I’ve got a pretty great life, if I do say so myself. I made a fortune when I sold my tech start-up, and I’ve spent the years since partying, drinking, and inviting a parade of women into my bed.I should be happy, but I feel an annoying lack of fulfillment, and there’s no way I’m going back to the work I did before. At a friend’s party, I meet Marissa. We have hot sex against the door and agree to … the door and agree to spend the weekend together. Just one weekend. I never expect to see her again.
Except now she’s pregnant with my baby…and I think this is the solution to all my problems. This is what will bring meaning to my life. I’m going to be a devoted father and husband.
Marissa—whose last name I still don’t know—wants me to be involved, though she rejects my marriage proposal. But before the baby arrives, I’m going to prove to her that I can be something other than a playboy.
And the rare times I set my mind to something, I don’t fail…
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Everything’s backwards in this story…
First she kisses him, then tells him her name.
Then he bangs her against the door, then they undress.
After this, they eat pizza.
Then she finds out she’s pregnant after their two night stand, & his solution is to ask her to marry him (admirable, maybe, but no… !).
Two weeks after this, he asks her what her last name is…
<3 Vince... He’s really more of a playboy recently, but he’s quite loving & funny. I love the way he acts with his niece Evie (at one point, he sees that she cries during a song he sings, so he tells his brother that she loves this song just so he can tell his brother that he’s terrible with kids).
The lullaby moment with Julian, oh my... <3
I continue to love the Fong family - especially Po Po, who I originally met in the book “Mr. Hotshot CEO.” I liked seeing how Courtney is doing now, as well.
Vince is really great... Although Marissa completes him very well, he still needs to see what he needs, what he wants for himself, in order to be fulfilled.
<3 this story, worth reading.
This was delightful from start to finish!
Even though the title made me giggle, and in spite of the OMG premise (they spent a no-strings weekend that started with him fingering her in public, moving on to sex against a door, and ended with Vince still only knowing her first name…I mean, this is a Jackie Lau book??? Yes. Yes, it is… 🙂 ) I honestly couldn’t put this one down. It made me giggle–a lot–and even laugh out loud more than once. I wasted no time Googling what in the world “matcha” is (yep, I’ll totally eat a double matcha cheesecake, especially if Vince wants to bring me one. Or twenty. In his three piece suit or no, I’m not picky here) and spent a good chunk of time wondering what book was Julian’s ( Mr. Hotshot CEO , WHICH I ALREADY OWN, GOSHDARNIT. What is wrong with me? Must read ASAP) just because there were so many references to his and Courtney’s past that I decided I *must* know the story there!
In spite of all of those pleasant book-related distractions, I had a hard time putting this book down until I was done. I had to keep reading, to find out what Vince could possibly do to get Marissa to finally say yes (the second proposal was particularly painful), how many different “cravings” Marissa could realistically claim to have and get fulfilled, and just how gosh darn adorable Vince’s niece Evie could be (the answer to that one? Pretty gosh darn indeed). At times, their HEA seemed a distant hope, despite everything that drew the two of them together, and I nearly despaired.
But of course, it is a Jackie Lau book, so despair not! Their HEA is achieved, their baby turns out just as (more? Vince thinks more, but he’s slightly biased) adorable as his cousin, and there’s another Fong brother in the family to give us another book. In other words, I’ve read Pregnant by the Playboy, and all is once again well in the world! 😉
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
Raw and gut-wrenching romance!
Wow! What a dirty start! This is by far the kinkiest book I’ve read by this author, and I absolutely loved it! Marissa and Vince meet at a party and they instantly ignite in fiery hot passion!
After spending an exquisite weekend together, life goes back to normal. Until several weeks later, when Marissa gets the life-changing news and knows that regardless of Vince’s reaction, she’s going to embrace her impending motherhood.
Vince is a consummate playboy, on the outside at least. Inside, he’s still struggling to find his purpose in life after becoming independently wealthy by selling his start-up company. Marissa’s news lights him all the way up inside and he believes that taking care of her and their baby is his new lease on life.
Their relationship slowly builds as each wants more from the other, but not more of the same thing. The writing is so honest, so heartrending, you really sympathize with each of them as they struggle to deal with their own self-realizations as well as try to figure out what their hearts want with the other. There are no easy answers here, just refreshingly brutal authenticity and surprising emotional depth.
I have mad respect for the author’s nonchalant approach to diversity and inclusion, sprinkling it far more liberally than I’ve seen in any other book. I loved the extended family characters, and loved getting caught up with Julian and Courtney. As much as I’ve loved all of this author’s previous books, this one is hands down the best. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.