Pregnant Mistresses

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Kate had learned certain lessons as Drake Daniels's lover:

Lesson number one: the price of loving Drake was not to love him.

Lesson number two: never give him what he expected.

Discovering she was pregnant certainly fulfilled lesson number two. Drake had made it clear commitment and children were not on his menu. Now Kate must break her news. But when she sees Drake, passion kicks in, begging to be indulged again… just once!

Spoiler Warning: All my reviews contain spoilers to some degree  

Favourite Scene:

When Kate looked down from this fascinating piece of engineering Drake was stepping out of the last of his clothes, exposing himself without false modesty to her wide-eyed gaze, his large hands, curled into loose fists, hanging quietly at his sides, the angle of the lights painting intriguing shadows in the hollows of his sculpted perfection.

‘I want to make love to you now,’ he told her with arrogant confidence.

‘So I see,’ she said shakily, trying to look and sound blasé.  

Lissa Coleman is a New Zealander in London, working as an office temp as a way to rebuild her CV.

Bedded by a Playboy by Heidi Rice ~ Harlequin Presents - Pregnant Mistresses
Ratings:
Excellence: Great
Steaminess Factor: Sensual

This is one of "The Elliotts" series.  Cullen is 27 and made Misty (a 32 year old ex-showgirl) his mistress four years ago.  They were casual, but intense about each other for all those years together.  Cullen forgets protection, and she ends up pregnant.  She hides it at first from him, avoiding changing their relationship, but once he finds out the first thing he does is ask her to marry him.  She turns him down about a dozen times in the book, because she's afraid she'll only bring pain and humiliation to Cullen because of her former career.  She's a pretty demure woman by nature, not a showy showgirl, and she's capable of being hurt by what people think of her.  Cullen is so loving towards the heroine, so tender!  He always wants her with him and can't stop himself from cuddling and touching her.  This was a really enjoyable book. 

Rating: 4.5/5 stars, the hero was adorable when in love.  NFM 

Price of PASSION by Susan Napier, Modern Love (Presents, January 2008, multi author mini series: Pregnant Mistresses)

Katherine Crawford knew going into her affair with Drake Daniels that love was never to be involved. So when after 2 years she found out she was pregnant, she tracked down his house on the beach and ended up renting the house next door. She knows she should tell him about the baby but when she first meets him there is another woman at his place. Even though they didn't agree on a exlusive relationship would he sleep with someone else without telling her?

Amanda has no time for the complexity of relationships (friendships or romances).  Amanda lives her life by strict goals, time tables, and self-discipline, in an effort to reach her goal of becoming a partner in her firm.  As a result, Amanda never takes times to simply enjoy life.

Kate and Drake were having a steamy affair for the past two years, the affair continued once Drake was not writing.  Kate did not expect the affair to go on as long as it did, but it continued.  Then she realized she was pregnant and she had to tell him. So she decided to check out what type of person he is because they only made love they never got to know each other.

Hot Stuff!  This book makes you wish you had a boss like Rory to work alongside day and night.