*** - Special Edition really isn't high on my list of Harlequin lines. I generally steer more towards Blaze, Intrigue, and Historicals. But when a Harlequin panel offered two Special Edition in exchange for filling out a survey, I decided to give it a try despite the baby plot. It's still not going to be a line I pick up regularly, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.I received this book free for review from TellHarlequin.com.
Jana McPartland is pregnant - the father ran out on her, and now she must make the difficult choice of whether to give the baby up for adoption. While she makes up her mind, she goes to work for her childhood crush and idol, thriller author Sam Harrison. Sam was a foster child growing up, and he has a definite fear of commitment - one that frightens him so much that he is reluctant to explore the attraction between him and Jana.
I'm not a fan of the baby plotline. I'm just not at a point in my life where pregnancy and babies really work for me. In addition to that, I thought there was a bit much on the drama side (at least where Sam was concerned). I understand that Sam was reluctant to trust anyone and that he was afraid of commitment, but I thought the resolution needed to take longer - trust doesn't crop up overnight. His treatment of Jana because of his fear of commitment was neither particularly romantic - and her putting up with it made me lose a lot of respect for Jana.
The Family He Wanted was no more than an average read for me. I enjoyed the parts set at the ranch, but commitment-phobia isn't something I deal with particularly well. While I think everyone's motivations were believable and realistic, I don't particularly enjoy reading about people settling for less than a whole-hearted 'I love you' in a romance novel.
Interested in other opinions?
1 comments:
I thought it was really weird that they kept trying to instill a brother/sister relationship. I would say it's below average because of that.
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