The Homecoming Baby

The Birth Place #5

by Kathleen O'Brien

The secret of the "Homecoming Baby" is about to be revealed!

Patrick Torrance is shocked to discover he's adopted. But that's nothing compared to what he feels when he finds out the details of his birth. He's Enchantment's so-called Homecoming Baby - born and abandoned in the girls' room during a high school dance. All the folks in town think they know who his parents are, but he's determined to find out the truth.

But uncovering the truth is going to mean using some of Enchantment's finest residents. And once he gets to know some of them, especially Celia Brice, he begins to wonder just how much it's going to cost him to get the answers he wants.

Genres: Romance

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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

[Desi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leído el 24/08/2010


CAPRICHO DEL DESTINO - KATHLEEN O´BRIEN
The homecoming baby

Estaba a punto de descubrir el secreto de su nacimiento...
Patrick Torrance se quedó de piedra al descubrir que era adoptado, pero eso no era nada comparado con lo que sintió al conocer las condiciones en las que había nacido. Lo habían abandonado en el aseo de chicas durante un baile del instituto. Todo el mundo en el pueblo creía saber quiénes eran sus verdaderos padres, pero él necesitaba averiguar la verdad.
Pero eso significaba utilizar a algunos de los habitantes de Enchantment. Y en cuanto empezó a conocerlos, especialmente a Celia Brice, comenzó a preguntarse qué precio tendría que pagar por obtener las respuestas que necesitaba.

[AndreaH · Rating 2 out of 5]

Guy adopted by an abusive dad goes to town where he was born in search of birth parents to get revenge.
Meets dedicated counselor at birth center, and decides to befriend her as he falls in lust.
She has habit of trying to fix unfixable men and convinces herself guy will be hot short term affair.
Of course its not that simple. He was born in high school bathroom during homecoming.
he and counselor connect, she finds about revenge idea, they split, he meets real mom, and then bang -- everything comes together. He and girl makeup, he forgives mom. tra la la.

[Deane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good story....a baby boy is born and left on the floor of the highschool giris' bathroom. This boy, Patrick was abused terribly by his adopted father....many burns, cuts, broken bones, ribs, etc.

Now he wants to find his mother to see what kind of horrible woman could leave a baby on the cold floor of a bathroom....so he comes to Enchantment, NM and meets Celia.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book in this series. I read them all in order and didn't want to put them down.

[Lois · Rating 3 out of 5]

#5 in the birth place series (super romance) read 8/2018

This one is really slow. I knew what had happened long before the characters admitted what was going on.