Claiming His Love-Child (Harlequin Presents) [Mass Market Paperback]

Sandra Marton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Harlequin Presents | Publication Date: April 1, 2004

He can't get that one night out of his head...

And when Cullen O'Connell sees Marissa again, he discovers that one night of passion has created more than a memory....

She's pregnant with his love-child!

Cullen offers a marriage of convenience to claim his baby. Marissa has no choice but to accept.

But can a marriage born of duty turn into love...?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373123876
• ISBN-13: 978-0373123872
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,724,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I live in New England now but I was born in New York City and lived in or near the city most of my life. It's where I met my husband--I was fifteen and a senior in high school! He was at both my high school and college graduations. We have a lot of shared, wonderful history.

After we married, I taught elementary school for a while. Then I settled into being a wife and mother but the desire to write was always there. I'd written short stories when I was little--the first, which I illustrated myself, I wrote when I was seven! I never really stopped writing and one day I looked in the mirror and said, "Okay, Sandra, you've always wanted to be a published writer. Maybe it's time you did something about it."

I'd always been interested in the complex ways in which men and women relate to each so it seemed natural to start writing romance fiction. I wrote short stories and sold several of them. Finally, I took a deep breath, sat down and wrote my very first novel. To my amazement and joy, Harlequin Presents bought it.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful addition to the series, August 17, 2006

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msbooklady "msbooklady" (Biloxi, MS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Claiming His Love-Child (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

The O'Connels series has not disappointed yet. This is Cullen's story and as a different approach is told from the man's side, not the woman's. We actually get to find out what's in the man's mind.

Cullen is a bit on the arrogant side. He's a successful attorney who meets law student Marissa at a conference. He is used to being pursued by women and when one actually sleeps with him and then disappears his ego is hurt. The worst part is she was the most sexually compatible woman he had met. He finds he can't forget Marissa and goes looking for her. What he finds is she's thrown away a full paid scholarship and disappeared. When he manages to find her she is working long hours at a burger joint, living in a seedy neighborhood and then he finds out she's pregnant. He asks if the child is his and she says yes but doesn't want anything from him. She was abandoned by her own father as a child and is determined that she can give her child enough love.
When Cullen demands Marissa marry him, his ego is deflated when she says no. He finally persuades her and they start out miserable. When Cullen finally realizes he needs to stop being so demanding, he tries wooing his wife. They are in love with each other but neither knows the others feelings. When Cullen introduces his new wife to his older brother, she is made to feel like a scam artist. Cullen proves his mettle when he stands up for her. The only thing wrong with this story is the relationship seems rushed and we don't have enough time to see their relationship develop. Otherwise this is a really great story

2.0 out of 5 stars Just not for me, January 19, 2012

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Minicheerios "sunchi" (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Claiming His Love-Child (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm finding myself more and more incline to skip Sandra Marton's old work and just stick to the latest novels. This book was simply boring, and for having two very intelligent main characters, they sounded most of the time, like idiots. I never felt the attraction between them. Marissa just did not act like a top of the class law student, more like a simpering idiot, crying every two minutes and second guessing everything. Cullen on the other hand, well..., I never got to know him. Apparently he was some top shot lawyer or something alike.

Now, for my pet peeve, this is my second or third harlequin book I find with the same errors. When having a character speak words, sentences other than english ( in this case spanish) please writers, proof read your work. Don't editors do that?????? I know spanish, so when I read thinhs that were gramatically incorrect I was annoyed by them. The spanish dialogues sounded like something you put on google translator and eventhough it translates the main idea, it is not correct gramatically.

3.0 out of 5 stars Cranky Marrissa!, September 8, 2011

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Pholuke "Lepa Shandy" (Houston) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Claiming His Love-Child (Harlequin Presents) (Mass Market Paperback)

I enjoyed the beginning of this- you know, it started out with a family party/gathering and it all seemed like a nice, warm, loving family, so I liked them :) I loved the dialogue between the hero and the heroine, I loved that she was an intelligent spit-fire who knew what she wanted. I also found the fact that the hero couldn't get over their first night together (as arrogant as he was) so sweet. The second half of the book was just kinda meh for me. Marissa became too weepy for my liking ( for just cause, yes, I was a weepy old soul during my pregnancies too so I understand but...) It's a good book all in all, not my favorite but still one of the nice ones.