I reviewed this previously for RT Book Reviews magazine and you can see my review in a previous month's edition

I enjoyed this second chance romance story about Taylor and Joe. When Taylor finds out that her boyfriend just got married and that he used her, she does what she always does, she runs. This time she ends up in the small town of Charity, Montana. The townspeople are just like the town's name, well, most of them are. When she finds out that she is pregnant shortly after arriving, she is not sure what to do. Joe is an ex-con. He owns the local nursery as well as being the town's resident handyman and landscaper. There is something between them, but they are both wary of a relationship. When Taylor's ex shows up and threatens to sue for custody of the baby, things change in the town for Taylor. This was a sweet story that I enjoyed. I might have given it four stars if the storyline of the custody battle had not come to a rather simple end. I liked both of the main characters as well as some of the secondary ones. The town has some quaint aspects to it, as well as the mean girl, but overall, it seems to be a sleepy little town, that is home to quite a few ex-convicts who have pretty much turned their lives around. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.

3 out of 5 stars, Taylor (Free Spirt) thought she had a great life until a coworker shows her a newspaper clip that informs her that her current boyfriend got married to someone else that previous weekend. So, while being mad as all hell, she flees him and where she was living to move on to Charity, Montana. There she starts a new life and enters into a small town community that takes helping out one another to an extreme. Yet, she can’t help but be drawn to the town’s charming gardener even though he’s an ex-con. Then her life takes another unplanned turn, will she be able to get her life back on track or will everything be taken out of her hands for good?

I loved the premise of this novel, which is why I stuck with it even though I struggled to get through it at times. Nevertheless, I found this novel sweet and was charmed by Joe and the delightful town that Taylor had moved too. It was very creative how Ms. Marshall took on Taylor and Joe’s lives and getting to see how they overcame everything that was thrown at them. It was the main reason why I was able to root for them as they go through their struggles while watching their relationship grow and seeing them get closer together.

All in all, it was a very sweet romance that I would recommend to those wanting a unique contemporary novel to read.

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This was a second chance love story. The book was ok. The story just didn't pull me in and I didn't fall in love with the characters either. "When Taylor’s ex comes to town, he threatens everything that Joe and Taylor have built together." This part of the story could have been so much more but it just fell flat to me. There was build up and then it just ended.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Tule Publishing for supplying a copy of Lynne Marshall's "Her Baby, His Love" in exchange for an honest review.

I’m giving this one 3.5 stars … I’m not quite comfortable with giving it 4 but it definitely doesn’t deserve 3.

As you can imagine this story spends a lot of time delving into trust issues. Taylor has had some really bad luck with men and so she’s pretty much at the point of thinking they are all going to treat her poorly. Then when she does meet one that seems like he could be different, he turns out to be an ex-con. Not having known anyone who has gone to jail, she’s pretty much only got stereotypes to go off of. It’s a slow process as Joe shows Taylor what an up-standing guy he is, regardless of a stupid choice in his youth.

There is a lot of back-and-forth on the romance side of things as they both struggle with timing and their own histories. I can understand where Taylor comes from on a lot of stuff but Joe really is a good man and he shows it. There comes a point where I think that some readers might be tired of her attitude but luckily she figures things out.

Loved the sweet story about misconceptions, judgment, starting over. Taylor left a cheating boyfriend behind and moved to charity. She not only find a second chance to start over but found love with someone she least expected. Joe was given a second chance to start his life over. He's not looking for love until he met Taylor. As the work thru their insecurities and secrets they both realized that their love is worth fighting for. Recommended read.

Forgiveness and acceptance are strong themes in this gentle love story from Lynne Marshall. Both Taylor and Joe have come to Charity, Montana to start new lives. Taylor has sworn off men after discovering the boyfriend she thought loved her had married someone else behind her back. Joe made a foolish mistake while at university, ended up in jail and is now working hard to establish himself as an upright citizen. The attraction between these two is immediate but they both have prejudices to overcome and trust to build. The pace of this story is slow and gentle, which matches the style,of story writing. There are plot twists which add sparks of interest here and there but it's not an edge of your seat story. Nonetheless it left me with a smile on my face.

