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Watson Brothers #2
Bad Boys To Go
You'll love three sizzling novels featuring delicious bad-boys in one satisfying volume!
In Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster, Gil discovers that he's a dad-thanks to a fling years ago. He wants to do the right thing for his daughter, even if it means ending up with Anabel, who's totally wrong for him...but something about her feels so right.
In The Wilde One by Janelle Denison, Adrian loves extreme sports-but risks with women are another matter. When he unexpectedly shares a weekend with Chayse at his mountain cabin, they both enjoy a sensual adventure.
In Going After Adam by Nancy Warren, Gretchen is a private investigator trailing Adam, a two-timing husband. Soon she discovers he's really single-and a corporate whistle-blower running for his life. And he's taking Gretchen with him on an escape filled with danger...and sexual temptation.
In Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster, Gil discovers that he's a dad-thanks to a fling years ago. He wants to do the right thing for his daughter, even if it means ending up with Anabel, who's totally wrong for him...but something about her feels so right.
In The Wilde One by Janelle Denison, Adrian loves extreme sports-but risks with women are another matter. When he unexpectedly shares a weekend with Chayse at his mountain cabin, they both enjoy a sensual adventure.
In Going After Adam by Nancy Warren, Gretchen is a private investigator trailing Adam, a two-timing husband. Soon she discovers he's really single-and a corporate whistle-blower running for his life. And he's taking Gretchen with him on an escape filled with danger...and sexual temptation.
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First published November 1, 2003
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Lori Foster
418 books11.7k followersSince first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette, Samhain, and Berkley/Jove. She is currently published with HQN.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
Lori hosts a very special annual “Reader & Author” event in West Chester, Ohio. Proceeds from the event have benefited many worthy causes, including the Hamilton County YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter, the Animal Adoption Foundation, The Conductive Learning Center for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, and The One Way Farm, Children’s Home.
Each year Lori donates all proceeds from one book to charity. You can see the benefit romance books here: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/
Career Highlights
•In 2001, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy.
•In 2002, Lori’s book Too Much Temptation was the top-selling romance title for Amazon books.
•In 2003, Say No To Joe was the second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for Waldenbooks.
•In 2004, Lori Foster was a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
•In 2004, The Secret Life of Bryan was the “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2005, Lori received the prestigious Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Contemporary Romance.
•In 2006, Jude’s Law was the “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” romance title for the BGI group.
•In 2007, Lori launched a new “urban fantasy” series under the name L.L. Foster. See more on her “dark side” at www.llfoster.com.
•In 2007, Causing Havoc was among Amazon’s Top Ten Editor’s picks in Romance.
•In 2008, Hard to Handle made #2 on The New York Times.
•In 2009, Servant: The Acceptance was Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance.
•In 2010, Lori was a clue in the USA Today Quick Cross puzzle.
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Bringing up Baby by Lori Foster - Bringing up Baby is the second novella in Lori Foster’s series about the three Watson brothers. This one is middle brother Gil’s story. In the previous novella he’d just gotten the shock of his life when he found out that he was the father of a two-year-old little girl he hadn’t known existed. The girl’s mother, a woman with whom he’d shared a business relationship and one weekend of steamy passion, has passed away in a car accident. But as it turns out, she hadn’t been much of a mother anyway. It’s her roommate, Anabel, who has been raising Nicole and whom she calls mommy. Gil has known Anabel for three years, from the times he visited Nicole’s biological mother on business. Although Gil was sexually attracted to Anabel, he always thought of her as little more than a tattooed, pierced free-spirit and not really mother material. But when Anabel shows up on his doorstep with his toddler daughter in tow, proposing a marriage of convenience to prevent Nicole’s grandparents from taking her away, Gil is forced to take a closer look at her and figure out if they could be something more.
Gil is a great guy. From the moment he finds out he has a child, he’s more than ready to take responsibility and become a father to her in every way. Even though he knows nothing about kids, he proves to be a natural and is wonderful with Nicole. I liked that he recognized Anabel’s place in Nicole’s life and that no matter what happened between the two of them, he couldn’t separate mom and daughter even though they aren’t biologically related. Also, once he realizes Anabel is the woman for him, he tries to prove it to her by taking care of her, too. The only thing about Gil that left me wanting is that it’s implied that he’s a wild lover with perhaps unusual tastes in the bedroom, but although the love scenes are hot, nothing particularly out of the ordinary occurs. If anything, I thought the first novella of the series was slightly spicier.
Anabel is a real stand-up heroine to have raised her friend’s child as her own. I admired that she wanted to tell Gil from the start that he was Nicole’s father, but it was the child’s biological mother who kept her from doing so. It’s obvious that she loves the little girl very much and is a mother to her in every way that counts. She’s been attracted to Gil for a very long time and was more than ready to give him anything he wanted in the bedroom. I especially liked that she felt that she could trust him to do the right thing. She may not have stood out to me in quite the same way that other romance heroines have, but I liked Anabel and there was nothing she did that bothered me in any way.
