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Baby Love

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This is the most unbelievable book I have ever read. And that is not a compliment. It was so bad that even when it should have been good in parts it was bad. I like reading romance books to get away from the everyday things but this is more like a sci-fi than a romance novel. There is no way any of this could have happened. At no time did I even care about the characters or what happened to them. When I usually read before bed I have a hard time getting to sleep but with this book I had no problem falling to sleep. The first book I read from this author was Blue Skies, which was an excellent book. So I went out and found another book by the same author hoping for the same standard of writing and boy I was disappointed. I will give her writing one more try but first I will read the reviews and see what everyone else thought about it first.

I really enjoyed reading this book. This was my first Catherine Anderson book and won't be the last. It's a story of how two strangers meet and help one another. It's a little too over the top in some ways, the dirty cowboy bum riding the trains around who happens to be a millioniare! But when I read I want to escape to places and with people who are a little over the top. That's the great part about losing yourself in a good book!! Maggie character was so clear, Anderson describes her and her background that you feel you know her and what she has been through. One of the strongest charcater I have read. Although I haven't been into the whole cowboy/romanace thing, I found this book to be surprisingly good and a fast read!! I would recommend this book highly, but it is a little too good to be true!!

This novel is the first of a 3-part series (Phantom Waltz & Sweet Nothings are the other two). It's pretty good, but if you've read a lot of Catherine Anderson, you'll note that her M.O. is all over this. That's either good or bad, depending on your viewpoint. Anderson always gives us an interesting plot, with just enough twists to make the romance interesting without pretending to be anything other than a romance. And, as usual, we get the too-good-to-be-true hero who falls hard for the heroine who is either imperfect or is in an imperfect situation. I know that all romance novels have heroes that are really fairy tale heroes, but Anderson's heroes even go beyond the usual. This, to me, is a drawback.

In this novel, Rafe (the hero) falls almost instantly in love with Maggie (the heroine) and her son. He falls so hard that he gives up his hobo existence and his drinking to help them. Lo and behold: he happens to be a multi-millionaire. Oh, and by the way, he's also gorgeous, kind, patient, etc., etc., etc.
He asks Maggie to marry him to help her out of her bad situation. Here's the part that annoys me: Maggie starts to become annoyed at the attention she's receiving from Rafe & others in his family. So readers are supposed to understand when a sick, homeless, destitute, single mother running from her psycho stepfather gets annoyed at the gorgeous, kind, patient, multi-millionaire who volunteers to save her???? Get real! Anderson does this in all her novels. Although I like the fact that her heroines have interesting personalities, it gets on my nerves that they never seem to appreciate being helped by the hero. This is completely unrealistic even for a romance novel.

That's the major problem with this novel. If you can live with that, you might find it interesting.

I gound baby love is a great read. It is just a little dissapointing that Ms Anderson deliver a "too funny" conversation between the two subjects. I reckogn if i were put in Maggie situation, i would not too appreciate a person who talked me into a joke and still shine as a charming prince. And I don't believe Rafe could be so easily fall head over heals in love with a woman who apperently rejected and hurted him from the very beginning and still try to keep nonchallant appearance by delevering joke around her. Somehow i like the plot, but i don't think the whole situation are spoken with eagerness... it tends to be boring somewhere between pages (maybe the story doesn't ring to be real-er?).

I really enjoyed this book, We all dream of a Rafe someone that is rich and with a warm heart, as for Maggie her and her son were so luck to have found him. It is such a beauiful story about love the kind you always hope to find I know I have found mine. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I did Happy Reading

Maggie is running and running scared. With her newborn infant in tow, she jumps on a freight train in order not only to get away but to hide her tracks. Naively, she believes this will be her ticket to a better life. What she doesn't expect is to find the boxcar already inhabited by several drunken transients. When two of them, traveling together, try to attack Maggie, the third comes to her rescue.

Rafe Kendrick is running, too. Running from his memories but can't escape them. After losing his wife and children in an accident for which he blames himself, he left his home, drank himself senseless, and has pretty much kept himself drunk for a couple years. But when he sees Maggie's need, he decides to help.

Maggie is very secretive about her personal life, not willing to divulge her last name, her hometown, or details about how she received the bruises covering much of her body. Rafe is afraid she's running from the law. Knowing she needs to rest and a good meal, he accompanies her to a motel in a little town in Idaho where he pawns his wedding ring to provide Maggie and her infant son with food, clothing, and shelter. When Maggie becomes too ill to care for her baby herself, Rafe knows that he has to stay sober in order to help both of them.

But when Maggie becomes so ill she needs to be taken to the hospital, secrets are revealed putting her life as well as that of her infant son, in danger. Once again Rafe comes to her rescue. Of course Rafe has a few secrets of his own, the most important being that he isn't just your ordinary downtrodden transient.

How these two wounded souls are able to heal one another is an inspiring story from one of romance fiction's most talented authors. Rafe and Maggie are able to give one another the happiness neither one ever expected to find. Catherine Anderson hooks the reader from the very beginning and until its dramatic conclusion she doesn't let go. BABY LOVE is another winner in a long list of keepers from this talented author whose books consistently tug at the heartstrings and pull at the emotions. Don't miss this one.

Baby Love was heart warming, intense, romantic and so much more. This story is about a woman who had a hard life. Bruised badly Maggie runs away from her life, with her only care in the world, *her baby*. Maggie finds her gardian angle... drunken, filthy, not having much luck in his own life, and yet very rich, Rafe Kendrick takes Maggied under his wing and teaches Maggie the good side fo life. Baby Love could be the next Cinderella Story... This book tells a story of rags to riches but for Maggie a new look at what love can really be like. I would recommend this book to any dreamer of love. Its a true romance!

I was grabed right from the start and drawn into the character's lives. I enjoy the emotional depth we can always expect in Ms. Anderson's writing. It slowed down briefly after the hero took the heroine to his ranch and they had to decide whether to make theirs a real marriage but finished with a great ending.

This book had my full attention from start to finish! I am a first time reader of Catherine Anderson, but from what I have seen from Baby Love I will defiantly look for more of her books. I felt almost every emotion through this book. This book is about a woman who was robbed of her childhood, self respect and lost all trust on human life. And one day it all turned around and she was given a second chance. It was a true romance love & trust lost and then found agian. Heart warming to the very end! This has been one of the best books I have read in a very long time.

Catherine Anderson is a wonderful author. I don't usually read romance novels, but there is something about her stories that just draws you in. Her characters are unique, and you care about them so much. The men in her stories are just amazing. If there are real men like that in this world, I wish I knew where to find one! I am definitely hooked on Catherine Anderson.