Daddy Wanted
Published by Prism Book Group
Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: June 18, 2013
Words: 64,450 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781940099002
A game designer in NYC, Grace wakes up one morning to discover she has lost her job and her roommate is pregnant. Determined to solve both problems, she searches for jobs online and sets up an ad to find a daddy for the child. How hard could it be in a city of eight million people? She soon learns it is both risky and dangerous. She wonders if Russell, who lives downstairs, is a safer bet, but why is he always stalking her? And why is it that the only one who will listen to her is her roommate’s turtle?
Russell, an IT repairman, is going to be the best man for a wedding in Minnesota. He needs a date, but the woman on his arm must be the Perfect Woman. According to his list of specifications, Grace will fit the bill—until he finds a pregnancy test kit box in the garbage. Deciding she’s only a little bit pregnant, he offers her a business deal, an all expenses paid trip to Minnesota with no strings attached. But when Grace insists on bringing her roommate along, Russell is in for a surprise.
Grace knows she's not perfect, but circumstances push her to aim high, June 18, 2013
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This review is from: Daddy Wanted (Kindle Edition)
Within a couple hours, Grace's life changes: she discovers her best friend's pregnancy test kit in the bathroom garbage, the guy in the apartment downstairs appears to be obsessed with her, and she loses her job. The latter problem makes helping her friend nearly impossible, so she does the next best thing: she places an ad to find a daddy for her friend's baby.Easy peasy, right?
Not so much!
Caught up in her quest to fix her best friend's problem, tunnel vision blinds her to some major issues; one of them being that not everyone who answers an on-line classified ad is above board. She runs into some...interesting...characters, to say the least.
Russell, the guy in the apartment below Grace, likes what he knows about her. She doesn't wear makeup and she dresses demurely. His best friend's grandfather--Russell's mentor--is dying and it's his wish to see Russell settled down with a good woman. However, Russell doesn't have any intention of marrying for a good long time, but he's willing to give the performance of his life to make his mentor happy.
Grace, The Perfect Woman, as Russell comes to think of her, fits the `pretend girlfriend' bill to a `T'...until he accidentally discovers the pregnancy test in the trash. That's when misunderstandings arise, opinions change, and Russell and Grace struggle to deny their growing feelings for each other.
Russell makes it his mission to find the baby's low-life father--the one who'd `taken advantage of a good girl like Grace'--and Grace adds Russell's name to the Daddy Wanted shortlist.
DADDY WANTED is one of those stories that keep you reading to the lovely end. The story flows beautifully, the dialogue is quick, smart, and real. Before reading Daddy Wanted, I wasn't particularly interested in turtles. However, Ms. Marzec changed my mind by introducing the supporting character, Ulysses. I would never have used the word sweet to describe a reptile, but Ulysses smashes through my preconceived ideas.
Great book! I highly recommend it.
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Penelope Marzec d a great job on this story.
ReplyDeleteIt's an enjoyable read, no doubt about it :)
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