by Teresa
Carpenter
Romance that transports the reader
with its romantic tenderness.
Teresa Carpenter's Her Baby, His
Proposal brings together in a marriage of convenience a woman
trying to care for her baby and a navy SEAL. The characters are lovable
and the tone is ever so romantic as the hero and heroine gradually grow
to love one another together and apart when the Navy deploys him. A bit
of spunk enlivens this gentle, tender romance. Teresa Carpenter's Her
Baby, His Proposal easily transports the reader into another world.
Jesse Manning got dumped. It's not just getting dumped but how she got
dumped by her no-good boyfriend the second the pregnancy test reads
positive. Cad, oaf and all around self-centered jerk are only a few
words to describe the biological father of Jesse's baby. When Jesse
collapses at the bar Green Garter, in steps Navy Chief Brock Sullivan,
Navy SEAL. A man full of duty and honor, not only does he take her to
the hospital but he offers her his house. That's not all he has to
offer her! With deployment just a heartbeat away, this serious Navy man
proposes marriage to Jesse! Broke and needing to care for her baby,
Jesse takes Brock up on his offer. Can this Navy SEAL give her
something she has never had before? Can this dutiful and honorable man
find that sometimes life is about more than duty and prowess?
Teresa Carpenter draws the reader into the heart of her romance from
the very beginning as Jesse's boyfriend Tad brazenly and selfishly
abandons her in the most insulting way possible to a mother-to-be.
Immediately, the reader feels her dilemma alongside the pain and
outrage. From his introduction, the reader feels Brock's desire for
Jesse before he learns about her pregnancy. After the initial dramatic
opening of this romance, Teresa Carpenter pulls the reader into the
story through her characterization. Jesse and Brock are lovable
characters, good people with good hearts who are kind to one another.
Jesse has a heart of gold and just enough spunk to balance her
dependence on Brock in this marriage of convenience. Brock is a man
serious in his commitments, a man of honor, but also a man who thinks
of women not just as duty but with a romantic twist when it comes to
their wedding. Brock is quite simply one great guy all the way around
from his body to his heart and soul. With each scene, the reader sees
more and more to love about both Brock and Jesse.
Despite the initial drama of the marriage of convenience, Teresa
Carpenter's romance develops gradually as the hero and heroine come
together through emails during his deployment. Through electronic
letters, Teresa and Brock share their lives, their hearts, their
laughter in manner that draws them together. Their relationship
develops naturally, as their two hearts grow together gently. Jesse and
Brock share a nice spunk, a spark of life and even fun humor between
them as they respond to each other and life's events. Teresa Carpenter
writes a beautiful scene in which Brock makes a connection between
Jesse's baby and his life as a Navy man that creates a tribute to those
who serve in the military. Several scenes between him and the baby
endear Brock to the reader, as he moves into his role as father with
love and a natural ease. Brock's return home exposes them both to a
deeper level of sharing and vulnerability, but Teresa Carpenter has
carefully laid the groundwork to believe in the hero and heroine's
romance. The narrative itself in Her
Baby, His Proposal is very smooth and gentle. The ever so
romantic tone of this book just transports a reader into their world.
Publisher: Harlequin
Romance (June 2008)
Baby On Board
