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Making Babies
248 pages
A pragmatic baby-making pact melts into unexpected tenderness in this classic marriage-of-convenience romance.
What it feels like
Reading this contemporary romance feels like wrapping yourself in a comforting, familiar trope. It moves at a brisk, engaging pace, balancing the sting of starting over after a difficult divorce with the hopeful, swoony warmth of unexpected love. The mood is tender and optimistic, anchored by the delicious tension of a strictly-business arrangement inevitably giving way to genuine affection. The prose is accessible and emotionally direct, inviting the reader to experience the shift from pragmatic planning to undeniable passion. It is a perfect fit for readers who delight in the marriage-of-convenience trope, especially when it involves a protective hero who falls hard and fast, proving that the best-laid plans often lead to the sweetest romantic surprises.
- Mood
- hopeful
- cozy
- swoony
- Tone
- playful
- earnest
- romantic
- tender
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- marriage of convenience · starting over · desire for motherhood · unexpected love · mixing business with pleasure
- The writing
- Accessible and emotionally direct, balancing lighthearted romantic tension with genuine emotional stakes.
- The arc
- From post-divorce vulnerability and pragmatic planning to unexpected tenderness and romantic fulfillment.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love classic contemporary romance tropes, especially marriage of convenience and baby-making pacts.
Content notes
- divorce
- pregnancy and desire for a child
About the book
MAKING PLANS, MAKING FRIENDS... MAKING A BABY?
Elaine Lowry is a divorcee with a plan: to have a baby on her own. Why shouldn't she have the child she always dreamed of - the child her ex-husband is now having with his new wife! As if it's not enough that he's taken the house and, with it, her social standing.
Enter sinfully handsome lawyer-for-the-opposing side Mitch Ryder. Feeling guilty about the part he played in Elaine's divorce, he takes over as landlord on her apartment before it's sold right from under her. Mitch offers himself as a daddy candidate on one condition: their marriage needs to be all business. But Mitch can't help the tender protective feelings he has for Elaine, especially when they make love for the first time. And besides, who says business comes before pleasure?
Description from Open Library.
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