Lullaby and Goodnight (The Sutton Babies, Book 3) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #594) [Mass Market Paperback]

Susan Kearney (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373225946
• ISBN-13: 978-0373225941
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,251,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Kearney used to set herself on fire four times a day, now a USA TODAY BESTSELLING author, she does something really hot, she writes paranormal romance for Grand Central Publishing. She can apply the old rule of "write what you know" and never run out of ideas for characters and plots. An All-American and professional diver, expert in martial arts, sailor, real estate broker and owner of a barter business as well as women's fitness and three hair salons, she has enough material for a lifetime. Kearney's next trilogy, The Pendragon Legacy begins with LUCAN in September 2009, then follows with RION in December and JORDAN in March 2010. These sexy futuristic paranormal romances include sexy heroes and smart met who love them as well as dragons and are based on King Arthurian legends.

Kearney, a native of New Jersey, writes full time. She resides in a suburb of Tampa with her husband, kids and Boston Terrier. Currently she's plotting her way through her 54th work of fiction. You can reach her through this web site www.susankearney.com

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic Thriller, December 20, 2000

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Jennifer Medlock (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lullaby and Goodnight (The Sutton Babies, Book 3) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #594) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read Little Boys Blue and Lullaby and Goodnight was a great book to continue that mystery surrounding the Sutton family and it even makes the other book better, because it gives us the link. The link to all the trouble that surrounds the Sutton family, but this book is not just about the "mystery"-it is so much more. The relationship between Rafe and Rhianna is thrilling in itself. I loved seeing it play out and unfold. I hate reading stories where babies or children are involved, but really play no important role. That is not the case in this book, Rafe and Rhianna's child plays an important role in their relationship and in the Sutton family. I love that the characters from the previous books were included. This is a great book. Even if you have not read the previos two books I would still recommend that you read this book, but I guarantee that once you do read this book that you will want to read the others in the series. Yes, they are that good.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars way to go!, January 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lullaby and Goodnight (The Sutton Babies, Book 3) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #594) (Mass Market Paperback)

I love a book that delivers heart-warming romance and heart-stopping suspense in one great package. This book certainly delivers both! And it's a great ending to the Sutton series.

2 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lullaby and Goodnight, December 26, 2000

By 

Penny Griffin ([e-mail]) (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lullaby and Goodnight (The Sutton Babies, Book 3) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #594) (Mass Market Paperback)

Susan Kearney brings the story of The Sutton Babies to a close in "Lullaby and Goodnight." Eight and a half months after he slept with Rhianna McCloud, Rafe Sutton discovers she is pregnant with his child. She is also being stalked by an unknown villain. Can this surprise father protect his unborn child and the woman he's afraid to love?

The Sutton Babies began with the shallow but exciting "Cradle Will Rock," improved with "Little Boys Blue" and stumbles badly in its final installment with "Lullaby and Goodnight." There are so many things wrong with this story I can't possibly name them all. The biggest flaws include a man who sleeps with a woman and refuses to call her for nine months, then has the gall to be angry with her that he wasn't told about the baby. What a hero! Kearney already wrote a secret child story in the first Sutton book, "Cradle Will Rock." As I said with Joanna Wayne's Randolph series, aren't two secret babies in one family too hard to believe? (On the plus side, the child is used more effectively than in "Cradle Will Rock," and the characters' reactions are more realistic, if not heroic.) Add a heroine who makes one of the dumbest decisions I've ever read near the end of this book. Any respect I had for the character disappeared. Worse, this entire section of the story is unnecessary. The next to last chapter (not counting the epilogue) is useless, dragging out the plot for no reason, when the author should have used that space to expand her climax. The end of this book is ludicrous, wrapping up the entire three-book storyline in a page and a half. It's not suspenseful, it's not believable, and then the book's over! When I turned the last page, I thought, "That's it?!?" The abrupt ending is a ripoff for anyone who took the time to read about these characters over three books.

The solution that explains everything that happened in the three books makes little sense. We found out in book one that someone wanted to destroy the Sutton family. Now that I know why, I have to say, the villain could not have chosen less effective methods. Why did the villain create these convoluted schemes in the other books when there were easier ways to go about ruining the family? You won't get the answer here. I think the only answer is because Kearney likes writing convoluted plots. It made no sense. One question out of the many I had when I finished: Why did the villain stalk Rhianna instead of attacking or kidnapping her outright? Why was Cameron's wife killed in Book Two instead of trying to kill Cameron? Why try to kill the eldest Sutton brother in the first book and then forget about him after that? The series does not hold together. The ending not only made this book look worse than it already did. It made the other two look weaker than they were.

The beginning is also awkward and confusing. It's hard to figure out where we are in the time line for the first two chapters. The action throughout is all over the map in a plot that lacks focus. The romance is nonexistent. Rhianna loves Rafe from page one and spends the next 250 waiting for him to tell her. The "romance" consists of Rafe thinking "I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her, I can't tell her I love her....the book's almost over. OK, I love her." (That is not a spoiler. This is a romance novel. What else could he say in the end?) Rafe and Rhianna have no depth. Compare them with the characters from book two, "Little Boys Blue," two well-developed characters with strong rooting interest. What do we know about Rafe and Rhianna in the end of "Lullaby and Goodnight?" Next to nothing.

This is only the second one-star review I have given in two years. I know I'll still be slammed for "ulterior motives" or "grinding axes." I'm sorry. The year 2000 brought Intrigue titles like "Twice Tempted," "Midnight Remembered," "Texas Midnight," and a wonderful secret child story in "Never Too Late." Those were five star books, stories with depth, stories that made sense. To give this one four, three, even two stars seems like a stretch, would be an insult to those authors and those books. No one who's read those books or some of the other great Intrigue titles this year could think this one is anywhere near as good. "Lullaby and Goodnight" was a huge disappointment.