A Baby For Mommy
Cathy Gillen Thacker
Harlequin American Romance, Oct 2009, $4.99
ISBN: 9780373752829
In Fort Worth, single dad Dan Kingsland struggles with raising three children with the help of his ex wife’s uncle. He hopes some good cooking will bring some peace to the chaotic household so he hires Chef Emily Stayton to at least cook them a good tasting meal. He fails to notice that she is pregnant; if he did he probably would not have hired her.
Emily plans to leave Fort Worth after the holidays to go home to her family’s peach orchards, but accepts the job temporarily with the Kingsland brood so she can earn some needed money. However, Emily is unable to leave as planned due to the machinations of some sly youngsters; Dan is exhilarated as he and the others in the household have fallen in love with the chef.
This is an amusing charmer that looks at what truly makes a family as DNA is not enough, but caring and loving are. Dan is terrific in a sort of naive way that endears him to the readers as he will remind fans in some way of Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life though he is not a widower. The kids bring humor as Chef Emily regrets falling in love with them, their father and their great uncle because she must leave unless the brood can convince her “home is where the heart is.”
Harriet Klausner
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