Pride and Joy

by Joyce Thies

RUNAWAY BABY!

Emily 1lartcourt's quiet and orderly lifestyle was about to take a tumble--and her heart along with it. A runaway toddler seemed to be leading Emily right into the arms of the child's doting daddy: Zack Petty, the country's most celebrated ex-football star. Although this handsome man turned Emily's head, she was determined not to become just another notch in Zack's bedpost!

Zack knew Emily didn't think much of football and that she seemed convinced he was just another dumb jock. But maybe that's what made his attractive new neighbor such an intriguing challenge. How could he convince her that where she was concerned, he had lot more in mind than a score?

195 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Joyce Thies met her husband in college and it was love at first sight. Readers might recognize her as the Joyce half of Janet Joyce (or Jenna Lee Joyce), the other half was Janet Bieber. She also wrote a romance as Melissa Scott, "Territorial Rights", but is now but is now writing under her own name. While researching a historical about early Montana, Joyce fell in love with the beautiful philosophies held by the Absaroka Indian tribe and wanted to share them with her contemporary readers.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 2 out of 5]

There's some good stuff here about prejudices against jocks and women and in general. I really liked the set-up and the connection of the hero and heroine. Only, by the end I felt that Emily was putting all her dreams and hopes on the shelf, and I thought the hero was a bit selfish when push came to shove. In the end, I didn't really buy that they were going to work on those dreams equally, but that the hero would always come first, and I didn't really like that.