From Here To Paternity (Silhouette Special Edition) [Mass Market Paperback]

Christine Rimmer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Special Edition | Publication Date: May 1, 2007

When Charlene Cooper was eighteen, she turned to Brand Bravo in desperation...and he couldn't get away fast enough. And then ten years later, Charlene was forced to turn to him again--this time with a baby in her arms and a burning question in her heart: are you this little girl's father?

At twenty Brand Bravo knew that he could never be the kind of man Charlene deserved. At thirty, he knew she was the love of his life, and he would do anything to get her back. Because, once again, she needed him, for herself and for the infant in her care. And this time, Brand wouldn't hesitate to be anything Charlene asked him to be. Husband. And father?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373248253
• ISBN-13: 978-0373248254
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christine Rimmer has written more than seventy-five contemporary romances for Harlequin Books. A reader favorite, Christine's stories consistently appear on national bestseller lists, including the Waldenbooks and USA TODAY lists. She has won Romantic Times BOOKreview's Reviewer's Choice Award for best Silhouette Special Edition. She has been nominated three times for the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and four times for Romantic Times Series Storyteller of the Year. Christine lives in Oregon with her family and two very contented cats named Tom and Ed.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, September 3, 2011

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Terracotta Dove (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: From Here To Paternity (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

#19 in Rimmer's Bravo series, the second (after Married in Haste) set in the remote small town, The Flat.

Although not one of my favorite Bravo books, I enjoyed it. Likeable characters, a pleasant setting and of course, the HEA - all things I expect from Rimmer.

Stand out: the heroine struggled realistically with first letting go of a ten year old anger, and second, her inability to do what she knew intellectually she had to do to protect the baby now in her care. And truthfully, the latter worked out better for all involved than would have happened outside a romance book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Can Brand convince Charlene to Love him again?!, April 29, 2007

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Babs Ferret "a reading of romance fan" (Northern CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Here To Paternity (Silhouette Special Edition) (Mass Market Paperback)

Another Yummy Bravo Man!

Brand is one of the sons of the infamous Blake Bravo. He wants to be a *good* man and is trying very hard. He's an attorney is New Bethleham to be close to his mother, Chastity, and his brother, the doctor Brett (SSE #1777 Married in Haste).

Brand's high school sweetheart Charlene lives and owns Dixie's Diner in New Bethleham too but she hasn't talked to him for 10 years. They were 18 and 20 when Charlene's parents died in an auto accident leaving Charlene and her baby sister Cissy who was 9 with only an aunt, Irma, who thought she could raise Cissy better in San Diego. Poor Charlene wanted to keep Cissy and thought if Brand married her they could raise Cissy. Brand didn't think so and wouldn't marry her and left town. Charlene lost Cissy and hasn't forgiven him in all these years.

In fact the book opens with Charlene arriving at his door with Cissy's baby in tow and accuses him of being of being the father. Cissy had come to town a year earlier. She stayed with Charlene but wouldn't work at the diner but Brand gave her a job at his law office.

Brand decides after seeing her that morning he still loved Charlene and wanted a relationship with her. Charlene also knew she also had feelings but wasn't sure how to deal with them. We watch her go through all the emotions of having Mia, the baby, and her love for Brand.

Ms Rimmer has created a yummy hero and a sweet heroine who must work out their feelings from the parting so many years ago along with Cissy and her problems and Aunt Irma comes to town trying to make a life with Charlene and hopefully Cissy. Everyone has their flaws but we see that the characters are willing to overlook them in each other.

I read the story and wanted all to have a Happy Ever After and I knew they would! Great addition to the Bravo family stories.