Customer Reviews

In Protective Custody (Silhouette Intimate Moments)

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From the back cover:
Firefighter Max Caldwell promised to care for his sister's newborn son, but he didn't know the first thing about babies. He had to learn fast, especially with ruthless drug smugglers, who wanted control of their "heir", chasing them.
After witnessing a fender-bender, day-care worker Laura Dalton was wary of the baby-toting driver claiming "Elmer" as his son. A woman on a mission, she jumped into his care for the ride of a lifetime. Her noble efforts were to protect the child, but she didn't bargain on a lethal attraction to Max. Could this makeshift family be exactly what she'd always wanted?
My opinion:
I loved this book. I started it, and refused to set it down for ANY reason whatsoever. It had great characters, and lots of suspense and romance, which is what the line is for! 5 stars

I like the new "twist" on having a baby in a romance (that's why I picked it up). Little Elmer was one amazingly amiable newborn (not like any baby I've ever known, but, hey, it's fiction!). As far as romances and suspense go, it was entertaining, but the characters were a bit too cliche. I like stories that "show, don't tell." By two-thirds of the way through this book, I was tired of how MANY times Laura's inner dialogue repeated the "former-foster-child-hurt-too-many-times-to-trust" mantra. And the ending was a bit too tidy considering the "business" the in-laws were in.