Babes in Arms

Four Seasons in Firefly Glen #2

by Kathleen O'Brien

Re•spon•si•ble adj 1: trustworthy, reliable, dependable. 2: the one thing Griffin Cahill is not.

Griffin Cahill plays too hard, dodging commitment any and every way he can. His ex-fiancée, pediatrician Heather Delaney, works too hard, for essentially the same reason.

Everything changes when Griffin's twin nephews come to stay. The babies are more than a handful, and for the first time in his life Griffin needs help - which Heather is extremely reluctant to give. Helping Griffin take care of the boys will mean moving into his house and becoming part of his life. That ended in disaster once. And she's too smart to let it happen twice. Isn't she?

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Fiction, Contemporary Romance

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Since the day Harlequin bought her first novel, Kathleen has published more than 30 titles with them- everything from hot, sexy contemporaries to dark, brooding suspense. Read in more than 30 countries and 29 languages, she's a five-time finalist for the prestigious RWA RITA Award, a winner of the Maggie Award, and a three-time finalist for Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice.

Kathleen comes from a family of writers, poets, and journalists- though she may be the one shameless romantic in the bunch. A true Cancer, she values home and family above everything and wouldn't dream of ditching a single friend, memory, gift, or love letter. Consequently, her office is a mess, full of books, colored cut glass, photo albums, Madame Alexander dolls, and a cockatiel who whistles the theme from "The X Files." She is addicted to Mozart and Elvis, Dancing With the Stars, Dorothy Dunnett novels, and sugar-free Popsicles.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I enjoyed this book, I am not sure about the HEA plus I have some issues with things left unexplained. Like why they broke up ten years ago because from all indications and talks the hero cheated, yet this was never talked about or even mentioned, hell the heroine never wonders about his fidelity at all. At the start there is also talk about his various broken promises yet they are not touched upon. I found it weird that the book just covered all these up. And even at the end the hero's commitment issues were not resolved IMO.

The whole he not having anybody else but his ex to take care of his nephews was too convenient and I am not sure he deserved the heroine. He was a playboy plain and simple.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Griffin Cahill plays too hard, dodging commitment any and every way he can. His ex-fiancée, pediatrician Heather Delaney, works too hard, for essentially the same reason.

Everything changes when Griffin's twin nephews come to stay.

[Melinda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hero was an unlikable man whore. He and the heroine broke up 10 years prior, one reason was she caught him in the shower with her roommate the other reasons were only alluded to. He was not embarrassed at all when confronted by h he stated that OW had entered uninvited. I thought it was pitiful at the end of the book that the author had h come to him with the intention of accepting whatever he had to offer no matter how temporary. The HEA was unbelievable.

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice easy summer reads