What Price Paradise by Katherine AllredMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
All his life Tate McCullom has been taught to be responsible, and he is the very model of what a respectable man should be. Until the night he gets drunk and sleeps with a woman he barely knows.
Now, six weeks later, she's pregnant, alone, and broke. Once again, Tate must take responsibility for his actions, and makes plans to marry his child's mother. There's only one problem...he has to tell his fiancée.
Abby Grayson hasn't had an easy life. As the daughter of the town whore, people either avoid her or think she's like her mother. For Abby, it's a struggle just to fill her belly and keep a roof over her head.
Loneliness and a secret yearning for this man she thought she'd never have led her to spend the night with Tate. But the last thing she needs is a baby when she can barely take care of herself. Desperate, but too proud to ask for help, she finally agrees to accept a job from Tate - the job of being his wife. Now she has almost everything she's ever dreamed of.
Unfortunately, only one thing will gain her Tate's love - his realization that the night he spent with her was no drunken accident. It was a last-ditch attempt to win the woman he really wanted.
I thought this book was brilliant! Easy to read in one sitting it's so good! Tate is a good man and always does the right thing - who would've thought that trait could also be a BAD thing too? Abby is truly down on her luck but not afraid to take help from others if it comes down to that. She is grateful for what she has although it's not much and her love runs deeply for those she truly cares about. I went through a series of emotions when reading this book - sadness, hopefulness, doubt, worry, anger, and happiness! Love the way Allred writes and will be checking out many more of her books from the library soon!
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