Santa Baby (Baby To Be) (Harlequin American Romance, No. 1043) [Mass Market Paperback]

Laura Marie Altom (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373750471
• ISBN-13: 978-0373750474
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,952,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura began writing at the ripe old age of 12 when she penned a romance about a model falling for her photographer on a catalogue shoot in St. Thomas. Up until page 42, she faithfully wrote at least a page a day, but gave up when following her own junior high romantic pursuits became more fun than writing about someone else's!

Fast-forward a few years, and Laura met the love of her life her freshman year at the University of Arkansas. Three years and countless toga parties later, Laura and Terry married.

Interior design and marriage license in hand, Laura went to work for well-known Arkansas firms, Perry Butcher Architects and Albert Skiles Architects. Among her many projects were schools, churches, corporate offices and over two dozen luxurious private residences. She'd just been handed a dream assignment of designing her first public library when another dream came true -- she discovered she wasn't just pregnant, but pregnant with twins!

Destiny soon put a twist in Laura's burgeoning career by adding complications to her pregnancy. Two months in, doctors placed her on bed rest. Seven months later, her life forever changed upon getting her first glimpse of precious boy/girl twins. She briefly considered returning to work, but couldn't fight the desire to stay home with her brood.

Two years later, while she loved being a stay-at-home mom, a part of herself had been lost in the process. Then one day, while sorting through dusty boxes, she came across her old romance manuscript. In finding that manuscript, along with her love of writing, fate gave Laura's life another twist, and she's never looked back.

Since then, Terry's engineering career has taken the family to places like Denver, Salt Lake City, and then on to Tulsa, OK, where she now resides. Throughout all of those moves, Laura never lost sight of her ultimate dream -- to become a world-renowned romance author. While she's still hard at work on that "world-renowned" part of her dream, to date she's sold over seventy romantic short stories and many romance novels.

Now, Laura spends her days contentedly writing and chasing after the twins and their menagerie of pets, ranging from a mutt named Sweet Pea, a mini-long-haired dachshund named Cocoa, a black-and-white stealth cat named Domino and a yard full of ducks and geese who live in the backyard pond but would like to live in the house! When night falls, Laura usually finds time to steal a few romantic moments for herself and her own hunky cover stud!

Laura loves hearing from readers and may be reached via email at [e-mail] or snail mail at P.O. Box 2074, Tulsa, OK 74101.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars engaging contemporary romance, October 31, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Santa Baby (Baby To Be) (Harlequin American Romance, No. 1043) (Mass Market Paperback)

In Alaska sociologist Dr. Whitney Foster makes her "virgin" flight on a small plane piloted by hunk Colby Davis. Global Oil has her Chicago based company to determine ways to counteract isolation that leads to high turnover. However, the weather turns nasty and the plane is forced down in an isolated area. Not knowing if a rescue is imminent, they fall in each other's arms and share a sexy Christmas Eve. The next morning neither one of the embarrassed duo want to talk about the previous evening's tryst when they are saved.

Seven months later, a pregnant Whitney arrives in Alaska to inform Colby he is a going to be a father and to get him to sign away his rights as she plans to raise the child alone. Colby has not forgotten that one evening and even thought of going to the forty-eight to find his sociologist. He wants Whitney and their unborn as part of his life, but to persuade the stubborn doctor that they belong together when her role model is a mother who belongs in Guinness for her string of males will be next to impossible.

This engaging contemporary romance star two pleasant protagonists whom readers will like and want together. The story line is a stretch especially with a veteran pilot like Colby not sure of their rescue seems either he used a line to score or the taleis just off kilter. Still fans will appreciate his efforts to persuade his beloved that he wants her and their SANTA BABY in his life permanently.

Harriet Klausner