title: Knocked Up
author: Lynn, Stacey
description: First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes baby in a baby carriage. Just not necessarily in that order. . . .
  
  
  Braxton:
  I should probably be dead or in jail right now. Instead, thanks to some tough love, I worked my ass off and now I own a string of tattoo parlors throughout the Pacific Northwest. And yet the one thing I’ve always wanted—a family—still seems out of reach. When my best friend gets married, I’m just hoping to blow off some steam with the super-hot maid of honor. But after Cara Thompson tracks me down to tell me she’s pregnant, she’s more surprised than I am when I tell her I’m all in.
  
  
  Cara:
  For the first time in my life, I’m living for myself—not for my parents and their ridiculous expectations. I gave up on my MBA, dropped out of the Ivy League, and moved to Portland to pursue my dream of becoming an artist. And what’s the first thing I do? Get knocked up. For a tatted-up sex god, Braxton Henley seems way too eager to “be there for me.” Is this guy serious? Maybe. He sure is patient. Because he won’t back down until I admit what I know in my heart: that our
  one night stand
   might’ve led me to
  the one
  .
  Praise for
  Knocked Up
  “Stacey Lynn always knows how to perfectly balance sexy and sweet, and has a modern writing style that makes all of her stories feel fresh and fun.”
  —
  New York Times
   bestselling author Lauren Layne
  “A broody alpha hero with heart . . . I fell madly in love with Braxton from the very first page. Prepare to pull an all-nighter with
  Knocked Up.
  ”
  —
  USA Today
  bestselling author Stacey Kennedy
  “
  Knocked Up
   is secret-baby trope perfection! Loved the very sexy, overprotective Braxton. A great read!”
  —Wendy S. Marcus, author of
  All I Need Is You
  “Braxton is your ultimate tattooed father-to-be—sweet and ever so sexy.”
  —Stina Lindenblatt, author of the
  Pushing Limits
   series
  The steamy standalone novels in Stacey Lynn’s Crazy Love series can be read together or separately:
  
  FAKE WIFE | KNOCKED UP
  
  
  And don’t miss her passionate Fireside series:
  
  HIS TO LOVE | HIS TO PROTECT | HIS TO CHERISH | HIS TO SEDUCE
  
  
  This standalone ebook includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.