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A review by elliefufu
Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves
4.0
Black Ties and Lullabies By Jane Graves
Grade: B+
“He might not have a clue how to be a father, but facing that uncertainty wasn’t nearly as intolerable as knowing that someday a child of his would be wandering through this world thinking his father just didn’t give a damn. In a moment, he made a decision, as resolutely as anything he’d ever felt in his life. Whether Bernie liked it or not, they were having a baby together.”
Jeremy Bridges has everything he always wanted: money, a big house, lots of expensive cars and a different woman every night. As a self-made millionaire he rarely hears the word “No” from anyone, anyone except his bodyguard Bernadette. Bernie is the only person in Jeremy’s life that will tell him the truth about his behavior and attitude and the only woman who has ever tried to resist his charms and succeeded. That is until Jeremy is almost robbed at gunpoint inside his home and he and Bernie are locked together in his safe room where tempers flare and anger quickly turns into a night of passion that will change their relationship forever.
Bernadette Hogan, also known as Bernie, has spent her entire adult life being responsible for everyone around her and never does anything rash except one night when she slipped up and slept with her boss. Three months later Bernie is pregnant with twins and Jeremy has done the unthinkable and wants to co-parent with her. The more time Jeremy and Bernie spend together getting ready for their babies the more it seems that the passion they shared three months earlier might have never gone away.
When I first got this book in the mail I took one look at the front cover, read the back cover and rolled my eyes. Boy was I wrong to do that because this book was really good. I found that I couldn’t put the book down and before I knew it I read the whole thing in one sitting which rarely ever happens to me. The whole story may not have been entirely believable, millionaire and his bodyguard have one night of passion, with a condom, get pregnant with twins and millionaire playboy decides to be a husband and father but it was still a really cute love story that I got lost in for a whole afternoon.
What I really enjoyed is that both Jeremy and Bernie had so many layers to their personalities and to their pasts. Jeremy grew up extremely poor with a horrible alcoholic father but still managed to become super successful. With his horrible childhood he creates a fantasy life for himself with all the fancy houses, expensive toys and lots and lots of women. Bernie is the only person to see past the fantasy and see who he really is deep down because she too has had a rough life herself. Bernie is amazing because she takes care of everyone and does so out of love. She works her butt off to provide for her sick mother and refuses to take all the handouts that Jeremy tries to give to her. Her refusal is what sets her apart from all the other women in Jeremy’s life.
The book also has some really great side stories and side characters. Never in the whole time I was reading did I feel like somethings or some characters should have been left out. In fact I started to get just as excited about the people at Bernie’s apartment complex or Max, Jeremy’s security guard as I did about the scenes with Jeremy and Bernie. Then there is Lawanda, Bernie’s co-worker at the museum and she has to be the funniest person in the entire book. I laughed out loud at one scene with Lawanda in it. I would read a whole book if Lawanda was in it because it would be hysterical.
I will defiantly be reading more of Jane Graves’ books especially if they are as well written as this one. There wasn’t anything about this book that I disliked and I wish that I had read it earlier if I knew how much I was going to like it. I give this book a B+ because it was a very fun and very cute love story and I really enjoyed reading it.
Grade: B+
“He might not have a clue how to be a father, but facing that uncertainty wasn’t nearly as intolerable as knowing that someday a child of his would be wandering through this world thinking his father just didn’t give a damn. In a moment, he made a decision, as resolutely as anything he’d ever felt in his life. Whether Bernie liked it or not, they were having a baby together.”
Jeremy Bridges has everything he always wanted: money, a big house, lots of expensive cars and a different woman every night. As a self-made millionaire he rarely hears the word “No” from anyone, anyone except his bodyguard Bernadette. Bernie is the only person in Jeremy’s life that will tell him the truth about his behavior and attitude and the only woman who has ever tried to resist his charms and succeeded. That is until Jeremy is almost robbed at gunpoint inside his home and he and Bernie are locked together in his safe room where tempers flare and anger quickly turns into a night of passion that will change their relationship forever.
Bernadette Hogan, also known as Bernie, has spent her entire adult life being responsible for everyone around her and never does anything rash except one night when she slipped up and slept with her boss. Three months later Bernie is pregnant with twins and Jeremy has done the unthinkable and wants to co-parent with her. The more time Jeremy and Bernie spend together getting ready for their babies the more it seems that the passion they shared three months earlier might have never gone away.
When I first got this book in the mail I took one look at the front cover, read the back cover and rolled my eyes. Boy was I wrong to do that because this book was really good. I found that I couldn’t put the book down and before I knew it I read the whole thing in one sitting which rarely ever happens to me. The whole story may not have been entirely believable, millionaire and his bodyguard have one night of passion, with a condom, get pregnant with twins and millionaire playboy decides to be a husband and father but it was still a really cute love story that I got lost in for a whole afternoon.
What I really enjoyed is that both Jeremy and Bernie had so many layers to their personalities and to their pasts. Jeremy grew up extremely poor with a horrible alcoholic father but still managed to become super successful. With his horrible childhood he creates a fantasy life for himself with all the fancy houses, expensive toys and lots and lots of women. Bernie is the only person to see past the fantasy and see who he really is deep down because she too has had a rough life herself. Bernie is amazing because she takes care of everyone and does so out of love. She works her butt off to provide for her sick mother and refuses to take all the handouts that Jeremy tries to give to her. Her refusal is what sets her apart from all the other women in Jeremy’s life.
The book also has some really great side stories and side characters. Never in the whole time I was reading did I feel like somethings or some characters should have been left out. In fact I started to get just as excited about the people at Bernie’s apartment complex or Max, Jeremy’s security guard as I did about the scenes with Jeremy and Bernie. Then there is Lawanda, Bernie’s co-worker at the museum and she has to be the funniest person in the entire book. I laughed out loud at one scene with Lawanda in it. I would read a whole book if Lawanda was in it because it would be hysterical.
I will defiantly be reading more of Jane Graves’ books especially if they are as well written as this one. There wasn’t anything about this book that I disliked and I wish that I had read it earlier if I knew how much I was going to like it. I give this book a B+ because it was a very fun and very cute love story and I really enjoyed reading it.