Reviews for One Mother Wanted

The average rating for One Mother Wanted based on 1 review is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-29 00:00:00 James Britt This is the book that started my binge on Jeanne Allan's books. The premise just stabs my heart. At her sister�s wedding, our heroine Allie meets the daughter of her ex-fiance Zane�the daughter that her cheating, drunk louse of an ex-fiance irresponsibly begot from a one-night stand five years ago. Flashback five years ago: when she was away at school, she heard reports that Zane was drinking and driving. She confronted him with it and he accused her of not trusting him and spying on him. In a snit, she handed him back her engagement ring. In a huff, he hightailed it to the nearest bar where he drank himself stupid and set out to prove that he was still desirable to someone other than Allie. Stupid is as stupid does. Two days later, he returned to Allie, all apologetic but omitting to mention his infidelity. She accepted him back and fell for his promise to change for the better. So, their engagement was back on again. But of course, this is HP-land and one-night stands are seldom without repercussions. Shortly before their wedding, he informed her that the infamous night resulted into a pregnancy and that he was going to have to do the honorable thing and marry his baby�s mother. I give the heroine's reaction two-thumbs up then. She behaved the way I would have, given the bombshell: hurl the ring back at him, slay him with curse words, and airbrush him out of my life ala-Stalin. Unfortunately, I couldn�t rate her actions quite as highly five years later. When she next meets him again -- at her sister's wedding -- she has lost her spunk. Or I would say...vindictiveness. And this is why the book is so frustrating after all that delicious, angsty set-up. When they next meet again, she turns into a loser. She holds all the aces yet she ends up with the joker each. and. every. time. The guy tricks her into helping him with a filly? she acquiesces. The guy needs a nanny for her daughter? she gets guilt-tripped into doing it. The guy needs a surrogate wife to fight a custody issue? she falls for the emotional blackmail and marries him. The guy accuses her of being a selfish stepmom? she accepts it. The guy changes his mind and foists child upon her because he again needs a caretaker? she�s grateful because he trusts her. Where is his big comeuppance? Where is his grovel? Why is it that she is the one who has to prove her love for this rancher-oaf? Isn�t there some kind of cosmic justice out there? For all the wonderful backstory, the book simply didn�t live up to expectations. Skip this Jeanne Allan book for her other ones or be prepared to do a mental rewrite of your own. 2nd book in a series of 4: One Bride Delivered One Mother Wanted One Man to the Altar One Husband Needed