Because this is a short novella, there isn’t a lot of time to develop the romantic relationship. It helped some that both Gil and Anabel had known and been attracted to each other for a while, but it seemed that despite the attraction, they weren’t really what I would even call friends. If anything Gil had reservations about Anabel’s suitability as a mother. Granted he gets over it as he watches her with Nicole and realizes that he’s been unfair in his judgment, but because of his initial questioning of her, things seemed to move very quickly in the romance department. They hop into bed on night one for a “trial run,” and although the sex is great and I could feel a connection there, the leap to him being ready to marry was just a little too fast to suit me. Otherwise, though, I enjoyed Bringing up Baby and thought it was a cute story. Nicole is absolutely adorable and behaved exactly like a two-year-old should so that was a plus. I look forward to completing the series and seeing what’s in store for youngest brother, Pete. Bringing up Baby was originally published in this multi-author anthology and was later reprinted in the single author anthology, The Watson Brothers, along with it’s two companion novellas. Star Rating: ****
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison – It’s been a really long time since I last read a Janelle Denison story, which also, as it happens, was the previous story in her Wilde series. I seem to recall there being quite a bit of similarity between the first three Wilde stories, which might partially account for me putting this author on the back burner for a while. Thankfully, The Wilde One was a little different than those three stories. While the heroine of this novella is still rather commitment-phobic, it’s for different reasons than those of the other heroines in the series thus far. And although the hero is a pretty hard-core alpha male, like his brothers from the previous stories, his personality and profession is quite different. So The Wilde One was definitely unique enough to hold my attention pretty well.
Chayse was introduced in the previous novella of the series, All She Want for Christmas. She’s a photographer who’s shooting a beefcake calender for charity and wants our hero, Adrian, to be one of her models. I had to admire Chayse’s determination. She’s apparently been pestering Adrian about it for months and continues to doggedly pursues him in this story. Since she knows he’d be perfect for the job and he can’t give her a compelling reason why he won’t do it, she can’t let it go, and her persistence is eventually rewarded. Chayse is pretty much all alone in the world and has a painful past that makes her wary of giving her heart to someone. Everyone she loved growing up left her in some way, so she keeps her relationships casual, not wanting to get too close and get hurt. With Adrian, everything is different. She finds herself opening up to him in ways she hasn’t with anyone else, but she’s still scared to let their affair go on any longer than the weekend. What I liked most about Chayse is that she understands Adrian and his “need for speed,” as well as accepts his physical imperfections without hesitation.
Adrian is a risk-taker. He’s an extreme sports enthusiast and owns an outdoor adventure company. Although he’s insanely attracted to Chayse, he’s been avoiding her as much as possible, and every time he sees her, he keeps turning down her proposal of him posing for her calender. His body has imperfections that her doesn’t think will translate well to photographs, not to mention, said imperfections are also tied to a painful past relationship that left him feeling completely betrayed. Ever since then, he’s had a hard time trusting women, and like Chayse, he also keeps his relationships casual. With Chayse, their chemistry is so intense, he can’t resist her, so when she shows up at his cabin, calling his bluff, it turns into a sexually explosive moment. Adrian is perhaps a tad too alpha for my taste. He’s pretty sexually aggressive during their first love scene, although he does feel badly about it afterward (not that Chayse was complaining ;-)), but then he does it again at the very end. I did, however, like Adrian’s intuitiveness in seeing behind the walls Chayse has erected around herself. He’s also the first one to admit that he’s falling for her, which was rather endearing, and he wouldn’t allow her to run away from him without a fight. If Adrian had been just a little softer and not quite so intense, and/or he’d had a profession that was a little more relatable to me, I could have seen this novella being a keeper for me.
Other than Adrian not quite being my favorite type of guy, The Wilde One was a very good read. The love scenes are quite steamy, and aside from the more intense ones that weren’t entirely my thing, they’re a lot of fun to read. I was also surprised by the amount of character development Janelle Denison was able to create in such a short space. Although a little longer format to explore their issues in more depth might have been nice, it was still quite good for a novella. Of course, they fall in love, get over their issues, and we even get a proposal at the very end, which happens all in the space of one three-day weekend, which is maybe a little quick. However, I was willing to give the author a pass on this, because Adrian and Chayse have at least known each other for several months, and she does develop their relationship in a believable way with a strong emotional connection. So overall, I enjoyed reading The Wilde One. Several of the other Wilde brothers and cousins appear in this novella. Adrian’s cousin, Scott, is up next in The Wilde Side. What I saw of him in this story and what little I remember of his appearances in the previous ones, I’ve liked what I’ve seen, so I look forward to continuing the series and reading his book. The Wilde One was originally published in this anthology, but has since been republished as a stand-alone novella. Star Rating: ****
Going after Adam by Nancy Warren - Going after Adam is a fast-paced novella in which our hero, Adam, works for a company that’s engaging in illegal activities. He become a whistle-blower, which has put his life in danger, as assassins are hot on his trail. Enter the heroine, Gretchen, a private investigator, who’s been unwittingly hired by the bad guys to keep an eye on him. She thinks he’s a cheating husband and that her job is to get incriminating pictures of him with the other woman for his wife to use in divorce proceedings. By the time she finds out that she’s been duped, her life is in danger, too, so they go on the run together, trying to reach Las Vegas before the baddies, so that Adam can turn over his evidence to an FBI buddy there. Their road trip turns into a fun, mad-cap adventure when they board a tour bus full of seniors, using the cover story of being on their way to Vegas for a shotgun wedding.
