Pregnancy Proposal

by Tessa Radley

Book Overview

His late brother's fiancée was pregnant with a Saxon heir. Yet Amy Wright thought she could just leave town? Not even the black sheep of the mighty Saxons would allow that. So Heath Saxon propositioned Amy: avoid illegitimacy for her baby by marrying him. Convincing her wasn't easy--until he showed her what a night as his wife would be like. But Amy has a very big secret about the Saxon baby. About just who the father really is....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373769148
• ISBN13: 9780373769148
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Harlequin Desire
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

The Saxon Brides Books

Pregnancy Proposal was book # 3 in a three book mini series called The Saxon Brides written by Tesaa Radley. The other two are # 1 Mistaken Mistress and # 2 is titled Spainards Seduction. It was a good series and I enjoyed reading them.

4.5 blue ribbons from Romance Junkies

Ever since she was a teenager Amy Wright's heart has been set on marrying Roland Saxon but an automobile accident destroyed all those dreams mere months before they were to say their marriage vows. Amy's always prided herself on being `the good girl' - going to church, helping others, abstaining from intercourse until marriage, so how is that she's found herself in the disastrous position of being unmarried and three months pregnant? Heath Saxon has desired Amy for many years but her engagement to his brother left him with no hope of ever having the girl of his dreams. He's a man of action and doesn't feel any need to explain himself to anyone. When he learns of Amy's pregnancy and sees her distress over the whole situation he offers her a proposition that he hopes she'll be unable to refuse - marry him and she won't be faced with the stigma of an unwed mother. Amy shoulders a lot of guilt over Roland's untimely death though she tries to put on a brave front and continue on with life as usual. She even works for the Saxon family answering the phones and coordinating other business at the Saxon's Folly Winery. What she can't stand are the pitying looks or the worry that she sees in everyone's face when they look at her. Heath's presence at the winery is both a blessing and a curse. He's desperately needed by his family both emotionally and businesswise, but Amy's uncomfortable around him because he brings out emotions that she doesn't recognize in herself - or maybe it's that she'd prefer to keep them hidden. In any case, once Heath learns of Amy's pregnancy he's determined to do everything he can to ensure that she remains a permanent fixture in his life. Amy's high moral standards dictate that having a child out of wedlock is wrong and Heath is more than happy to marry her in order to save her. What he doesn't know is that Amy's got a secret and her deception is the real reason she's uncomfortable with accepting Heath's proposal. PREGNANCY PROPOSAL is the third book in Tessa Radley's THE SAXON BRIDES miniseries. This story is intense and fast paced with plenty of emotional turmoil to keep readers anxiously turning pages. I was quite intrigued by the family dynamics and the obvious closeness that everyone involved seems to share. Amy's a prime example of the quintessential `good girl' who's given into carnal desires and then felt guilty about it. Heath, however, is everyone's idea of a `bad boy' and he's content to let people think that about him but there's a loving man beneath the façade and I really felt a little bit of hero worship for him. While it's certainly not necessary to read the first two books in this series to thoroughly enjoy this one, I'd recommend it simply because they're a fun family and getting to know all of them would be delightful. The other books in this series are: MISTAKEN MISTRESS Mistaken Mistress (Silhouette Desire) and SPANIARD'S SEDUCTION Spaniard's Seduction (Silhouette Desire) Chrissy Dionne

4.5 Booksmarks from Wild on Books!

For the past three months, Amy Wright's life has been a blur. First her fiancé Roland dies from injuries sustained in a car wreck and then she finds herself pregnant. Not wanting to be a single mother, Amy has decisions to make. Decisions that only she can make and she thinks the solution might be to leave town. Heath Saxon, her dead fiance's brother, has another option - marriage. Heath proposes to her and offers to be the father to her baby, even knowing what he thinks is the truth. That the baby Amy is carrying is Roland's. Heath Saxon has been in love with Amy Wright for such a long time. He knows without a doubt that his older brother didn't deserve a woman like her but he was unwilling to rock the boat when Roland was alive. When Amy finds herself pregnant with Roland's baby, Heath proposes to Amy and offers to raise her child as his own. Heath knows that he should have never wanted his brother's fiancé and offering to raise Roland's heir is Heath's way of penance. Or so he thinks. Heath and Amy must admit their feelings for each other. Feelings that started the night Roland died. Heath was loyal to the core. The bad boy of the family, he hid a very big secret - a secret that could have gotten him thrown out of his family for sure. Heath's feelings for Amy shined through and I love his patience with her and his loving her despite the fact that he thought she was having his brother's baby. Amy was a bit tougher to warm up to but likable in every way. Reserved and concerned with appearances, the thought of being a single mother shattered her dreams but I liked how she refused to give up. She weighed her options and then made the best decision for herself and her unborn child. PREGNANCY PROPOSAL by Tessa Radley is a novel after my own heart. Secret babies and unplanned pregnancy stories are my favorite sub-genre to read. I love nothing better than to read a story of two people attracted to each other but shouldn't be. The angst Heath and Amy feels about each other and their feelings comes through on the pages of PREGNANCY PROPOSAL. Written in such a realistic way, I could feel the turmoil Amy faced with an unplanned baby and I could feel the emotional ties Heath felt for Amy. He was steadfast in his support of her and while he had loved her for a very long time, he wanted her to make her own decisions where they were concerned. Add in a surprise plot twist and I was in reading heaven. A December 2008 release for Silhouette Desire, PREGNANCY PROPOSAL is available for immediate purchase via Harlequin's online website or readers can wait for it to hit the stores near the end of November. I, for one, am not that patient. I picked up my copy as soon as it became available and had it shipped directly to my front door! ***Natalie S. for Wild on Books***