I’m not the best person to review books, because I never want to spoil the outcome and I worry about how much I say or how little. I’ve yet to find a way/style to do it so that it conveys how much or how little I like a book. I sure hope I do this one the justice it deserves.
This is Shannon’s second book about the Kowalski family whom I fell in love with in “Exclusively Yours“. (Notice I didn’t say final, because I’m hoping in a couple of years that Shannon finds it in her heart to make the kids grow up and give us peeks into this endearing families lives–or she can age them quickly like in a Soap Opra and that’d be just fine too!)
Author: Shannon Stacey
On sale date: Nov 01, 2010
Category: Contemporary Romance
Romance
eISBN: 9781426890727
One-night stand + two percent condom failure rate = happily ever after?
Bar owner Kevin Kowalski is used to women throwing their phone numbers at him, but lately he’s more interested in finding a woman to settle down with. A woman like Beth Hansen. If only their first meeting hadn’t gone so badly…
Beth’s tending bar at a wedding when she comes face-to-face with a tuxedo-clad man she never thought she’d see again. She tries to keep her distance from Kevin but, by last call, she can’t say no to his too-blue eyes or the invitation back to his room. Then she slips out before breakfast without leaving a note and, despite their precautions, pregnant.
Kevin quickly warms to the idea of being a dad and to seeing where things go with Beth. After all, he’s not the player she thinks he is. But she’s not ready for a relationship and, given his reputation, it’s going to take a lot to convince her to go on a second date with the father of her child…
I’m extremely lucky to have Shannon as a friend, because she graciously sent me a copy of “Undeniably Yours” before it hits the shelves, so to speak, on 11-01-10. You can preorder yours here. And trust me when I say you’re going to want to get this book.
If it’s possible, I loved this book more than “Exclusively Yours”. Kevin and Beth pulled at my heartstrings in more ways than one. There was just something about their chemistry, their thoughts and their interaction that reeled me in hook, line and sinker.
While I adore a good fairy tale, this book was very real. I could totally relate to the Kowalski family as it reminds me of my own husbands big brood. They’re a very real American family who still value and live by their own rules–a family who plays together and is there for each other no matter what and let’s face it, there’s a real lack of family foundations these days. But Shannon doesn’t beat you over the head with it because it’s something that just comes naturally to her and comes out in her writing.
On the other side of the spectrum is the heroine, Beth Hansen. She’s an only child–not by choice–her mother struggled with a lot of miscarriages before having Beth and the result of that left Beth feeling smothered, so she’s become a Nomad, much to her parents dislike. New Hampshire is just another peg in her map so to speak and she longs to move to Alburquerque the first chance she gets and she almost dashes when a one-night-stand with Kevin Kowalski leaves her pregnant, but she doesn’t, instead she tells Kevin they’re having a baby.
The best way for me to sum this all up, without giving spoilers as I’ve written and deleted stuff too many times in this post is simply this:
For anyone else this could be a recipe for disaster. It’s one part pregnancy without so much as a first date, two parts hormones, add one big, loud, loving family, a bar and Kevin’s BF Paulie–who has a lot of secrets of her own–some laughter and tears, shake them all up and devour it page by page. You won’t be sorry!
