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Baby, Don't Go

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As a wedding reception winds down at the ritzy Mark Hopkins hotel inSan Francisco, nineteen-year-old Daisy Parker loses her virginity toNick Coltrane, her former stepbrother. Unfortunately, the haze ofpleasure vanishes as Nick casually gets dressed and recants all the love words he fed Daisy, then takes off, leaving her hurt, humiliated, and disillusioned.

Nine years later, it all comes back to haunt her when Nick, now a famous San Francisco photographer, seeks Daisy's services as a security specialist. The former Oakland PD officer wants nothing to do with him, but since her security business is barely off the ground and she can't in good faith, leave Nick's safety up in the air, she reluctantly takes the assignment and moves in with him....

As Daisy struggles to keep Nick in one piece, she becomes part of his world, finding out that the man she's tried to forget for nearly a decade is not the womanizing monster she's made him out to be, while Nick gains more and more respect for the woman who keeps saving his life....

Daisy was a kick to get to know. She is strong and courageous, knows she's damn good at what she does, and lets Nick know it all the time. At the same time, she is so vulnerable where he is concerned that I couldn't help but feel for her. Even when Nick is telling that he loves her (both in and out of bed this time), Daisy can't let herself dream that he means it and vows that he will not break her heart. Which, of course, is just what he does.

Daisy is not the only one who's tried to forget that night nine years ago. Nick, confident that he'd gotten Daisy out of his system, is bowled over by the cocky woman who fires his blood and can flip him over and send him flying across the room. He realizes he should have told her sooner the truth about Douglass and the photographs, and never mind goons or his work. His world really comes crashing down when Daisy leaves him.

The secondary characters, including Nick's sister Maureen and her husband, and Daisy's friends, add to the plot and become integral parts of the story. The only parts of the book where I had to invoke suspension of disbelief were whenever J. Fitzgerald Douglass appeared; he went just a little over the top in his mafia-boss impersonation, and the fact that a lot of circumstances had to align properly in order for the picture in question to be that explosive.

Otherwise, this book is pure Andersen, the chemistry between Nick and Daisy is red-hot, the love scenes even more so, and the language a little raw. Suffice it to say that when Nick and Daisy make comments regarding "the thinker" and "the Big Guy" they're not exactly referring to another person in the book. So far, I have liked all of Susan Andersen's books and this was no exception. And it's set in San Francisco - what more could you ask for? END

Though Security Specialist Daisy Parker desperately needs the money, she wonders if she is making a huge mistake by agreeing to guard photographer Nick Coltrane. Her mother and his father shared a short ugly marriage, but worse was that night of love they shared before he dumped her as a one-night stand almost a decade ago.

During a wedding of the rich and famous, Nick inadvertently took a picture that prominently shows future ambassador Douglass in a compromising position with a female that is not his wife. Douglass sends thugs to obtain the picture, but Nick prefers to sell it to the media in order to obtain cash to help his financially strapped sister. Daisy reluctantly agrees to guard Nick, but neither knew their sexual attraction would explode into a deep love for one another.

With her "baby" novels (see BABY, I'M YOURS and BE MY BABY), Susan Anderson has become a fan favorite for her rousing romantic romps. Her latest tale, BABY, DON'T GO, contains the usual humor, wit, and excitement expected in one of Ms. Anderson's books. The shared past of the lead couple makes their present sizzle with discord yet cannot stop their growing attraction to each other. The support cast adds cause and humor to an entertaining fun to read contemporary romance.

Harriet Klausner

Nick and Daisy had a brief relationship in the past. He took Daisy's virginity, breaks her heart?, and leaves without any plesantries. Nine years later, Nick hires Daisy as his bodyguard. And, the fireworks are renewed.

Baby Don't Go was not a good read, for me. I had problems with the stereotypes. Daisy's a security specialist, wears combat boots, cuts her own hair with manicure scissors, skips makeup. Nick as a one-time rich, playboy-type, calls Daisy Blondie, etc.; and, he has nicknames for certain parts of his own person. Daisy's male secretary, Reggie, and Reggie's friends meet a certain stereotype also. Then there's the "goons", and the pillar-of-society bad guy. Maybe they are all meant to be funny, but the humor was beyond me.

Love/sex scenes, to me, seemed long, detailed, boring. I found myself skimming them. I just didn't see the relationship develop. I didn't see where the feelings Daisy and Nick had for each other, came from. Neither one, were characters I liked, or related to.

The plot, was secondary to relationships. The secondary characters, Mo (Nick's sister), and her husband Reid, were the reason I kept reading the book. And, Ms. Andersen's writing has a certain flow, that kept me reading, also. I just wish I had enjoyed the story, as much as the writing.

