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The Doctor's Pregnancy Bombshell
Surprise baby!
Dr. Melissa Conner steeled herself to tell her partner, James - the man who'd always insisted he never wanted kids - that he was going to be a daddy!
Only, E.R. consultant James Stanley dropped his own bombshell first. Unhappy with the way work had overtaken their relationship, he was leaving! And then he discovered Melissa's pregnancy. He knew that a baby would reopen painful scars from his past. But he still loved Melissa, and after the ultrasound scan he was surprised to find he loved his unborn baby, too. Could this tiny, growing life inside Melissa bring these two complex souls back together again? Yes, he hoped so.
Dr. Melissa Conner steeled herself to tell her partner, James - the man who'd always insisted he never wanted kids - that he was going to be a daddy!
Only, E.R. consultant James Stanley dropped his own bombshell first. Unhappy with the way work had overtaken their relationship, he was leaving! And then he discovered Melissa's pregnancy. He knew that a baby would reopen painful scars from his past. But he still loved Melissa, and after the ultrasound scan he was surprised to find he loved his unborn baby, too. Could this tiny, growing life inside Melissa bring these two complex souls back together again? Yes, he hoped so.
- GenresHarlequin
187 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2007
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September 22, 2018
The baby that brings the love back in the couple!
November 23, 2016
Eh this book was an okay read. Quick. Semi-interesting story.
Hardly any romance or intimate moments. I think there was only maybe twice they kissed? Bit of a let down there.
The conflict between Melissa and James was a real factor for their relationship issues. Definitely a big hurdle to overcome. Quite a handful, really.
Issue one, being the biggest obstacle which was James's fierce desire to never have kids. Which we later learn is due to him feeling responsible for his baby sisters death who was three months old to his seventeen when she died from SIDS while in his care. I understand why that became a legitimate reason for him to seek never having kids. And I was happy to see him allow himself to be happy and excited for the child he and Melissa had created as her pregnancy progressed.
Issue two, Melissa. Man oh man. I wanted to like her more and I *thought* I did in the beginning but as the book progressed and her pregnancy, so did my frustration. She became almost petulantly stubborn when it came to taking care of herself. Taking stupid risks, over working herself. Which ultimately led to James throwing in a bit of some much needed high-handed behavior just to get her to slow down for their baby's health. Which really shouldn't have been needed. She is a doctor. And she really wanted to have a child, and despite the issue of James not wanting children and the issue her pregnancy announcement caused she was excited to be pregnant. So tell me why this woman would be so stubborn and selfish not to think about more than herself and allow herself to turn a blind eye on her own needs which would effect her baby. So frustrating!
Issue three, again another issue with Melissa. A big factor in the crack and their ultimate break up early in the book between James and Melissa wasn't because of the pregnancy "bombshell" - nope. James had decided he was moving back to Nashville, which was where he worked an hour away. He wanted to wake Melissa up to the fact she wasn't there for him. She didn't make him a priority, and willingly and consciously chose her patients over him. Which we learn at the books opening, but as we move in the story we really see the evidence behind James's feelings and they were entirely true. Frustratingly so! In her need to be needed she gave way too much of herself and somehow took James for granted and stopped putting in the effort to be with him and there for him. Which wasn't fair to him. But it just continued on and on in the book. She would choose running off to check on a patient everytime they called. Which was during her personal time. She even made house calls! Nothing wrong with a personable friendly doctor who actually cares but good grief! She was trying too hard. She wanted to be needed, liked the feeling and in doing so (due to her foster child past) she ended up selfishly neglecting the man she loved. Which she wasn't even sure she DID love when her best friend Debbie asked her. Which Debbie so helpfully pointed out was strange she couldn't answer without a long pause since they lived together and had been together for two years now. Strange indeed!
And then the ending felt a little rushed. No epilogue, which was okay, but it just ended with her having the baby. And after popping out their child in their living room, because OF COURSE James would have to face his fears head on and deliver his child himself. Then, and only then do we get an honest to God hashing out of their true issues and feelings. Then the I love you, and marry me's and let's have more babies.
