The Marine's Baby (Harlequin Superromance, No. 1478 / 9 Months Later / Bundles of Joy)

by Rogenna Brewer

Book Overview

The Marine's Baby by Rogenna Brewer released on Mar 11, 2008 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373714785
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harlequin Superromance
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.5" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

A great character story plus romance

The thing I enjoyed most about The Marine's Baby is the fact that there were other character's than the h/h. The emotion felt real and several times I teared up. Ms Brewer uses deep pov to really make the reader feel her character's pain and conflict. The book moves along well and I disagree that the brother's names are a distractor. I recommend this book for a great character read and conflict that feels real. Ms Brewer did her research as well, because 90 days out of housing was the norm before the media embarrassed the military into letting widows stay longer. Great job, Ms Brewer!

Emotional...

Caitlin Calhoun was married only a few months when her husband was killed at war. She loved him with her whole heart and is heartbroken to be left alone. When a letter comes from a sperm bank asking if her husband's sperm should be destroyed or if she wants to pay for another year of storage, she decides to have his baby, being a single mother is better than being alone. When Caitlin learns that there was a mix up at the sperm bank and the child she carries is actually her husband's half-brother's she is at a loss of what to do. She did not even know this brother existed, and learns there is a third brother as well. Lucky, the baby's father decides he wants to be a part of his child's life, even if it means playing an indulgent uncle. His term with the navy is ending, and he is coming home to meet Caitlin as soon as he can. Caitlin is young and naive and makes a great heroine. She is the woman men want to rescue. Her honesty and beauty make Lucky fall head over heels, even if he does not want admit it is more than a physical attraction. Even after they become intimate he still thinks he can pick up and leave before the baby's birth. When he takes off and she does go into labor, he rushes back, knowing this is his second chance at happiness. Lucky is a great hero. Strong and military he has grown from a surly teenager who burned down his father's business to a man who honors his commitments. While he is not sure he is ready to be a dad and a husband, he realizes he cannot stand by and watch his son raised as another man's child. Beyond great characterization, Rogenna Brewer gives her book emotion. While this reviewer hopes the sperm bank never messes up, Ms. Brewer has taken a possibility and made it into a tale worthy of being told. This reviewer has taken on the status of fan for Ms. Brewer and will be watching for future novels as well as searching out her backlist. Review Courtesy of LoveRomancesandmore

strong military romance

Caitlin Calhoun mourns the death of her Navy SEAL husband Luke Calhoun, Jr. who died in the line of duty. 89 days 9 hours and 9 minutes since the two uniforms knocked on her door with the news she dreaded, Caitlin receives a letter from CryoBank of San Diego asking what to do with his semen specimen. She decides she wants his offspring so she goes to the cryo facility to get impregnated. However, Caitlin is unaware that her late spouse had an older half-brother with the same name; neither did the sperm bank. She learns later that she has been impregnated by the sperm of Luke Calhoun; just not her Luke Calhoun. Feeling she owes her half-brother-in-law the truth, Caitlin meets and explains to Luke "Lucky" Calhoun about the mix-up. The marine knows what he wants, which are Caitlin and their baby, but she is wary having lost one military officer she loved to the war on terrorism. Caitlin makes this contemporary romance works as she goes from grief to euphoria to shock to love to guilt in a believable manner. Luke the marine is a caring person who understands much of what his beloved is dealing with as he learns from her that his half-brother was also a good person. Readers will appreciate this strong military romance as Rogenna Brewer brews up a deep lead couple struggling with forming a relationship as the ghost of her late spouse, his brother, lingers in their minds.