Review: Cute but missing something
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
Beach Bar Baby by Heidi RiceGrade: B-“Aye-aye, Captain. But be warned. I’m on a mission tonight to get whatever I want.”After getting some devastating news from her doctor, Ella Radley decides that she is in desperate need of a vacation. Soon it’s so long England, hello Caribbean! Ella spends most of her vacation alone or fending off married men and their advances until she meets Cooper Delaney on a boat excursion. For once Ella goes with the chemistry she feels with Cooper and spends the last night of her trip having a wild one night stand. Back in England Ella realizes she brought something home with her and now she has to track down the sexy boat captain and tell him the news that will change both of their lives forever.Cooper Delaney left Indiana years ago for the Caribbean and has spent the years building his empire and living a carefree life. While helping out a friend Cooper finds himself captain of an excursion and unable to keep away from the sexy Ella Radley. After one night of mind blowing sex Cooper finds Ella has left but that doesn’t stop him for thinking about her for months after their fling. While heading to Europe for business Cooper decides to stop in England and surprise Ella but she’s got a major surprise of her own. Cooper must decide what to do now that the woman of his dreams is pregnant with his baby and how to convience her he’s finally changed his playboy ways.I am a sucker for any story where the couple has a fling and ends up pregnant. I was very excited to read Beach Bar Baby and for the most part really enjoyed it. Upon completion of this book I found out that there was one before it, Cupcakes and Killer Heels which focused on Ella’s best friend Ruby. I wish that I would have read it before this one because I was a little confused in spots, especially about Ruby and Ella’s relationship. I don’t think reading Cupcakes and Killer Heels is a must but I do recommend reading it before starting Beach Bar Baby just so you have the whole picture.Now on to Cooper and Ella! I really, really, really liked these two and I found them to be very sweet and fun to read. I liked that Ella fights for her and her baby to have Cooper in their lives but she doesn’t allow him to walk all over her. I had a few problems with Cooper towards the end but he did redeem himself before he did anything really stupid. I loved that Cooper went to Europe to see Ella and that even though he has some major commitment issues he can love and really wants to love Ella.All in all I really liked this book. I found it very cute and a lot of fun to read. I do wish that we could have seen how Cooper was through all of Ella’s pregnancy and how they handled the rest of their adventure. I do think that I am going to go back and read Ruby’s book so that I can get the whole picture of these two best friends.