This is the third novella I’ve read by Nancy Warren. The previous two I had given mixed ratings to, so I’m pleased that Going after Adam turned out to be a story that I mostly enjoyed. Because of its brevity there isn’t a lot of room for character development, but for as well as I got to know them, I liked Adam and Gretchen. The story moves very fast, so it kept me engaged throughout. Once the seniors on the bus tour were added into the mix, it became fun and humorous as well. The love scenes are steamy but perhaps lacked enough sexual tension leading up to them to really spark for me, but overall, they weren’t bad. My main complaint is that things move at warp speed in the relationship department. Adam and Gretchen meet on day one, trust each other enough to go on the run together and end up in bed on day two, and wind up married on day three. Even though the quickie wedding with Elvis officiating was originally meant to appease their new senior friends, they decide to stay married once the danger has passed, which was perhaps a little too much to be entirely believable. But despite that, I can’t deny that I was entertained while reading this novella, so it ended up being pretty good after all. Star Rating: ****
Bringing up Baby by Lori Foster - Bringing up Baby is the second novella in Lori Foster’s series about the three Watson brothers. This one is middle brother Gil’s story. In the previous novella he’d just gotten the shock of his life when he found out that he was the father of a two-year-old little girl he hadn’t known existed. The girl’s mother, a woman with whom he’d shared a business relationship and one weekend of steamy passion, has passed away in a car accident. But as it turns out, she hadn’t been much of a mother anyway. It’s her roommate, Anabel, who has been raising Nicole and whom she calls mommy. Gil has known Anabel for three years, from the times he visited Nicole’s biological mother on business. Although Gil was sexually attracted to Anabel, he always thought of her as little more than a tattooed, pierced free-spirit and not really mother material. But when Anabel shows up on his doorstep with his toddler daughter in tow, proposing a marriage of convenience to prevent Nicole’s grandparents from taking her away, Gil is forced to take a closer look at her and figure out if they could be something more.
Gil is a great guy. From the moment he finds out he has a child, he’s more than ready to take responsibility and become a father to her in every way. Even though he knows nothing about kids, he proves to be a natural and is wonderful with Nicole. I liked that he recognized Anabel’s place in Nicole’s life and that no matter what happened between the two of them, he couldn’t separate mom and daughter even though they aren’t biologically related. Also, once he realizes Anabel is the woman for him, he tries to prove it to her by taking care of her, too. The only thing about Gil that left me wanting is that it’s implied that he’s a wild lover with perhaps unusual tastes in the bedroom, but although the love scenes are hot, nothing particularly out of the ordinary occurs. If anything, I thought the first novella of the series was slightly spicier.
Anabel is a real stand-up heroine to have raised her friend’s child as her own. I admired that she wanted to tell Gil from the start that he was Nicole’s father, but it was the child’s biological mother who kept her from doing so. It’s obvious that she loves the little girl very much and is a mother to her in every way that counts. She’s been attracted to Gil for a very long time and was more than ready to give him anything he wanted in the bedroom. I especially liked that she felt that she could trust him to do the right thing. She may not have stood out to me in quite the same way that other romance heroines have, but I liked Anabel and there was nothing she did that bothered me in any way.
Because this is a short novella, there isn’t a lot of time to develop the romantic relationship. It helped some that both Gil and Anabel had known and been attracted to each other for a while, but it seemed that despite the attraction, they weren’t really what I would even call friends. If anything Gil had reservations about Anabel’s suitability as a mother. Granted he gets over it as he watches her with Nicole and realizes that he’s been unfair in his judgment, but because of his initial questioning of her, things seemed to move very quickly in the romance department. They hop into bed on night one for a “trial run,” and although the sex is great and I could feel a connection there, the leap to him being ready to marry was just a little too fast to suit me. Otherwise, though, I enjoyed Bringing up Baby and thought it was a cute story. Nicole is absolutely adorable and behaved exactly like a two-year-old should so that was a plus. I look forward to completing the series and seeing what’s in store for youngest brother, Pete. Bringing up Baby was originally published in this multi-author anthology and was later reprinted in the single author anthology, The Watson Brothers, along with it’s two companion novellas. Star Rating: ****
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison – It’s been a really long time since I last read a Janelle Denison story, which also, as it happens, was the previous story in her Wilde series. I seem to recall there being quite a bit of similarity between the first three Wilde stories, which might partially account for me putting this author on the back burner for a while. Thankfully, The Wilde One was a little different than those three stories. While the heroine of this novella is still rather commitment-phobic, it’s for different reasons than those of the other heroines in the series thus far. And although the hero is a pretty hard-core alpha male, like his brothers from the previous stories, his personality and profession is quite different. So The Wilde One was definitely unique enough to hold my attention pretty well.
