Surprise, Doc! You're a Daddy!

But much better than most Harlequin American books. I picked up a pile of Harlequin's at a sale, figuring I'll give them a try. Well, I went through at last five of them before I found one that I could actually read without cringing, and this was it. Meg Avery thought that she was the happiest woman in the world. Joe Avery had had an accident and lost his memory. Clothes and papers found near the scene of the accident identified him as Joe Avery. A background check turned up a drifter - a guy who couldn't seem to settle down. But he had been on the way to take a job in the Back Door Cafe, where Meg worked. He took the job, and Meg married him. She was surprised at how responsible he seemed, when his reputation in the past was so bad. Maybe a bump on the head wasn't such a bad thing after all? Meg and Joe were traveling with their one month old Dana, when, at a rest stop, Joe suddenly disappeared with the car. The car was found, but not Joe. But Meg and Joe had been so happily married, and Joe doted on his little daughter Dana - what could have happened? Two years later, Meg sees a picture of Dr. Hugh Menton in the paper. He looks exactly like Joe! But he doesn't remember her. Can the doctor be her missing husband? And why doesn't he remember their life together? Jacqueline Diamond has come up with an excellent story, an excellent plot, and she plays it up to the hilt. Maybe a tiny drop unrealistic, but compared to some of the other contemporaries I have read, she makes it sound *almost* like the story might have happened. This is not an action oriented story, but rather a sweet and gentle story of a relationship that has to mended. I really like the way this author writes, and she seems to have a lot of talent. It's very hard to write about every day things and make it interesting, but Jacqueline Diamond does so in "Surprise, Doc! You're a Daddy!" I really enjoyed this story, and I recommend it highly for anyone who is looking for a quick, sweet, yet very high quality read.