To A MacAllister Born

The Baby Bet #4

by Joan Elliott Pickart

To a MacAllister Born by Joan Elliott Pickart released on Oct 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Joan moved to a sleepy little town in Arizona, situated on the Mexican border, when she was thirteen. She has 3 grown-up daughters and a grandson.

When she isn't writing, she enjoys watching football, knitting, reading, gardening and attending craft shows on the town square.

Reviews

[Diane Haag · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided to give this author a second chance - liked this story slightly more than the first one I read. The two main characters waffle with their feelings throughout the story - should I keep seeing this person? should I kick them out of my life? I found it frustrating that the male lead continued to look for imagined plots by the female, due to his past experiences, while the female lead had multiple "conversations" with herself as to whether she should let Jack continue to come over or she should go back to hiding behind her imaginary walls to keep the world out.
This story contained too much angst for me - probably won't read this author again

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a cute book and definitely in the middle of the series. Although within the series the book did almost a great job of standing alone although the author should have given a bit more information to new readers about the baby bet.

The plot wasn't complicated or hard to follow along. Basically it is the story of a emotionally scarred single mother who is trying to raise her son when love strikes her just out of the blue after hearing her son's basic wish of getting a daddy that he doesn't have to return.

The writing was simplistic and could have used another round of editing for there were several instances where the word was missing. And in one place the character of Jack had his name replaced with the dead ex Joe.

Otherwise the characters were given a bit of a strong personality so they didn't bore you. There were times of comedic interest but it is the heartfelt plea of the little boy that will touch you. Definitely a cute story with an all-too-guessable plot and ending.

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