If you don't look too hard at the books issues it really wasn't a bad read. Hindsight is great and looking back I don't think I realized how frustrated I was with Melissa through the whole book.
Hardly any romance or intimate moments. I think there was only maybe twice they kissed? Bit of a let down there.
The conflict between Melissa and James was a real factor for their relationship issues. Definitely a big hurdle to overcome. Quite a handful, really.
Issue one, being the biggest obstacle which was James's fierce desire to never have kids. Which we later learn is due to him feeling responsible for his baby sisters death who was three months old to his seventeen when she died from SIDS while in his care. I understand why that became a legitimate reason for him to seek never having kids. And I was happy to see him allow himself to be happy and excited for the child he and Melissa had created as her pregnancy progressed.
Issue two, Melissa. Man oh man. I wanted to like her more and I *thought* I did in the beginning but as the book progressed and her pregnancy, so did my frustration. She became almost petulantly stubborn when it came to taking care of herself. Taking stupid risks, over working herself. Which ultimately led to James throwing in a bit of some much needed high-handed behavior just to get her to slow down for their baby's health. Which really shouldn't have been needed. She is a doctor. And she really wanted to have a child, and despite the issue of James not wanting children and the issue her pregnancy announcement caused she was excited to be pregnant. So tell me why this woman would be so stubborn and selfish not to think about more than herself and allow herself to turn a blind eye on her own needs which would effect her baby. So frustrating!
Issue three, again another issue with Melissa. A big factor in the crack and their ultimate break up early in the book between James and Melissa wasn't because of the pregnancy "bombshell" - nope. James had decided he was moving back to Nashville, which was where he worked an hour away. He wanted to wake Melissa up to the fact she wasn't there for him. She didn't make him a priority, and willingly and consciously chose her patients over him. Which we learn at the books opening, but as we move in the story we really see the evidence behind James's feelings and they were entirely true. Frustratingly so! In her need to be needed she gave way too much of herself and somehow took James for granted and stopped putting in the effort to be with him and there for him. Which wasn't fair to him. But it just continued on and on in the book. She would choose running off to check on a patient everytime they called. Which was during her personal time. She even made house calls! Nothing wrong with a personable friendly doctor who actually cares but good grief! She was trying too hard. She wanted to be needed, liked the feeling and in doing so (due to her foster child past) she ended up selfishly neglecting the man she loved. Which she wasn't even sure she DID love when her best friend Debbie asked her. Which Debbie so helpfully pointed out was strange she couldn't answer without a long pause since they lived together and had been together for two years now. Strange indeed!
And then the ending felt a little rushed. No epilogue, which was okay, but it just ended with her having the baby. And after popping out their child in their living room, because OF COURSE James would have to face his fears head on and deliver his child himself. Then, and only then do we get an honest to God hashing out of their true issues and feelings. Then the I love you, and marry me's and let's have more babies.
If you don't look too hard at the books issues it really wasn't a bad read. Hindsight is great and looking back I don't think I realized how frustrated I was with Melissa through the whole book.
October 23, 2008
Hero and heroine are both doctors, and either married or living together with intentions of marrying. (Read this pre-hurricane, writing review post-hurricane. Remember story, but not details.) Anyway, they're living together on a committed basis. But they've been having trouble because they each want a different kind of practice. He wants the hustle of big city ER. She wants a small town family practice. They've been living in the small town where she works, but she's been spending so much time on her patients, the couple hasn't spent much time together. Oh, and he doesn't want kids. The heroine doesn't want them either. Until she gets pregnant, and decides she really does want kids. And that puts even More strain on the relationship. This is a nice, angsty book where both people have issues and grow up and learn how to deal with them and each other. I liked it a lot.
December 3, 2016
An OK read. My enjoyment of this book kept being spoiled by my logical brain constantly asking "He's a doctor, for crying out loud!!! If he knew he NEVER wanted children, why ever didn't he get a permanent contraceptive solution, ie a vasectomy?" But then again, if he had, we wouldn't have had a story.
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