3 Stars
Publisher: Dragonfly Press
Date of publication: September 12th, 2018
Genre: Romance
Series: Welcome to Otter Tail
An Unlikely Setup—Book 1 (review here)
Can’t Stand the Heat—Book 2 (review here)
Life Rewritten—Book 3 (review here)
For Baby and Me—Book 4
Where you can find For Baby and Me: Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Goodreads synopsis:
Nick Boone is a brilliant architect, focused completely on his job. In his personal life, he’s a serial dater, with no interest in marriage or even a long-term relationship. And fatherhood? Absolutely not. He has no idea what family even means.
But even a single-minded boss like Nick can’t abandon his employee Sierra Clark on the night her parents are killed. When her deep distress melts his professional distance, long-simmering attraction takes over and he indulges in a night of comfort and connection.
He has no idea how deep that connection is going to run.
My review:
I didn’t like For Baby and Me as much as I liked the rest of the books in the Welcome to Otter Tail series. Which made me sad because the other books were so good!!
I thought Nick was a grade A jerk in this book. He was condescending towards Sierra. I couldn’t believe that he thought that throwing money at her would take care of everything. I wanted to smack him upside the head during certain points in the book. I couldn’t believe that he didn’t understand why Sierra was so reserved with him. That whole speech in the hospital made me go “Are you effing kidding me. You put her through hell and then expect her to open her arms and let you in.” Yeah, I was kinda mad about that. But, I do understand where he was coming from. What he went through as a child traumatized him.
I felt awful for Sierra. I couldn’t imagine losing my parents that way. I have also been in her shoes when I saw that stick go pink (my oldest was unplanned). I did think that she had high expectations for what Nick’s reaction was. I also think that her expectations kept getting smashed every time she saw him. I would have acted the same way towards him.
I did find their profession fascinating. I didn’t know that there was so much planning into going into building a house. I also didn’t know that contractors would switch out materials for ones that were not as good and pocket the money. I was fooled by who the person was switching out the material. I thought it was the other guy.
I felt awful for Sierra when she fell and hurt herself. I can relate to the stress she was under at the hospital. Not to feel your baby move is frightening.
I didn’t feel much of a connection between Nick and Sierra. The whole “I don’t want to be a father” vibe killed that romance for me. I will say that they had some pretty hot sex.
I did like the end of For Baby and Me. I loved the epilogue. Love, love, loved it!!!!
I would give For Baby and Me an Adult rating. There is sex (not graphic). There is language. There is mild violence. There are triggers. They would be the death of a parent. I would recommend that no one under the age of 21 read this book.
I am on the fence if I would reread For Baby and Me. I am also on the fence if I would recommend it to family and friends.
I would like to thank the author for allowing me to read and review For Baby and Me.
All opinions stated in this review of For Baby and Me are mine.
I’m so sorry it wasn’t better for you – I hate it when I’m in a series and it starts to go downhill. But you have many more great books ahead, I know!
Thanks!! The thing is, it only went downhill that book. The other 3 books were fantastic. I was very disappointed. I do have some great books coming up!! Books that I am eager to read!!