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Powers-Slater Studio #2
Maddie's Love-Child
Miles, the British aristocrat, can't get his mind off Maddie, a woman he met a year ago in Australia on a business trip. He wants her so much that he ends his engagement and heads to her homeland! Meanwhile, Maddie desperately wants to have a child, but doesn't want to be tied down with a husband. All she wants is a sperm donor with brains, looks and class so she could raise the child on her own. Maddie's mind is made up... Or is it?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 6, 1996
About the author
Miranda Lee
818 books237 followersMaureen Mary was born on 1945 at Port Macquarie, a popular seaside town on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, and is the youngest of four children. Her sister was the novelist Wendy Brennan (Emma Darcy). Her father was a country school teacher and brilliant sportsman. Her mother was a talented dressmaker. When Miranda was ten, her father was transferred to Gosford, another coastal town in the countryside, much closer to Sydney. After leaving her convent school, she briefly studied the cello before moving to Sydney, where she embraced the emerging world of computers. Her career as a programmer ended after she married, had three daughters and bought a small acreage in a semi-rural community. Following this, she attempted greyhound training, as well as horse and goat breeding, but was left dissatisfied.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
Miranda yearned to find a creative career from which she could earn money. When her sister suggested writing romances, it seemed like a good idea. She could do it at home, and it might even be fun! It took a decade of trial and error before her first romance, After the Affair, was accepted and published. At that time, Miranda, her husband Tony, and her three daughters had moved back to the Central Coast, where they could enjoy the sun and the surf lifestyle once again. Not long into her writing career, Miranda committed herself to writing a six-book series entitled, The Hearts of Fire, with a deadline of just nine short months. Bravely, her husband left his executive position to stay home and support Miranda’s writing career. He learned to cook and to clean, two invaluable household skills. Numerous successful stories followed, each embodying Miranda’s trademark style: pacy and sexy rhythms; passionate, real-life characters; and enduring, memorable story lines. She has one credo when writing romances: Don’t bore the reader! Millions of fans world-wide agree she never does.
Miranda was the sister of the late author, Emma Darcy.
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December 6, 2018
Re Maddie's Child - this is the second book of Miranda Lee's two book Powers-Slater Studio series.
The h of this one is the BFF and interior designer partner of the first couple in the series. To put it bluntly, the h in this one is a maneater. The 31 yr old h has a mother who gets continually used and abused by wealthy, self serving nematodish and sometimes married men.
The h gets her kicks from seducing and pumping and dumping those same types of self-centered wealthy men - tho she never takes on the married ones, she just taunts them and then kicks them back.
In this twist of the frequent lady buffet sampling H tropetrailing a pile of tasted delights behind, the h is the one that casually samples a bite or two and then dumps them hard after the hook has set.
When the story starts, it opens with the H deciding to dump his upper class but gold digging fiancee, take a sojourn in Australia and go see if the h will have him for a lover.
(The h and H met off page in the last book, at the big housewarming party given at the house the h of this one decorated for the other h's mother. We learn that this h gave her H a shot at Nirvana, but he turned the h down as was going back to England to propose to the fiancee he is currently dumping.)
The aristocratic fiancee has her eye on the main chance of the H's huge bank account and she assures the H that his bank balance is high enough for her to turn many blind eyes to anyone or anything he may want to do.
The H politely refuses the now ex-fiancee's offer, mainly because the H is starting to think the woman is confusing him with his very kinky and very 'any opening in a storm,' (and it is always storming,) brother.
The h, meanwhile, is gushing over the new baby daughter of the h and H from the first book. The h suddenly gets a mad urge for a little bundle of joy of her own. She decides she will pick another upper class and sure to soon be dumped lover, with superior DNA, have a fling for a bit and then get preggers while sending said lover on his merry way.
The h likes to play her games with her preferred prey and for all her vast lurve club experience, she doesn't have Purple Passion Moments of Transcendent Bliss herself. (Probably because she isn't exactly holding out for a guy who is interested in anything but him own satisfaction.)
Which is fine with her, she loves to wind em' up and then pump and dump them out when they get to clingy and demanding.
The H and h meet again after he sends a private investigator to check to see if the h is involved with anyone and when she is not, the H buys an unfinished house and gets the H from the previous book to finish it, knowing that any contract with the prior H will automatically include this h as the interior designer.
We get lots and lots and lots of heavy innuendo in both the H and h's POV as they soon become very enthusiastic lovers just overflowing with the Lurve Force Mojo and also become much more besotted with each other than they ever imagined.