A woman who has been lied to, betrayed in the worst way... and finds out not from the man himself... but from a co worker and article...She is determined to start over. Finding a small community, she goes about rediscovering what she needs...She is lucky to meet the man who runs the location where she is living... as her new home needs some TLC.
Both strike a friendship of sorts and when she finds out she is with child... things become even more complicated. These two have to work out the attraction they feel, the differences they have and the threat of the ex lover.

Lynne Marshall brings to life the characters she writes about and the settings add so much to the story and this is a story about a heroine Taylor Clark who has a hard time trusting but to love she needs to learn to trust and who better than to help than the people of the small town of Charity and one very gorgeous hero Joe Collins although he has a few issues that Taylor needs to get over first. Their journey is one that has a few hurdles to jump first but those hurdles always add to a story.

Taylor has moved towns to get a new start in life she has been duped by a few men in her life and she is over trusting any man, but when she settles into her new job and house and now finds herself pregnant and alone she is determined to manage. Her landlord Joe Collins and neighbours Dixie and Ram help but getting close to Joe could be a mistake for Taylor you see he is an ex-con not trustworthy material.

Joe has lived here in Charity for a few years now and has been celibate for four of those years he runs the nursey and is always there to help but when new comer Taylor moves in he is hard pressed to remember he is celibate he is attracted to her in more ways than one and now that she is pregnant well that pull seems even stronger.

I loved how the town and Joe rallied around for Taylor when the ex-boyfriend shows up and I loved seeing how she finally realized that Joe is one trustworthy and very lovable hero and to see them start a future together with the baby had me smiling. A thoroughly enjoyable story that will pull you in.

Taylor Clark doesn’t have good track record as far as her past boyfriends. Her latest one is the worst, when she finds out her boyfriend was married over the weekend via newspaper clipping. She couldn’t live in the Ventura anymore so she packs up and headed to small town Charity, Montana..
When she was faced with not so great looking cottage she already leased for a year that doesn’t make her feel good about moving. When her exuberant neighbor Dixie welcomes her to new town, it made her feel better and tells about her handyman “Joe” who also works at the nursery.
When her property manager Joe shows up to the house to paint, she is faced with tattoed ex-cons working on her house. She immediately went to complain to Joe and gives her mind about ex-cons. And then she finds about Joe is an Ex-con as well.
Taylor didn’t want to fall for a wrong guy again.. She was sure Joe wasn’t the right guy. But she is faced with another problem. She is knocked up by her ex-boyfriend. Now she had to think of her baby as well.
Through out her pregnancy, Joe and her quirky neighbors were the only ones helping her. Finally Taylor is slowly opening up to Joe and getting closer. She was slowly feeling better about being in Charity.
Her scumbag ex-boyfriend wants to find her and wants to keep her as well as his new wife. So he hires private detective to find Taylor. When she was found, now Taylor is facing more problems and feels lonelier than ever.
Who will she trust and what will happen to Joe??

A lovely easy to read book, draws you in from page 1 and leads you on one women's journey to try and stop running away from things and people
Thoroughly enjoyable reading even got a copy for my mum as mothers day gift

a great love story.Taylor has ran away from her old life, she has been hurt again by a lying cheating man and she is sworn off men for good. Joe doesn't want any complications in his life it is too full as it is but there is something about his new neighbor that needs.
Can they both be more than friends or will a new development end it for good? They both learn things about each other that shock them and they both try pull away from each other but they both realize that they are better together. A great interesting story.

A sweet story of redemption. Finding a reason to trust again after a lifetime of disappointment leads to a new chance on life for Taylor, and Joe finds a way to forgive himself for past mistakes by becoming a good and honest man. They're an adorable couple ... and it's a pleasure watching them find their way to each other.

Taylor Clark is looking for a fresh start after finding out that yet another man has let her down in life, so she moves to Charity, Montana. From the start, she's attracted to the property manager of the house she's renting, but she's not ready to let another man into her life again ... and when she shockingly realizes she's pregnant with her ex's baby, it just complicates the situation even more!

Joe Collins is attracted to Taylor as well, but he leads a different type of life here in this small town, and he's not sure about adding a relationship to the mix. They agree to be friends and tell each other their secrets, but along the way they continue to rely on each other and grow closer. Taylor is able to overcome the fact that Joe is an ex-con, and Joe is willing to step up and care for her more than anyone ever has.