Chayse was introduced in the previous novella of the series, All She Want for Christmas. She’s a photographer who’s shooting a beefcake calender for charity and wants our hero, Adrian, to be one of her models. I had to admire Chayse’s determination. She’s apparently been pestering Adrian about it for months and continues to doggedly pursues him in this story. Since she knows he’d be perfect for the job and he can’t give her a compelling reason why he won’t do it, she can’t let it go, and her persistence is eventually rewarded. Chayse is pretty much all alone in the world and has a painful past that makes her wary of giving her heart to someone. Everyone she loved growing up left her in some way, so she keeps her relationships casual, not wanting to get too close and get hurt. With Adrian, everything is different. She finds herself opening up to him in ways she hasn’t with anyone else, but she’s still scared to let their affair go on any longer than the weekend. What I liked most about Chayse is that she understands Adrian and his “need for speed,” as well as accepts his physical imperfections without hesitation.
Adrian is a risk-taker. He’s an extreme sports enthusiast and owns an outdoor adventure company. Although he’s insanely attracted to Chayse, he’s been avoiding her as much as possible, and every time he sees her, he keeps turning down her proposal of him posing for her calender. His body has imperfections that her doesn’t think will translate well to photographs, not to mention, said imperfections are also tied to a painful past relationship that left him feeling completely betrayed. Ever since then, he’s had a hard time trusting women, and like Chayse, he also keeps his relationships casual. With Chayse, their chemistry is so intense, he can’t resist her, so when she shows up at his cabin, calling his bluff, it turns into a sexually explosive moment. Adrian is perhaps a tad too alpha for my taste. He’s pretty sexually aggressive during their first love scene, although he does feel badly about it afterward (not that Chayse was complaining ;-)), but then he does it again at the very end. I did, however, like Adrian’s intuitiveness in seeing behind the walls Chayse has erected around herself. He’s also the first one to admit that he’s falling for her, which was rather endearing, and he wouldn’t allow her to run away from him without a fight. If Adrian had been just a little softer and not quite so intense, and/or he’d had a profession that was a little more relatable to me, I could have seen this novella being a keeper for me.
Other than Adrian not quite being my favorite type of guy, The Wilde One was a very good read. The love scenes are quite steamy, and aside from the more intense ones that weren’t entirely my thing, they’re a lot of fun to read. I was also surprised by the amount of character development Janelle Denison was able to create in such a short space. Although a little longer format to explore their issues in more depth might have been nice, it was still quite good for a novella. Of course, they fall in love, get over their issues, and we even get a proposal at the very end, which happens all in the space of one three-day weekend, which is maybe a little quick. However, I was willing to give the author a pass on this, because Adrian and Chayse have at least known each other for several months, and she does develop their relationship in a believable way with a strong emotional connection. So overall, I enjoyed reading The Wilde One. Several of the other Wilde brothers and cousins appear in this novella. Adrian’s cousin, Scott, is up next in The Wilde Side. What I saw of him in this story and what little I remember of his appearances in the previous ones, I’ve liked what I’ve seen, so I look forward to continuing the series and reading his book. The Wilde One was originally published in this anthology, but has since been republished as a stand-alone novella. Star Rating: ****
Going after Adam by Nancy Warren - Going after Adam is a fast-paced novella in which our hero, Adam, works for a company that’s engaging in illegal activities. He become a whistle-blower, which has put his life in danger, as assassins are hot on his trail. Enter the heroine, Gretchen, a private investigator, who’s been unwittingly hired by the bad guys to keep an eye on him. She thinks he’s a cheating husband and that her job is to get incriminating pictures of him with the other woman for his wife to use in divorce proceedings. By the time she finds out that she’s been duped, her life is in danger, too, so they go on the run together, trying to reach Las Vegas before the baddies, so that Adam can turn over his evidence to an FBI buddy there. Their road trip turns into a fun, mad-cap adventure when they board a tour bus full of seniors, using the cover story of being on their way to Vegas for a shotgun wedding.
This is the third novella I’ve read by Nancy Warren. The previous two I had given mixed ratings to, so I’m pleased that Going after Adam turned out to be a story that I mostly enjoyed. Because of its brevity there isn’t a lot of room for character development, but for as well as I got to know them, I liked Adam and Gretchen. The story moves very fast, so it kept me engaged throughout. Once the seniors on the bus tour were added into the mix, it became fun and humorous as well. The love scenes are steamy but perhaps lacked enough sexual tension leading up to them to really spark for me, but overall, they weren’t bad. My main complaint is that things move at warp speed in the relationship department. Adam and Gretchen meet on day one, trust each other enough to go on the run together and end up in bed on day two, and wind up married on day three. Even though the quickie wedding with Elvis officiating was originally meant to appease their new senior friends, they decide to stay married once the danger has passed, which was perhaps a little too much to be entirely believable. But despite that, I can’t deny that I was entertained while reading this novella, so it ended up being pretty good after all. Star Rating: ****
March 24, 2019
Bringing Up Baby - Lori Foster - 3/5 – After his father died, Gil had a one night stand with a woman living in Atlanta. 2 ½ years later, he finds out that he’s a father and the mother has died. For 2 ½ years, Anabel has been raising his daughter Nicole because the real mother didn’t want to be a Mom, but forbade Anabel to tell Gil. So now that she’s free to, Anabel takes his daughter to him. But she loves Nicole like a real mother and cannot stand the thought that she might lose her, so she makes an offer of marriage to Gil. Gil is skeptical about Anabel, but soon realizes how valuable she is to his new life. I’m not completely sold on Anabel loving Gil for all this time, because I have to wonder how well she knows him. I felt that several things were left out – for example, what are Gil’s actual sexual appetites that were alluded to? and what is Anabel’s background that led her to where she was? (because it was implied that they were important as well, but never explained). Otherwise a pretty good story.
