This is by far Ms. Riggs best work. Brody is the perfect hero with all his imperfections. Summer is a woman worthy of praise and Brody. With the fabulous secondary characters and the twists and turns in this book I strongly suggest you don't miss it.

From the moment we meet Summer as she remembers her misspent youth to the moment she regains her family, falls in love with the hero (Brody) and ultimately finds the one thing her life has always been missing, we are taken on a roller coaster of emotions. Ms. Riggs is a master at sweeping you into a story and making you never want to leave.

TAMING THE NIGHT is a gem!

Paula Detmer Riggs category romances have always been wonderful and packed with the emotion and characters any reader could wish for. With Taming the Night, she has surpassed herself with a hero who might not have overcome a part of his past, but he's gone on. And a heroine who could have fallen into a deep hole of despair but went on to help others in the same situation she'd once been in. Brody and Summer are characters you will never forget along with wonderful secondary characters who round out an excellent story. Paula Detmer Riggs is an author whose books are always keepers.

Taming the Night was the first book I've read by Paula Detmer Riggs, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. This was a story about two stuboorn, inperfect people finding love.

When Summer Laurence was only 17 years old, she falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes pregnant and addicted to drugs. After she spends 30 months in jail and has her baby taken away, Summer is deYtermined to turn her life around. Armed with a PHD, Dr. Summer Laurence finds herself in Osuma, Washington getting ready to start her dream, opening a counseling facility for drug addicted children. What she didn't count on was her benefactor's nephew, Brody Hollister, the local sherrif.

After Brody's wife is killed by a drug addict out for revenge, Brody vows never to trust drug addicts again and as chief of police, he will not tolerate Phoenix House. Neither Brody or Summer expected the strong attraction they felt for eachother. The two must work through their problems to find love.

I highly recommend this book. The only question I have is this: Coming from the Pacific Northwest I know exactly what area this book is set in. It's called Leavanworth, Washington, not Osuma! The only thing I could guess was that the author didn't want more hoards of tourists coming to the most beautiful area in the state of Washington.

Dr. Katherine Remson is summoned to Montebello after a terrorist bomb hits the small country. Pediatricians are in high demand as the resuce teams search for survivors. The fact that her best friend's father has requested her services makes the situation even more important to Katherine.

Dr. Elliot Hunter is at the absolute end of his endurance when his father summons him to Montebello. Elliot has been in terrible emotional agony since the loss of his wife and daughter some years ago. In the wake of his grief, he slept with his younger sister's best friend and broke her heart. Elliot is filled with self-loathing and is seriously considering taking his life when he is summoned to the foreign country.

When Kate discovers that Elliot is nearby, she is livid. She feels as if she has been set up by his family. As their attraction growns, Kate is mightily conflicted. Elliot is still in love with his dead wife and has made it very clear that there is no place for another woman in his life.

Ms. Detmer Riggs has a fantastic book here, rife with realistic emotions and healing heartbreak.The payoff was immensely satisfying. The only problem I had with the book was a minor one. The plot background was a little jarring and may have been ebtter served in a prequel of sorts.

Anyone who hasn't read a Paula Detmer Riggs novel is missing out! She is absolutely wonderful. The characters practically leap off the page, straight into your heart, especially her heroes. Where does she come up with all these sexy, absolutely divine men?

Kudos, Paula. I drooled over Taming the Night. You didn't disappoint me with this book. Definitely a must read and a keeper that you'll never forget. This lady is an amazing talent.

I enjoyed this book--it departed from standard series romance fare with a hero who is a paraplegic and former star quarterback. Years before his accident, he unknowingly made a girl pregnant, and now he's been reunited with her and their daughter. He does not remember the heroine, at least not clearly: a standard romance complication. But the subject matter is treated with respect. The book does its best to show the situation realistically within the length requirements of a series romance, and is quite mature, though one plot complication near the end seemed a little too constructed for me.

