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Summary: Spooky beach Setting! Handsome Hunk!
Review: Megan Lancaster is eight month's pregnant with "Another Woman's Child". A couple of problems though ... The other woman who Megan has agreed to be surrogate mom for has been killed and so has the real dad!!! Turns out someone is now after Megan!!! And this person wants her and her baby dead.
Could the real killer be the handsome hunk who seems to be following her around?
"Another Woman's Baby" has an excellent setting. Joanna Wayne makes you feel as if you yourself are living all alone in a large, creaky old beach house during the off tourist season on the gulf coast. Very well done!!!
Reviewed by Jan Springer, Romance Author
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Summary: Spooky beach Setting! Handsome Hunk!
Review: Megan Lancaster is eight month's pregnant with "Another Woman's Child". A couple of problems though ... The other woman who Megan has agreed to be surrogate mom for has been killed and so has the real dad!!! Turns out someone is now after Megan!!! And this person wants her and her baby dead.
Could the real killer be the handsome hunk who seems to be following her around?
"Another Woman's Baby" has an excellent setting. Joanna Wayne makes you feel as if you yourself are living all alone in a large, creaky old beach house during the off tourist season on the gulf coast. Very well done!!!
Reviewed by Jan Springer, Romance Author
Rating: 
Summary: Another Woman's Baby -- 3 1/2 Stars
Review: ~Joanna Wayne begins a new miniseries called Hidden Passions in "Another Woman's Baby." Megan Lancaster returns to her hometown for Christmas nine months pregnant. A surrogate mother, Megan agreed to carry her best friend's baby before the parents were killed. Now Megan is struggling to decide what to do with the baby when Bart Cromwell arrives in her life. Bart is secretly trying to protect Megan from a danger she doesn't know she faces. Can he also help her make a family with her baby?"Another Woman's Baby" is a well-written story with an emphasis on the relationship between Bart and Megan. It is slowly paced with good development and scenes that help us to see how they fall in love. Though the book does take place within a few weeks, this is a nice change from most Intrigues, where the characters are on the run and fall in love in a few days. Because the characters are in one place, they have the opportunity to learn about one another. Bart is a protective and kind hero. Megan is strong and determined. Readers who enjoy the kind of love story where the characters spend a lot of time together and get to know each other will enjoy this one. Readers who enjoy strong suspense in their stories may be disappointed, because the romance is the strength of "Another Woman's Baby," not the suspense. I found the suspense portion of to be too obvious and boring. I suspect many mystery readers and diehard Intrigue readers will find the same. Within a few chapters, I immediately guessed everything that was ultimately revealed about Megan, the birth mother and why someone was after her. There's really only one solution to the mystery that will ensure not only a happy ending, but an ending that will wrap everything up so neatly and place a bright red bow on top. This makes it far too easy to guess the big surprises in the end and may leave some readers bored or frustrated waiting for the characters to come to conclusions they already have. If Wayne had made it seem like any other solution was possible it would have made the story more suspenseful. It also would have added to the emotional drama. Issues are tied up so neatly the characters don't have to make any tough choices. They're all made for them. Also, while the slower pace adds to the romance, it lessens the suspense. The villain's threats are spread out over so much time that I wondered why this person didn't seem in any hurry to get rid of Megan if that was really the goal. Though Wayne's setting and tone is atmospheric, the suspense plot was too obvious for me. Had the ending been more of a surprise, I would have enjoyed the story more. Instead, it became a too-predictable waiting game and I was bored. Romance readers should enjoy "Another Woman's Baby" more than mystery readers.
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Summary: Another Woman's Baby -- 3 1/2 Stars
Review: ~Joanna Wayne begins a new miniseries called Hidden Passions in "Another Woman's Baby." Megan Lancaster returns to her hometown for Christmas nine months pregnant. A surrogate mother, Megan agreed to carry her best friend's baby before the parents were killed. Now Megan is struggling to decide what to do with the baby when Bart Cromwell arrives in her life. Bart is secretly trying to protect Megan from a danger she doesn't know she faces. Can he also help her make a family with her baby? "Another Woman's Baby" is a well-written story with an emphasis on the relationship between Bart and Megan. It is slowly paced with good development and scenes that help us to see how they fall in love. Though the book does take place within a few weeks, this is a nice change from most Intrigues, where the characters are on the run and fall in love in a few days. Because the characters are in one place, they have the opportunity to learn about one another. Bart is a protective and kind hero. Megan is strong and determined. Readers who enjoy the kind of love story where the characters spend a lot of time together and get to know each other will enjoy this one. Readers who enjoy strong suspense in their stories may be disappointed, because the romance is the strength of "Another Woman's Baby," not the suspense. I found the suspense portion of to be too obvious and boring. I suspect many mystery readers and diehard Intrigue readers will find the same. Within a few chapters, I immediately guessed everything that was ultimately revealed about Megan, the birth mother and why someone was after her. There's really only one solution to the mystery that will ensure not only a happy ending, but an ending that will wrap everything up so neatly and place a bright red bow on top. This makes it far too easy to guess the big surprises in the end and may leave some readers bored or frustrated waiting for the characters to come to conclusions they already have. If Wayne had made it seem like any other solution was possible it would have made the story more suspenseful. It also would have added to the emotional drama. Issues are tied up so neatly the characters don't have to make any tough choices. They're all made for them. Also, while the slower pace adds to the romance, it lessens the suspense. The villain's threats are spread out over so much time that I wondered why this person didn't seem in any hurry to get rid of Megan if that was really the goal. Though Wayne's setting and tone is atmospheric, the suspense plot was too obvious for me. Had the ending been more of a surprise, I would have enjoyed the story more. Instead, it became a too-predictable waiting game and I was bored. Romance readers should enjoy "Another Woman's Baby" more than mystery readers.
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