The Boss's Baby: Expecting

Description from the book back cover: When her fiance ditched her, Olivia Johnson's world was blown away - and with it her natural caution. She went to the office party and seduced her handsome boss! Not that Lewis Altman protested. His once prim and proper PA had turned into a wild, wanton woman and soon he and Olivia had more than just a working relationship! But Olivia had a secret that she dared not tell Lewis - their first reckless encounter had led to more than just an affair: she was expecting his child! EXPECTING! She's sexy, successful ... and PREGNANT!

OK, a little bit of mindless fun can be found in these Harlequin Presents books. But I am beginning to see a theme here - affairs with the boss and unexpected pregnancies! I'm starting to have sympathetic morning sickness! As usual, I judge them against similar books since they could never hold a candle against other substantial romances and definitely not "brilliant" in my opinion. Olivia gets dumped, and then decides to turn the tables on a man. Not just any man - her boss, the rather conservative Lewis. He, too, is suffering after the breakup of his marriage. The rather mousey Olivia drops all her inhibitions with a few glasses of champagne at the office Christmas party and proceeds to seduce Lewis after they slip off to his office. As the alcohol wears off, Olivia is horrified and regretful. They both part to go on Christmas holiday with plans to "forget it ever happened." -- No such luck since Olivia finds herself pregnant! Lewis (after much persuasion on his part) manages to seduce Olivia back before finding out about the pregnancy. His (almost) ex-wife shows up once and insults and belittles Olivia. Since Olivia figures Lewis is on the rebound, she refuses his offer of marriage. All he cares about is the baby, right? How long will it take until he breaks through her defenses and convinces her he really does care? There were some good secondary characters. Lewis's mother was great and promoted Olivia's independence, as long as she was independent nearby with the grandchild. Olivia's family was great too. For once, both main characters had normal loving childhoods - yea! (I was beginning to see a theme with that in these too!). These all seem to take place in Australia so there are a few words unfamiliar to an American but not difficult to figure out. I am amazed at some of the obvious misspellings - and wonder whether there are editors reading these rather short books? But this is a fun one - quick and the expected happy ending.

I think this book is just terifick, it is brilliant ad I couldn't of asked for more in a book.