Her characters are so infinitely likeable and her writing so effortlessly readable that I don’t need a lot of flash and drama. Her stories are sweet and full of love and I can’t help but gobble them up. ~ Leigh, Guilty Pleasures
Blurb:
First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes baby in a baby carriage. Just not necessarily in that order. . . .
Braxton: I should probably be dead or in jail right now. Instead, thanks to some tough love, I worked my ass off and now I own a string of tattoo parlors throughout the Pacific Northwest. And yet the one thing I’ve always wanted—a family—still seems out of reach. When my best friend gets married, I’m just hoping to blow off some steam with the super-hot maid of honor. But after Cara Thompson tracks me down to tell me she’s pregnant, she’s more surprised than I am when I tell her I’m all in.
Cara: For the first time in my life, I’m living for myself—not for my parents and their ridiculous expectations. I gave up on my MBA, dropped out of the Ivy League, and moved to Portland to pursue my dream of becoming an artist. And what’s the first thing I do? Get knocked up. For a tatted-up sex god, Braxton Henley seems way too eager to “be there for me.” Is this guy serious? Maybe. He sure is patient. Because he won’t back down until I admit what I know in my heart: that our one night stand might’ve led me to the one.
I’m noticing a trend in the books I read by Stacey Lynn. Her themes may not be groundbreaking, but her characters are so infinitely likeable and her writing so effortlessly readable that I don’t need a lot of flash and drama. Her stories are sweet and full of love and I can’t help but gobble them up.
Knocked Up starts with Cara already pregnant by Braxton, so we come in after the deed has been done. While I would have liked to have been a part of seeing them meet and experiencing their initial pull to one another, I think the author did a great job working it in and allowing us to see how their feelings during that initial encounter set the stage for what was to come: the attraction, the misunderstandings, the fireworks. Cara came across as so likeable and strong (although, girlfriend took so much time off from work I’m not sure how she made a living), and Braxton was the type of “can’t judge a book by its cover” guy that I love. The seemingly tough, tattooed bad boy that really had a heart of gold. These two opposites worked so well together and made for such an endearing story.
Knocked Up was one of those stories that is perfect to pick up by the pool or on a rainy day. It’s low angst, low drama, but high on the feels and the love!
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