Seriously, Rachel? Seriously?! Strike One.
Then when Rachel tells Carter there are ramifications of their night together, his mind automatically assumes STD, then he goes on a tirade about how can the heroine have unprotected sex with a stranger and then he gets irate that she’s not on the pill. So Carter says, “You let yourself have sex with me without protection or birth control?” Okay, Carter, it takes two and you decided to go bareback. So, most definitely Strike Two.
And to top it off, she asks him to sign away his rights. Strike Three. I’m done.
Then throw in is Carter’s ex-girlfriend stick her nose into Carter and Rachel’s private business and revealing it to his family, who happens to be the world’s most meddling family.
I just couldn’t take any more of the madness and turned this one off for good.
September 3, 2017
Not one of Susan Mallery's finest.
This book is way too dated for me. Getting married just because you're having a baby together? Nope, not for me.
I feel like this story was designed for me not to like it. Rachel is weak and a scaredy cat. She can't even admit her own feelings to herself, let alone Carter. Like he says, she claims to want marriage and family and true love, but can't see all of it when it's staring her in the face. She is frustrating. Rachel spends most of this book feeling sorry for herself and going back and forth between hating Carter and constantly apologizing to him.
Carter is no dreamy hero either. He gets mad at Rachel for not calling the next day (SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM), his family suffocates her with what they consider kindness (creepily following her everywhere and telling her that Carter is a good man so they might as well get married), and when he decides to change the rules of their fake dating, he expects her to change too. How come Carter never apologizes to Rachel for being a jackass?
Also, who wouldn't be insecure about living in a town surrounded by your boyfriend's exes? Carter has obviously slept with more women than there are in America, which is what it is. But Rachel is already drowning in her own self-loathing and everyone else's attempts to get her to fall in love with him - I wish people would cut her some slack in this case.
This book is way too dated for me. Getting married just because you're having a baby together? Nope, not for me.
I feel like this story was designed for me not to like it. Rachel is weak and a scaredy cat. She can't even admit her own feelings to herself, let alone Carter. Like he says, she claims to want marriage and family and true love, but can't see all of it when it's staring her in the face. She is frustrating. Rachel spends most of this book feeling sorry for herself and going back and forth between hating Carter and constantly apologizing to him.
Carter is no dreamy hero either. He gets mad at Rachel for not calling the next day (SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIM), his family suffocates her with what they consider kindness (creepily following her everywhere and telling her that Carter is a good man so they might as well get married), and when he decides to change the rules of their fake dating, he expects her to change too. How come Carter never apologizes to Rachel for being a jackass?
Also, who wouldn't be insecure about living in a town surrounded by your boyfriend's exes? Carter has obviously slept with more women than there are in America, which is what it is. But Rachel is already drowning in her own self-loathing and everyone else's attempts to get her to fall in love with him - I wish people would cut her some slack in this case.
June 6, 2020
Rachel and Carter have an unexpected one night stand (not that Carter realizes it) and there are unexpected results. After two broken engagements, Rachel now has to deal with the prospect of single motherhood. Given her issues on loss and Carter's past with so many ladies, the ups and downs of their interactions give one pause to wonder in which direction they will go. Carter's past certainly put ME off, so I wondered how a kindergarten teacher could deal with it.
November 28, 2012
A little odd, a lot of spelling errors.
April 3, 2015
Cute story. I really enjoyed the story and the characters, however it was quite dated (getting married because your pregnant).
February 9, 2017
Loathed it.
August 19, 2017
Over the years I've read several of Mallery's books and really enjoyed them. So much so when I finished this one all that went through my head was "What was she thinking?"
This story is rushed. The characters are not well developed, in fact, some of them are so cliche as to be caricatures. OK, we have a hot one night stand on the part of a woman who doesn't do them and a man who does them all the time. His ex-girlfriends are practically a fan club.
