Montana Twins

by Charlotte Maclay

From Bachelor Sheriff to Daddy of Two? What a Day! Sheriff Eric Oakes didn't know the first thing about babies, and now he had to prove himself worthy of raising his twin nieces. Taking care of those... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373169841
• ISBN13: 9780373169849
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Harlequin
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

#3 SAGA OF THE OAKES BROTHERS --

Sheriff Eric "White Eyes" Oakes is the third story of the 3 boys that were adopted by Oliver Oakes - The sheriff has some emotional issues because of his mother leaving him as a youngster and she never looked back. Some strange woman has called and informed him that he may have the responsibility of a pair of twin girls born of his half-sister. He was not aware of having a sister let alone the fact that she bore some children. Being a law officer he was not willing to take the information at face value. Now the towns folks assumes he has had a lady on the side. Everyone says he should do right by the lady and assume the responsibility of his children. . Laura Cavendish has had the raising of the twins for the past three months and does not want to give them up. But honor compels her to seek out the girls uncle according to Amy's wishes. I like relationships but I would like a little tense action mixed with it. The babies were sweeties but the grown-ups seem to carry too much emotional baggage. We meet the characters that helped start the stories along with the two Oakes sister-in-laws. I guess I am getting jaded with so many bed-room scenes, even in the open air that it tends to slow down the stories. The inter-action of the principles with the secondary characters almost always brings in a bit of humor - there are some lovable characters that hang around. Recommended --m -- a good completion to the trilogy - loved the cover guy, have been following the covers he is used on - can always spot that jaw line. .

Babies and marriage of convenience gone right

Laura Cavendish has been raising her late foster-sister's twin babies, but now she has to make a choice. Her sister had wanted the babies to be with their uncle, but only if he had a suitable wife. Sheriff Eric Oakes was abandoned by his mother and knows that he isn't the loving kind. Still, when he sees those precious babies, he wants them--wants them badly enough to advertise for a wife who'll let him live up to Laura's rigid qualifications. Unfortunately, once Laura walks into his life, she's the only woman who attracts him. As time passes and no suitable wife-candidates turn up, Laura gets ready to return to her teaching job--when Eric gets a brainstorm. Why don't the two of them marry. Both love the babies. Both want the babies to have both mother and father. Although Eric is still convinced that he cannot love, he's willing to do anything for his family. More and more, family includes Laura. Laura is convinced that she is unworthy of love as she cannot bear children. The twins are the only babies she'll ever have. But is a loveless marriage fair to anyone? Neither Laura nor Eric has bothered looking into the issue of the babies' father--but attentive readers will pick up on the growing threat to the loss of everything that Laura and Eric have worked for. Author Charlotte Maclay offers a well-written tale of romance, unexpected babies, and marriage-of-convenience that turns out to hold unexpected passion. I found the casual dismissal of the biological father issue to be troubling and Laura's belief that no man would want her because of her inability to bear children to be a tad excessive, but Eric makes a fine lightly-tortured hero. Eric's family and the entire town of Grass Valley, Montana, provide the warm feeling Harlequin American readers have learned to count on.