June '19 Harlequin Special Edition series showcase - Review It Started With a Pregnancy by Christy Jeffries

Welcome to the June '19 Harlequin Special Edition series showcase. Today I've got six fab tales and my review of It Started With a Pregnancy by fave Christy Jeffries. Plus here is a fun fact about Christy she is the daughter of bestseller Judy Duarte who also writes for Special Edition and they both have a novel out this month.
Enjoy!

A Fortune's Texas Reunion
by Allison Leigh
Miniseries: The Fortunes of Texas: The Lost Fortunes
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
Her vacation takes an unexpected turn

It’s a Fortune family reunion! Society sweetheart Georgia Fortune is excited to make the trip to Paseo, Texas, but a roadside calamity almost sidelines her. Luckily, Sheriff Paxton Price comes to her rescue. The handsome officer quickly causes a disturbance…to her peace of mind. The sparks are legit, but will they last? Can a blue-collar cop and a blue-blooded daddy’s girl really have a shot?

Allison's Website

For Their Child's Sake
by Jules Bennett
Miniseries: Return to Stonerock
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
He’s fighting to reclaim his family.

And he’s playing to win.

Two years ago, Sam Bailey lost the two people who mattered most. Now his daughter needs him. Despite their still-powerful attraction, Tara isn’t ready to trust her estranged husband again. But Sam sees a chance to fight for their future, to redeem himself in Tara’s eyes. He needs them to be a family again—even better and stronger than before…

Jules' Website

Having the Soldier's Baby
by Tara Taylor Quinn
Miniseries: The Parent Portal (Book #${row.width})
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
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…

Tara's Website

The Cowboy's Secret Family
by Judy Duarte
Miniseries: Rocking Chair Rodeo
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
Star-crossed teenage lovers finally reunite for a second chance

Losing Miranda broke Matt Grimes’s heart—and kept him from knowledge of his impending fatherhood. Now Miranda Contreras has returned to Rocking Chair, Texas—with their eight-year-old daughter. In search of safe haven, this runaway bride needs to regroup. Matt should be angry! What other secrets is Miranda keeping? But all he sees is a chance to be the family they were meant to be.

Judy's Website

The Maverick's Summer Sweetheart
by Stacy Connelly
Miniseries: Montana Mavericks
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
Romancing the Would-Be Cowgirl

It’s summertime in Rust Creek Falls and Gemma Chapman is here on her honeymoon…alone. And the town gossips are atwitter about the jilted city girl who has been spotted with local single dad and rancher Hank Harlow! His daughter, Janie, is doing her darnedest to play matchmaker for them, but is she leading her papa down the trail to disappointment? Or will this can-do cowboy lasso Gemma’s wary heart for good?

Stacy's Website

It Started with a Pregnancy
by Christy Jeffries
Miniseries: Furever Yours
On Sale: May 15, 2019

Synopsis
It isn’t puppy love.

But when one night leads to babies on the way, is a forever family far behind?

Animal rescue director Rebekah Taylor isn’t a pet person—or the family type. But now she’s pregnant and a newbie parent to an adventure-loving stray dog nobody can catch. Kind of like Grant Whitaker, the fancy-free tech consultant who’s not your typical daddy-to-be. Except this dude’s sticking around. Can Grant persuade Rebekah to trust in him and the future they’ve started creating together?

Christy's Website

My Review:

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It Started With A Pregnancy
Christy Jeffries

As a rescue dog mom any story involving rescued animals speaks to my heart and Christy Jeffries does a bang up job with her installation in the Furever Yours mini-series, including the most adorable rescue doggie ever!

The couple is genuine and likeable, the road to their HEA is filled with obstacles but not overwhelmingly so, the plot has a bit of a mystery to add depth and just the right amount of drama, the secondary characters are a hoot and what could be better than a tale built around an animal rescue.

The real stand outs in this novel is Christy’s focus on animal rescue and her not making the fact that her couple is bi-racial a focus at all.

Rebekah Taylor director of Furever Paws had her life all planned out and it did not include a one-night stand with her bosses sexy, very wrong for her  nephew or a totally jaw-dropping, unexpected pregnancy. But she’s learning to expect the unexpected.

Grant Whitaker had always been attracted to the director of his aunt’s non-profit animal rescue so he thought he hit the jackpot the night she let him come home with her.  But the news she hit him with eight weeks later stopped him in his tracks.