Without Love
by Theresa Stillwagon
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Pub Date Feb 12 2018 | Archive Date Apr 15 2019
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Description
Caterer Emma Cook isn't having a good day. Pregnant at thirty-three by a rich and engaged man, she is forced to sign an agreement to keep the baby a secret. She's more than willing. The sooner this is settled, the sooner the whole mess is behind her. Yet when she arrives for the meeting and spies Lucas Benjamin, her real trouble starts. Luke's life, since the death of his beloved wife, has been taking care of his older brother's problems. So he's not surprised when a lawyer contacts him with the details of his latest affair. What does surprise him is his reaction to the woman. Usually he just offers a large sum of money and the difficulty is resolved. But this isn't so easy. This woman doesn't want anything from the Benjamins, except to raise her child alone. An easy solution, so why isn't Luke happy about it? It's too easy for both of them to let down their guard and trust. Can they overcome the fact that another man's baby grows inside her? Will the closer she gets to her due date change everything?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781509219339 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 450260
I received a copy of Without Love by Theresa Stillwagon from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Overall, this novel missed the mark for me, but I do think it had potential. I felt that the plot should have been interesting given the story's summary, but the plot wasn't evenly paced and the main characters' chemistry wasn't really believable.
I'd give Without Love by Theresa Stillwagon 3 stars.
Maggie J, Reviewer
I have really mixed feelings over Without Love. You find out about half way through the book that Emma’s difficulty with becoming pregnant caused her first marriage to end. Former husband remarries and his new wife is pregnant. This is her reason for having sex with Mark Benjamin, a man she just kind of picked up at a bar. His brother/lawyer Luke is taking care of the ‘arrangements’ in connection to the pregnancy. There is an instant connection between Luke and Emma that cannot be mistaken. I love those kind of instant connections!
There are two big concerns with this romance. I cannot get over the fact that her uncle/lawyer/judge left her Luke following that meeting. Even Mark left the meeting leaving Emma and Luke alone together. Even as a book and fictional, that is so far from realistic I could not get past it. With some other way these two might have connected following the meeting, I could go for it, but never leaving a lawyer and the other client alone together.
The other big issue I have is the way each of the families reacted in the pregnancy and then, the romance between Emma and Luke. The acceptance was too easy! Maybe if this had not been a novella and allowed for more time for the families to ‘adjust.’ I believe Ms. Stillwagon has potential; so, I will try reading her work again, but this may not be her best. As long as you know about the two issues I mentioned and are okay with them, you will still enjoy the book.
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