The Baby Notion
Daddy Knows Last THE BABY MAKER? Rugged cowboy Jake Spencer liked how babies were made - but wasn't about to make one himself! Then he heard that the sexiest single gal in New Hope, Texas, was planning to visit the sperm bank. Suddenly, convincing Priscilla to do her daddy-donor hunting the old-fashioned way seemed infinitely appealing. Priscilla Barrington would do anything to have a baby.So when a devastatingly attractive bachelor like Jake Spencer tried talking her out of Plan A, she decided to make him her Plan B. This latest baby endeavor involved candlelight, sating sheets and seducing a certain marriage-shy cowboy into leaving his boots by her bedroom door - permanently!DADDY KNOWS LAST: Five connected novels about love, marriage - and Daddy's unexpected need for a baby carriage! Daddy Knows Last
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Table of Contents
Cowboy Jake Spencer’s Surefire
Plan For Staying Single:
1) Avoid all women who want babies! This pretty much includes every female in New Hope, Texas.
2) Don’t allow yourself to be turned by a pretty face and a pair of tight jeans, especially if the long-legged beauty is one baby-wanting Miss Priscilla Barrington.
3) No matter how desperate her situation may seem, don’t invite the lady to stay at your ranch. She’ll just try to win you over by cooking dinner and ironing your socks.
4) Whatever happens, don’t believe for a minute that she’s really going to visit the sperm bank. It’s your baby she wants—and it’s your hand in marriage she’ll take!
Dear Reader,
Cowboys and cops…sexy men with a swagger…just the kind of guys to make your head turn. That’s what we’ve got for you this month in Silhouette Desire.
The romance begins when Taggart Jones meets his match in Anne McAllister’s wonderful MAN OF THE MONTH, The Cowboy and the Kid. This is the latest in her captivating CODE OF THE WEST miniseries. And the fun continues with Mitch Harper in A Gift for Baby, the next book in Raye Morgan’s THE BABY SHOWER series.
Cindy Gerard has created a dynamic hero in the very masculine form of J. D. Hazzard in The Bride Wore Blue, book #1 in the NORTHERN LIGHTS BRIDES series. And if rugged rascals are your favorite, don’t miss Jake Spencer in Dixie Browning’s The Baby Notion, which is book #1 of DADDY KNOWS LAST, Silhouette’s new cross-line continuity. (Next month, look for Helen R. Myers’s Baby in a Basket as DADDY KNOWS LAST continues in Silhouette Romance!)
Gavin Cantrell is sure to weaken your knees in Gavin’s Child by Caroline Cross, part of the delightful BACHELORS AND BABIES promotion. And Jackie Merritt—along with hero Duke Sheridan—kicks off her MADE IN MONTANA series with Montana Fever.
Heroes to fall in love with—and love scenes that will make your toes curl. That’s what Silhouette Desire is all about. Until next month—enjoy!
All the best,
Senior Editor
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This one’s for Curtiss Ann Matlock,
my cowboy connection.
DIXIE BROWNING
has written over fifty books for Silhouette since 1980. She is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America and an award-winning author who has toured extensively for Silhouette Books. She also writes historical romances with her sister under the name Bronwyn Williams.
Meet The Soon-To-Be Moms
of New Hope, Texas!
“I’ll do anything to have a baby—even if it meansgoing to the sperm bank. Unless sexy cowboyJake Spencer is willing to be a daddy…the natural way.”—Priscilla Barrington, hopeful mom-to-be.
THE BABY NOTIONby Dixie Browning (Desire 7/96)
“I’m more than willing to help Mitch McCord take care
of the baby he found on his doorstep. After all, I’ve been in love with that confirmed bachelor for years.” —Jenny Stevens, maternal girl-next-door.
BABY IN A BASKETby Helen R. Myers (Romance 8/96)
“My soon-to-be ex-husband and I are soon-to-be
parents! Can our new arrivals also bless us with a second chance at marriage?” —Valerie Kincaid, married new mom.
MARRIED…WITH TWINS!by Jennifer Mikels (Special Edition 9/96)
“I have vowed to be married by the time I turn thirty.
But the only man that interests me is single dad Travis Donovan—and he doesn’t know I’m alive…yet!” —Wendy Wilcox.biological-clock-counting bachelorette.
HOW TO HOOK A HUSBAND (AND A BABY)by Carolyn Zane (Yours Truly 10/96)
“Everybody wants me to name the father of my baby.
But I can’t tell anyone—even the expectant daddy!” —Faith Harper, prim, proper—and very pregnant.
DISCOVERED: DADDYby Marilyn Pappano (Intimate Moments 11/96)
Jake stepped out of the barbershop feeling naked after his long overdue haircut. Pausing on the dusty sidewalk, he pulled a list from his shirt pocket, squinted down at it and then checked off one more item. That made…let’s see, florist? Check. Shady Grove Cemetery? Check. Bank? Yep. Barber? Yep. Which left the hardware store, the grocery store and—
“Hey there, Jake.”
He glanced up and smiled. “Hey there, Trilla Dean.”
“You going to the dance Sunday night?”
“Honey, you know me and dancing. I’d cripple half the women in New Hope if I was to show up at a dance.”
“You’re not all that bad.”
“I’m worse, and we both know it.”
She giggled. “I’ll save you a dance, anyway, just in case you decide to come.”
“You do that.” Jake grinned and shook his head. Trilla Dean Moyers was his age. She’d put on about fifty pounds since they used to make out in the back of his truck, but with her big blue eyes and her slow, sweet smile, she didn’t look a day over twenty.
Jake took out another list—Pete’s grocery list, this time. Squinting some more, he muttered, “Two dove’s eyes,” and translated it to two dozen eggs. He didn’t know which was worse—Pete’s writing, or his own reading. Jake figured either his eyes were going or his arms had gotten shorter.
