Thursday, June 27, 2019

"Having the Soldier's Baby"--a poignant contemporary romance from talented author Tara Taylor Quinn--soldier thought to be dead returns home and struggles to regain the life he led

Having the Soldier's Baby (The Parent Portal Book 1)

Having the Soldier's Baby

Back from the dead…

And back in her heart?


Emily and Winston Hannigan had a fairy-tale romance…until he perished for his country. So when Winston arrives on her doorstep very much alive, Emily’s overjoyed. Winston’s a changed man, though. He may have survived the unthinkable. But he believes he doesn’t deserve Emily—or their unborn child. And Winston’s secret shakes Emily to the core. But at that core is still love…

MY REVIEW: Tara Taylor Quinn is an author who always goes straight to the heart of the story. Her writing has an added depth of emotional involvement with the characters. In "Having the Soldier's Baby", Emily and Winston Hannigan were  first school friends, then teen sweethearts, and finally newlyweds at age twenty two. Deeply in love, and looking forward to a bright and happy future, they could never have imagined the unexpected twists and turns their lives would take. Unsuccessful at having a child on their own, they had considered help from a fertility clinic. When Win is sent to Afghanistan in service to his country, he is later declared missing in action. After two years missing, he is declared dead. Unable to let go of the love of her life, Emily returns to the fertility clinic and is artificially inseminated with Win's sperm donation, which had been stored at the clinic.To her amazement and great joy, Win is found to be alive and returns home. However, he is quite a different man--a man of many secrets and much guilt. Emily has just one secret--a very big secret. Their reunion is not at all as she imagined it would be--will her love and commitment give her the strength and patience needed to allow Win his time to heal? Will he be able to face his regrets and self-doubts and once again be a devoted and loving husband to Emily? "Having the Soldier's Baby" is a very poignant and compelling romance from the talented Tara Taylor Quinn.

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Tara Taylor Quinn

Tara Taylor Quinn

Tara Taylor Quinn began her love affair with Harlequin when she was fourteen years old and picked up a free promotional copy of a Harlequin Romance in a hometown grocery store. The relationship was solidified the year she was suspended from her high school typing class for hiding a Harlequin Romance behind the keys of her electric typewriter. Unaware that her instructor loomed close by, Ms. Quinn read blissfully on with one finger resting on the automatic repeating period key. She finished the book in the principal’s office. Forced to leave her romances in her locker after that, Ms. Quinn’s typing skills improved - a fact for which she is eternally grateful.

With 90 original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author with more than seven million copies sold. She is a winner of the 2008 National Reader's Choice Award, four time finalist for the RWA Rita Award, a finalist for the Reviewer’s Choice Award, the Bookseller’s Best Award, the Holt Medallion and appears regularly on the Waldenbooks bestsellers list. Ms. Quinn writes for Harlequin and MIRA Books. Reviewer, Cindy Penn, wordweaving.com says, “Amazing character development is the hallmark of author Tara Taylor Quinn’s work. Indeed, Taylor’s profound observations of human nature and intimate understanding of values and priorities lends extraordinary psychological depth to all her work.”

Tara Taylor Quinn was born and raised in Ohio. Though she wrote her first story at the age of seven, her professional writing career began ten years later when she was hired as a stringer with the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Wright State University and graduated from Harding College in Arkansas with a degree in English and Journalism. She published several magazine articles before turning to writing as a full-time occupation.

Ms. Quinn is a Past President of the Romance Writers of America and served for eight years on the Board of Directors of that association. She has a wide range of experience as a public speaker and workshop presenter for writers groups around the country.

When she’s not home with her owners, Jerry Lee and Taylor Marie, or fulfilling speaking engagements, Tara loves to travel with her husband, stopping wherever the spirit takes them. They’ve been spotted in casinos and quaint little small town antique shops all across the country...


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