I was dissappointed with the ending, but over all it was an easy read. A fun book when you are in a fun mood.

It is supposed to be a romance novel, but nothing happebs until page 200, It was dissappointing.

"Tabloid Baby" by Candace Camp. Movie producer Jackson Prescott arrives just in time to get a very pregnant Beth Sutton to the hospital. When a tabloid calls Beth his mistress and her baby his lovechild, Jackson and Beth are thrown together. Beth must look past her worry about publicity to accept a future with Jackson. A lovely tale that leave you wanting more about the Sutton men.

"The Nine-Month Knight" by Cait London. Widow Daisy Hewson discovers debts and bad memories aren't all her reckless husband left behind. She's pregnant. She's also falling for her boss, baby food tycoon Ethan Saber. Ethan convinces Daisy to marry him as research subjects for new products. Ethan actually wants Daisy in his life, but his cold upbringing hasn't left him prepared to verbalize his feelings. He uses business terms for personal acts. Ethan is adorable and Daisy is just the woman for him, yellow sticky notes and all. My personal rating for this story is 4 stars.

"The Paternity Test" by Sherryl Woods. Jane Dawson wanted only to stay in the home she had grown up in. Mike Marshall wanted a high paying job that meant security. They loved each other, but Mike's job was in San Francisco and Jane's home was in Virginia. Reluctantly, they broke up. When Jane's biological clock starts ticking, she visits Mike and they make love. Yet nothing has changed. Mike still has his job in San Francisco and Jane still refuses to move. Now there is a third party involved, Jane is pregnant. Jane tricks Mike to get pregnant and expects him to make all the compromises in their relationship. This makes it difficult to sympathize with her.

Scheming grandmother Maisey Walton ensures foreign-correspondent grandson Richard and beloved single preacher Anna Louise have time together, and isn't disappointed when love develops. Unrealistic take on Richard - points, however, for just being aware there is a world beyond romance. Anna Louise is a little too good to be true, but at least it portrays women pastors positively. I don't read much romantic fiction, so I guess this is fine for the genre.

I bought this book thinking that it was a collection of short stories by some favorite authors. Boy, was I wrong! I was unpleasantly surprised to find out that they were just condensed versions of previous published novels, one that I know for sure I already own. The stories have been distilled down to just basically dialogue and sex scenes - any meaningful character development has been cut out, along with descriptions of settings and motivations. The sex scenes lose much of their impact when you don't really know enough about the characters to even care what they're doing.

The hatchet job done to Jayne Ann Krentz' two stories (one as Stephanie James) was horrible (and the Krentz original story to begin with wasn't one of her best anyway). Continuity was the worst with the Stephanie James story. The Sherry Woods story tried to fit too much into too small a format - a lost love, losing the family farm, a tornado, a child falling down a well, etc. - all that in forty pages! Probably the best of the collection were the stories by Candace Schuler. They seemed to fit the format the best, but still, the conflicts were reduced to their most simplistic terms - white woman fitting into the Navajo world and lust, ex-spouses finally learning to compromise and lust.

My recommendation? Don't Take 5 - take your five and buy full-length novels.

This book has 5 condensed versions of previously published books (meaning old). I bought it thinking it was a new collection of stort stories. Not only were the stories previously (and I do mean previously) published, they were condensed to the point that they were silly. As I was reading, it was very obvious when the story was being condensed, as the continuity of the story was ruined. If you like Jayne Krentz, and/or the other authors in this book, buy the previously published non-condensed works. They are easy, quick reads anyway!