For the Baby's Sake

by Sherry Lewis

For The Baby's Sake by Sherry Lewis released on Nov 24, 1999 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373708831
• ISBN13: 9780373708833
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

A ready-made family!

Mark Taylor just found out he's a father . . . he's been a father for two years. The mother had given that baby boy to her cousin, Dionne Black to raise as her own. Mark's first instinct is to take his son and raise Jared on his own, but then he sees Jared and Dionne together and realizes he can't do that to either of them. Mark offers Dionne the only compromise he can think of -- marry him and continue to be a mother to Jared. Dionne would do just about anything to keep the little boy she loves . . . even marry a stranger. Slowly, a bond begins to grow between Dionne and Mark. Is what they're feeling merely overflow from the love they both feel for Jared . . . or could it be something more? Could it be love for each other?Sometimes I have to overdose on suspending disbelief to fall into a marriage of convenience plot, but Sherry Lewis did such a wonderful job of making an unbelievable contemporary situation, not only believable, but rivitting. Watching Dionne and Mark's relationship begin, grow and alter into something deeper was a sheer reading pleasure from one of my favorite authors.

A sweet romance by a talented storyteller

Boston lawyer Mark Taylor is stunned to see the woman he once was going to marry standing in the lobby of the downtown office building his firm partially occupies. Unable to stop himself, Mark confronts fellow attorney Marianne Holt in an attempt to understand why she suddenly vanished three years ago. Reluctantly, Marianne informs him that she deserted him because her needs differed from his. He wanted a family while she did not. Being pregnant, she went to her second cousin in Boise to give birth and left the infant with Dionne and Brent Black.Mark immediately hires a private investigator, who provides the lawyer with background information on Dionne including the fact that Brent died in a car accident about a year ago. Mark flies to Boise to legally claim his son. However, after watching the loving interplay between two-year old Jared and Dionne, Mark begins to have doubts about everything except his need to raise his son. He offers Dionne an opportunity for both of them to be with Jared. He wants her to marry him for the sake of the child. Neither one expected love to enter their marriage of convenience.FOR THE BABY'S SAKE is a warm, modern day take of the overly done marriage of convenience theme. In the capable hands of Sherry Lewis, the plot works as two obstinate, loving adults will do anything for Jared. Contemporary romance readers will fully enjoy this tale because of the depth that Ms. Lewis provides to her characters. This novel is a pleasurable reading experience.Harriet Klausner