The Wilde One - Janelle Denison - 3 /5 - Chayse wants Adrian Wilde to pose for her “outdoorsy men” calendar. Being the operator of Wilde Adventures and a major outdoorsman, he’d be perfect for her charity project. But Adrian wants nothing to do with the calendar...unfortunately for him, he wants everything to do with Chayse. And her persistence keeps putting temptation in his way - especially when she shows up at his weekend cabin and says she’s not going til she gets what she wants. They both end up getting exactly what they want, but by the end of the wekeend, both Chayse and Adrian have developed “let’s have more of this” feelings. Adrian is cool to go with those, but Chayse is afraid and runs before they can confront their feelings. Once this hit the 40% mark, this story was okay. Up to that point, I felt like Chayse needed to be smacked upside the head and reminded that ‘no means no.’ It most certainly doesn’t mean hound the person until they reveal all their secrets and insecurities about why they said no just because you’re curious. And it’s not like she was after him in any other way before that. She was pretty much shocked when Adrian turned things sexual, so her only reason was to nag this guy into doing what she wanted despite his clear answer “NO.” But once Adrian dropped his insecurities and the feelings started building between them, this got better and I was able to forget that Chayse had annoyed me. They had some great sexual chemistry together and there was still that little bit of angst with the whole fear of feelings thing. So overall pretty good.
Going After Adam - Nancy Warren - 3 /5 - Gretchen is a P.I. hired to take photos of Adam Stone, a philandering husband in town to meet with his piece on the side. But she soon finds out that Adam is not what she was told and that she’s stepped into a major cover up that could get her and Adam killed. As they try to get to Vegas to meet up with his FBI friend, the two discover a connection that can’t be denied and that feels a lot like love. But when this is over, will they have a future? This isn’t a half bad suspense novella. Gretchen and Adam spend most of this time on the run from 3 goons who are trying to kill them and this manages to be a pretty fast paced story as a result. Also, both Gretchen and Adam are really likeable characters, even if we don’t get a whole lot of background info on them. They don’t have a lot of depth, but that’s the novella effect. The only real downside here was from the romance, which felt like it was pretty sudden and came out of the blue. One minute he had her tied to a bed so she couldn’t rat him out and the next their kissing and she’s ready to follow him anywhere and have sex with him. Other than that bit of odd transition, this was enjoyable.
The Wilde One - Janelle Denison - 3 /5 - Chayse wants Adrian Wilde to pose for her “outdoorsy men” calendar. Being the operator of Wilde Adventures and a major outdoorsman, he’d be perfect for her charity project. But Adrian wants nothing to do with the calendar...unfortunately for him, he wants everything to do with Chayse. And her persistence keeps putting temptation in his way - especially when she shows up at his weekend cabin and says she’s not going til she gets what she wants. They both end up getting exactly what they want, but by the end of the wekeend, both Chayse and Adrian have developed “let’s have more of this” feelings. Adrian is cool to go with those, but Chayse is afraid and runs before they can confront their feelings. Once this hit the 40% mark, this story was okay. Up to that point, I felt like Chayse needed to be smacked upside the head and reminded that ‘no means no.’ It most certainly doesn’t mean hound the person until they reveal all their secrets and insecurities about why they said no just because you’re curious. And it’s not like she was after him in any other way before that. She was pretty much shocked when Adrian turned things sexual, so her only reason was to nag this guy into doing what she wanted despite his clear answer “NO.” But once Adrian dropped his insecurities and the feelings started building between them, this got better and I was able to forget that Chayse had annoyed me. They had some great sexual chemistry together and there was still that little bit of angst with the whole fear of feelings thing. So overall pretty good.
Going After Adam - Nancy Warren - 3 /5 - Gretchen is a P.I. hired to take photos of Adam Stone, a philandering husband in town to meet with his piece on the side. But she soon finds out that Adam is not what she was told and that she’s stepped into a major cover up that could get her and Adam killed. As they try to get to Vegas to meet up with his FBI friend, the two discover a connection that can’t be denied and that feels a lot like love. But when this is over, will they have a future? This isn’t a half bad suspense novella. Gretchen and Adam spend most of this time on the run from 3 goons who are trying to kill them and this manages to be a pretty fast paced story as a result. Also, both Gretchen and Adam are really likeable characters, even if we don’t get a whole lot of background info on them. They don’t have a lot of depth, but that’s the novella effect. The only real downside here was from the romance, which felt like it was pretty sudden and came out of the blue. One minute he had her tied to a bed so she couldn’t rat him out and the next their kissing and she’s ready to follow him anywhere and have sex with him. Other than that bit of odd transition, this was enjoyable.
