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The Baby Surprise
Grace Holbrook had thought she couldn't have children. But now she was wondrously, amazingly pregnant after just one night with Ford McCabe. She was delighted by the news, but not so delighted when Ford ordered her to marry him.
Ford had always wanted Grace. Even back when he was the town rebel and should have known better. Now a millionaire businessman, he wasn't going to wait any longer to make Grace his wife. Even if he had to pretend for a while it was just for the sake of the baby....
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published July 1, 2000
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About the author
Janelle Denison
159 books559 followersIt’s hard for me to imagine that I’ve been writing romances for over twenty years now! I started at the young age of 21, just after I got married. Reading romances, and then writing them, came about as a result of having too much time on my hands. When I first married my husband Don, I was working a regular nine to five job and he worked swing shift, from four in the afternoon until midnight. It wasn’t an ideal schedule for newlyweds, and in order to pass those hours when I was alone I started reading romances, and eventually tried my hand at writing them.
The road to publication wasn’t an easy one. It took me five years and dozens of rejections to make my first sale, which was to Harlequin for their “Stolen Moments” line. THE FAMILY MAN, written under the pseudonym Danielle Kelly, was one of the twelve novellas published in 1993 for this promotional line.
It took me another two and a half years (and more rejections!) to sell my second book. HEAVEN’S GIFT (written under my own name) was published in October 1995 by Leisure Love Spell for their “An Angel’s Touch” series. Another two years passed of collecting even more rejections before I finally sold to Harlequin Romance and Harlequin Temptation. At the time, writing for both Temptation and Harlequin Romance provided me with a wonderful creative outlet for both my modern, ultra-sexy stories, and my warmer, traditional romances. But as the years passed, I realized how much I enjoyed writing the sexier stories and streamlined my career accordingly so that I was no longer writing the sweet traditional romances, and instead focused on the hotter, sexier stories for Temptation and Blaze.
After writing over two dozen books for Harlequin, I decided to branch out. I wanted to write anthologies and single titles, and came up with an idea about three sexy brothers with the last name of “Wilde”. Little did I know that those Wilde brothers would become such a sensation with readers. In the second Wilde book, WILDE THING, four Wilde cousins were introduced, and readers started writing in for their stories, too. It’s been a joy and pleasure to write each of the Wilde stories, and I want to thank everyone for purchasing those books and putting them on the USA Today Bestseller list!
I’ve been a full-time writer for years, which consists of being deep in deadlines, writing proposals (growling at the husband to fix a glitch in the computer so I can get back to work!), perusing contracts, line-edits (stressing over a scene that won’t work or characters that just won’t talk or cooperate with my plans for them!), galleys, art-fact sheets, promotion, and other publishing paperwork. Admittedly, I wouldn’t trade all the craziness in for pantyhose, rush hour traffic, and a nine-to-five job again. Writing is hard work, but I find the rewards are well worth the effort. Fan letters are one of those priceless rewards, and can keep me on a high for days! I’ve met the most wonderful people through my books, some of which I now consider good friends.
The road to publication wasn’t an easy one. It took me five years and dozens of rejections to make my first sale, which was to Harlequin for their “Stolen Moments” line. THE FAMILY MAN, written under the pseudonym Danielle Kelly, was one of the twelve novellas published in 1993 for this promotional line.
It took me another two and a half years (and more rejections!) to sell my second book. HEAVEN’S GIFT (written under my own name) was published in October 1995 by Leisure Love Spell for their “An Angel’s Touch” series. Another two years passed of collecting even more rejections before I finally sold to Harlequin Romance and Harlequin Temptation. At the time, writing for both Temptation and Harlequin Romance provided me with a wonderful creative outlet for both my modern, ultra-sexy stories, and my warmer, traditional romances. But as the years passed, I realized how much I enjoyed writing the sexier stories and streamlined my career accordingly so that I was no longer writing the sweet traditional romances, and instead focused on the hotter, sexier stories for Temptation and Blaze.
After writing over two dozen books for Harlequin, I decided to branch out. I wanted to write anthologies and single titles, and came up with an idea about three sexy brothers with the last name of “Wilde”. Little did I know that those Wilde brothers would become such a sensation with readers. In the second Wilde book, WILDE THING, four Wilde cousins were introduced, and readers started writing in for their stories, too. It’s been a joy and pleasure to write each of the Wilde stories, and I want to thank everyone for purchasing those books and putting them on the USA Today Bestseller list!