I love PDR and have read, over the years, most of her novels. However, this one, as far as I can determine, was never published in the UK. We met the hero, Mitch Scanlon, in Once Upon a Wedding briefly. I must confess I always wondered if he would have his own story. Years later, looking at some of the romance review websites I discovered that he did, indeed, have his own story. It was then a case of tracking the book down.

This book has attracted controversy in the past because it deals with date rape - a subject which is often in the news these days because of the concern over the legal fraternity in getting it treated fairly in our politically correct world. So, here is a subject to be handled carefully and, to be fair, PDR does so in the main. However, I did not really warm to her heroine. Frankly, Carly Anderson is not someone I would like for a friend. There is just a touch of hollering "no" at the point of no return and that is, of course, the problem with the whole topic of date rape. Also, for a very intelligent woman, she allows this one episode to cause her to make some questionable choices in her life; she is not a happy woman when we meet her and you really have to wonder why she has not been able to be more pragmatic about herself.

Her hero, Mitch, is made to suffer disproportionately, in my own view, for something which he did at a very young age. PDR makes this man a paraplegic at the height of a fantastically successful career as a professional athlete. He does, in the main, rebuild his life but he still suffers - there is no truly meaningful relationship in his life and his physical disabilities are horrendous although he does cope very well with them. He is a very charming man and desirable one.

There is a "hidden baby" in this book. And, sadly, this is where PDR lets herself down. Although Mitch meets and loves his daughter when finally he is allowed to know her, Carly and he (really Carly in my opinion) decide to keep her paternity a secret. This is where the plot becomes clouded and departs from what some may view as the reality of the modern world. Denying a child knowledge of its paternity is, I think, probably a worse "crime" than date rape especially when the father is loving, caring and willing to take full responsibility.

The issue of IVF for paraplegics is explored here as well which is interesting because it allows Carly and Mitch to start again. However, this child will know its parents but not its sister. This issue has provoked discussion elsewhere and is never resolved by the author.

I liked Mitch. He was gritty yet realistic in handling his disability. He suffers and is tortured about his actions and their outcomes but handles them better and more maturely, I think, than Carly. Carly is, I think, the character that is a little bit two dimensional.

A book which continues to cause discussion. If you like PDR then it is not to be missed. I have always wondered why it never got released, as far as I can tell, in the UK. It is PDR at her angst-ridden, tortured hero best. I loved Mitch but would not like to have lunch with Carly. Highly recommended for the issues raised here: date rape, retribution, suffering, disability and paternity.

The story was par for the course for this series of books, but a glance at a map would have prevented the two most glaring errors. Lake Freeman is northeast of Lafayette Indiana, not northwest. And Lafayette is in Tippecanoe county,not Lafayette county.

This story, which revolves around loving people who work to survive and reassemble their lives together following a heartbreaking event/loss, is typical of the wonderful stories woven by Paula Detmer Riggs. I was so touched by each character - particularly the combination of strength and vulnerability in the main character, Grady. It was a very enjoyable read, and I was sorry to see the book end!

The Last Bachelor

Sheriff Ford Maguire had no time for romance. Keeping the peace in Clover, South Carolina kept him busy, while reminding him that most people weren't to be trusted. Then single mom Sophie Reynolds came to town testing Ford's notions about love.

A Desperate Woman

All Sophie had left in the world was her infant daughter- a child she would protect with her life. She had no intention of getting romantically involved , especially wih the town sheriff, the one person who could uncover her startling secret. But Ford wasn't the type of man a woman could resist for long.

"A Bouquet of Babies" is a wonderful romance book that has three stories in one. Linda Howard opens the book with "The Way Home." In this story Anna and Saxon are very intimate. One day Anna has to make a decision that will, either way, change her life. Saxon, hurt by his past, is determined not to allow Anna too close. Will she succeed? It did not take me very long to become engulfed in this story.
"Family By Fate" is the second story written by Paula Detmer Riggs. I would have to rate this story close to "The Way Home." Liza and Max, total strangers, were on a skiing trip when their paths crossed. They came to know one another better, and fell in love. Later, an event happened that changed Max's life to the unexpected, but Liza knows that she can change him for the better.
In the third story, "Baby On A Doorstep," Caroline finds a baby on her doorstep by mistake. While she is searching for the father of the baby, she finds someone who she falls in love with. The problem is that he is not as willing as Caroline to be a family.
This book, "A Bouquet of Babies," is one that I would recommend to anyone that loves to read good romances.

