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Texas Wedding for Their Baby's Sake (Harlequin Historical)

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Kathyrn Albright's first two books, THE ANGEL AND THE OUTLAW, and THE REBEL AND THE LADY, were both outstanding, wonderful stories that were well written. This one, I had a hard time with. I'm not sure what happened but it wasn't her usual work. I felt there was too much telling, and not enough showing, with very little action, though there were a couple of really good scenes. Having loved her first two books, and knowing how well she can write, I'll be picking up her next book.

Promising physician, Brandon, saw his society finace, Caroline, kiss his brother. He saw with his heart instead of his mind and jumped to conclusions. He decided to go off to war. He promised he would be back. During the war he saw unspeakable things and was traumatised. He decided never to go back home.

From one night of passion, Caroline has become pregnant. She begins a search for Brandon. She goes out west to find him bittered and battle scarred. Brandon has frightening dreams and has forsaken his medical career. Caroline departs on a quest to bring him home, that ultimately suprises her and Brandon both.

Dont want to give away the ending. I thoght this was an easy, quick read and had all teh elements that a Western Romance enthusiast will enjoy. Typical Harlequin read leaves you satisfied.

This started out good and had promise. Brandon (a promising young doctor) and Caroline at her family's party; she is to marry the guy everyone thinks is right for her, but she and Brandon wind up together for one night, and then over a stupid misunderstanding: Brandon thinks he sees Caroline flirting with his older, handsome brother, so he literally lights out and joins the war in his anger. Dumb.

Anyway, as time passes, Caroline realizes she is pregnant, and can't marry the guy she was supposed to marry. She waits for Brandon to come home, but realizes he is never coming home. Her brother (who also joined the war) returns home later and tells her that Brandon is in Texas with his brother at a crappy ranch spread and refusing to be a doctor. He is harboring hurts from her, from his imagined betrayal of his brother, and from having served in the war and seeing as a doctor all the many deaths that he could not prevent.

Caroline travels with Brandon's family's loyal butler (they had been well-off) to Texas to confront Brandon and tell him they have a baby. He isn't happy to see her and just wants her gone and says he would be a terrible father. In the meantime, there is trouble on the Texas ranch with Indians and Brandon just wants her gone. She just wants him to accept her and the baby. He spends all his time resisting.

It goes on and on with the same back and forth so that you don't even care what his problem is. Of course, he comes to her way of thinking, and the end.

It just went nowhere. She was out of her element; he was sulky, and not nearly the man his brother was. That would have been the better story.

I enjoyed this romance book greatly. The book starts out interesting and ends wonderfully. I highly recommend this book to anyone that loves to read romance with a little action.

Yeah, the title had me chasing my eyeballs across the floor, and the pregnancy plot (which is what the book is ALL about) had me doubting it'd be an easy read. But I was pleasantly surprised. The hero is one of those damaged types and I happened to be in the mood for one of them at the time. The tone of the romance isn't overly schmoopy, given the pregnancy hinge. Overall, not a time-waster.