Morgan's Child

Circles of Love #3

by Pamela Browning

AND BABY MADE THREE.
When Kate Sinclair impulsively agreed to become a surrogate mother for a divorced socialite, she hadn't counted on the other woman reneging on the contract midway through the pregnancy--and telling Kate she'd changed her mind and no longer wanted the baby.

That left Kate with no choice but to approach the socialite's ex-husband, South Carolina real-estate tycoon Morgan Rhett. Morgan was too busy to stop and smell the roses. Would he take time out for fatherhood? Morgan made it hard to remember that he and Kate had nothing in common except Morgan's baby. Especially when he proposed an outrageous solution to the real roadblock confronting them. It was in the fine print of Kate's contract.

Genres: Contemporary Romance

251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Pseudonym: Melanie Rowe

Pamela Browning is the award-winning author of books for adults and children. She has been published by Silhouette, Harlequin, Mills & Boon, and Berkley as well as by various international publishers, including Mondadori in Italy and Cora Verlag in Germany. Her books are sold in 90 countries and have been translated into 21 languages.

Many of Pamela Browning's books have been listed on bestseller lists, and they consistently win high ratings from reviewers. Her book The Mommy Wish won a 2005 Reviewer's Choice Award from Romantic Times magazine, and she has won the Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie as well as many first-place awards for her adult and juvenile novels in the annual National Federation of Press Women contest.

Reviews

[Preeti ♥︎ Her Bookshelves · Rating 2 out of 5]

Starts out well enough but then slows down into slow boring routine and eventually complete stupidity.
I usually like stories with surrogacy in it and how the h (obviously the surrogate) comes to love the child, and she and the H (obviously the bio father) fall for each other.

*Major spoilers*
I expected more from a h who begins the book like this --
“I don't drink and I don't smoke, and I don't apologize."
But she doesn't quite deliver. She goes from being a complete walkover to a self-centered b*tch.

She's a marine biologist and so I expected some basic intelligence and smarts from her, but her reasons to become a surrogate are frivolous and silly. She wished to experience pregnancy (mind you, not motherhood) as she doesn't plan to ever marry and likens it all to how oysters do it etc.
And she's doing it for a random divorced women who in turn is doing it as a kind of revenge on her ex - the H. His ex-wife fought and got control over their frozen embryos after the divorce.
Doesn't seem like a situation any sane woman would get into. Maybe a financially needy person might be desperate enough to but that's not what drives the h.
She doesn't even read the contract before signing it. Seriously moronic or what!

And there's the H, who after flatly refusing any responsibility (after the ow reneges on taking the baby), quickly falls in lust and then in love with her. But that doesn't stop him from deceiving her by selfishly withholding information regarding her work from her. Still, he does make efforts for the baby and for the h's sakes.

All through this, the h doesn't shows much wisdom by continuing to live alone on a remote island that doesn't even have a cell phone signal, trudging up and down uneven paths when she's so far gone into her pregnancy. She should have made some alternate plans for the later months. I am ambivalent about her refusing to take ante-natal classes as it is truly her prerogative but then she should either have learned more about childbirth or made sure that medical help was accessible at all times and sadly it does come back to bite her. (Thankfully, the H had imbibed some knowledge.)
Completely tstl moves by a supposedly well-educated person.

And she proves that it was indeed the pregnancy that interested her more than actual
motherhood. The H does something unforgivable/untrustworthy but it's shocking to see her walk away instantly and so easily from the baby. She doesn't even stop to soothe or feed the crying baby. It's quite a heartless scene to imagine and I simply cannot forgive her.
What a bunch of losers the poor kid has for parents - all three of them. The women being the worst as they both desert the child after planning the pregnancy. At least, the H - who never knew/agreed on the pregnancy in the first place - comes through for the baby. He starts working from home and doesn't even hire a nanny.

The h realizes her love at the actual dire end and after months of walking away. I am still so mad at the h that I cannot buy the hea. I really wish he had not been such a sucker and taken her back so easily - or at all.
Meh!

And I expect more from an author who writes like this --
“The dust motes suspended in the air between them might have been unspoken thoughts, and the balm of sunshine across Morgan's hair might have been a blessing.”
Ah, well!

[Margaret Watkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even the most dedicated scientist has to obey the calling of nature to procreate. A throw-away remark about having children but not wanting to carry them entices Kate and she jumps at the chance to experience pregnancy as a surrogate mother. It was an impulsive decision and one she quickly comes to realise is going leave to her holding the baby! The obvious solution is to contact the male donor of the implanted embryo, but she discovers that he’s not too keen on being sucked into his ex-wife’s chicanery. However, Morgan isn’t immune to that same call of nature and knowing that Kate is carrying his child, he cannot stay away from her. Neither Morgan nor Kate want the complications of a relationship, and in their very adult, calculated way they decide the way forward, only to be confronted by the fine print in Kate’s surrogacy contract. This is a well written romance, one that brings so much more to the table than guy meets girl and falls in love. Once I started reading I was unable to put the book down. I found myself relating to the main characters and wanted to cheer them on, even when their world began to crumble around them. Descriptions of life on Kate’s island were fascinating and there were numerous laugh out loud moments throughout the book. The story is a standalone and I was so glad when the characters finally got their heads back on straight! I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.

[Toyenlon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book but I don't really like the character of the heroine. Agreed, she was a surrogate mother for Courtney and was abandoned along the way by Courtney who was the ex wife of Morgan. She had to seek Morgan out after being abandoned, initially Morgan was not into accepting the baby but he changed along the line and even developed interest not only in the baby but also in Kate. For her to abandon a 6weeks baby due to the mistakes of a man is somehow callous, a baby you carried in your womb for 9mths and bonded with initially is not real and the way Morgan accepted her back after 2mths or so without any qualms at all is not too realistic for me. "I received this book for free from eBook discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review".

[Munira Vahed · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading it but didnt like the heroine all that much. She was too clinical and I didnt agree with some of the decisions she made or the way she treated the hero.
She becomes pregnant for a woman she hardly knows and then she finds the woman’s ex-husband when the woman changes her mind about having a child.
The feelings didnt feel genuine from the heroine side. You could see the gradual growth of feelings from the hero for the heroine and the baby but not from the heroine.
The epilogue was nice and gave you warm fuzzies as they are called but otherwise didnt find it as interesting as others.
I received this book from ebook discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.

[Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! It was so much fun to read. The setting was beautiful--the story is set on the east coast, on an island complete with a lighthouse. Kate lives in the caretaker's cottage and does marine biology research. When she's presented with an unusual opportunity to carry a child, Kate impulsively decides to do it, to find out what it would be like. What follows is a series of events that changes her life. It is such a great story, and I couldn't stop reading it. I highly recommend this book, Morgan's Child. Thanks to Ebook Discovery for providing a complimentary copy of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading and reviewing it.

[Patty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Families do come in all shapes and sizes. This was an interesting story about Kate and Morgan who had a very unconventional starting point in their relationship. Challenges around career, honesty, parent responsibilities and unconditional love all made this a satisfying read. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the plot of this book for sure but I couldn’t get behind the characters. I received this book from eBook Discovery. I am voluntarily posting this review. This is my honest review.

[ANGELIA · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was going to review this, but I checked out some of the other reviews and one of them - Preeti - said everything I was going to say, do I'll just say:

Ditto!