Kate had learned certain lessons as Drake Daniels’s lover:
Lesson number one: the price of loving Drake was not to love him.
Lesson number two: never give him what he expected.
Discovering she was pregnant certainly fulfilled lesson number two. Drake had made it clear commitment and children were not on his menu. Now Kate must break her news. But when she sees Drake, passion kicks in, begging to be indulged again…
just once!
I freely admit that Harlequin Presents are like a form of crack for me. They’re one of my most guilty pleasures. Even though the heroes are complete overbearing asshats and the heroines are completely limp dishrags, I still pick them up every month and devour them – my inner feminist be damned. So naturally when I saw this one available for free at eHarlequin I had to download it. I was pleasantly surprised by this story. Kate was far from a dishrag and though Drake was surly in the beginning, he wasn’t a complete and total ass.
Kate and Drake have been lovers for years, but have always kept things light. Drake is a bestselling author and between books, he and Kate burn up the sheets. When he’s writing, however, he disappears and they sometimes go months without seeing or speaking to each other. When Kate realizes she’s pregnant she decides she needs to get to know more about the man he really is, to see if he’s the type of man who would make a good father. She finds his secret writing hideaway and books the vacation house next door, hoping to learn more about him over a month long holiday.
I think the best part of the story was the way Kate and Drake learned about each other and grew together. Kate has always respected Drake’s boundaries and never tried to push him for more than a casual affair, so there’s much about him she doesn’t know. He’s emotionally closed off, but he isn’t mean or bitter. He just doesn’t know how to open up. Plus, while trying to respect his wishes Kate sent out some mixed signals of her own, and Drake wasn’t ever sure she’d want more than casual with him.
This is a sweet story about two people coming to care for each other. I think it started with a bang and didn’t disappoint throughout. I really enjoyed ever aspect of it, especially the last 1/4 of the book.
4.25 out of 5
This book is available from Harlequin Presents. You download it here for free.
Ah! No tycoon Greek bedding the virgin secretary here! Looks like a good read. And the hero is an author! 😀
We all have our own crack addictions, I totally understand.
@KB – I know you of all people understand about crack. 😛
This is a really good read. It’s definitely not the norm for a HP.