Baby Steps

Babies Inc. #2

by Karen Templeton

It was bad enough that her partners left shy store owner Dana Malone to scout new retail space with devastatingly handsome Realtor C. J. Turner. Then— wham! —her way-out wayward cousin literally left a baby on Dana's doorstep, and a birth certificate listing C.J. as the father. Raising her ultracute nephew was a dream come true, and as she and C.J. shared baby duties and close quarters until paternity was established, Dana kept her cool.

But every time the commitment-phobe looked at Dana, the yearning in his deep blue eyes provoked a meltdown. Would what started as a small step for Dana's store turn into a giant leap for Dana's love life?

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Mills and Boon

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

As the mother of five sons, now grown, Karen loves to write about real people dealing with the drama (and humor) of everyday life. Over the past fifteen years, Karen has written nearly 50 books for Harlequin/Silhouette and Red Dress Ink, and three of her Special Edition titles (A Mother's Wish (2009) Welcome Home, Cowboy (2011) and A Gift for All Seasons (2013) have won the RITA award, the romance industry's top prize for published authors. In addition, her November 2014 title, Santa's Playbook, earned the Romantic Times Gold Seal of Excellence, out of the hundreds of releases reviewed by the magazine for that month.

She is very active on Facebook, as both Karen Templeton and her full name, Karen Templeton Berger, running giveaway contests whenever she has a new release... or just feels like it. Or you can reach her via her website at www.karentempleton.com, which contains recent news as well as excerpts from both current and backlist titles.

Reviews

[Tia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eeek! Okay, I need to be upfront here. The book was good, very good all through out. I love the strength and morals of the heroine, she was amazing to care for a baby who wasn't biologically hers at all. The hero seemed really weak willed and he seemed pathetic. He didn't want to take any chances or move towards any commitment. Then we hit the epilogue of the book and what the heck!!! What is with this religion crap? I don't enjoy religious books, I have read some that relate to it and they completely turn me off, exactly how this one did. Bang, like a bullet shooting someone dead, that's exactly what this author did to me by having that in the epilogue. What a piss off!

[Kellcifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was alright for the kind of plot it contains, but the epilogue completely jumped the shark for me. I don't read inspirational/religious books for a reason (I often find their messages pushy and judgmental and always find the whole premise hoaky), and I don't enjoy an author sneaking that stuff in on me at the end of a book. This was never going to be a 4 or 5 star book for me, but the epilogue really did kill the rest of the book for me. I won't be picking up any more of Ms. Templeton's books.

[Sini Rams · Rating 2 out of 5]

light read but I've read better. Nice plot.

[Susannah Carleton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful! A secret baby story with a twist (or three) that difficult to put down, and an epilogue that readers will love, plus intriguing characters with emotional baggage and great backstories.