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    Nobody's Baby But Mine

    By Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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    “Outrageous, heartwarming, wonderfully sensual…I loved it!”
    —Jayne Anne Krentz

    “For sheer fun, nobody beats Nobody’s Baby But Mine.”
    —Detroit Free Press

    The Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes, “Next to Tracy and Hepburn, no one does romantic comedy better than Susan Elizabeth Phillips.” For proof, you need to look no further than Nobody’s Baby But Mine. This classic comic love story from perennial New York Times bestseller Phillips unites a beautiful, brainy scientist desperate to be a mom with a brawny, smoking hot jock who, though handsome enough to father her child, is nowhere near as stupid as she wants her baby’s daddy to be. Emily Giffin, Jane Green, and Rachel Gibson fans take note: when it comes to delivering delightfully funny, supremely sexy contemporary women’s fiction, nobody but nobody is better than Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061793219
    Author

    Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have been published in over thirty languages. Guided by the motto, “Life is better with happily-ever-afters,” she loves writing about love in all its forms. Among her accomplishments, Susan created the sports romance with her novel Fancy Pants. She is best known for her Chicago Stars and Wynette, Texas series, as well as multiple stand-alone books. Visit Susan’s website at www.susanelizabethphillips.com.

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    • 4/5
      This funny story had an enjoyable plot, sex, and action including a minor secondary romance. Genius physicist Jane wants a baby and picks quarterback Cal to be the father. Sometimes I wondered if Cal was a bit too vindictive but hey he was a pampered sports star and there was sufficient groveling.
    • 5/5
      I will never look at a box of Lucky Charms the same way again! This book is hilarity and emotion at their optimum. Jane Darlington wants a baby... a NORMAL baby. Because she's a genius and lived through a childhood of being called FREAK, she thinks that the way to get a normal baby is to breed with a stupid man. But she doesn't find out until too late that the stupid man she chose is nearly as smart as she is. A marriage of convenience is anything but in this wonderfully, character-driven story. Pick it up, and Susan Elizabeth Phillips will become one of your must read authors forever
    • 3/5
      Jane Darlington is a physics professor. She's single-mindedly focused on her work but when her ex-boyfriend dumped her and announced that he was having a baby with the new girlfriend, the tears kicked her biological clock into high. But Jane has a problem. She is a certifiable genius and she doesn't want her child to have the unhappy, freakish childhood she had so she purposely sets out to have her baby fathered by someone who is dumb as a post. (Obviously understanding genetics and the role it plays in intelligence is not her strong point though.) Her next door neighbor's ditzy daughter decides to set her up with the quarterback of the local pro team and Jane, seeing him play the rube on tv, agrees. She is to be Cal Bonner's birthday present from his teammates who think that releasing sexual tension might make ole Cal less of a bear to work with on the field. Somehow, despite Cal's aversion for prostitutes, he is willing to have at it with the vamped-up, anonymous, supposed high class call girl Jane. But she doesn't get pregnant. And so all on her own initiative, she accosts him for a repeat performance the following month, at which time she does fall pregnant. Now he's never supposed to know about the baby but finds out, leading him to strong arm her into an unpleasant marriage of convenience, at least until the baby is born. Even worse, they go back to his tiny home town and Jane has to deal with his family, including his wacky, backwoods grandmother, all while maintaining a frigid relationship with a man she's coming to love.There is much sexual tension, some laughable scenes, and the requisite misunderstandings in this contemporary romance. Cal is not nearly as stupid as Jane had hoped and she is not nearly as savvy as he assumed. There are mini plots galore amongst Cal's family as well. This is a generally likable book that doesn't require deep reading. It will be a hit with most romance fans.
    • 4/5
      **4.5 Stars **

