Janice Kay Johnson

Janice Kay Johnson, Whose Baby:  switched at birth!  The accidental switch is discovered when the two girls are three years old, and the story follows the various ways the two single parents try to negotiate keeping the child they raised but getting close to their biological child as we

     I was pleased that I had this last, rather conneced, story to the previous books from JKJ's miniseries, Patton's Daughters.  Jack's life has been connected with the Patton sisters and Ed Patton as well, for most of his life and he has played parts in each of the sisters' stories, so it was great to know that he did get his own story.  I've always liked Jack; he'd had a really bad experience at the hands of Ed Patton when he was only 17 years old and it really had affected his life to a very large degree.  And with his continuing connection with Meg, through their son Will, Renee as her boss and even Abby as a one-time lover, it seemed destined that there would be a conclusion for him as well.
     For the most part I really liked the story ~ I loved Jack; with Beth, on the other hand, I sometimes got a little fed up.  She could never really see beyond the end of her nose and, while she had had problems with both her father and ex-husband, she really didn't give Jack enough credit for not being a clone of the two men that had hurt her.  But she smartened up and made Jack happy, so all's well that ended well... lucky for her!

RATING:
Excellence: Very Good to Excellent ~ 3.5 stars
Steaminess: Romantic to Sensual

     Reading the first two stories in this series about Abby's older sisters Renee and Meg, Abby came across as feckless.  While she took her job seriously, the rest of her life was nothing but a game, or so it appeared.  But appearances are deceiving; growing up with an abusive father had definitely caused big problems for each of them.  Renee and Meg have both, for the most part, made peace with their past and their husbands have had more than a little to do with that.  But Abby never reacted the same way as her sisters and it really seemed as though she wasn't as adversely affected.  
     Finding herself attracted to another police officer was scary enough... but she really didn't know how to deal with it.  A touching story, but also a fairly suspenseful one as well; someone has it in for the Patton daughters and their lives and families are being threatened.  JKJ did a wonderful job dealing with all the diverse elements and the end was wonderful! 

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent ~ 4.0 stars
Steaminess: Romantic

     Like any of Janice Kay Johnson's books this one delves deep into the human psyche ~ good and bad.  There's always a strong emotional component in JKJ's stories, but it's never too much ~ but it sure does open the reader to the characters. 
   I read the first book in this series awhile back (aka earlier this year) and finally came across the next two books in the series.  And as this is my month to read series that I'm into, it seemed perfect ~ and I can bring up my harlequin numbers at the same time. 
    Any way you look at it, this book is a winner ~ but then I knew that it would be!  VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent ~ 4.0 stars
Steaminess: Romantic

Janice Kay Johnson, Kids by Christmas:  the perfect read for a hot summer evening while you're doing your laundry; they don't get any snow in the book, but that winter holiday feeling is nicely captured.  A lovely ending to the trilogy.

Janice Kay Johnson, Open Secret:  This is the first of a trilogy depicting three siblings who were separated as children, and are now trying to reconnect.  The heroine of this one didn't know she was adopted until she was approached by the hero, a private investigator working on behalf

Janice Kay Johnson, Lost Cause:  I liked this a lot, enough to seek out more of her books, including the other two in this trilogy, which depicts three siblings who were separated as children, and are now trying to reconnect.  This one was about the brother, whose adoptive family did not tur

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Series: 9 Months Later

Laurel Woodall dreams of having a baby. But she can't let herself fall in love and will never again let a man in her life.—

Without a husband or a lover