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One-Night Love Child
It was one night as hot and passionate as only young love can be. But they left it at that. Flynn had the world to conquer--alone. Only three months later, Sara's life changed: she discovered she was expecting Flynn's baby. Now Flynn has taken his rightful place as the Irish Earl of Dunmorey. But once he discovers that he also has an heir, his strategy is simple: claim his love child. He wants his son, and he wants Sara, too...as his bride.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Anne McAllister
348 books124 followersAnne McAllister has written nearly 70 romance novels for Tule Publishing and Harlequin Books.
She has won two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America — for COWBOY PRIDE and THE STARDUST COWBOY — and has had nine other books which were RITA finalists.
Her books have also been finalists for the National Readers’ Choice Award. She was named Midwest Fiction Writers “Writer of the Year” and also received Romantic Times’ Career Achievement Award as “Series Author of the Year.”
But while the awards and sales are wonderful, Anne thinks the best part of writing is telling the story. With every new book she writes, she meets new characters – or gets to know old ones even better – and discovers what makes them and their relationships tick.
It’s the relationships that interest her most and the question about “where do you get your ideas?” has always astonished her as she has more ideas than she knows what to do with!
She has won two RITA awards from the Romance Writers of America — for COWBOY PRIDE and THE STARDUST COWBOY — and has had nine other books which were RITA finalists.
Her books have also been finalists for the National Readers’ Choice Award. She was named Midwest Fiction Writers “Writer of the Year” and also received Romantic Times’ Career Achievement Award as “Series Author of the Year.”
But while the awards and sales are wonderful, Anne thinks the best part of writing is telling the story. With every new book she writes, she meets new characters – or gets to know old ones even better – and discovers what makes them and their relationships tick.
It’s the relationships that interest her most and the question about “where do you get your ideas?” has always astonished her as she has more ideas than she knows what to do with!
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May 8, 2010
Say you have a three-day fling with a dude that leaves you with a son. Aforementioned dude isn't a local and your best efforts to contact him about said child are unacknowledged for six years. Dude shows up, wants to be daddy now, and wants to sleep in your bed with you that night.
Do you:
A.) Tell him to leave or you'll call the cops.
B.) Say he can stay on the sofa or GTFO.
C.) Put up a token resistance for a few minutes before acquiescing.
Only read this book if option C makes sense to you.
Flynn Murray is a globe-trotting journalist and erstwhile Irish earl who just discovers he's had a son, with a woman he had a short fling with almost six years ago. Wanting to make up for the lost time, and avoid being the absentee father his own pater was, he flies out to Montana to see Sara McMaster and meet their five year old son Liam.
This is a plot perched upon one bizarre judgement after another. I couldn't buy Sara's angst over their 72-hour fling. I can see perhaps her building his memory into a larger-than-life sort of myth, and struggling to reconcile memory with reality, but being butt-hurt that a guy didn't propose after a three-day fling? Claiming to "still" love him after all these years, but wanting to push him away to keep from getting hurt? Didn't work for me, and if you can't buy the premise behind the angst, you end up just rolling your eyes at the resulting actions.
Sara was a weak-willed, emotional ninny and Flynn an assuming dynamo with daddy issues. When I imagine their future marriage, all I see are arguments that consist of "Baby, why are you mad at me?" "If you don't why, I'm not telling you", and his will always triumphing over her token resistance.
Do you:
A.) Tell him to leave or you'll call the cops.
B.) Say he can stay on the sofa or GTFO.
C.) Put up a token resistance for a few minutes before acquiescing.
Only read this book if option C makes sense to you.
Flynn Murray is a globe-trotting journalist and erstwhile Irish earl who just discovers he's had a son, with a woman he had a short fling with almost six years ago. Wanting to make up for the lost time, and avoid being the absentee father his own pater was, he flies out to Montana to see Sara McMaster and meet their five year old son Liam.
This is a plot perched upon one bizarre judgement after another. I couldn't buy Sara's angst over their 72-hour fling. I can see perhaps her building his memory into a larger-than-life sort of myth, and struggling to reconcile memory with reality, but being butt-hurt that a guy didn't propose after a three-day fling? Claiming to "still" love him after all these years, but wanting to push him away to keep from getting hurt? Didn't work for me, and if you can't buy the premise behind the angst, you end up just rolling your eyes at the resulting actions.
Sara was a weak-willed, emotional ninny and Flynn an assuming dynamo with daddy issues. When I imagine their future marriage, all I see are arguments that consist of "Baby, why are you mad at me?" "If you don't why, I'm not telling you", and his will always triumphing over her token resistance.
September 26, 2019
Perfectly pleasant although the gyrations the author goes through to make no one at fault for the hero's ignorance of his five-year-old are somewhat ridiculous. Additionally, the hero basically falls instantly in love with his former three-night-stand as soon as he learns she births his love-child; she was right to be wary of him and should have been more so, good grief. Those are not the actions of someone emotionally stable.
June 12, 2017
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3.5 estrellas
3.5 estrellas
August 23, 2020
Letto nell'antologia "Travolti dal desiderio"
July 13, 2022
Flynn leaves Sara after bedding her one night. He had come to her home town and left after a short while. Later she found out she was pregnant and she wrote him. The letter found him years later. He has a son now he wants Sara back. He had never forgotten her. But he now has other commitments he needs to take care of. Will Sara take him back? What of Liam, their child? It was a straight read with hardly any twists or much angst. I have read other works by Anne Mcallister and liked them also. Will look for more later.
September 14, 2008
Sara McMaster is a single mom, Flynn Murray is the new Earl of Dunmorey castle, they shared one night of hot passion years before, but they went their separate ways until a little boy learns of his father.
I loved "One Nigh Love Child", it was very sweet and enjoyable. Their was unconditional love with some conflict and the little boy who just found his dad wanted only to share his love and have his family together, was very touching.
I loved "One Nigh Love Child", it was very sweet and enjoyable. Their was unconditional love with some conflict and the little boy who just found his dad wanted only to share his love and have his family together, was very touching.
June 8, 2021
It was one night as hot and passionate as only young love can be. But they left it at that. Flynn had the world to conquer--alone. Only three months later, Sara's life changed: she discovered she was expecting Flynn's baby. Now Flynn has taken his rightful place as the Irish Earl of Dunmorey. But once he discovers that he also has an heir, his strategy is simple: claim his love child. He wants his son, and he wants Sara, too...as his bride.
January 14, 2017
Buen libro para pasar el rato, aunque siento que la autora llevó los tiempos mejor que en otros libros del mismo estilo, donde siento que todo se desarrolla a una velocidad sumamente abrumadora. Me gustó.
October 30, 2013
One night stand results in pregnancy, hero doesn't come back until he finds an old letter addressed to him.
May 12, 2019
I just thought it was delighful. The little boy was darling. Real fun read
February 1, 2013
Decent quick read. A typical romance novel.
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