This is the third in a series of "Baby" Books for author Susan Andersen. Although it is an OK read it can't compare to her previous books, Baby, I'm Yours and Be My Baby. I haven't figured out which golden oldie Susan will name her next book after. The story takes place during a one week period. After four years as an Oakland police officer, Daisy Parker had retired to open her own business as a security specialist. After not seeing Daisy for nine years, her ex-step brother, Nick Coltrane saunters into her office on a Monday morning requesting her services. Nick, a well-known and reputable photographer in the San Francisco area, recently took pictures at a society wedding and one of the pictures proved to be damaging to a local VIP. In his quest to obtain control of the negatives, the VIP sends out his goons to do some real damage to Nick. Totally ticked off by his initial treatment from the goons, Nick decides to sell the negatives to the tabloids, something he has never done before. But besides his anger he also needs cash to help his sister out of a financial jam. Nick is the only man ever to make Daisy's heart beat faster. But after callously taking her virginity nine years earlier then telling her to "get over it" and grow up, Nick is the last man she wants to see again. But the $4,000 retainer he offers her is difficult to resist. So begins a week of fighting off the bad guys and developing a relationship between Nick and Daisy. Sounds like a good story? Well, it was only OK. I do so enjoy Susan's use of down-to-earth everyday language and her love scenes are always great. I also enjoyed the fact that the leading lady was the "protector" in this book, BUT not at the expense of making the hero look like a wimp! I would recommend you read BIY or BMB. And Susan's website lists the following books for reissue in the near future: Present Danger --Dec.,2000; Obsessed--July, 2001; On Thin Ice--Dec.2001.

This book disappointed me. The characters were so flat and lifeless that I had a hard time sympathizing with anyone. The secondary characters and sub plot felt thrown in just to give the hero and heroine an excuse to act reckless. And all of the secondary characters were too stereotypical. The thugs, the gay friends; no one struck me as realistic. I kept reading, hoping it would improve, unfortunately it never did.

First of all, I had a problem with the way Nick left Daisy after taking her virginity in the beginning of the book, never to speak to her again, very callous, huh? Then, years later, they meet and he hires her to be his bodyguard. Someone does a person like this and they expect to trust them to guard their life! Not to mention the guy kept calling her Blondie really annoyed me a lot. I mean she does have a name. She was annoying too. Of course the sparks started flying and they made it several times, in vast detail, but it was very empty and unloving and unsexy. After every time she was like 'don't tell me you love me' blah blah and by the time it finally got real, it felt forced. I like slow buildup and true tension and chemistry and this book, in my opinion had neither.

Susan Andersen has a split personality. This is from the half of her booklist which is sexy and funny and wonderful. (But be careful which of her books you buy, because half of her booklist is dark and gritty.) This book was terrific; a man you can lust for and a woman you could have coffee with. It's cliche but isn't that why we read romance in the first place. I devoured Baby Don't Go in one sitting like a fabulous hot fudge sundae...melted sweet and sticky...and I'd like another one tomorrow, please. If you like Jennifer Crusie or Susan Elizabeth Phillips you'll have fun with this!

The very best of the Baby books! I've only had this book a month, and already I've read it twice. There is a great give and take between the characters that keeps you reading to the last page. There is a flaw in the plot, but it is more than made up for by the great relationships, strong characters, and snappy lines.

Daisy is strong and independant, and for once an author didn't put a female lead in a tough profession, and then have the hero rescue her. Nick hired her to protect him, and protect him she did.

Nick was also a great character. Life changed him from a spoiled rich boy into a working man. He is cautious, but once he makes up his mind, WOW, does he ever try to show his love. That is, if Daisy doesn't kill the FTD delivery man before she gets the message.

Nine years after a one night stand that ended badly, Nick Coltrane and Daisy Parker meet again. This time, he's asking her for help.

After taking compromosing photos of a very influential man Nick turns to Daisy's security agency for her to act as his body guard. Unfortunately their feelings for eachother keep getting in the way.

Usually I like Susan Andersen's Baby series, this time I did not. Nick was annoying, Daisy was more annoying and the two seemed to only have sex between them. Boring. I hope her next book is better.

This was my 3rd book in her BABY series to read and I've probably had enough of her. Two formulae used in romance are bugging me more and more and this author uses both of them. (1) Woman falling in love with man from her youth upon whom she had crush back then. (2) Tons of mental lusting that the characters go through, especially the male. You fervidly start hoping that they "get it on" ASAP so you don't have to keep reading the mental lusting ad nauseum. Although it was probably only a 2 star book for me, I'm giving it a 3 because I think those factors bother me a lot more than they will most romance readers.