This is a series set in the town of St. Valentine, Texas. I
had not read any so was treating this as a standalone.
While a light read DADDY IN THE MAKING deals with matters
which are very serious to the characters, and I enjoyed the
way it was told.
Conn Flannigan lives on his family ranch and four months
before the story begins, he was in a serious traffic
accident while traveling for business. Now he and his
brother are retracing his steps to uncover what happened to
him, because a head injury has stolen portions of his
memory. Conn vaguely recalls staying in St. Valentine so
the two young men arrive and check out the hotel. The
attractive brunette behind the desk practically spits scorn
at Conn however and he realizes that a lot more went on
than he knows.
Rita Niles is in a quandary. Four months ago Conn stole
her heart and she uncharacteristically slept with him,
believing him when he promised he would come back for her
after a business meeting. That was the last she saw or
heard of him, and now she is four months pregnant. To make
matters worse, this is the second time she has been caught
out; her little girl Kristy is seven and her father, Rita's
then fiancé, scarpered rather than be a father. Rita has
a hotel to manage and a daughter to protect, and the last
thing she needs is a playboy messing up her life.
Conn unfortunately was just that sort of love-em and leave-
em playboy, as his brother remembers only too well. But
Conn has faced the realities of his life now, and come to
terms with needing to grow up and take responsibility.
Does Rita mean more to him than his past would suggest?
And can he persuade her to trust him... maybe even love him?
Crystal Green has given us a story with a good sense of
place, without smothering us in details of all the
townspeople's affairs. We see a local wedding,
Thanksgiving Dinner, a Chamber of Commerce function and
Christmas. We see a cowboy with a smartphone, and a
delighted expectant mother getting a scan. We look forward
to returning to St. Valentine.
"Come here, cowboy."
Luminous gray eyes…long dark curls…come-hither
smile. For
months, Conn Flannigan was haunted by tantalizing images of
a night he couldn't remember—and a woman he couldn't forget.
He'd returned to St. Valentine to find her and recover his
lost memories. The instant he spied Rita Niles, Conn knew he
was in the right place. Could he prove he wasn't the
footloose playboy he used to be…now that he was going to be
a father?
No more cowboys!
That was Rita's philosophy…until the single mom met that
gorgeous Texas heartbreaker. Now she was having Conn's baby
and the daddy-to-be wanted her to give him another chance.
But who was the real Conn? Was she ready to trust her future
to a man who could take off and leave her high and dry again?
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