Somebody's Baby

Somebody Trilogy #1

by Marilyn Pappano

The mother of his child...

Daniel Ryan never even knew he had a daughter-until the day a lawyer presented him with tiny, adorable Katie and a contract for one year's custody. Now his year was almost up, and Katie's mother would be coming to take her back.

Daniel remembered Sarah Lawson all too well. She had seemed warm, sensuous, the answer to all his lonely prayers. Yet she had given up her child -his child- so his memories couldn't be right. But when Sarah appeared, she was everything she'd seemed -and more. He was stunned to discover that not only wouldn't he give up Katie, he would rather die than let Sarah leave again....

Genres: Romance, Harlequin, Hqn, Category Romance, Family, Fiction, Contemporary

219 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Award-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .

All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.

I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.

Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.

My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.

I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.

And I've never been bored.

Reviews

[Leona · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoy this author's work. Her writing is excellent and the stories she weaves have great depth. This is a story of a woman who is forced to give up her child for one year with the understanding that after the year is up, she will be given custody again.

This was definitely a mesmerizing, tear jerker and I found I couldn't put it down. But in spite of that, I only am going to give it three stars. I struggled with both the hero and heroine. They both made bad choices that led to lies, hurt and betrayal. I found the whole story rather depressing and even at the end, I didn't feel the uplift that I expected.

[Sharon Ervin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've tried to read every title Marilyn Pappano has written, simply because I enjoy her books. But SOME BODY'S BABY remains my favorite. Two vanished amongst reader friends before I bought a third. I do not loan it, as copies are now hard to acquire.

Character development is my favorite aspect of a novel and, for some reason, this one is one of my favorites.

I have read it several times but cannot pinpoint the first time. It was several years ago.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An old school Pappano romance. While definately dated, the story line rang true and the characters were well thought out and believable (other than her lawyer who seemed to have some sort of split personality).

[Arines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let's say, I cried a damn lot