A BOUQUET OF BABIES is a nicely packaged anthology with stories by Linda Howard, Paula Detmer Riggs and Stella Bagwell. Not that these stories lack poignancy or anything, but Ms Howard's story spears off such emotional powerhoue that the other stories falter in comparison. Linda Howard is amazing with her central characters, Anna and Saxon Malone in "The Way Home" where she explores a woman's heart trapped by Saxon's facade of impassion. Anna loves Saxon much but finds that he has withdrawn with his past as an orphan. Anna's pregnancy and marriage crumbles his assuring identity as a single man, but he knows he loves Anna and is willing to make a compromise. This story will wring heartfelt compassion for Anna and triumph when they succumb all the odds for a happy-ever-after.

The other story by Paula Detmer Riggs is equally heart-wrenching with Lisa and Max embroiled in an unforgettable passion. The other by Ms. Bagwell tells of Caroline Pardee falling in love with the father of a baby she has found.

A BOUQUET OF BABIES is worthwhile for fanatics of Ms. Howard and heart-rendering stories, but for those who have read "The Way Home" in her past books, the appeal of this book will be undermined though.THis is not to say that the other two authors are not good - they are equally credible. BUT with Linda Howard, she is incomparable.

When this book was delivered to me, I had no intention of reading it immediately since i wanted to reserve it for a more convenient time. But curious what Linda Howard's story would be, I scanned the pages and read the opening line of the prologue of "The Way Home." Just like the rest of her books, the first lines jolted me and caught me reading on an on. Its an extremely absorbing and heart-wrenching story. Saxon Malone came like an iceberg at first but as the story unfolds, i couldn't help a tear. LH never wasted a word or a line. She weaves magic in all her writings. This story is so emotinally-laden. Anna is a remarkable woman with such unconditional love and such an irrisistible force in Malone's life. The plot is perhaps unthinkable for Today's woman and it's albeit unconventional, but having read several of LH's books, i can say that she's a tremendously prolific genius of a writer who hardly puts limits to her writing.

The second story by Paula Detmer Riggs is a heart-tugging, heart-warming, and uplifting story. This is the first time that i encountered this author and i'm heavily impressed. "Family By Fate" is reminiscent of the film "An Affair To Remember." Even the poignancy of the film is carried in this story. You'll surely adore and admire Max Savage as much as i do. He's lucky to have such a formidable heroine like Lisa. The story offers delightful scenes, lots of interesting characters, has a vibrant pacing, steamy, and towards the end, i got the feeling that i was reading a full-length novel. I'll definitely grab other books from this author.

Stella Bagwell's "Baby On A Doorstep" makes an enjoyable read as well. Caroline Pardee finds a baby by mistake and in the search for the baby's father she finds a handsome but unwilling guy.

Three in one- "A Bouquet of Babies" is a book i can recommend to anybody who loves beautiful romance.

Well, since this is the first review of a 1996 book, I guess many people haven't read it. :)

I initially bought this anthology because of Rebecca Paisley, but found I liked her story the least. Cleopatra's eccentric nature became tiresome after a while. Not my style. However, I enjoyed both Paula Detmer Riggs and Carole Buck very much. Enough to try other work by them. CB's story was very good because the woman wasn't perfect (size 6, etc.) and came to realize her own beauty. I really enjoyed this story the best. PDR's story showed a man's side of pain and how he needed to heal before he could move on with his life. These stories were a nice departure from typical storylines. Overall, I would keep this book because it is different from what I normally read.