Both of them are trying to find ways to hide their True Love feelings from the other and the H is desperately trying to figure out a way to prove to the h that he loves her. So he buys her large carat diamond earrings and tells her they are cubic zirconia.
The h meanwhile, does carryout her private sperm donation from the H plan, but now it is because she knows he won't stay in Australia and she wants a memento of their time together to love and cherish close forever. Then the H's slime swilling nematode brother shows up.
He tries to proposition the h, thinking he can buy her, cause she is just a tart. The h tells him off pretty rudely and then the slimy brother tells her the H is engaged. The h has a bad moment or two, then she looks at the brother and thinks about the H and realizes that the H's brother is just a slime slurper and tells him off some more.
The H walks in on his brother's lies and is overwhelmed when the h doesn't believe them. The brother is run off back to England when the much richer H refuses to bail him or the family firm out of financial difficulty and the H and h finally declare they love each other.
The h confesses that she is probably expecting a stork visit and the H is delighted. He is even more delighted when the h agrees to marry him and tells him he needs to get his mother into the country. Mainly cause after what must have been a miserable marriage to the H's father, the h is sure his mum will appreciate a considerate and charming lover or two.
There is an extremely cute epilogue where the H and h are married and the h is in labor. The H has to do the delivery himself because the doctor and nurse are delayed and the whole family is waiting to hear about the birth.
All the characters from the first book, plus both the H and h's mothers, are happy that the new baby is a boy and the H learns that the man his mother had such a sad a marriage to wasn't his father after all.
It seems mum did a little extra curricular activity herself, while his father was sampling the lady buffet and the H is pretty happy to know that his slime swilling brother, (who married the H's ex fiancee,) is only partly related to him for the big HEA.
This one was pretty tacky, but it was funny and kinda cute with it too. Neither one of these two are the most proper in thoughts or behavior when it starts out. In fact there is a LOT of Purple Passion Verbosity and I still have problems with using unknowing guys for motilator donors.
But this one was a heck of a lot better than ML's last two books and more amusing that your average HP voyage, the h is pretty funny and the H was a pretty nice guy, so you could do a lot worse for an HPlandia outing.
The h of this one is the BFF and interior designer partner of the first couple in the series. To put it bluntly, the h in this one is a maneater. The 31 yr old h has a mother who gets continually used and abused by wealthy, self serving nematodish and sometimes married men.
The h gets her kicks from seducing and pumping and dumping those same types of self-centered wealthy men - tho she never takes on the married ones, she just taunts them and then kicks them back.
In this twist of the frequent lady buffet sampling H tropetrailing a pile of tasted delights behind, the h is the one that casually samples a bite or two and then dumps them hard after the hook has set.
When the story starts, it opens with the H deciding to dump his upper class but gold digging fiancee, take a sojourn in Australia and go see if the h will have him for a lover.
(The h and H met off page in the last book, at the big housewarming party given at the house the h of this one decorated for the other h's mother. We learn that this h gave her H a shot at Nirvana, but he turned the h down as was going back to England to propose to the fiancee he is currently dumping.)
The aristocratic fiancee has her eye on the main chance of the H's huge bank account and she assures the H that his bank balance is high enough for her to turn many blind eyes to anyone or anything he may want to do.
The H politely refuses the now ex-fiancee's offer, mainly because the H is starting to think the woman is confusing him with his very kinky and very 'any opening in a storm,' (and it is always storming,) brother.
The h, meanwhile, is gushing over the new baby daughter of the h and H from the first book. The h suddenly gets a mad urge for a little bundle of joy of her own. She decides she will pick another upper class and sure to soon be dumped lover, with superior DNA, have a fling for a bit and then get preggers while sending said lover on his merry way.
The h likes to play her games with her preferred prey and for all her vast lurve club experience, she doesn't have Purple Passion Moments of Transcendent Bliss herself. (Probably because she isn't exactly holding out for a guy who is interested in anything but him own satisfaction.)
Which is fine with her, she loves to wind em' up and then pump and dump them out when they get to clingy and demanding.
The H and h meet again after he sends a private investigator to check to see if the h is involved with anyone and when she is not, the H buys an unfinished house and gets the H from the previous book to finish it, knowing that any contract with the prior H will automatically include this h as the interior designer.
We get lots and lots and lots of heavy innuendo in both the H and h's POV as they soon become very enthusiastic lovers just overflowing with the Lurve Force Mojo and also become much more besotted with each other than they ever imagined.
