By Erin McCarthy
Publisher: Kensington
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0758208472
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780758208477
Product Description:
Ordinarily, I'm a fan of pink-lovely colour, does smashing things for the complexion. But not when it's the bright, glaring stripe staring back at me on the pregnancy test. Then, pink is the colour of major oops, of morning sickness, of boyfriends who seemed decent but now are part of some Jerk Witness Protection Program. Still, I've got a few things going for me-bitter humour, a divine right to eat till I'm the size of Marlon Brando, and good friends who've managed to get me a job interview with one Damien Sharpton: in need of a personal assistant, and some say, a good, swift kick in the arse. If you want to make a lasting impression, by all means, toss your cookies in your future boss's wastebasket, which is located directly between his excruciatingly sexy legs. Apparently, Mr. Gorgeous-But-Unbearably-Anti-Social must like personal assistants who violate his trash can, because I got the job. And if I can avoid him via text messaging for the next seven months of health insurance, everything will be just fine. Except that he's just asked-no, insisted-that I go with him on a business trip to the Caribbean. Gulp. Ordinarily, this would be cause for celebration. Ordinarily, I'd shave my legs, pack my bikini, revel in day-glo drinks and my seething lust for Mr. Swarthy-And-Secretive. But there's nothing ordinary about this situation...which means it could be absolutely extraordinary...
Summary: Funny, Steamy... Just a GREAT Romance Story
Rating: 5
This book was great. There was humor, great loves scenes and an interesting plot that got me hooked. Falling in love with your boss is hard enough, but also being pregnant by another man has to be the worst. Damian is a broody man with a tragic past that has hardened his heart and only a lovely Brit who is his assistant can help heal the pain and melt his heart. This is the first book I read by Erin McCarthy, but definitely not the last. I grab several of her other books and cannot wait to get reading!
Summary: Huge McCarthy fan, but this one is not one of my favorites
Rating: 4
I can usually depend on getting an excellent read when I purchase an Erin McCarthy book. I absolutely love Houston, I Have A Problem, Heiress For Hire, and A Date With The Other Side. I went in reading The Pregnancy Test with excitement and high hopes of another excellent read. The Pregnancy Test fell short of the mark for me. I feel that probably most of the reason why is that I just didn't care for the hero and heroine like I do with her other stories. It was hard for me to sympathize with the heroine. It wasn't a lie exactly, but she neglected to tell the hero, her boss, that she was pregnant. This really bothered me especially after he asks her to go to the Caribbean with him. Plus, the whole story of Damien's first wife and her murder was a little too much. Pretty much everything with this story is too much.
The story begins with the hero, Mandy going for an interview for a job. She gets somewhat sick in the elevator, and embarrasses herself because she insults Damien, the one she is interviewing with, without realizing that she is talking to Damien. Anyways, she gets the job and Damien becomes interested in getting to know Mandy. He has pretty much alienated himself from everybody since his wife's murder. He asks Mandy to go to the Caribbean with him for work related purposes, but also because he wants to get to know her better. She intrigues him because she is constantly trying to avoid him. Go figure there because she doesn't want him to know she is pregnant. Her relationship with the baby's father didn't work out. They start to grow closer while on the trip, and when Mandy realizes where things are headed with Damien (in the bedroom), she tells him about her pregnancy. Plus, she wanted to share with him the baby's first movements.
The second half of the story is about them going about home and trying to go back to the way things were between them with him being the boss and her the employee without any romantic entanglements. But now that they've been together, Damien is not so sure he can go back to being the loner that he once was. And Mandy doesn't know how she can continue to work for him when she has developed deeper feelings for him. There are some very cute and humorous moments especially in this book, like when Damien reads a pregnancy guide and gets to the section on having sex while pregnant. Too funny! The Pregnancy Guide is not my favorite Erin McCarthy book, but it was ok. 4 stars!
Summary: A Pretty Good Read
Rating: 4
It's a pretty good read.
A little bit erotic. Some parts I'll admist made me blush lol but they were very well writtin.
Great for a summer read.
Summary: Pretty Crude
Rating: 2
I started this book really into it, thinking it would be a great read. And it was, up until the Caribbean trip. The sex scenes were so overly graphic, you'd think a teenage boy had written them. And the characters just got dumb after that. It was really hard for me to finish, and I agree with some of the other reviewers who saw the ending from a mile away. Initially I was going to try some of the author's other books, but this one was unnecessarily raunchy in my opinion.
Summary: Heartwarming, sexy and funny all in one!
Rating: 5
I found myself cracking up so many times throughout this book. At the same time the book was sexy and pulled at your heartstrings. My only complaint is that I want to know more about what happens with Mandy & Damien. I felt the ending was a tad rushed, but I still loved the book. I actually read this through the library but I am planning on purchasing this book for my personal collection - I can definitely see myself wanting to read it again. I highly recommend it!
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