the Vaccaros

Kevin Vaccaro just found out he was a father…of a five-month-old! He'd put up a hell of a fight to overcome his troubled past. That was nothing compared to the battle he was about to wage for his child's future.

Julianne McCabe had no intention of giving up her sister's child—the child she loved as her own—without a fight. Yet that was before Kevin started bonding with his daughter. Before he awoke feelings that made the grieving widow long to share more than late-night feedings. But was she ready to risk her heart again to be the wife Kevin needed? To become the family they both wanted?

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My thoughts: Book 3 and happily not the last of the Guys and Daughters series. What started out as  trilogy has turned into a longer series.

His daughter's birth made him a father. Becoming a daddy would take a bit longer.…

Connecticut mogul Grant Braeburn never thought he was father material, even though his nearly four-year-old daughter should have convinced him otherwise. But then his ex-wife's death made him Haley's permanent parent. Her only parent. He needed help, in a hurry.

It came in the form of Mia Vaccaro, the lively, lovely party planner who had been his ex-wife's best friend. Mia was the only one who could touch Haley's broken heart. And, Grant was becoming increasingly aware, his as well.…

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I picked up YOURS, MINE...OR OURS?, loved it and realized that it was the second book in a series. Dear Santa went on my need to find list. I found it and it did not disappoint. This story shows the saying "anyone can be a father, but not everyone can be a dad" is not always final. Grant become a father when he daughter was born, but it took the gentle and some strong guidance from Mia Vaccaro to make him a daddy.

I loved this story. Rudy was the perfect – non perfect hero.