Book Review: Reluctant Bride's Baby Bombshell by Rachael Stewart

Reluctant Bride's Baby Bombshell by Rachael Stewart is part of the four part one year to wed series published by the True Love series for Mills & Boon.

Eve fled the Australian outback and her home town of Marni after discovering her parents had lied to both her and to her sisters. She has built a life in London and a loving relationship with her maternal grandparents whilst remaining estranged from her parents and sisters. She returns home after her father dies to discover that to inherit the cattle station, Garrison Downs,  the sisters must all marry within a year. Nate Harrington is the son of George who was Eve’s father’s lawyer. As he is ill Nate has move home and taken over his practice. Nate resents his father but slowly discovers her was absent for most of his childhood as he was busy helping others. Nate and Eve meet and have a one night stand the night she returns to Marni. She finds out she is pregnant and the storyline goes from there. 

The storyline is very formulaic and there is nothing fun or memorable about it. The characters don’t seem to gell or work very well together. I also thought that they didn’t really catch the reader’s attention.  I enjoyed that that both characters worked through their childhood and parental issues. I wouldn’t reread this novel and normally I enjoy Rachael Stewart’s books. 

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Book Review: Carrying The Billionaire's Baby (M&B) Susan Meier

The first in the Manhattan Babies series, Carrying the Billionaire's Baby is part of Mills and Boon's True Love series and is written by Susan Meier.  Avery Novak and Jake Mcallan have a short lived and passionate affair that has long lasting consequences.  Avery is working hard as lawyer in Manhattan at the law firm Waters, Waters & Montgomery, which is the firm used by Jake, so she can go back to her home town and open a not for profit criminal defence centre after seeing her father sent to prision for a crime he didn't commit.  Jake is a billionaire, interested in making money. When they were together they argued about politics, principles etc with all of them being diametrically opposed. He felt she was critical of his indulgent, privileged lifestyle and background.  He takes her to Paris for the weekend and puts her up in his beach side house in order to try and persuade her he can be a good father, but will it work?

This book runs true to the aims behind the new True Love series.  Avery is a criminal lawyer who is working hard so she can go back to Pennsylvania and open a not for profit criminal law centre.  She is capable of and plans to be a full time working mother. It is Jake that will have to change to prove that he is worthy of being a full time dad and husband.  I enjoyed the interaction between the main characters and Jake's mother and felt all the characters were relatable to the reader.    

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Book Review: Swept Away by the Engimatic Tycoon by Rosanna Battigelli (M&B).

                                                           

Swept Away by the Enigmatic Tycoon is written by Rosanna Battigelli, published by Mills and Boon and is part of the new True Love series.  True Love replaced the Cherish series. In the new TL series the heroine is the main focus of the storyline.  She is meant to be strong, independent and relatable whilst the hero is dependable, trustworthy and most importantly of all worthy of the heroine's love.  The hero does not necessarily have to be rich, a Tycoon or King/Prince/Sultan etc but are strong, dependable etc.  The storylines are more realistic, I love reading M&B Modern where the hero is a sheikh etc but they are not necessarily relatable  to me or the real world!

Justine Winter has returned home to run the family business, Winter's Haven holiday cottages in Georgian Bay, after having her heart broken and having to leave a toxic relationship as her boyfriend was also her boss. Casson Forrester who has bought an adjoining property and wants to purchase Winter's Haven to build Franklin's resort.  He also has an adorable dog called Luna Lu. The sparks fly and the attraction between the pair is palpable after Cass rescues Justine from her ex.  Their fledgling relationship, however, is threatened by secrets and wariness about being in love after prior failed experiences.  

I enjoyed this book. It is Rosanna's debut novel and it is well written, light hearted, easy to read gentle romance following the development of a relationship between the two main characters.  It has lots of strands to the book, some of which are delicate and thoughtfully addressed, others slightly humerous  as are the characters.  The characters do not appear one dimensional but are likeable, relatable to the reader.  

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