Part of the "Bestselling Authors in the Spotlight" promotion, this novel carries a special low price! Colleen will do anything for her sister Sheila, including having her baby. Sheila's husband, Michael, wants a baby, too. When Colleen offers to be a surrogate for his wife, he's deeply grateful. Then an accident takes Sheila's life, and Colleen and Michael turn to each other in their sorrow only to discover an unacknowledged attraction. Reissue. .
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Janice Kay Johnson is the author of sixty-plus books for children and adults. Her first four published romance novels were coauthored with her mother Norma Tadlock Johnson, also a writer who has since published mysteries and children's books on her own. These were "sweet" romance novels, the author hastens to add; she isn't sure they'd have felt comfortable coauthoring passionate love scenes!
Janice graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in history and then received a master's degree in library science from the University of Washington. She was a branch librarian for a public library system until she began selling her own writing.
She has written six novels for young adults and one picture book for the read-aloud crowd. ROSAMUND was the outgrowth of all those hours spent reading to her own daughters, and of her passion for growing old roses. Two more of her favorite books were historical novels WINTER OF THE RAVEN and THE ISLAND SNATCHERS which she wrote for Tor/Forge. The research was pure indulgence for someone who set out intending to be a historian!
Janice is divorced and has raised her two daughters in a small, rural town north of Seattle, Washington. She's an active volunteer and board member for Purrfect Pals, a no-kill cat shelter, and foster kittens often enliven a household that already includes a few more cats than she wants to admit to!
Janice loves writing books about both love and family -- about the way generations connect and the power our earliest experiences have on us throughout life.
In addition to her real name, she has also written under several pseudonyms through the years, including Janice Stevens, Janice Bartlett, Kay Bartlett and Kay Kirby.
Her Superromance novels are frequent finalists for Romance Writers of America RITA awards, and she won the 2008 RITA for Best Contemporary Series Romance for SNOWBOUND.
Janice graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in history and then received a master's degree in library science from the University of Washington. She was a branch librarian for a public library system until she began selling her own writing.
She has written six novels for young adults and one picture book for the read-aloud crowd. ROSAMUND was the outgrowth of all those hours spent reading to her own daughters, and of her passion for growing old roses. Two more of her favorite books were historical novels WINTER OF THE RAVEN and THE ISLAND SNATCHERS which she wrote for Tor/Forge. The research was pure indulgence for someone who set out intending to be a historian!
Janice is divorced and has raised her two daughters in a small, rural town north of Seattle, Washington. She's an active volunteer and board member for Purrfect Pals, a no-kill cat shelter, and foster kittens often enliven a household that already includes a few more cats than she wants to admit to!
Janice loves writing books about both love and family -- about the way generations connect and the power our earliest experiences have on us throughout life.
In addition to her real name, she has also written under several pseudonyms through the years, including Janice Stevens, Janice Bartlett, Kay Bartlett and Kay Kirby.
Her Superromance novels are frequent finalists for Romance Writers of America RITA awards, and she won the 2008 RITA for Best Contemporary Series Romance for SNOWBOUND.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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One of Janice Kay Johnson's Best,
By Sarahbee (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Her Sister's Baby (Harlequin Superromance No. 627) (Paperback)
Colleen Deering -- She'll do anything for her sister, Sheila. And if her gift takes up nine months of her life and entails morning sickness and stretch marks, well, what are sisters for? Because what Sheila wants--more than anything is the world--is a baby. And it will be Sheila's baby; Colleen has assured her sister of that. She's doing this for Sheila. Michael Delaney -- Handsome and reserved, he's Colleen's brother-in-law, Sheila's husband. He, too, wants a baby--with all his heart. When Colleen offers to be a surrogate for his wife, he's stunned. But Michael eventually accepts the idea--and he's deeply grateful for Colleen's gift of love. Tragically, Sheila never even gets a chance to hold the baby. In their sorrow, Colleen and Michael turn to each other, only to discover an unacknowledged attraction--a dangerous attraction. Dangerous, because they both want Sheila's child... Wow!! I was soooo impressed by this novel. At first, I thought it sounded kind of sleazy. I mean, the husband of one sister falling for the other shortly after his wife's death. But Janice Johnson made the whole plot work beautifully. The characters came to life in a way that's rarely seen in many books. The conflict and the emotions were real. I could hardly put in down, and I'm in the middle of finals week!! Definitely one of Janice Kay Johnson's best. I highly recommend you go out and find this one immediately.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Her Sister's Baby (Harlequin Superromance No. 627) (Paperback)
Finally, a book that explores the in-depth feelings of its characters. Colleen is a divorced mom with two children. Colleen loves her sister Sheila with all her heart, but her sister is unable to carry a child to term. Colleen offers her the greatest gift of all-to carry a child for her. Sheila and her husband Michael are delighted when Colleen announces that she is pregnant. Sadly, not long after Sheila is killed in a car wreck. Colleen stuggles with the loss of her sister and realizes that the baby inside her is still half hers and wants to keep it. Besides the gift was for her sister not her brother-in-law. Colleen does not realize that Michael intends to fight for his baby. The story that unfolds from there will make you smile and cry. Everyone's feelings are explored - Michael, Colleen, and Colleen's two other children. The ending is very heart warming. I can not wait to read more books by Janice Kay Johnson. This was the first and will not be the last.
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT!!!!!!,
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This review is from: Her Sister'S Baby (Paperback)
I purchased this book because it was a bonus book from Lavryle Spencer's Sweet Memories. What a wonderful find!!! This book was the best romance I have read in a very long time. I had never heard of Janice Kay Johnson and I absolutely LOVED everything about this book. I am going to find everything I can that has been written by this author. EXCELLENT!!!!
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