Book Review - Mommy Midwife - Cassie Miles

Title:  Mommy Midwife

Author: Cassie Miles

Review:  This is not a large book and it starts well.  I enjoyed the story and the romance even though most of it was right before the baby was born, but a few things bothered me. 

I didn’t like that it moved so fast and seemed to miss important details and things I wanted to know.  Her parents had amazing lives and her sister also and yet the author just alluded to those and left the reader hanging.

Also the ending was too fast for me…I wanted more and I wanted the author to spend more time on the ending and not rush it like she did.

I think this book is good except for what I stared above and I believe this author can improve her stories by giving them more dimensions and time.  Fifty or more pages would have been reasonable and made a much more pulled together book that many readers would enjoy.  With the back-story of both characters and especially her family, I think this could have been a much better book and more fulfilling to the reader.

Publisher: Published August 7th 2012 by Harlequin(first published August 1st 2012)

ISBN: 9780373696352

Copyright: 2012

Pages: 224

Quick Review: 3 stars (out of 5)-

 Why I Read It:  Sent by the publisher for review.

Synopsis:  Staying several moves ahead has kept Troy Weathers alive in the world's most explosive hot spots. So when this marine learns that Olivia Laughton is being stalked, he immediately takes her and their unborn child on the run. His instincts tell him it will require more than skill to keep them safe—and to prove just how much he wants to stay in their lives. Olivia has no problem trusting Troy to keep her safe, or following his orders. It's believing their one night together was more than just a passionate fling that seems riskiest of all. Still, with time running out and an unsuspected enemy closing in, Olivia knows Troy is her best chance at survival…and their baby's only shot at a promising future.

 

Author Biography : Cassie grew up in a small town at the very tip of southern Illinois. A tomboy, she spent most of her time outside and got into big trouble for breaking the trellis while climbing out her second-story bedroom window.

When her family moved to L.A., major culture shock ensued. She discovered that grapefruits grew on trees, television offered more than two channels, and all the other girls had breasts. While hiding out and waiting for her chest to develop, she read voraciously, raiding her mother's bookshelf for Mickey Spillane when she finished all her Nancy Drew novels.

Another move took her family to Denver, the place Cassie still calls home.

She graduated from North Central college outside Chicago, got married, and returned to Colorado where she worked in personnel at the Denver Post and lived in a mountain cabin without running water. Upon learning she was pregnant, a return to civilization seemed prudent. She settled in Denver, raised two amazing daughters, and started writing for Harlequin. After her divorce, she took a break from romance and wrote straight suspense.

During her frantic years as a single mom, writing books and working odd jobs to supplement her income, she hardly had time to breathe, much less to dream. Then something remarkable happened. She fell in love with a tall, sexy man who was an aerial photographer and the author of tough-guy mystery novels. Fortunately, he loved her back. She found her real-life hero, inherited three more grown kids and three grandchildren.

Cassie started writing romance again, loving every minute of a life filled with laughter, crazy road trips, sailboats, and journeys to Oregon with long walks on rocky beaches.

Not too long ago, the love of her life developed inoperable pancreatic cancer. With supportive friends and family standing by, he died at home.

Cassie now lives alone, surrounded by beautiful memories. She has no regrets and considers herself lucky to have found her soul mate, the man with whom she shared a perfect love.