      I thought this was a fun book. The characters were enjoyable, they had good conflict, chemistry and banter. I laughed and smiled a lot while reading this. I do have to say... I dislike when the author uses the title of the book as a line in conversation... but that's just me. Phillips is becoming one of my favourite authors.
    • 4/5
      As much as I love this series, especially on audio, I admit, I had trouble with this one. The entire premise of Jane's deceit to get a baby was hard for me to stomach, and Cal macho gruffness just wasn't very likable at first. But... they both grew on me eventually. The side story of Cal's parents helped, though Jim's behavior towards Lynn was troublesome as well - until he wises up. By the end, I was enjoying myself, and Anna Fields narration made the storyline easier to swallow. Yet, I couldn't shake the whole "ick" feeling I got thinking about how they got together and why in the first place.
    • 3/5
      The basic premise is that this brianiac chick with limited social skills is so desperate to havea baby that she agrees to be a "birthday present" for a football player. She does get the result she is after, but when he finds out he forces her to get married to him. They then move to his hometown where they have to work out their differences--with a little help from his family and friends.A pretty predictable "marriage of convience" romance, way too unbelievable and focused on all the wrong things. Good for an escape from reality.
    • 5/5
      In Nobody's Baby But Mine, Jane Darlington is a brilliant scientist who suddenly realizes that she wants a baby. The only problem is, in order to have a child of somewhat "normal" intelligence, she needs to find someone really dim to father the child. She decides on Cal Bonner, quaterback for the Chicago Stars. The only problem is, he's not nearly as stupid as Jane thinks he is. I thought this book was hilarious. There were several times I laughed out loud and I pretty much had a smile on my face throughout the entire thing. It took me a while to warm up to Cal (he really was such a jerk to Jane when he found out she was pregnant), but after that, I really fell in love with the characters.
    • 5/5
      SEP makes me laugh. She makes me cry. She makes me do both at once! Wonderful romance, great characters. Perfect for each other, though of course they don't know it. This may be my favorite of hers.
    • 5/5
      "I married a damned cereal killer". SEP knows how to make sparkles fly, create funny sitations and good banter. Loved this book!
    • 5/5
      It was an warm story, well covered with words. Strong characters, beautiful scenery, not even a moment where you can let the book out of your hands. When I started to read I was expecting something different, but the surprise that followed made it worth.
      For Calvin and Jane may be considered a tough experience but the final of the story let them see the value of the true love and push them toward each other despite the insecurities on one side or the other.
    • 1/5
      I don't know why people like this novel! I gave it chances two times and I gave up.
      Characters not real at all
    • 5/5
      NOTICE: *I “started” getting into reading this book early afternoon Sunday. The next thing I knew, the birds were chirping Monday morning and I had read thru the night. Did I love it? ABSOLUTELY. Not what I expected.SENSUALITY RATING: YES Profanity; YES sexual encounters – “His arousal”, “straddled his thigh”. Such a completely great story that the sex did not detract from the plot and was tasteful (if not I would have quickly flipped through those pages as I prefer sexual encounters to be practically null in any book that I read).GENRE: Modern day Romance; Sports romanceSETTING: Chicago; Salvation, North CarolinaCENTRAL FEMALE CHARACTER: JANE DARLINGTON; physicist; extremely intelligent; geek CENTRAL MALE CHARACTER: CAL BONNER – professional football player; middle-age; short temper SYNOPSIS: They couldn’t be any different in life. All she wanted was a baby and nothing more. She cared only that the sperm come from someone……“dumb”. He was a professional football player reaching the end of his career but not realistic about going there. His nemesis just wanted him out to the way. WHAT I LIKED: Annie Glide, smarter than people realize.WHAT I DID NOT LIKE: Never mentioned throughout the book how and when she “slowly” shed her geek appearance.OVERALL RATING: (5) stars because unexpected events from beginning to end and all the way around. Very well written. Pulls the reader into the story. Loved ALL the major characters which is unusual for any book. First time reading this author's work and look forward to more.
    • 5/5
      "I married a damned cereal killer!" The Lucky Charms scene is HILARIOUS. Susan Elizabeth Phillips has a knack for turning potentially unlikable characters into utterly loveable characters. She does that beautifully with Jane, a genius physicist who is so desperate for a baby that she does something awful. Cal is justifiably furious and in his big, bad tempered way, picks fight after fight with Jane. The thing is, he LIKES fighting with her. It's refreshing and invigorating and it makes him respect her when she fights back. The verbal sparring in this book is so much fun to read. The secondary love story between Cal's parents is also lovely (ignoring the icky idea that she got pregnant with Cal at 15 and his brother at 16). Annie is wonderful. Susan Elizabeth Phillips is masterful at characterization and that makes even books based on ridiculous premises wonderful.
    • 4/5
      This book was funny and light hearted. I loved most of her books though!
    • 4/5
      Nobody's Baby But Mine
      4 Stars

