Review: Hated the heroine
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
This story had the potential for being a great book.  I loved the humor that the author gave the hero.  I thought he was a great guy. He discovers a baby on his deck, a note saying she was the result of a few days in the islands with what he thought was a pretty nice gal but in reality was a skank.  She lied about her name, her address, and her phone number.  He never questions that the baby might not  be his.  He takes her in and sets out to give her a good life and to be as good a father as he knows how to be.  He is willing to learn.  Of course, this little girl turns his life upside down.Then he meets a baby nurse from the local hospital.  What a bitch.  Right away she judges him to be less than worthless because he had sex with a woman while on vacation and even tho he used protection she gets pregnant.  Now, remember he never questions that the baby may not be his.  He is trying to get some professional advise on how to handle a 2 week old baby.  There is never a lot of scorn for a woman that would go off and leave a 2 week old  baby on a guy's deck not knowing if he was at home, taking weather in to consideration, etc.  Just him for having sex with this woman.  Oh, like he is the first guy to have sex while on vacation.So, he has marks against him because of this deed.  NEVER is he given any credit for taking this infant in, trying to take care of it, buying it everything it needs, not wanting to report it to police for fear they will take the baby and put it into foster care.  He doesn't even want to do a DNA because if he isn't the father she will become part of the overloaded system and who know what will happen to her. I really don't like the heroine at all and have a hard time understanding why he wants to pursue her except that she is attractive and has a great body.  Must be a guy thing.  She is a judgmental prig.She runs a school for potential father's.  Mostly teenagers that had sex with girls they got pregnant and are now paying the price.  However, you NEVER hear her say one negative about these worthless shits!  Her little program is losing all its funding so it is going to be cancelled.  Since the hero is wealthy, and she needs money, then why not dun him for a donation.  I think PRIG is too nice a word for her.  I have to wonder, why not hold the meetings in her home, donate her time, and use supplies the hospital has already paid for?  OH no, let everyone else finance HER IDEA and HER program.  I don't like her at all.He finally gets her to go out with him.  His baby sitter cancels at the last minute so he decides to just take the baby and make the best of it.  He takes her to a very swanky restaurant.  She mentally slams him for the prices and how she could use the money to fund her project and if he could afford the restaurant he could afford to give her money for her project because as we all know by now is a far, far greater thing to do with one's money.  UGHI quit reading, the book was just pissing me off.  I will say this on the positive side.  HE has a terrific sense of humor and it is laugh out loud funny just about every time he opens his mouth.  It is not an easy thing to make a character funny and really give him that kind of personality, so applaud the author for that.  The whole thing involving the nurse was a stinker.  I did not like her and wished he would find someone that really deserved what a great guy he was.  Not many men would assume the role of father to a baby they didn't even know existed.  She seemed way to eager to overlook all his good qualities and dwell on the fact that he had sex while on vacation.  You may enjoy it.  It pissed me off.