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August 11, 2024
Being one of the most unique romance novels I’ve read I give this book 4 stars. Within the novel there are 3 books all in one. The first being “Brining up Baby”, second being “The Wilde One”, and last “Going After Adam”. When I first started this novel I didn’t realize there was going to be more than one love story combine into this book. I have to say each one of these stories are unique to themselves and I haven’t read another story like them. If I had to rate them 1-3, 1 being the best, 3 being still a very good read but less interesting, I would put “Bringing up Baby” as 1, “The Wilde Once” as 2, and “Going After Adam” as 3. Now that I’ve read the entirety of this novel I wish there was extended visions of each one of these stories because of how suspenseful I found each of them.
February 5, 2012
Easy reads. What I really liked about this book was that I didn't pay for it.
June 5, 2022
3 short and fun reads. This was my second Lori Foster and two new to me authors. I enjoyed all 3 stories and will look for longer stories by all 3 of these authors. I don't generally like short stories as I don't feel I get to know the characters enough, but these were fun and enjoyable.
June 12, 2020
I enjoyed a lot reading all three stories!
June 7, 2023
Quick easy read with good storylines.
July 26, 2019
Read to this one now and really enjoying it. I love writing style and everything Describe in this book.
March 2, 2012
Let's start with Bringin Up Baby by Lori Foster. I felt the premsis was a little hard to believe. I felt this was the weakest story of the three. Ok, Anabel's roommate has a baby with Gil that he knows nothing about until she is forced to turn to him becaus dead baby mama's parents are attempting to take the baby from her. Gil, an up standing fellow, wants his baby. The catch is that Anabel comes with the kid. Gil has always been attracted to her, but thinks she's too wild for his straight laced life. She is not his idea of the June Cleaver mother he always thought he would marry and have children with. He decides to give it go, plus he gets sex. They bond and he eventually realizes she is what he needs. I did not now this was the second in the Watson Brothers Series. The first meeting and the breakfast scene with Sam and Pete was funny. I can say that this story made me want to read the other two brothers'stories. My major aside from storyline believabilty was there was not enough room for Gil to change his attitude toward Anabel. I would have to give this story 2 stars.
The second story was The Wilde One by Janelle Denison. This is also a story that is part of a series, the Wilde Series. This is Adrian's, brother of Steve and Eric, story. I thought it was the most tender of all the stories so far. That is not to say the sex wasn't hot, because it was 4 chili peppers hot. And I felt it was the most emotional one. This one had the twist of the female, Chayse, chasing Adrian. In the previous 3 stories, the males chased the women. At the end, Adrian did have to do some chasing, but not much. And once again we have Mia and Cameron baiting each other. Steve, the male lead in the 5th book included. This story broke with the pattern of the male buying the female clothing which was in the previous 4 stories. I would give the sex scenes 4.5 stars and the story 4 stars.
The third story was Going After Adam. This was not part of a series, but a stand alone story. Intially, this story is what took me so long to finish the book. I found it rather boring. I thought the premsis was more suited to an 80's action movie than a romance novel. The saving grace and what helped me to finish the story was the old people on the tour bus. They were so very funny. And I mean laugh-out-loud funny. I love how they all pitched in for the wedding and how they pitched in again to subdue the bad guys. While I understand that when one's life is in danger, emotions are heightend, but again, I had a hard time believing Adam and Gretchen fell in love that fast. I thought this was an enjoyable read with the AARP cast of characters. I would rate it 3 stars.
The second story was The Wilde One by Janelle Denison. This is also a story that is part of a series, the Wilde Series. This is Adrian's, brother of Steve and Eric, story. I thought it was the most tender of all the stories so far. That is not to say the sex wasn't hot, because it was 4 chili peppers hot. And I felt it was the most emotional one. This one had the twist of the female, Chayse, chasing Adrian. In the previous 3 stories, the males chased the women. At the end, Adrian did have to do some chasing, but not much. And once again we have Mia and Cameron baiting each other. Steve, the male lead in the 5th book included. This story broke with the pattern of the male buying the female clothing which was in the previous 4 stories. I would give the sex scenes 4.5 stars and the story 4 stars.
The third story was Going After Adam. This was not part of a series, but a stand alone story. Intially, this story is what took me so long to finish the book. I found it rather boring. I thought the premsis was more suited to an 80's action movie than a romance novel. The saving grace and what helped me to finish the story was the old people on the tour bus. They were so very funny. And I mean laugh-out-loud funny. I love how they all pitched in for the wedding and how they pitched in again to subdue the bad guys. While I understand that when one's life is in danger, emotions are heightend, but again, I had a hard time believing Adam and Gretchen fell in love that fast. I thought this was an enjoyable read with the AARP cast of characters. I would rate it 3 stars.
