#BABYMAKER

Book #2 of the #BABYCRAZY series, Ms. Dee and Ms. Ford spin a cute novella that easy to read despite how much I really detest reading novellas because they seldom start and finish a tale well. These two do manage to do so, and it’s great brain candy as long as you don’t have any bad experiences or PTSD moments involving anal sex. The only reason why I bring this up is that there is a group of reviewers who request that they be notified if a book does contain anal sex. Okay, it does! If you have issues about it, then don’t read this book! (I do not agree with downgrading a book review-wise because it includes a sexual position that makes you vomit. A writer doesn’t deserve that kind of abuse just in case you have issues. That’s what we call “personal preferences” and has nothing to do with reviewing.)

Connie is a woman/virgin who really wants to have kids. Her only sexual partners have been two guys who couldn’t get it up with her, and this is giving her serious questions on whether or not this might be due to her and not them. So she attends a class where the local fertility specialist educates his audience the IVF process is performed by his clinic (nice advertisement!). Chemistry erupts between the two of them immediately! She wants babies without having to deal with a guy in her life, and he wants babies without the need for a relationship. He offers to get her pregnant “the old-fashioned way” for free specifically to her. She initially gives her response — she refuses politely. He says fine, but wants to have sex with her anyway because he’s a busy kind of guy and deserves a little reward. Did I say she finds him absolutely luscious? You can only guess where this story goes.

Yes, it’s brain candy. And when Connie finds out later she’s pregnant (due to all that old-fashioned attempts at fertility treatments), she’s now realizing that she wants more than just a co-parent in her life. She wants a relationship, but he’s already stated that he isn’t made to do relationships. What now?

For being such a short novella, Ms. Dee/Ford manage to craft two characters that are fun and happy with their initial decision to get together and be a couple. She loves being at home. He loves coming home to such a wonderful housewife whose getting banged every night because she enjoys the sex. Yes, there is an HEA so don’t worry!

I appreciate that we don’t get into the angst game. I’m sick and tired of the heroine pining over her feelings and the need to disappear because she doesn’t trust her partner to reacting positively to the “I’m pregnant!” declaration. I wish the end didn’t come as so much as a rush, but it doesn’t feel rushed, does that make any sense? If anything, I would have liked a longer epilogue, but I love epilogues more than the usual reader, so it isn’t a horrible error in craft. (I won’t spoil the surprise!)

I do wish there had been better proofreading. Lots of misspellings, more so than the average spellchecker would be making. (Considering I just received an advertisement of “Yes! You, too, can be a proofreader without much education!”, I’m shuddering at the thought of how these two managed to published some of these errors. Gah! Girls! I’d do it for free without credit just so that this book would look more professional!) Continuity isn’t bad at all, considering that I’m a physician and can spot poor medical research a mile away. Dee/Ford doesn’t base their story strictly on medical. It’s romance and intimacy which they do manage better than other authors. That’s the only reason why I didn’t give this story a 2.5 stars.

I can’t wait to read the next one in the series!