Both of them are trying to find ways to hide their True Love feelings from the other and the H is desperately trying to figure out a way to prove to the h that he loves her. So he buys her large carat diamond earrings and tells her they are cubic zirconia.
The h meanwhile, does carryout her private sperm donation from the H plan, but now it is because she knows he won't stay in Australia and she wants a memento of their time together to love and cherish close forever. Then the H's slime swilling nematode brother shows up.
He tries to proposition the h, thinking he can buy her, cause she is just a tart. The h tells him off pretty rudely and then the slimy brother tells her the H is engaged. The h has a bad moment or two, then she looks at the brother and thinks about the H and realizes that the H's brother is just a slime slurper and tells him off some more.
The H walks in on his brother's lies and is overwhelmed when the h doesn't believe them. The brother is run off back to England when the much richer H refuses to bail him or the family firm out of financial difficulty and the H and h finally declare they love each other.
The h confesses that she is probably expecting a stork visit and the H is delighted. He is even more delighted when the h agrees to marry him and tells him he needs to get his mother into the country. Mainly cause after what must have been a miserable marriage to the H's father, the h is sure his mum will appreciate a considerate and charming lover or two.
There is an extremely cute epilogue where the H and h are married and the h is in labor. The H has to do the delivery himself because the doctor and nurse are delayed and the whole family is waiting to hear about the birth.
All the characters from the first book, plus both the H and h's mothers, are happy that the new baby is a boy and the H learns that the man his mother had such a sad a marriage to wasn't his father after all.
It seems mum did a little extra curricular activity herself, while his father was sampling the lady buffet and the H is pretty happy to know that his slime swilling brother, (who married the H's ex fiancee,) is only partly related to him for the big HEA.
This one was pretty tacky, but it was funny and kinda cute with it too. Neither one of these two are the most proper in thoughts or behavior when it starts out. In fact there is a LOT of Purple Passion Verbosity and I still have problems with using unknowing guys for motilator donors.
But this one was a heck of a lot better than ML's last two books and more amusing that your average HP voyage, the h is pretty funny and the H was a pretty nice guy, so you could do a lot worse for an HPlandia outing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 20, 2017
Did not feel the big love on this one as there was a serious discomfort level for me with both characters for a portion of the book.
Maddie has a rep for using, abusing, then dropping stuffy men in reaction to her upbringing and seeing her mother lied to and used by various married and wealthy men. Ack. Miles, a rather stuffy but surprisingly alpha, British upper crust is next in line. Good, as he has her in his sights as well. He has had a yen for the woman since he met her a few months ago besides which he is ready to explore his inner wild child.
He ditches his horrible stick of a fiancee who tells him she's willing to look the other way so he can sow wild oats now AND later, how charming, and heads to Australia which is apparently where stuffy upper crust British men go to sow said wild oats.
Maddie is thrilled to see him as she wants to have his baby (he'll never have to know. He, in turn, is thrilled to see her as he wants to use the next six months to get the sex-vixen out of his system. She's not really a sex vixen as she's never enjoyed sex although she has gone through several men in her past. In a surprising move his first night in Australian he goes alpha male on Maddie. It's both an erotic and kind of creepy scene with a lot of gross inner monologuing by the hero. Sexy game changer for Maddie as either they have unbelievable chemistry together or his alpha moves do the trick.
Next thing you know it's a few months later, they are happy as clams and on the way to love. It was an abrupt but nice change of character for both characters and redeemed this from a 2 star.
HEA.
Maddie has a rep for using, abusing, then dropping stuffy men in reaction to her upbringing and seeing her mother lied to and used by various married and wealthy men. Ack. Miles, a rather stuffy but surprisingly alpha, British upper crust is next in line. Good, as he has her in his sights as well. He has had a yen for the woman since he met her a few months ago besides which he is ready to explore his inner wild child.
He ditches his horrible stick of a fiancee who tells him she's willing to look the other way so he can sow wild oats now AND later, how charming, and heads to Australia which is apparently where stuffy upper crust British men go to sow said wild oats.
Maddie is thrilled to see him as she wants to have his baby (he'll never have to know. He, in turn, is thrilled to see her as he wants to use the next six months to get the sex-vixen out of his system. She's not really a sex vixen as she's never enjoyed sex although she has gone through several men in her past. In a surprising move his first night in Australian he goes alpha male on Maddie. It's both an erotic and kind of creepy scene with a lot of gross inner monologuing by the hero. Sexy game changer for Maddie as either they have unbelievable chemistry together or his alpha moves do the trick.
