Secret Child

206. The Soldier’s Homecoming – Donna Alward, Harlequin Romance #4014, March 2008, ISBN: 9780373175048

Featuring: Jonas Kirkpatrick and Shannyn

Score: 3.5

Now I remember why I used to read so many Superromances- and wonder why it's taken me so long to rediscover them!

179. The Millionaire and the Cowgirl (Fortune's Children, 2) – Lisa Jackson, Silhouette, (c1996), ISBN: 0373389035, 243p.

Featuring: Samantha Rawlings and Kyle Fortune

Payback in Wayback by Lynda Cocker, Wild Rose Press/Yellow Rose, 2008 (book 3- Wayback, Texas)

Roped and Tied by Mallary Mitchell. Wild Rose Press/Yellow Rose, 2008 (book 4 Wayback, Texas)

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'Well, well,' Jack said with scorn, 'little brother! He always did want my toys.'

Hope finally confessed to her womanising ex-husband that his callous behaviour had once driven her to the arms of Guy, his younger brother. Then Jack's death brought Guy back into Hope's life, and left her with two legacies: one was the startling contents of Jack's will and the other was the truth about her child. Both meant that neither Hope nor Guy would be able to forget their misguided, short-lived affair...

Favourite Scene:  (I liked how breathy the last line was)

Appalled by her own weakness, Hope forced herself to remember all of it. Not just the love, but what followed. The hurt. The loss. The ultimate pain of betrayal.
It didn't seem to make any difference: her body continued to tremble at his nearness.
It made no difference to him either, as his hands began to caress her bare skin.
'All this time, and nothing's changed.' He spoke the words in her ear as they stood there, caught by the past.
She shook her head and breathed, 'I hate you,' meaning it.  'And I hate you,' he breathed back, clearly meaning it too. 

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Once his mistress... now his bride!
Milly doesn't remember Gianni D'Angelo.All she knows is that she was found after a hit-and-run accident, pregnant and with her memory gone.
So Milly is horrified when she learns that she was once Gianni's mistress.. .and now he's claiming her little boy is his son! Gianni's solution is simple: marriage!

Front Teaser:

"I want to talk about my child because I've waited three years to find him."
"You're not meeting Connor until you tell me what I need to know! What was I to you? A one-night stand? A hooker?" she slung furiously."Or a girlfriend?" With pronounced cool, Gianni came upright to face her."No to all of the above. Leave this for another day, cara," he advised quietly, incisive dark-as-night eyes resting on the revealing clenching and unclenching of her hands."When the time's right, TO tell you everything you want to know."
"I'll ask you one more time before I walk out of here...what was I to you?"  Gianni expelled his breath in a slow hiss. You were my mistress."

Laura Peters and Tane Carlson were to be married years ago. They had run into each other at work (Tane being the boss and Laura being in the typing pool) and Tane had pursued her wholeheartedly, taking it slow and proposing as soon as he found out she was a virgin.

The Soldier's Homecoming by Donna Alward, H. Romance, #4014, March 2008

Jonas Kirkpatrick left town when he was transferred, not knowing he was leaving a pregnant Shannyn Smith behind because Shan didn't know she was pregnant. So he is shocked to look into the eyes of a five year old little girl whose color was the same moss green as his. Shan knows he has a right to see his daughter, Emma. Could she get past her resentment of him leaving her six years ago? Would he leave Emma? Could he ever forgive her for keeping quiet that he had a daughter?

THE ITALIAN PLAYBOY'S SECRET SON by Rebecca Winters

C O N V E N  I E N T L Y  W E D  !

CESAR VILLON de FALCON: the world's finest racing-car driver and Monaco's most notorious playboy.  A terrifying crash has left him fighting for his life.