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September 13, 2010
I don’t read romance often, so when this book eventually reached the top of my TBR pile, I looked forward to a fun read. For the most part, the book delivered, although the first two stories were light on plot. The first story, Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster, shows a lot of angst and emotion as handsome Gil Watson learns that he has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter; however, the child clearly loves her caregiver, Anabel, who was the deceased mother’s friend. Gil is attracted to Anabel, but doesn’t want her in his life, yet Anabel will pretty much do anything to keep her role as the baby’s mother. Unfortunately, the story had too much repetition in both words and sentiment.
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison is about photographer Chayse Douglas’ determination to have the gorgeous Adrian Wilde appear in a beefcake calendar she’s creating for charity. Adrian refuses to be part of the project for personal reasons that Chayse is bent on learning, even if means sleeping with the guy to find out. Again, there’s too much repetition in the inner monologue of both characters.
The final story, Going After Adam, was the best. The plot had more depth than the previous two, along with plenty of action and humor as PI Gretchen Wiest is hired to track down cheating husband, Adam Stone. She soon learns that Adam isn’t married but is being hunted by people who want to kill him. It was a fun story which I would have enjoyed even more if the plot had been developed into a full length novel.
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison is about photographer Chayse Douglas’ determination to have the gorgeous Adrian Wilde appear in a beefcake calendar she’s creating for charity. Adrian refuses to be part of the project for personal reasons that Chayse is bent on learning, even if means sleeping with the guy to find out. Again, there’s too much repetition in the inner monologue of both characters.
The final story, Going After Adam, was the best. The plot had more depth than the previous two, along with plenty of action and humor as PI Gretchen Wiest is hired to track down cheating husband, Adam Stone. She soon learns that Adam isn’t married but is being hunted by people who want to kill him. It was a fun story which I would have enjoyed even more if the plot had been developed into a full length novel.
July 10, 2013
❤❤❤
Bringing Up Baby (Originally read in The Watson Brothers)
Three years after 2 days and nights of endless sex, Gil Watson made is clear to Shelly that he wasn’t looking for anything long term. His father had just died and though he regretted it later, he used Shelly to help ease the pain. So when he receives a call from Shelly’s gorgeous but eccentric friend, Anabel, he’s stunned to learn that Shelly has died and he has a two and a half year old daughter girl. Anabel has raised Gil’s daughter Nicole since the day she was born. She begged Shelly to tell Gil about the baby but Shelly had issues and with constant pressure from her own parents to give Nicole up, she never tried being a mother. Anabel is all Nicole has and Nicki is all Anabel has but Anabel knows she can‘t do it alone anymore. When Shelly’s parents threaten to take the baby Anabel runs to Gil, knowing he doesn’t approve of her, and makes him a proposition so she can remain in Nicole’s life.
Bringing Up Baby (Originally read in The Watson Brothers)
Three years after 2 days and nights of endless sex, Gil Watson made is clear to Shelly that he wasn’t looking for anything long term. His father had just died and though he regretted it later, he used Shelly to help ease the pain. So when he receives a call from Shelly’s gorgeous but eccentric friend, Anabel, he’s stunned to learn that Shelly has died and he has a two and a half year old daughter girl. Anabel has raised Gil’s daughter Nicole since the day she was born. She begged Shelly to tell Gil about the baby but Shelly had issues and with constant pressure from her own parents to give Nicole up, she never tried being a mother. Anabel is all Nicole has and Nicki is all Anabel has but Anabel knows she can‘t do it alone anymore. When Shelly’s parents threaten to take the baby Anabel runs to Gil, knowing he doesn’t approve of her, and makes him a proposition so she can remain in Nicole’s life.
December 11, 2013
I had this book for over a year. Or was it two?
Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster: 4 stars.
The story line was quite typical. In order to get to his daughter, Gil 'had to' married to Anabel, the woman who took care of his daughter. Not that he really had to, but because he did want to. I loved the chemistry between the two. Yummy for a short story.
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison: 3.5 stars.
Hmm... I didn't really know what to say about this one. I did enjoy the chemistry between Adrian and Chayse. I just thought that it's a bit too... fast. Although the chasing was started weeks before that. :p
Going After Adam by Nancy Warren: 4.5 stars.
I liked this one best! The story was quite entertaining. I could imagine it turned into a movie. Again, it's a bit too fast for my taste, but I liked it.
I just found out that some of these titles were part of series from the author. Got me curious to read the others. Oh my! Another interesting books to be piled to my to-read-list! Help!
Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster: 4 stars.
The story line was quite typical. In order to get to his daughter, Gil 'had to' married to Anabel, the woman who took care of his daughter. Not that he really had to, but because he did want to. I loved the chemistry between the two. Yummy for a short story.
The Wilde One by Janelle Denison: 3.5 stars.