Next thing you know it's a few months later, they are happy as clams and on the way to love. It was an abrupt but nice change of character for both characters and redeemed this from a 2 star.
HEA.
April 7, 2017
Never in my dreams I would have imagined someone like Maddie to be h with romantic notions . She is have them and leave them sort. You would think she despised men, Nah she adores them and that's the problem. She had some very bad experiences with rich men in her childhood and hence her vengeance. She really is a witch.
When she sees her best friend's baby, She set her new goal, She wants to be a mother, and all she needs is a sperm donor not husband. When she thinks of a perfect figure to father her child, Its only H she thinks of. And she knows that he will go back home after their 6-month affair and marry some virgin-sissy-prim-proper-lady and hence he will never know about his baby.
" I'm going to make you so happy during
this next six months, Miles MacMillan.
And in return, you're going to make me a mother! "
Its nice to read a H who can love&respect her the same as if she were a virgin. Why can't a H accept a non-virgin h when he is not a virgin himself anyway ? And He was actually celibate for over a year after he saw her that too in a party where she tries to seduce him but he turns her down. < h had an affair though , yesss I know its unimaginable > I am really not sure I liked her in the beginning but once you know why she is so cynical you ought to love that girl .
When she sees her best friend's baby, She set her new goal, She wants to be a mother, and all she needs is a sperm donor not husband. When she thinks of a perfect figure to father her child, Its only H she thinks of. And she knows that he will go back home after their 6-month affair and marry some virgin-sissy-prim-proper-lady and hence he will never know about his baby.
" I'm going to make you so happy during
this next six months, Miles MacMillan.
And in return, you're going to make me a mother! "
Its nice to read a H who can love&respect her the same as if she were a virgin. Why can't a H accept a non-virgin h when he is not a virgin himself anyway ? And He was actually celibate for over a year after he saw her that too in a party where she tries to seduce him but he turns her down. < h had an affair though , yesss I know its unimaginable > I am really not sure I liked her in the beginning but once you know why she is so cynical you ought to love that girl .
July 20, 2012
I am not of a fan of Miranda Lee but despite disliking certain things about Maddie I couldn't help like her because she had her reasons for being the way she was however messed up. Maddie dressed up outrageously, some may even call it cheap but she doesn't care just like she doesn't care about men and sex. To her men are meant to be toyed with and discarded just like the way she saw her mom being used and thrown away. Maddie has a type, rich, snobby men and maybe it is to take revenge on all the men who hurt her mother, but she doesn't care, she doesn't believe in love or marriage or even like sex but she uses it as a power tool. She met the hero six months ago, the perfect British uptight man and now he is back and even though he rejected her before, she wants him, he will make a perfect sperm donor for the baby she wants.
Maddie could be really cold and bitchy and she could act as a vamp to hide her true feelings like when she fell in love with the hero, but she was all kinds of messed up. The hero has lived upto his family name for years but he is now bored, so he breaks off his engagement and wants to get Maddie out of his system. He kind of sees through to her from the start so he doesn't let her have control in the bedroom and makes her enjoy sex. He falls for her and wants to marry her but knows with her cynicism it will not be easy.
I know not everyone would enjoy this book but I was in the right mood today so I did.
Maddie could be really cold and bitchy and she could act as a vamp to hide her true feelings like when she fell in love with the hero, but she was all kinds of messed up. The hero has lived upto his family name for years but he is now bored, so he breaks off his engagement and wants to get Maddie out of his system. He kind of sees through to her from the start so he doesn't let her have control in the bedroom and makes her enjoy sex. He falls for her and wants to marry her but knows with her cynicism it will not be easy.
I know not everyone would enjoy this book but I was in the right mood today so I did.
December 17, 2021
Opposite attracts trope. Bad girl + pompous straight laced H.
I think I’m desensitized to normal romance novels, if it’s not angsty, it no longer impresses me. This book seems to be loved by many but I didn’t find it emotional enough for my taste.
I did like the strong, dress too crazy, non virgin h….
But then…
I hated her fucking guts when she thought about stealing a baby from a man without his permission, and never telling him about the baby. Then she DiD steal the Hs baby!
That’s 100 worse than rape in my book and any woman attempting this should be jailed. It’s a crime against the child too.
*Came back to lower the rating. I’m not going to support a book with a baby stealing trope. This h is despicable.
