Pregnant and Incognito

Day Quinlan dazzles talk show audiences for eight years until she announced she was not renewing her contract during a live broadcast. When she slips into the limo waiting in front of the studio for the last time, Day Quinlan ceases to exist. In her place is the pregnant Dana Cantrell, now living in a remote cabin in Cougar Creek, Arizona. There Dana attempts to recover from betrayal, rediscovering an identity far apart from the sparkling world she once inhabited.Three months after moving to Cougar Creek, Dana is out hiking when she finds a wounded hawk. She gets too close and receives a vicious peck before master falconer Connor McTavish can warn her away. Dana and Connor have much in common. They both are wounded, having walked away from careers that once meant everything. But they keep their pasts carefully concealed, even as circumstances draw them together. Unfortunately, those pasts will prove quite divisive when they come to light.Hawks become a symbol of freedom and choice in Pamela Browning's PREGNANT AND INCOGNITO. As their mutual love for hawks draws Connor and Dana together, they are each faced with their own challenges that hold them captive. Although Connor at times appears too overbearing in the early part of the book, he softens considerably as he rediscovers forgotten social skills and as the relationship between himself and Dana grows. Dana is a wonderfully convincing character, especially when illness strips her of her proper social veneer and she becomes a typical out of control hormonal woman. Connor's reactions to her hormonal tirade are likewise typically male until he gets a grip on them - providing delightful entertainment for the reader. Indeed, much of the plot in the early part of the book feels a bit predictable, but the second half presents some delightful and unexpected plot twists. Highly recommended.