Hmm... I didn't really know what to say about this one. I did enjoy the chemistry between Adrian and Chayse. I just thought that it's a bit too... fast. Although the chasing was started weeks before that. :p
Going After Adam by Nancy Warren: 4.5 stars.
I liked this one best! The story was quite entertaining. I could imagine it turned into a movie. Again, it's a bit too fast for my taste, but I liked it.
I just found out that some of these titles were part of series from the author. Got me curious to read the others. Oh my! Another interesting books to be piled to my to-read-list! Help!
August 13, 2007
Lori Foster is my second favorite author. This book got me started on her as an author and erotic romance in general. I have collected and read most of Lori's books and have now moved on to others in the compilations. I am gradually tracking down the whole "Bad Boys" series even if they are not by the same authors as sometimes the characters are related. It is fun to put everyone together. If you go to the author's website you can tell which books have characters that know each other and read them in sequence. I am waiting for Lori's latest book due out this month called Simon says so I can gobble that one up to.
December 22, 2008
I read the short novella "The Wilde One" by Janelle Denison. It's the fourth episode in her Wilde series. This one features Adrian Wilde the last brother of the original Wilde brothers and overall the most interesting of the three.
Adrian is a mix of bad!boy and hurt!boy. His encounter with Chayse Douglas, well more her chase of him to pose for a charity calendar turns out to be the chase of a life time. Both characters are interesting and the format of the short novella forces Denison to shorten her wandering ways into fantasy play and she focuses on the characters motivation and actions. This is the best of the brothers Wilde novella/novel.
Adrian is a mix of bad!boy and hurt!boy. His encounter with Chayse Douglas, well more her chase of him to pose for a charity calendar turns out to be the chase of a life time. Both characters are interesting and the format of the short novella forces Denison to shorten her wandering ways into fantasy play and she focuses on the characters motivation and actions. This is the best of the brothers Wilde novella/novel.
March 23, 2016
Three great stories from three very good authors. Each story has strong characters that you will like getting to know. I haven't read the last two authors before but after reading this book had to go see if I could find more that they had wrote. Lori Foster I have read but have not found a book of hers I haven't liked yet. Even though they were short stories there was enough to flesh out the characters and story line so that it didn't seem like it was a short story. As stated already they wrote so well that went looking for more as there was humor, characters you felt in touch with and more.
May 8, 2010
The three stories in this anthology were interesting enough to keep reading till the end. However, they weren't entertaining enough to stick in my mind. If I had to list the stories in order of preference, it would be: the third one, the second one, the first one (sorry, I forget the titles of each story). I think I may be a bit jaded from reading too many of these romance stories.
February 27, 2010
3,5 stars
The review is only for Janelle Denison's "The Wild One".
I like it. It was a very fast read, it was very hot and sexy and I liked the two characters. Both scarred, the one inside the other on the outside and that made them perfect for each other.
I like such stories. :)
The review is only for Janelle Denison's "The Wild One".
I like it. It was a very fast read, it was very hot and sexy and I liked the two characters. Both scarred, the one inside the other on the outside and that made them perfect for each other.
I like such stories. :)
March 1, 2010
I'm not always sure what made these boys "bad" (in fact, some of them were downright good.) But this was an absolutely enjoyable read. The stories were long enough to be fulfilling but short enough to read in one sitting.
May 3, 2013
Must remember to take shorts smutty stories with sappy endings for what they are. First story was cute, and Lori Foster provided some excellent descriptions of the characters, the sitch and what was doing. You immediately were pulled into the two main characters.
May 8, 2014
The Warren story was a little far-fetched but enjoyable. Loved the Denison story! And though I'm not a Foster fan, I liked Gil Watson's story a lot, almost enough to make me want to read the other Watson books.
All in all, very enjoyable. And spicy!
All in all, very enjoyable. And spicy!
November 24, 2014
These book contained three great stories by three great authors.
Each one had their most unique ending and the two main characters found love at first sight in each story. And the ending was wonderful for all three.
Each one had their most unique ending and the two main characters found love at first sight in each story. And the ending was wonderful for all three.
December 23, 2019
This one is a bit of a cheat. My challenge was to read one book in a book collection. I read Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster. It was good, it's the first story in the book. I debated on if I should mark it as read or not but i wanted it to count :-)
May 23, 2008
I'm not thinking I am a huge anthology fan...
July 14, 2010
Contemporary romance. Perfect beach read. Quick read. Easy way to pick up a new author or catch up on existing characters.
October 14, 2010
Bringing Up Baby by Lori Foster - C+
The Wilde One by Janella Denison - B+
Going After Adam by Nancy Warren - C
The Wilde One by Janella Denison - B+
Going After Adam by Nancy Warren - C
January 8, 2011
i love bad boys
November 17, 2011
Three short stories included in this anthology....(1) Bringing up Baby by Lori Foster; (2) The Wilde One by Janelle Denison (3) Going After Adam by Nancy Warren
February 24, 2012
I love the bad boys anthologies. They are so good and very romantic!
August 27, 2012
The first two stories are a 5 star. The last one was great as well except that the relationship seemed to develop too quickly.
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