Linda Warren, The Bad Son

The Bad Son

Linda Warren

Harlequin SuperRomance, October 2006, $5.50

ISBN: 0373713754

Waco family lawyer Beau McCain loves Macy Randall, but he has little hope of gaining her trust, as she was burned badly in her first marriage. Adding to his unhappiness is that he believes she sees him as her big brother, someones strong shoulder available when she needs one.

When her troubled pregnant sister Delia comes home to give birth, Macy turns to Beau for strength, as she knows that her sibling is incapable of nurturing a child. However, when her sibling abandons her newborn Zoe, Macy needs Beau even more so. He finally tells her he loves her, and she says she cares too much to tie him down with a woman who cannot bear children. However, Beau has a new incentive to persuade his beloved that they can raise a loving family together, starting with the baby left behind.

THE BAD SON is an interesting contemporary romance starring two likable lead characters who readers know early on love one another, but seem doomed to never forging a relationship beyond friendship, though the baby obviously serves as a matchmaker. In some ways Delia is the more fascinating character, as the audience observes her destructive behavior, and even after she leaves, begins to learn about her legal issues on top of her behavioral problems. The fourth McCain brother tale is an interesting family drama.