The Paternity Factor (Silhouette Desire , No 1173) [Paperback]

Caroline Cross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1998

SHANE WYATT WAS MORE THAN A MAN

He was dad to a dimple-cheeked two-year-old—but not by blood. A pediatrician's visit had proved that fact, rocking Shane's world and forever changing the way he viewed women. He didn't trust anyone—not with the precious child who called him Da-da, and certainly not with his heart….

JERRY ROSS WAS ALL WOMAN…

and undeniably, irrevocably in love with the stubborn single dad. So when she saw her larger-than-life hero distancing himself from both the world and his baby girl, she knew she needed to break down his walls to reach the fiercely passionate man trapped inside….

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Amazon.com Review

Talk about fate! Just as her teaching job ends for the summer and her rental condo is sold out from under her, fortune smiles on Jessy Ross--in the form of an adorable toddler named Chloe. Jessy's girlhood crush, Shane Wyatt, recently widowed, has learned the secret of his daughter Chloe's paternity. Reeling, he has withdrawn from his family, his friends, and most importantly, from Chloe, and has buried himself in work. Jessy volunteers to move in and take care of Chloe until she can find another place to live. Forced to spend time together in close quarters, Jessy finds little evidence of the kind, caring boy who was her adolescent knight in shining armor. And Shane, despite his best efforts to ignore Jessy, finds himself hard-pressed to recognize the shy, gawky girl he knew so long ago in the now ripe, passionate woman sleeping in his house and coaxing Chloe out of her shell. When Jessy lays siege to the walls protecting Shane from his hurt and disillusionment, he learns that love has nothing to do with genes and everything to do with opening your heart. Clever dialogue, emotion-packed interactions and steamy interludes make this one another winner for veteran Desire author Caroline Cross. --Alison Trinkle

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373761732
• ISBN-13: 978-0373761739
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,099,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TRUE LOVE NEVER RUNS SMOOTH!, September 16, 2003

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Paternity Factor (Silhouette Desire , No 1173) (Paperback)

Ah but Shane Wyatt does not learn the secret of Chloe's paternity - only his non-paternity, as he considers it.

In his hurt and disillusionment with Marissa, he has withdrawn from his child and any close entanglements for the past eighteen months.

Jessica Ross, younger sister to Shane's best friend Bailey, has had a crush on Shane,34 since preteen years. Now she is a school teacher at age 26 and needs a place to stay. She also gets along very well with Chloe.

Now with both parties in the deniel mode and living together life gets a bit more complicated. Both decide to scratch their itch and give into lust with deniel causeing more confusion.

Excellently written story of lust and premarital sex [if that is what you like] I find the morality more than loose but that is this day and age.

Good for reading once - nothing against the writers' ability -- definitely a --M --- try it you will probably like it.