I think I’m desensitized to normal romance novels, if it’s not angsty, it no longer impresses me. This book seems to be loved by many but I didn’t find it emotional enough for my taste.
I did like the strong, dress too crazy, non virgin h….
But then…
I hated her fucking guts when she thought about stealing a baby from a man without his permission, and never telling him about the baby. Then she DiD steal the Hs baby!
That’s 100 worse than rape in my book and any woman attempting this should be jailed. It’s a crime against the child too.
*Came back to lower the rating. I’m not going to support a book with a baby stealing trope. This h is despicable.
August 24, 2009
Spinoff of A DAUGHTER'S DILEMMA. In the Epilogue of that book, Maddie first meets Miles but the meeting happens off-stage.
This bk starts a yr later after that meeting. We find out that Maddie had made a pass at Miles but he rejected her at their first meeting. However, he has never forgotten her. He even kept tabs on her via detective and knowing that the free-spirit, bohemian Maddie is between lovers at the moment, he breaks off his engagement and moves from England to Australia to exorcise Maddie once and for all.
Maddie is quite open about her man-eating ways and I dont think she will appeal to readers who prefer their heroines more demure/pure. My biggest quibble is that I found Miles a bit too perfect. He is very smooth and suavely manipulative, charming, focused, and always one step ahead of Maddie. He didnt even get mad when Maddie revealed that she got pregnant while pretending to be on the Pill which I found hard to believe. Still, I liked it overall, as I do most of ML's stories.
According to Miranda Lee, this is her personal favorite of all her own books.
This bk starts a yr later after that meeting. We find out that Maddie had made a pass at Miles but he rejected her at their first meeting. However, he has never forgotten her. He even kept tabs on her via detective and knowing that the free-spirit, bohemian Maddie is between lovers at the moment, he breaks off his engagement and moves from England to Australia to exorcise Maddie once and for all.
Maddie is quite open about her man-eating ways and I dont think she will appeal to readers who prefer their heroines more demure/pure. My biggest quibble is that I found Miles a bit too perfect. He is very smooth and suavely manipulative, charming, focused, and always one step ahead of Maddie. He didnt even get mad when Maddie revealed that she got pregnant while pretending to be on the Pill which I found hard to believe. Still, I liked it overall, as I do most of ML's stories.
According to Miranda Lee, this is her personal favorite of all her own books.
October 12, 2022
Εξαιρετικά σπάνιο κομμάτι με επιρροες από το pretty woman .
Δεν έχω διαβάσει άλλη ιστορία με ηρωίδα τόσο επελευθερωμενη!
Προκλητική ,επιτυχημένη, ακαταμαχητη και με ΠΟΛΛΟΥΣ ερωτικούς παρτενέρ!
Η ανεξαρτητη Μαντι έχει τους δικούς της κανόνες και ο Μαιλς είναι το επόμενο θήραμά της!
Ο ψυχρός " καθως πρεπει " Μαιλς δεν έχει ιδέα τι τον περιμένει! Κάνει το λάθος να μπλεχτεί μαζί της και χωρίς να το ��αταλάβει βρίσκεται παγιδευμενος στα δίχτυα της....
Το απόλαυσα!
Δεν έχω διαβάσει άλλη ιστορία με ηρωίδα τόσο επελευθερωμενη!
Προκλητική ,επιτυχημένη, ακαταμαχητη και με ΠΟΛΛΟΥΣ ερωτικούς παρτενέρ!
Η ανεξαρτητη Μαντι έχει τους δικούς της κανόνες και ο Μαιλς είναι το επόμενο θήραμά της!
Ο ψυχρός " καθως πρεπει " Μαιλς δεν έχει ιδέα τι τον περιμένει! Κάνει το λάθος να μπλεχτεί μαζί της και χωρίς να το ��αταλάβει βρίσκεται παγιδευμενος στα δίχτυα της....
Το απόλαυσα!
December 3, 2016
Well this is not a typical HP romance.
For once our heroine is not a virgin teen, in fact she is kind of man-eater heroine hah! No bipolar hero either and actually he is very sweet, more like a beta than alpha hero.
Also the story line is very funny instead of crazy.
So yup, this 4 stars reading for gave me plenty laugh:)
I know I always can go to HPlandia when other books seem didn't work, it has thousands crazy story lines for me to pick especially the old ones and more than a few of them will works for me.
This one not very old, published 20 years ago but still much better than the current HP books.
For once our heroine is not a virgin teen, in fact she is kind of man-eater heroine hah! No bipolar hero either and actually he is very sweet, more like a beta than alpha hero.
