Albuquerque Assistant District Attorney Ben Barclay and
jewelry designer Sierra Girard met at the engagement party
of their best friends. It was instant chemistry and they
had a memorable night together. Sierra contacts Ben six
weeks later to tell him she's pregnant; she wants nothing
from him, she just thought he should know he is going to be
a father.
Ben doesn't trust women. His mother deserted his father
and two brothers when he was ten. His last relationship
with a woman lasted over a year and while he was working
his rear off, she was seeing someone else. Sierra is a
stranger to him. A beautiful, desirable stranger, but he
needs more than her word that the baby she is carrying
belongs to him.
Sierra's parents have always been more interested in their
careers as global researchers than the upbringing of their
only child. Sierra was brought up by nannies in Africa,
Bali, India, and South America. She never had any roots
and not too many friends. When she started high school
she came to live with her mother's sister, her Aunt Gina,
in Albuquerque. She returned to her parents after
graduation, met, fell in love, and became engaged to a
doctor. However, he succumbed to one of the diseases he
was trying to protect a small village from. Broken
hearted, Sienna returned to her Aunt Gina's and opened a
small shop in Albuquerque that sells her jewelry. She was
not prepared for the strong sexual attraction to Ben.
Circumstances keep throwing them together, and the pull
between this couple gets stronger.
THE DADDY VERDICT is a great read for a lazy afternoon.
The "Dads in Progress Series" introduced us to wonderful,
intelligent,likeable characters, which make a visit to
Albuquerque and bring you up to date on their lives before
they say good-bye. You will probably be rooting for Ben
and Sierra to make the right choices for their baby, this
reviewer certainly was. Karen Rose Smith can be depended
upon to write moving, tender family dramas.
By-the-book lawyer Ben Barclay didn't make mistakes—
especially not one-night-stand mistakes. So when he learned
that his lone reckless act with a beautiful stranger had
lasting consequences, he was determined to do the right
thing
And that meant marriage.
When Sierra Girard learned she was pregnant she didn't
expect Ben to be part of her life. So she was stunned at
his insistence that they be husband and wife—if only for
the sake of the baby. But even cautious Sierra couldn't
deny the smoldering embers of attraction that burned
bright. It was a fire that could almost be mistaken for
true love.…
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