She doesn't want to rush into anything, only wants to marry for love. He is a commitment-phobe, for unknown reasons, yet has a lot of ex-girlfriends who are devoted to him. Some have been adopted by his mama into the family. That makes no sense to me. why continue to hang around a man who has made it ever so clear he is not going to ever love you?
Anyway, as you can tell from the subtitle our heroine conceives as a result of the one night stand of unprotected sex (and who does that anymore???) and they have to deal with the consequences. All they have between them is sexual chemistry. He doesn't particularly like her otherwise and she is greatly put off by the hundreds of exes. Of course they fall in love, but this is what bothers me about this story. How? Why? It just happens without any transition from "ok we're having a baby and we'll be friendly about it and share the parenting" to falling in love and getting engaged. Especially on the part of the commitment-phobe.
This story needed more time, needed better-developed characters, needed better-developed motivation for the main characters. Not worthy of Mallery.
This story is rushed. The characters are not well developed, in fact, some of them are so cliche as to be caricatures. OK, we have a hot one night stand on the part of a woman who doesn't do them and a man who does them all the time. His ex-girlfriends are practically a fan club.
She doesn't want to rush into anything, only wants to marry for love. He is a commitment-phobe, for unknown reasons, yet has a lot of ex-girlfriends who are devoted to him. Some have been adopted by his mama into the family. That makes no sense to me. why continue to hang around a man who has made it ever so clear he is not going to ever love you?
Anyway, as you can tell from the subtitle our heroine conceives as a result of the one night stand of unprotected sex (and who does that anymore???) and they have to deal with the consequences. All they have between them is sexual chemistry. He doesn't particularly like her otherwise and she is greatly put off by the hundreds of exes. Of course they fall in love, but this is what bothers me about this story. How? Why? It just happens without any transition from "ok we're having a baby and we'll be friendly about it and share the parenting" to falling in love and getting engaged. Especially on the part of the commitment-phobe.
This story needed more time, needed better-developed characters, needed better-developed motivation for the main characters. Not worthy of Mallery.
April 4, 2022
The H is a playboy who has had too many girlfriends and worse they are still part of his life and even his family. His sisters and mom are best friends with some of his ex-es. The h is a Kindergarten teacher who has a one night stand and gets pregnant. They pretend to date as his mom and his sisters and brother in laws are putting pressure on them to marry! The h has ditched two fiancés and is thankfully an orphan. If the h had family of her own, the whole thing with H’s family would never ever have worked out as they are constantly barging in. They even invade h’s house without knowing her number and definitely without her having given them her address. All of H’s exes keep hugging him and he never ones thinks about how it would make h feel to have so many of them invading their space and relationship.
Too bad there was no epilogue because it would have been weird if the author wrote about the wedding where most of the attendees would have been H’s exes or a 20 years later when H and h are celebrating their anniversary or some weird cliche with H’s exes attending the party.
Too bad there was no epilogue because it would have been weird if the author wrote about the wedding where most of the attendees would have been H’s exes or a 20 years later when H and h are celebrating their anniversary or some weird cliche with H’s exes attending the party.
June 18, 2020
I picked up this audiobook for a quick listen on a trip (it's only five hours vs. 8-12 like some books). I generally like Mallery's books, so I thought I'd give it a listen.
It's a fun story, but not my favorite. Rachel and Carter spend a lot of time thinking about their relationship and what kind of relationship they should have. I would have enjoyed seething them do a bit more or reacting to things happening around them. Overall it's enjoyable because it's all of the great, sappy stuff you want from a romance -- the chase, the challenge, the HEA -- but it did drag a bit too. It won't stop me from reading/listening to more of her books, but I probably won't revisit this one.
R-rated for language and sex.
It's a fun story, but not my favorite. Rachel and Carter spend a lot of time thinking about their relationship and what kind of relationship they should have. I would have enjoyed seething them do a bit more or reacting to things happening around them. Overall it's enjoyable because it's all of the great, sappy stuff you want from a romance -- the chase, the challenge, the HEA -- but it did drag a bit too. It won't stop me from reading/listening to more of her books, but I probably won't revisit this one.