When her ex shows up in town making waves, will their fledgling relationship be over, or will they find a way to get their happily-ever-after?

***SPOILERS***
I requested this book from NetGalley because the plot sounded really good, and the story itself was enjoyable. Unfortunately, I wasn't a fan of Taylor. At all. By the end of the book, the word “ex-convict” made me want to scream because Taylor would not stop thinking the word every single time she thought about Joe. Joe was a ridiculously great guy who made a stupid mistake as a young man and paid the price for it, he was also a man who never even once judged HER for her own past mistakes while she literally judged him for his as if it were her job. It didn't matter to her that he wasn't that guy anymore, that he went to church and support group meetings and that he lived clean and respectably for three years before she rolled in to town and started labeling him a criminal, she acted as if he were fresh out of jail and still doing the things that got him sent there to begin with. It was absolutely ridiculous how often she used his past as an excuse to act holier than thou. I'll be honest, by the twenty-fifth time she asked herself if she could get past his being an ex-con, I was hoping he would find someone else to be with because he deserved to be with someone who wasn't using his past as an excuse to push him away. But he persevered despite it all and there was a happily ever after.

Despite my dislike of Taylor, this book was not awful. I really liked her neighbors and the small town of Charity, the small amount of drama between Taylor and Arlene, and I even liked the story line that happened with regards to Taylor's pregnancy and the baby's biological father. All of the characters were fleshed out well, and the author's writing talent definitely showed. If Taylor hadn't spent the whole book being so blasted judgmental, this would have easily been a four star book.

If you like a book about a nice little small town that likes to give second chances (even if our heroine doesn't), a little drama surrounding a baby's origin story, and really fun side characters that make the story enjoyable, you would probably enjoy this one.

I requested an ARC of this book via NetGalley and was under no obligation to write this review.

I’m going to be in the minority on this story, but I could not like much about Her Baby, His Love. I wanted to, the idea of the story is interesting but the delivery was simply not to my taste.

I cannot recall when I disliked the heroine this much. She’s had some tough luck with men, okay been there done that, we all have. Yet the way she tosses every male under the bus of her loathing for the species is too much. Her prejudice toward ex-convicts simply angered me. In her opinion, no one deserves a second chance and every single person who has done time, no matter for what, is painted with the same brush. Taylor would have made an excellent villain, for that is how I thought of her for most of this story.

To be honest, I finished this one only because of the commitment to NetGalley in producing a review. In looking over the reviews on Amazon and Goodreads it seems that I am most definitely a small percentage of readers who feel this way. I’m not going to tear apart the story and justify my reaction to this one – I’m simply going to leave it at… this one was not for me, but there obviously is an audience that will enjoy it.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

Loved this sweet read by Marshall. She kept me wanting more.

A great small town romance with unlikely couple. A single pregnant newcomer and an ex con. Both with trust issues but they learn to over come them. Both are trying to make fresh starts in their lives, and Taylor believes a friendship is all she can give to Joe, but soon that friendship blooms into so much more.

I really enjoyed this romance, so much more than romance of starting over and learning to trust. Loved how the small town came together to help, well almost everyone. This is my first book by Lynne Marshall and will not be my last.

This is a hard one to review for me. I liked the overall premise of the book, after ending a bad relationship a young woman moves to a new town for a fresh start. Shortly after arriving she dis covers she's pregnant. What I didn't like was how judgmental the h, Taylor, was while everyone in town was so accepting of her. The book is well written and the characters are well developed. Not a bad book but not a favorite of mine.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Her Baby, His Love by Lynne Marshall that I read and reviewed.
This book is a very sweet romance book. Taylor and Joe are both looking for new starts but for totally different reasons. I don't want to give too much away because of spoilers but Taylor has been hurt and wants to keep men in the just friends zone but there is something about Joe that draws her near.
I really enjoyed this book and found it to be a very fast read for me. It was a very pure romance book without hardly any sexual content at all and had a bit of religion mentioned so if you you enjoy this style of romance books you will love this book.
I am giving Her Baby, His Love four out of five stars.

A story about love and second chances in life. It was a fairly typical romance. An easy read, but nothing remarkable in this story for me.