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The Proposal
Series: The Proposition #2
Author: Katie Ashley
Genre: Romance

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

In the weeks following Aidan’s betrayal, Emma has tried her best to move on. Ignoring his countless texts, voice mails, and flowers, she isn’t sure she wants to be won back by him. But Aidan isn’t going down without a fight—especially not until Emma lets him reveal the secret of his past that caused him to be so commitment phobic.

But fate intervenes when premature labor forces Emma on strict bed rest for two weeks. Aidan steps forward with a shocking proposal. To prove his love and commitment for her and their unborn son, he will take a leave of absence from work to care for her around the clock. Vowing to guard her heart, Emma reluctantly agrees.

While she is touched by Aidan’s attentiveness and tender loving care, Emma is thrown for a loop by the amorous attentions of ER doctor, Alpesh “Pesh” Nadeen. Pesh is everything Emma could ever want—successful, stable, and ready to settle down and be a husband and father. Pesh wants nothing more than to win Emma’s heart, but she is not sure she’s able to give it.

Her heart may still belong to the very man who broke it—the one who is so desperately trying to win her back.

After the way the previous book in this series ended, I honestly didn’t know how Aidan was going to fix his big mistake.  Even though he screwed the relationship up,  I still was cheering him on and hoped the author could fix it.

Aidan is desperate to win Emma back.  He knows he messed things up when he got scared with his feelings, but in this book it is Emma’s turn to throw it back in his face.  When Emma must take Aidan’s father to the hospital after a health scare, she meets the young and sexy Dr. Alpesh Nadeen.  Aidan recognizes him as competition for Emma and knows he is going to have to fight twice as hard.  Can I just say that Aidan has some serious groveling to do in this book and he goes all out.  Then throw in the McHottie doctor and we have some hard decisions for Emma.

Now for the parts I didn’t like too much.  I didn’t like the pace of the book this time around.  We start at one time, then it jumps two weeks, then two months, then just a few days, months again, then and epilogue 8 months later.  It would have been so much better sticking to just a monthly jump to have flowed better.  Also, after Emma makes her decision on which man she will be with, it is drawn out in sappy moments for few chapters.  When the climax is reached in the story you expect it to end, but with this one you get a series of small climaxes that took away from the best parts of the book.

While I did enjoy the book,  I found this one lacking compared to The Proposition. Overall a good book, but it does fall in the dreaded sequel trap of not being as good as the first.

The Proposition
Series: The Proposition #1
Author: Katie Ashley
Genre: Romance

SUMMARY
(From Goodreads)

With her thirtieth birthday looming, Emma Harrison finds her biological clock clanging and the elusive knight in shining armor yet to appear. She’s running out of options, especially after her gay best friend backs out from being her sperm donor. Of course, there’s always a sperm bank, but Emma fears a donor mix-up might impregnate her with the spawn of Satan.

Resident company womanizer, Aidan Fitzgerald, is used to always getting what he wants, especially in the bedroom. When Emma spurns his advances at the company Christmas party, he’s determined to have her no matter what it takes. After Aidan learns of Emma’s predicament, he is quick to offer a proposition that will benefit them both. He will father Emma’s child, but she must conceive it with him naturally. Not one for hook-ups or casual sex, Emma is reluctant to take him up on his offer, but his charm, coupled with her intense desire for motherhood, wins out.

Soon their baby-making sessions become more than just physical. Aidan can’t seem to walk away from her while Emma begins to wonder if Aidan could be the one. But can Aidan leave his past behind to become the man Emma needs him to be?

Why hasn’t this author or book received more attention?  This book was addictive, frustrating, sexy and one I couldn’t put down.  Author Katie Ashley had a great voice in her writing.

I admit, there were times I wanted to quit reading it out of frustration and moments of eye-rolling.  Even with those moments though, I am so glad I read this book.  It was a perfect read for my reading slump.  It features Aidan who is not only sexy as hell, but he can be…..well an ass. Some of the things he did were enough to make me want to punch him if he were real.  Then he would have tender moments with his family that would just make me swoon like an infatuated little girl.  Emma was okay for a character.  At times she was weak, but overall a strong character.

Be prepared though, the ending is left in a cliffhanger and wanting the sequel.  Some people don’t like the cliffhanger endings, but I think the author did it at the right time in the story.  I can’t wait to start the next book in the series so I can get my Aidan fix!