Also the story line is very funny instead of crazy.
So yup, this 4 stars reading for gave me plenty laugh:)
I know I always can go to HPlandia when other books seem didn't work, it has thousands crazy story lines for me to pick especially the old ones and more than a few of them will works for me.
This one not very old, published 20 years ago but still much better than the current HP books.
August 18, 2012
The book was action packed with enough secrets and drama to make you wet your pants. The heroine decides she wants a baby and the hero is the right man to have a baby with. Eventually things go south and the hero finds out all, now the real trouble will begin!
August 10, 2018
An ok read.
I liked the h Maddie’s free spirit and bohemian lifestyle. She was her own woman and lived her life on her own terms making no excuses. Her past played a huge role in why she lived the way she did, but you loved her openness and freedom.
Miles, the H, was an ultra conservative, the complete opposite of the h, but was able to put aside his conservative background and embrace the h’s bohemian lifestyle without any hesitation. I found that a little hard to believe.
I enjoyed the book but wasn’t blown away.
I liked the h Maddie’s free spirit and bohemian lifestyle. She was her own woman and lived her life on her own terms making no excuses. Her past played a huge role in why she lived the way she did, but you loved her openness and freedom.
Miles, the H, was an ultra conservative, the complete opposite of the h, but was able to put aside his conservative background and embrace the h’s bohemian lifestyle without any hesitation. I found that a little hard to believe.
I enjoyed the book but wasn’t blown away.
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February 23, 2018For a book so obviously written in the very early 90s, and despite many of that era's abundance of problematic tropes here, this book has many things to recommend it, not the least of them being a jaunt through the best of the 90s home decorating and risque fashion choices. I am here for white skirt suits with sweetheart necklines paired with floofy curly up-dos and dangly diamond earrings. especially when paired with a heroine who remains boss of her own life choices. #practicallyhistoricalromancebynow
October 22, 2017
And I'm not even that keen on babies. And there was more than one dubious moment. And it was definitely a mid-90s story. But it's got to be 4 stars because the characterisation felt amazingly on point.
July 28, 2015
I thought it was great. A very different heroine, she was loud, loved men and not timid about. Definitely not a Virgin! Dressed wild and crazy. However the Hero sees through her craziness and loves her totally for it. The hero is also very loyal and discovers he is not the stiff shirt everyone believes.
February 16, 2021
4.5 Refreshing and entertaining stars
Maddie is a zany, artistic, sexually liberated woman with a plan. She's been hit with baby fever and she knows the perfect man to be her baby daddy: stoic, proper Englishman, Miles. A year after their meeting, Miles finally gives in to his passion for Maddie and is determined to get her out of his system by indulging in an affair with a definitive deadline with her.
I really enjoyed the pairing of Maddie and Miles. They are opposites in most ways but as the story evolves it becomes clear that Miles is the more repressed of the two and he's chomping at the bit to let go of the things that hold him back. I love that he appreciates Maddie for who she is and doesn't try to change her. I also like that Maddie's quest to have a child by Miles and have him go back to England without knowing didn't end up being the main story/issue. She started their relationship with ulterior motives but then she quickly became enamored of him and their physical relationship. They way in which their relationship played out was perfect.
Maddie is a zany, artistic, sexually liberated woman with a plan. She's been hit with baby fever and she knows the perfect man to be her baby daddy: stoic, proper Englishman, Miles. A year after their meeting, Miles finally gives in to his passion for Maddie and is determined to get her out of his system by indulging in an affair with a definitive deadline with her.
I really enjoyed the pairing of Maddie and Miles. They are opposites in most ways but as the story evolves it becomes clear that Miles is the more repressed of the two and he's chomping at the bit to let go of the things that hold him back. I love that he appreciates Maddie for who she is and doesn't try to change her. I also like that Maddie's quest to have a child by Miles and have him go back to England without knowing didn't end up being the main story/issue. She started their relationship with ulterior motives but then she quickly became enamored of him and their physical relationship. They way in which their relationship played out was perfect.
March 1, 2018
I had read Vaughn and Carolyn's story a little while ago and if was one of those moments when you realise that you recognise the characters and it made the story even better. Love this story, love the characters.
January 7, 2020
Nothing existing.
April 7, 2021
I really liked this book.
June 12, 2015
I have read literally thousands of M&B's (I used to get paid for babysitting with boxes of them!) This is one of the few I still enjoy rereading to this day. A personal favorite.
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