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4.0 out of 5 stars
Babies and marriage of convenience gone right,
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This review is from: Montana Twins (Harlequin American Romance, No 984) (Mass Market Paperback)
Laura Cavendish has been raising her late foster-sister's twin babies, but now she has to make a choice. Her sister had wanted the babies to be with their uncle, but only if he had a suitable wife. Sheriff Eric Oakes was abandoned by his mother and knows that he isn't the loving kind. Still, when he sees those precious babies, he wants them--wants them badly enough to advertise for a wife who'll let him live up to Laura's rigid qualifications. Unfortunately, once Laura walks into his life, she's the only woman who attracts him. As time passes and no suitable wife-candidates turn up, Laura gets ready to return to her teaching job--when Eric gets a brainstorm. Why don't the two of them marry. Both love the babies. Both want the babies to have both mother and father. Although Eric is still convinced that he cannot love, he's willing to do anything for his family. More and more, family includes Laura. Laura is convinced that she is unworthy of love as she cannot bear children. The twins are the only babies she'll ever have. But is a loveless marriage fair to anyone? Neither Laura nor Eric has bothered looking into the issue of the babies' father--but attentive readers will pick up on the growing threat to the loss of everything that Laura and Eric have worked for. Author Charlotte Maclay offers a well-written tale of romance, unexpected babies, and marriage-of-convenience that turns out to hold unexpected passion. I found the casual dismissal of the biological father issue to be troubling and Laura's belief that no man would want her because of her inability to bear children to be a tad excessive, but Eric makes a fine lightly-tortured hero. Eric's family and the entire town of Grass Valley, Montana, provide the warm feeling Harlequin American readers have learned to count on.
3.0 out of 5 stars
I read this book while I was on jury duty, and it passed the time pleasantly,
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This review is from: Montana Twins (Harlequin American Romance, No 984) (Mass Market Paperback)
The plot is not the least bit believable, but the characters are likeable and it's a feel-good kind of story. The sheriff in a tiny but close-knit Montana town learns that he had a half-sister he didn't know existed -- Amy -- and that she died, leaving instructions that if something happened to her, he should be given custody of her twin babies -- providing her foster sister Laura considers him a suitable father and he has a suitable wife. You can see just from that description how this is going to turn out -- Laura is deeply attached to the 3-month old twin girls but she feels honor-bound to abide by Amy's written instructions. She arrives in this little town with the babies, expecting that he will be unacceptable or not want them, and she can go home and raise the babies herself. Needless to say, he adores the babies but there's the little problem of a wife. He's single and doesn't expect to find love (his own mother abandoned him and he's got issues).
This is a pleasant enough book to curl up with, but I wish the plot had been a little more believable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
#3 SAGA OF THE OAKES BROTHERS --,
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This review is from: Montana Twins (Harlequin American Romance, No 984) (Mass Market Paperback)
Sheriff Eric "White Eyes" Oakes is the third story of the 3 boys that were adopted by Oliver Oakes -
The sheriff has some emotional issues because of his mother leaving him as a youngster and she never looked back. Some strange woman has called and informed him that he may have the responsibility of a pair of twin girls born of his half-sister. He was not aware of having a sister let alone the fact that she bore some children. Being a law officer he was not willing to take the information at face value. Now the towns folks assumes he has had a lady on the side. Everyone says he should do right by the lady and assume the responsibility of his children. <g>. Laura Cavendish has had the raising of the twins for the past three months and does not want to give them up. But honor compels her to seek out the girls uncle according to Amy's wishes. I like relationships but I would like a little tense action mixed with it. The babies were sweeties but the grown-ups seem to carry too much emotional baggage. We meet the characters that helped start the stories along with the two Oakes sister-in-laws. I guess I am getting jaded with so many bed-room scenes, even in the open air that it tends to slow down the stories. The inter-action of the principles with the secondary characters almost always brings in a bit of humor - there are some lovable characters that hang around. Recommended --m -- a good completion to the trilogy - loved the cover guy, have been following the covers he is used on - can always spot that jaw line. <g>.
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