From Here To Paternity

Bravo Family #19

by Christine Rimmer

When Charlene Cooper was eighteen, she turned to Brand Bravo in desperation...and he couldn't get away fast enough. And then ten years later, Charlene was forced to turn to him again--this time with a baby in her arms and a burning question in her heart: are you this little girl's father?

At twenty Brand Bravo knew that he could never be the kind of man Charlene deserved. At thirty, he knew she was the love of his life, and he would do anything to get her back. Because, once again, she needed him, for herself and for the infant in her care. And this time, Brand wouldn't hesitate to be anything Charlene asked him to be. Husband. And father?

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Category Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Christine Rimmer has written more than one hundred contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. She has won Romantic Times BOOKreview’s Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated seven times for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award and five times for Romantic Times Series Storyteller of the Year.

A California native who first longed to be an actress, Christine earned her theater degree from California State, Sacramento and then went to New York to study acting. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she began her writing career with short stories, plays, and poems. Her poems and short stories were published in a number of small literary journals. Her plays were produced at The Back Alley and Group Theaters in Southern California and have been published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays.

She now lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book quite a bit, in the last Bravo book we read about how Charlene seems to ignore Brand Bravo and hates him since the past ten years, when he refused to marry her and she lost the custody of her sister to her aunt. Her messed up sister came to town a year ago and left and now in the morning she discovers a baby, her sister's baby with a letter from Sissy telling her that she can't take care of it anymore and Brand is the father, angry she goes to him.

Brand denies it outright and is willing to take any and all tests, even though she pretends not to believe him, she does soon. Charlene and Brand used to be crazy in love an dated since she was fifteen and then her parents died, he went away to college and she had a custody battle on her hands, so she asked him for help, he refused and he has regretted what he does and tries to make it up to her, he has a second chance now. He slowly ingrates himself in her life, first by hiring someone to find her sister and then they renew their relationship, all the while Charlene tells herself it is temporary.

Her aunt also come to town, a changed person and Brand loves her and wants them to be permanent but Charlene can't, she just doesn't trust things anymore. Of course she sorts things through with time.

[Desi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leído el 16/10/2010

[Carol Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story

It started kinda slow but soon took off. Interesting story line with turns & twisTs . A nice joyful ending.

[Alma · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the Bravos Series! There's just one thing. I wish the ending was so abrupt and quick! After reading the entire book the ending is just over in less than a page...

[Lady · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't see them solve their problems, the hero wasn't even messed up, he just left the heroine cause he was immature, it was too real for me, romance is supposed to be different from reality if you ask me and I just don't know how they solved their problems all he did was stay around for a while after she searched for him, she even left her again if you ask me.

[Dani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another one of those sappy romances. I wish that there were some more flashbacks of the past included. Especially the breakup scene from 10 years prior. I like books that make my eyes water from saddness, but then later on make them water from joy. This book didn't quite hit the expectation, but was still entertaining to read.

[Sylvia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Modern

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

Quite boring, to be honest.

[Tiff · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit between 2.5 and 3.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

Love love love the story. Ready interesting real and the love he has fit her.. So real. What a nice story I ready recommended I like to see more stories like this