The Badge & the Baby: Bachelors & Babies

by Alison Kent

Book Overview

The Badge And The Baby by Alison Kent released on Jun 24, 1999 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373258410
• ISBN13: 9780373258413
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Harlequin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

One of the hottest and best reads of the summer!!

"The Badge and The Baby is Alison Kent's contribution to Temptation's Bachelors & Babies miniseries. It's also her contribution as one of the hottest and best reads of the summer. Combine high energy, sexually explosive scenes and a tender love story. You end up with a story that's 99 and 44/100% guaranteed to make your summer reading sizzle.

Impossible to put down!

"Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a sensual roller-coaster ride! Although the plot is hardly unique, especially in the shorter series format, Alison Kent's use of witty (and sometimes gritty) dialogue, and stunning sensuality combines with a believable story line to make this book nearly impossible to put down. THE BADGE AND THE BABY is a "curl your toes" winner that you definitely won't want to miss. "The Big Bad Wolf" gets my vote for dream hero of the year." ~Connie Ramsdell for Bookbug on the Web

Enchanting!

"Harlequin authors create novels that sparkle like jewels. THE BADGE AND THE BABY shines with a luster that draws the eye and tickles the funny bone. A simple story made enchanting by a hero and heroine that discover the true worth of love and the joy to be found in honesty. Alison Kent weaves a tale that tangles around the heart, ensnaring the reader in a delectable web of romance."

Entertaining category romance

Detective Joel Wolfsley, recovering from a job related injury, desperately wants to return to work as a cop on the streets. Unannounced, his sister Jennifer arrives accompanied by her ten-month year old child Leigh. She pleads with Joel to watch his niece for a few hours until their parents arrive to take care of the little girl. Jennifer is flying to New York to meet her beloved husband who without prior warning is flying from Kuwait to the states for a week. However, Joel's parents never arrive so he watches his niece. He turns to his neighbor Willa Grace Darling, dog rescuer, for assistance. With the help of an infant matchmaker, the two next door neighbors begin to fall in love. However, Joel believes his professional lifestyle is too dangerous to raise a family or even have a wife. Willa knows she can never give birth to the child of her beloved. In spite of the fact that they obviously belong together, this relationship appears doomed. THE BADGE AND THE BABY is an enjoyable category romance that demonstrates why the "Bachelors and Babies" series is so much fun to read. The story line is engaging as the lead duo struggle with the path love escorts them down even when they insist that it is not what they want. The lead protagonists make a charming couple and the infant and the canines augment the tale by turning the cop and the dog rescuer into human characters. Sub-genre fans will relish Alison Kent's newest novel and be tempted to locate her previous works (see CALL ME, THE HEARTBREAK KID, and THE GRINCH MAKES GOOD).Harriet Klausner

Wonderfully written story about falling in love

For a year, Willa Darling and Joel Wolfsley have been neighbors, but until his sister leaves him in a jam, they don't speak much beyond the usual neighborly, "Lawn looks good," remarks. Then, once they come into more intimate contact, attraction becomes awareness, liking blossoms into friendship, and out of that grows passion and love. But no love worth having comes easily, and Joel and Willa must overcome their pasts and face down their fears before they can be happy.I have to admit up front that I am an Alison Kent fan. I am a fan because she writes smart, grounded, real people, and she writes about them in quietly elegant prose. I read her the first time for the story, the second for the language. The Badge and the Baby is no exception to that rule. Joel and Willa are appealing, realistic characters who don't spend a lot of time licking old wounds; instead they move forward, determined to get the most out of their lives.Oh, and the sexual tension between these characters is nothing to sneer at either. I highly recommend The Baby and The Badge.