His Secret Child - Anak Rahasia

3 Babies For 3 Brothers #1

by Beverly Barton, Agnetha (Translator)

SUATU malam yang panas bertahun-tahun lalu, Sheila Vance menjadi seorang wanita dalam pelukan Caleb Bishop. Dan meski tak pernah mengetahuinya, Caleb lalu menjadi seorang ayah. Kini sang bujangan berhati keras kembali ke kota kelahirannya, dan Sheila harus bertarung melawan daya tarik di antara mereka. Karena kali ini, Caleb tak saja punya kekuatan untuk menyakitinya, tapi juga anak kesayangannya.

KETIKA melihat Sheila lagi, Caleb menginginkan wanita itu kembali ke dalam hidupnya--dan ke atas ranjangnya. Tapi ia curiga bukan hanya gairah yang membuat Sheila gemetar terkena sentuhannya. Dan Caleb bertekad membongkar semua rahasia si cantik yang selalu menghindarinya itu...

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Harlequin Romance, Contemporary Romance, Baseball, Contemporary, Fiction

259 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 25, 1999

About the author

Beverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.

After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.

In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.

Reviews

[Sruthi · Rating 2 out of 5]

H and h are school buddies, she helps him with his studies and he gets scholarship. Their one night passion in the car back seat leads to pregnancy. h was in love with him and says so but H is sorry coz he doesn't love her so he runs off the village, becomes a popular baseball player. h keeps her pregnancy a secret, marries some old uncle double her age and lets everyone believe that her son is the legitimate son of her husband.

H doesn't even recognise her when he sees her after 12 yrs, He admits that he didn't even think much of her in the past 12 yrs. While h let the kid believe that OM is his father. I hate it when they play with kid's mind. I am sure the only reason she kept her pregnancy a secret coz she hates H for not loving her.

I dunno, but I was irritated how she kept the paternity a secret.First she warns H not to play substitute-dad in her son's life then she realises she is in love with H so She let the father-son become buddies and suddenly lightning struck and she got to be honest so tells H and the poor kid overhears . She is a very selfish woman whatever saccharine reasons she gave.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gostei imenso, a forma como o relacionamento evolui parece-me bastante plausível.

[Desi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leído el 27/02/2012

2.5 estrellas

[ReadToBreathe · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hated this brother he was awful

[Tetty Marlinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

#142 - 2023
Genre: Romance, Harlequin

[Sol González · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me gusta perder el tiempo con libracos como este, aunque no debiera marcarlos como "libros".
Es uno de mis placeres culposos, como ser extremadamente desidiosa. Pero vamos trabajando en ello y estoy tratando de leer "mejor".

El libro trata de una señora de 30 años, con un hijo de 12 años que vuelve a ver a su amor de juventud. De hecho, el padre del niño... aunque nadie lo sabe.

[Edclaire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thumbs up! OK, there are better romantic books with more suspense, but I liked this story and for me there's nothing specific in this book to criticize. The plot is pretty straightforward and predictable without any surprising twists, but it's usual in such a short format.

[Yessyka Widy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first series of Bishop brothers...
Caleb is a single man, as he knows. But when he goes home, to his hometown, he is a father of twelve-years-old son...
Well, it was good, of course for romantic drama story fan... :)

[ies · Rating 4 out of 5]

aku suka beverly barton dan serie iin hehehhe :P

[Yona Racheva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't really liked this book. I liked the plot and everything but there was something missing in the dialog and in the book.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story Angry the heroine waited so long to tell the secret though. Surprised it never dawned on him either.