Expectant Father
Melinda Curtis
Harlequin SuperRomance, Sep 2005, $5.50, 299 pp.
ISBN: 0373713010 Nearing forty, National Interagency Fire Center Fire Behavior Analyst, Becca Thomas decided to become pregnant, though she is not married. She researched whom she thought would provide good genes, and decided that Hot Shot Aiden Rodas is perfect. She seduced the hotshot and became pregnant, but hid her delicate condition from the man she has since avoided like he has the plague.
However, her success at eluding Aidan ends when they are forced to work a dangerous Montana blaze together. He takes one look at her belly, does some quick mental calculations, and profiling Becca as someone who would not sleep around, he concludes she is carrying his baby. He demands a major role in raising their child, expected to be born in under two months.
The protagonists are an intriguing duo, as Becca has no explanation that is acceptable by the responsible playboy who impregnated her without his knowledge. His demands cramp her thoughts more than the fetus she carries. However, in spite of a fabulous pairing of a likable couple, the star of Melinda Curtis' deep thriller, are the fires, as she interweaves into the plot the danger and the modern techniques in battling an inferno.