Tessa's Child

A Family Circle #4

by Dallas Schulze

A WOMAN...PREGNANT AND ALONE
On the run from a heartless past, Tessa Wyndham left her home for the open road. Then the fragile beauty found refuge from the storm in the arms of Keefe Walker.

A MAN...PROTECTIVE AND STRONG
Keefe was a loner...but the rancher also had the courage and rugged strength to protect this woman without a haven.

A CHILD IS BORN
And iii one overwhelming moment, a family bond is forged that can never be broken....

Genres: Romance, Marriage Of Convenience, Contemporary Romance, Friends To Lovers

299 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Born and raised in Colorado, Dallas Schulze now lives in California. She sold her first book in October 1983. It was published under her pseudonym Dallas Hamlin in the Candlelight Ecstasy Romance line. She loves happy ending and wrote category romances, contemporaries and historicals for Harlequin, Silhouette, Dell and Mira. Her latest title was published in 2004.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars
A sweet little story that reminded me of Dallas Schulze's Secondhand Husband; a MOC just in this case the heroine was pregnant. Hero is a divorcee who used to be married to heroine's vapid sister. Heroine was married to an abuser for four years whose death freed her but she still feels like a hostage because of her pregnancy. When her in-laws threaten her hero claims her baby as his and offers marriage; he wants a baby and she is unsure she wants to keep it. You really felt bad for the heroine; her marriage was hell and the hero made her feel safe and protected again. When their marriage does become real, her sis & ex comes to make trouble. As usual two-goody heroine hate sending their horrible relatives out until something happens. Not a bad read.

[Jacqueline J · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a sweet story. Part of a series of the Walker family. There wasn't a whole lot of conflict. The story played out over several months as these two decided to get married for the baby's sake and then decided that they both wanted to stick with the marriage.

[*CJ* · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Tessa’s Child” is the story of Tessa and Keefe.

Our heroine is on a run when her abusive husband dies and she gets in trouble with her inlaws. Heavily pregnant, she ends up in her ex brother in laws house who welcomes her with open arms.

Hero has been divorced from the heroine’s viper sister for years, but he has always had a soft spot for her. When she shows up pregnant and hurt at his doorstep; he and his friend take her in.

This is a very sweet romance with no conflict between the MCs and most drama is from other people. I love how open and accepting and patient the hero was of heroine and her baby, and overall this is a feelgood romance.

heroine was in an abusive marriage// hero was married to heroines sister but no feelings between them when she was young and he was with sister

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4/5

[Rhoda Fitzsimmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cute love story. There isn't any steamy scenes but that's okay once in awhile.

[Rhoda Fitzsimmons · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cute love story, no steamy sex scenes.

A very quick read.

[Madeleine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was sweet, but also so of its time. I also had to force myself to keep forgetting about the age gap and how they met.

[Pat Cromwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic old fashioned hero saves girl. I liked this book because Tessa is a traditional girl who is not ashamed to admit she wants an old fashion type of life i.e. to be a wife and mother. Keefe is a Beta to his soul. They work perfectly together.

[Denise Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Would read again.