Product Description

Georgeanne Howard leaves her fiancé at the altar when she realizes she can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. Hockey superstar John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. This bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own. Still, a long night stretches ahead of them—a night too sultry to resist temptation.

Seven years later, Georgeanne and John meet again. She is on her way to becoming Seattle's domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. Shocked to learn that he has a daughter, John's determined to be part of her life. Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his car, but will he risk the wrath of his boss, and one final chance at glory, to prove that this time his love will be everlasting?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33496 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

From Amazon.com
In this saucy romance, charm-school graduate Georgeanne Howard has only two real talents: cooking and talking. Her Mae West-like body, though, is what attracts Virgil Duffy, a man old enough to be her grandfather but richer than Croesus. But when it comes time to actually marry Duffy, Georgeanne just can't go though with it. She makes her escape with bad boy John Kowalsky, the star hockey player for the team that Duffy owns. John has no idea that the gorgeous babe he is about to have a one-night stand with happens to be his boss's bride-to-be. It's not an auspicious start for a romance, but romance Georgeanne he does. Seven years later, Kowalsky discovers that their one night of unforgettable passion produced an incorrigible little girl who is even wilder than her parents--and Georgeanne is even more beautiful than he remembered.

Ingram
Georgeanne Howard can't marry the wealthy older man who's waiting for her at the altar. But her only route to freedom is with John Kawalsky, one of the bad-boy hockey players from the team her wealthy fiance owns. The two spend one night together, but John is at the height of his career and isn't looking to settle down. When their paths collide again years later, John discovers there is a reminder of the time they spent together: a daughter! Ads in "Romantic Times" .

About the Author

Rachel Gibson's first two romance novels—Simply Irresistible and Truly Madly Yours—were named among the Top Ten Favorite Books of the Year by Romance Writers of America. And in 2002 True Confessions was awarded the RITA^® for the Best Single Title Contemporary Romance of the Year. She has won numerous awards, including the Golden Heart and National Reader's Choice.

Customer Reviews

2 stars for potential, but......
it never went anywhere. The whole synopsis of the book occurred in the first 50 pages and then there were 250 more to go and I could care less. There was no chemistry between the h/h the way there was in See Jane Score and True Confessions. And as for their daughter, she was the sterotypical annoying kid who talks baby talk even though she's seven years old. Gibson tried to show that the h/h had their vulnerabilities and were wounded souls, but she never brought that out onto the pages. I'd skip this one.

Hated the hero.
I haven't finished the book yet, but I just had to chime in and confirm that this book has the most unappealing, unsympathetic hero of any romance I've read in a long while. I mean, he had a one-night-stand with his first wife, and marries her when he gets her pregnant. After their son dies he proceeds to cheat on her numerous times, leading her to commit suicide. Then, while drunk, he marries a stripper whom he divorces a day later. Then he has a one-night-stand with the heroine, and dumps her at the airport the next day. This is all in the first 50 pages!! I thought we would actually see some introspection on his part, and perhaps understand why he was such a [jerk] in the past. But, that didn't happen. The heroine was little better. A very sad and confused woman with absolutely no self-esteem or self-respect. And, frighteningly, she's raising a 6-year-old who you suspect won't turn out much better. Also, I know I tend to be a stickler for grammar, but it drove me absolutely crazy that the 6-year-old repeatedly said "gots" instead of "has" or "have," yet none of the adults in her life ever corrected her. Apparently her first-grade teacher never corrected her either. Drove me crazy. Anyway, this is an okay book to read on the beach, but there are many better that would do much better. I certainly wouldn't spend any money on this one.

Not her best
It's probably not fair that this was the third hockey romance that I read in a short time period because while it's a very good book, it had trouble with the competition. Georgeanne and John were likable enough characters but the story just does not stand up to Body Check by Deirdre Martin (the best of the three) or Rachel Gibson's latest book, See Jane Score.