      Jane Darlington is a genius and it has ruined her life. Desperate for a child with average intelligence, Jane is convinced that Cal Bonner, the Chicago Stars' seemingly slow-witted quarterback, is the perfect candidate to father her baby. Unfortunately for Jane, Cal is no slouch in the brains department, and he has no intention of allowing her to run roughshod over him.

      ***Spoiler Warning***

      Jane tricks Cal into impregnating her and has no intention of telling him of his impending fatherhood. Not only does she treat him as if he were the village idiot, but her behavior could even be considered sexual assault. Only in a romance novel would a man even consider forgiving a woman who treated him this way.

      Cal himself is no angel either. While his fury at Jane is quite justifiable, his caveman tactics do not present him in a good light.

      Despite these issues, Cal and Jane have fantastic chemistry and their dialogue is witty, funny, and charming. The secondary characters are well developed and Cal's grandmother is a scream. There is also a subplot involving Cal's parents that has its lovely moments although his father also needs a good kick in the behind.

      Overall, an entertaining read although many readers may be put off by Jane's reprehensible actions at the beginning of the book - I certainly was.
    • 5/5
      amazing book! I couldn't put it down at all!!!
    • 5/5
      I love the character development & angst throughout the novel of the heroine being pregnant...good stuff
    • 5/5
      Loved it!
    • 4/5
      I liked the character development... especially by the end you really love all the characters
    • 2/5
      Not that I don't know brilliant people who are just as ridiculously desperate to have children as the characters in this story, but I don't find their situations "romantic." I find them to be train-wrecks and also "sad" and "poor examples of how one should treat others."

      I could not get over the ick factor or the cartoonish over-simplifications of different female stereotypes.
    • 5/5
      The best one so far in the series! It kept me guessing through the whole book what was going to happen. I loved Cal and Jane, though I thought what she did was a little bit like an extreme solution to her problems, but then she won me over. I laughed and I almost cried several times, and don't get me started with that last chapter. :')
    • 2/5
      2.5 stars- audiobook (excellent narration) Sports, egos and aging, something I can relate too. The sneaky sperm stealing devious action, made me angry. It was nice to read a book about more mature people dealing with age changes. The characters aren't middle aged, but in that between time from after reaching career success and before middle age, the forgotten time. I would have loved it if Jane hadn't done what she did. I had very mixed feelings about this book.Cal, is a football quarterback who loves his women young fresh and dewy. He refuses to accept the fact that his quarterback days are dwindling and < gasp > he is aging out of his job. He's used and it pissed me off.Jane is a super brained scientist who desperately wants a child before her eggs dry up. Her background was traumatized by being too smart so she wants the father to be a mentally dimmed person in good health. She's a self centered, person with only her goal in mind. An encounter with a less that scrupulous person leads her into the bed of Cal, the dim witted footballer. This part of the story had me fuming in anger ! After tricking him into bed, she altered the condom so she could steal his sperm. It didn't take the first time so she set's things up to steal from him a second time. Yes, I'm fuming now, this was an unforgivable action.She becomes pregnant, he finds out, he moves into action. Jane. she acts like she's the injured one in this party. I couldn't have disliked her more, and never warmed up to her. I enjoyed his family, they held this story together for me and were the reason I finished it. Granny, she is just hilarious and tough. I found the pregnancy thief so disgusting I couldn't get over that to accept the rest of the story.