I’ve been a full-time writer for years, which consists of being deep in deadlines, writing proposals (growling at the husband to fix a glitch in the computer so I can get back to work!), perusing contracts, line-edits (stressing over a scene that won’t work or characters that just won’t talk or cooperate with my plans for them!), galleys, art-fact sheets, promotion, and other publishing paperwork. Admittedly, I wouldn’t trade all the craziness in for pantyhose, rush hour traffic, and a nine-to-five job again. Writing is hard work, but I find the rewards are well worth the effort. Fan letters are one of those priceless rewards, and can keep me on a high for days! I’ve met the most wonderful people through my books, some of which I now consider good friends.
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June 20, 2017
Leído el 30/10/2012
Una boda sorpresa
Protagonistas: Ford McCabe y Grace Holbrook
Argumento:
Grace Holbrook creía que no podía tener hijos. Sin embargo, milagrosamente, después de pasar una sola noche con Ford McCabe, se había quedado embarazada. Estaba encantada con la noticia, pero no le hacía ninguna gracia el empeño de Ford en casarse con ella, puesto que él ya la había abandonado una vez y nada le aseguraba que sus sentimientos fueran duraderos.
Ford siempre había querido a Grace, incluso cuando era el rebelde del pueblo y nadie creía en él. Tras pasar varios años fuera y convertirse en un importante empresario, no pensaba esperar más tiempo para casarse con ella, aunque tuviera que fingir durante una temporada que únicamente lo hacía por el bien del bebé.
Una boda sorpresa
Protagonistas: Ford McCabe y Grace Holbrook
Argumento:
Grace Holbrook creía que no podía tener hijos. Sin embargo, milagrosamente, después de pasar una sola noche con Ford McCabe, se había quedado embarazada. Estaba encantada con la noticia, pero no le hacía ninguna gracia el empeño de Ford en casarse con ella, puesto que él ya la había abandonado una vez y nada le aseguraba que sus sentimientos fueran duraderos.
Ford siempre había querido a Grace, incluso cuando era el rebelde del pueblo y nadie creía en él. Tras pasar varios años fuera y convertirse en un importante empresario, no pensaba esperar más tiempo para casarse con ella, aunque tuviera que fingir durante una temporada que únicamente lo hacía por el bien del bebé.
October 27, 2021
Tohle se mi prostě nelíbilo. Ne že by to bylo špatně napsaný. Naopak zastávám názor, že je to jeden z povedenějších Harlequinů. Ale nějak jsem v průběhu knihy začala nesnášet ty postavy. No jo no...to se holt stává.
October 15, 2014
ADRI'S REVIEW:
Thank you first of all to N.K. Author Services for providing us with a copy of the book so we could bring you this review.
Ok well all know I love second chance romances and this one definitely falls under that. I love how Ford comes back to a town that brings so many bad memories for him and he still wants to do good things for the town. I like how he is trying to take negatives and turn them into positives and prove how he has changed, how he shed the bad choices of his past. Ford really shows how much he has grown up and wants a better life for himself. He only has one thing that I didn't like about him and that was how he pretty much forces Grace to marry him. He leaves her no choice in the matter.
Now Grace is a great character as well, but I might have liked to see a bit more fire and anger in her. I understand that she is trying to keep peace with her dad, but she allowed for many years the town to influence her choices. She let them pretty much dictate her past after Ford left. So I personally would have liked to see her stand up for herself and her past choices a bit more. With that said though I understand that she was young when Ford left and so much happened in her life in that short span afterward. But she was able to stand on her own two feet and do things that she loved.
Over all this is a great story with strong characters, just very small minded town. I guess in a way it is typical of some small communities that still think as if things were the way it was back in the 50's or 60's.
Happy Reading... Adri
Thank you first of all to N.K. Author Services for providing us with a copy of the book so we could bring you this review.
Ok well all know I love second chance romances and this one definitely falls under that. I love how Ford comes back to a town that brings so many bad memories for him and he still wants to do good things for the town. I like how he is trying to take negatives and turn them into positives and prove how he has changed, how he shed the bad choices of his past. Ford really shows how much he has grown up and wants a better life for himself. He only has one thing that I didn't like about him and that was how he pretty much forces Grace to marry him. He leaves her no choice in the matter.
Now Grace is a great character as well, but I might have liked to see a bit more fire and anger in her. I understand that she is trying to keep peace with her dad, but she allowed for many years the town to influence her choices. She let them pretty much dictate her past after Ford left. So I personally would have liked to see her stand up for herself and her past choices a bit more. With that said though I understand that she was young when Ford left and so much happened in her life in that short span afterward. But she was able to stand on her own two feet and do things that she loved.
Over all this is a great story with strong characters, just very small minded town. I guess in a way it is typical of some small communities that still think as if things were the way it was back in the 50's or 60's.
Happy Reading... Adri
May 5, 2010
A fun, quick readi.The reconciliation between Grace and her father was not particularly believable.
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