Kristie J’s review of Falling for Jordan (A Different Kind of Love, Book 2) by Liz Durano
Contemporary Romance published by Madrid Velvet 3 Nov 17
I enjoyed the first book in this series, Everything She Ever Wanted, so I dove into this next one right after that. I didn’t enjoy this book as much, Falling For Jordan gets the dreaded “It’s ok.”
Addison and Jordan, the hero and heroine, have a one-night stand at Addison’s instigation. But she insists to Jordan that it just be only one night. She’s never done this kind of thing before. But it turns out that there was a, shall we say, complication from that night, and when she tries to contact him she doesn’t have any luck.
It turns out that Jordan had been in a different country with a group who build homes for those less fortunate, and as soon as he’s back and gets the message from Addison that’s been left in his voicemail for some time now, he gets in touch with her right away; whereupon, she informs him he’s a papa. Jordan takes the news incredibly well and doesn’t doubt for a moment that the baby is his. He does ask for a DNA test, but it’s a mere formality so he can tell others that yes, he is indeed the father.
Addison is relieved that Jordan is so accepting and is eager for him to spend time with and get to know his daughter. Because she is a surgeon, a good friend and partner to Harlow from the previous book, and has her own practice, she can take lots of time off. The conflict in the story comes from Jordan’s ex-girlfriend. She thought they would get back together – they always had in the past – so she is horrified when she finds out about the baby and causes trouble.
I like Jordan, though I find him almost too good to be true, if that makes any sense. It just seems to me that he is a bit too accepting of his new fatherhood. And I find Addison too much a doormat to her domineering mother. I want Addison to put her foot down harder with her mother. Plus, I’m kind of on the fence about how Addison deals with others when the news of her pregnancy comes out.
There is an age difference in this book too, Addison being older than Jordan, but not by as many years as Harlow and Dax. Still, this is a pleasant book to read and the next book, Breaking the Rules, looks promising, and, yep, I have that one in line already.
Grade: C+
Summary:
With her one-night stand resulting in an unplanned pregnancy and the baby’s father nowhere to be found, Filipino-American physician Addison Rowe makes up a story about getting pregnant… via a sperm donor.
It’s the only way she can preserve her professional reputation and her mother’s narrative that her daughter is perfect.
After all, after last year’s scandal involving her colleague Harlow James falling in love with a man thirteen years her junior, Addison’s got a professional reputation—and a private medical practice—to protect.
But when contractor Jordan O’Halloran returns home after a year spent building schools in Southeast Asia, Addison will need to decide whether maintaining her reputation is more important than building a family for baby Piper.
But first, she’ll have to navigate through a maze of family expectations—and her own—and an ex-girlfriend who hasn’t yet let go of her first love.
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