Cassidy's Kids (Maitland Maternity, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara Taylor Quinn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Join Harlequin "RM" for the second book in this special 12-book series about the world-renowned Maitland Maternity Clinic, owned and operated by the prominent Maitland family of Austin, Texas, where romances are born, secrets are revealed... and bundles of joy are delivered.

Maitland Maternity combines the top-selling baby and Texas themes in this warm, engrossing continuity.

"Cassidy's Kids"

Ellie Maitland was goal oriented. She operated on five-year plans. Finishing her master's degree by night, serving as chief administrator at her family's renowned clinic by day, she was out to prove herself, big time. Sloan Cassidy had eighteen-month-old twin daughters, and not a clue in the world how to handle them since his wife had left. But he knew who did.

No way was Ellie going to let herself be roped into helping to care for Sloan's little girls. She had no time and Sloan was way too appealing. And everyone knew the cowboy had broken her heart ten years ago. Except Sloan.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373650639
• ISBN-13: 978-0373650637
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of more than 50 original novels, in twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestseller with over six million copies sold. She is known for delivering deeply emotional and psychologically astute novels of suspense and romance. Tara has appeared on national and local TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning. When she's not writing or fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara loves to travel with her husband, stopping wherever the spirit takes them. They've been spotted in casinos and quaint little small town antique shops all across the country.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars She found comfort in her work and her family, October 11, 2000

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This review is from: Cassidy's Kids (Maitland Maternity, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Years ago, Ellie Maitland was shattered by what she perceived was a rejection by her best friend Sloan Cassidy. Since then, her sole comfort has been her family and her ambition which has driven her. As an administrator for her mother's maternity clinic, Ellie strives hard to prove her worth to the clinic's clients as well as to her family. Though she knows she will never be a beauty like her twin sister, Ellie knows business and she struggles to achieve a footing in a world where she is perceived as being too young and inexperienced to fill her mother's shoes. To add to the trouble at the clinic, Sloan Cassidy comes back into her life with his twin daughters in tow. The two girls are too much for him to handle and he wants Ellie to help him while they renew their friendship.

Tara Taylor Quinn has written a mediocre installment of the Maitland Maternity series. Because much of the conflict between Sloan and Ellie resides in the past with their friendship, Quinn seems to have a hard time illustrating a development between the two romantically. Their single bond is Cassidy's daughters who truly are too much for a single father to handle. Ellie is a contradictory character whose strength of purpose is always underminded by the vulnerability she has felt since she was a teenager. Because of this, it was hard for me to take her seriously as it was for the business people she dealt with. Though she finds confidence in her work, her lack of faith in her mother's approval of her for the position doesn't ring true. The author's prose is good and the story is not bad at points. I just got the sense that Quinn had tried to tackle too many issues of the characters and their relationship at the same time which did not allow for a fluid storyline already marred by the overarching plot concerning the abandoned baby.

5.0 out of 5 stars Cassidy's Kds, September 21, 2011

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harleygirl - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cassidy's Kids (Maitland Maternity, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Ellie Maitland was goal-oriented. She finished her masters degree at night. During the day she was the cheif administator of Maitland Maternity Clinic. Sloan Cassidy had 18 month old twin daughters and not a clue how to handle them. But he knew who did. Ellie Maitland. No way was Ellie going to let herself be roped into helping him with his little girls. Everyone knew he had broken her heart ten years earlier. Well except Sloan. And those kids brought out her maternal instincts she wanted to suppress. She still found Sloan way to appealing. Could she risk her heart again?
When I got it it was pack really good and it got here real fast.