Review: The Daddy Pact
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2012
The book as a whole was a good romance read but there are events in  the book that are just unbelievable.At the story's beginning we met a woman so desolate inside that she was willing to do murder just to feel something and feel closer to her dead husband, that I can understand and made sense.We met the hero next, he is filled with a guilty conscience, full of `should haves' and `would haves' as he and his family hurt for his brother's crime. This situation too made sense and a very universal emotion. In his desire to ease his guilt he tried to approach the family of his brother's victim and offer help and when he saw an opening he grabs it with both hands. Good story so far.Now the heroine's former in-laws' threats pretty much pushed her into the hero's wide open arms in marriage. We watch them learn of each other and get to know them as well and see the romance bloom between them amidst family trouble after trouble. To say they survived fires together is fitting considering the wringer the author put them through, though sometimes the wringer is too tough, they are also very apt.I understand the heroine's doubting the hero's love near the end and though it was very dumb move, the hero's way of convincing the heroine is very unique, hilarious, and romantic.Now you asked why my eyebrows rise more than once? It has to do mostly with the heroine's quicksilver change of mind/actions towards the hero at the start of their acquaintance. Logical, yes but considering she was ready to do murder a few hours ago then reaching out and saying sorry for slamming the door on his face, and then meeting him for lunch to finally accepting practically a blank check three hours later (yes, three hours later after she thought to kill with a gun) is emotionally unbelievable for me. Did I mention that her action was towards the brother of the man who confessed shooting her husband to death? Of course I always said I am more bloodthirsty but seriously? Also the heroine became a push over since she agreed to work/collaborate with the hero - for the baby's sake. Sure she blurts an opinion here and there but between the hero and her friend they always manage to change her mind after a few 'convincing' arguments. Of course the hero's offer of marriage is also a bit over the board but I might excuse that for his guilt so that's pretty much negligible but it bears mentioning as his parents said there are always one solution to a problem. And I still don't know what happens to the shot coach but I am guessing it will be resolved in another book.Other than that, it's a good story and I agree, it's a bit different from the regular romance you pick up these days. The events on the story, the progression, the flow of the plot is different, even uniquely presented.