R-rated for language and sex.
September 27, 2017
Rachel Harper was a kindergarten teacher. She was definitely not a one-night stand kind of girl. But that was exactly what she'd done—she'd picked up a charming guy in a bar and brought him home. Mortified, Rachel couldn't get Carter Brockett out of her life fast enough. But then, a few weeks later, she discovers she's not quite done with Carter: she's pregnant with his baby.
Such a good book. Mallery bring it all home when Rachel is caught up in her 'new' family. A very emotional book for me. 5 stars.
Such a good book. Mallery bring it all home when Rachel is caught up in her 'new' family. A very emotional book for me. 5 stars.
May 16, 2018
I alway enjoy reading a Susan Mallery book!
The way this book started I thought the first 3 chapters had the end story line. Didn't know how the story could develop after that. What a surprise. The characters are developed more completely as the book goes on. Tragedy in a young Rachel's life continue to affect her into adulthood. Through much perseverance she is finally able to see-and somewhat cope-why she is so withdrawn from trying to get too close to someone
A good read. I would like to know more about Rachel and Carter and see where their lives went past this books ending
The way this book started I thought the first 3 chapters had the end story line. Didn't know how the story could develop after that. What a surprise. The characters are developed more completely as the book goes on. Tragedy in a young Rachel's life continue to affect her into adulthood. Through much perseverance she is finally able to see-and somewhat cope-why she is so withdrawn from trying to get too close to someone
A good read. I would like to know more about Rachel and Carter and see where their lives went past this books ending
dnf
November 4, 2024I can't do it. I got through 71% of the audiobook and it just annoyed me SO MUCH that at every turn, Rachel is faced with one of Carter's MANY exes. And not only that, she doesn't seem to be bothered by it. HELLO!!! This is completely unrealistic. And do you think if the roles were reversed that you'd get the same reactions? That if Rachel had a bunch of exes who were constantly coming up to her that Carter would be ok with it? AND it turns out many of her exes were still friends with her family? Yeah...NO. It wouldn't happen. So...DNF.
September 25, 2019
Cute story with a lot of humor.
Carter, the hero, is endearingly close to his family, making for lots of fun interaction. He's also still friends to his ex-girlfriends (ALL of them). But is he ready for a commitment, for fatherhood?
Rachel will have to find out. Because their night together had consequences--a surprise in about 9 months. She doesn't expect anything from him, but what does Carter want?
This is a fun story overall.
Carter, the hero, is endearingly close to his family, making for lots of fun interaction. He's also still friends to his ex-girlfriends (ALL of them). But is he ready for a commitment, for fatherhood?
Rachel will have to find out. Because their night together had consequences--a surprise in about 9 months. She doesn't expect anything from him, but what does Carter want?
This is a fun story overall.
July 18, 2023
I had to DNF this book when Carter's mom and sisters showed up at her doctors appointment and claimed the mom noticed the appointment when she barged in on Rachel and Carter one day.
Between the myriad of women from Carter's past that some how are still friendly after he plowed through them one after the other, the interfering mother and sisters and the insistence that Carter has to marry Rachel I am so over it.
Between the myriad of women from Carter's past that some how are still friendly after he plowed through them one after the other, the interfering mother and sisters and the insistence that Carter has to marry Rachel I am so over it.
September 9, 2021
I don’t know why I finished this book. Carter was so manipulative and said such unforgivable things. And I normally love stories where the families are big and involved but every scene his family was in grated my nerves. Nobody listened to Rachel that she didn’t want to get married! And seriously! The 21st century and doing the right thing with a one night stand pregnancy is to get married!
March 29, 2019
The book was okay but i didnt appreciate how it centered on the main woman having an issue at the end when both did. Yet only 1 changed because he should of not allowed his family and his exes to approach her like they did throughout the book.
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