Be My Baby [Mass Market Paperback]

Susan Andersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1999

Prim and proper Juliet Rose Astor Lowell doesn't want her body guarded by anyone while she's in New Orleans for the grand opening of Daddy's new hotel—especially not by consummate macho cop Beau Dupree. He's just too big, too pushy, too virile, too...everything! His shameless, hungry-eyed gaze shakes her carefully cultivated decorum like no one ever has, but Juliet is a Lowell—and there's no way she's going to lose control!

The lady is downright delectable, but Beau has more important things to do than babysit a beautiful Yankee rich girl. So he decides to get himself pulled off of the assignment by driving the oh-so-proper socialite beyond the bounds of her good-girl restraints.

But who would have thought that real passion sizzled beneath Juliet's polish? When she lets her hair down, she just might prove to be more than enough woman to handle Beau—but will he be able to handle her?

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

New Orleans Police Sergeant Beauregard Dupree has spent the last 10 years raising his three orphaned sisters. Now that the last one is about to leave the nest, he's looking forward to impending bachelorhood. And when he's ordered to guard prim and proper Bostonian Juliet Rose Astor Lowell, Beau decides to get himself unassigned from this latest round of babysitting duty by exposing the prudish lady to the rather uncivilized side of life in the French Quarter.

What good old Beau doesn't know is that a passionate woman exists under Juliet's buttoned-down exterior, and Beau's ultra-macho treatment only unleashes her wild side. Juliet is fascinated by the seamy joints Beau drags her to, and she's also intrigued and aroused by the sexual innuendoes designed to anger her. It isn't long before Beau is having way too much fun with the woman he wanted to ditch, and Juliet is craving the handsome Southerner in ways she never imagined. And while the two attempt to dismiss the threat to her life, the danger is very real. When someone takes a shot at Juliet, Beau starts to take his bodyguard duties very seriously, while Juliet struggles to deal with the fact that someone wishes her harm.

Not only does Be My Baby bubble with hilarious dialogue, superb sexual tension, and the color and heat of New Orleans, but it also possesses a solid suspense subplot that perfectly balances the wonderful romance. Don't miss this one! --Lois Faye Dyer

From Publishers Weekly

In this contemporary romance, Juliet Rose Astor Lowell hopes to leave behind the social constraints of her blue-blooded Boston upbringing when she heads to New Orleans to open the Garden Crown, the newest hotel in a chain owned by her family. Shortly after her arrival, the prim 32-year-old receives a life-threatening letter. She refuses, however, to let the letter put a damper on her opportunity to experience real freedom?at least until, at her father's insistence, NOPD officer Beau Dupree is assigned as her bodyguard for the duration of her stay. Dupree, who spent the past decade raising three sisters after his parents' untimely death, is equally unhappy about the situation and has better things to do than baby-sit a grown woman, especially a snobby Yankee. Andersen (Baby I'm Yours) captures the undeniable attraction of opposites in Dupree and Lowell's steamy relationship.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380795124
• ISBN-13: 978-0380795123
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Andersen writes contemporary--some claim humorous--romantic suspense. Her books have spent many weeks on the USAToday and New York Times bestseller lists, and have twice been included in RWA's Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year. the proud mother of a grown son, she's a native of the Pacific Northwest, where she lives with her husband and two cats.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Characters shine through in this excellent novel, September 23, 1999

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Bre Humphries ([e-mail]) (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be My Baby (Mass Market Paperback)

I freely admit that I got weird looks while skimming this book in the bookshop. That's because I was laughing my butt off during the first chapter because Beau Dupre was such a typical American male. Thank God! At last someone has the guts to write a man with foibles other than an inability to trust!

This book has excellent dialogue and an intriguing plot. More than that, the characters have depth. I really adored Juliet Rose Astor Lowell because of her wide-eyed naivete when faced with the seedier sections of New Orleans. Her innocent sensuality is such a wonderful foil for Beau's in-your-face sexual aggressiveness. Juliet can definitely hold her own.

Beware, the sex scenes are too good to read just once, and if your husband ever whispered or thought any of the things that Beau does, you'd be in trouble. (You know, the kind of "Let's-call-in-sick-and-do-it-until-Hannukah" type of trouble.)

Enjoy this novel. It's great for a summer read!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting and very sexy, November 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Be My Baby (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to say, this book was better than "Baby, I'm Yours". The characters were well developed and the plot had a lot of suspense that made it hard to put the book down. The scenes between Beau and Juliet were very steamy and it made you want to finish the book to see if they were going to stay together. A must-read!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Book!!, February 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Be My Baby (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading Baby I'm Yours I became a true Susan Anderden fan. Her style is so wonderfully original, that I had to read anything of hers that I could find. When Be My Baby came out I went straight to the store and bought it. I started it that night and finished it the following morning. I adored it!! It was even better than Baby I'm Yours. Juliet and Beau were delightful characters as were the others in the book. Their chemistry is perfect and they complement each other so very well. I love New Orleans, so that the book was set there was another plus. Only the background of N'Awlins could possibly carry off this plot so pefectly. This is by far one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. READ IT, if you haven't already!!!!! Also check out Baby I'm Yours!!!!!