"What happens when 'Oh Baby' becomes a code word? And what fun follows?"

Annie McCarthy left behind her dreams of meeting Mr. Right six years ago because she did meet him, marry him and agree to a quickie divorce. The waitress in an all-night diner soon received $250,000 and could finally pursue her dreams of owning a small town Wisconsin Bed and Breakfast. But, the biological clock started ticking and there was no right man in sight. So, Annie became artificially inseminated. Oh, and that one other thing: she told everyone in town that big lie. That she had a husband in the CIA who worked uncover most of the time so he wouldn't be around much. His name was Nick.

Enter Nick Fleming the adventure writer who married Annie six years ago. Only problem is he's engaged to a beautiful model and just found out he's still married to Annie. He decides to go to Annie to ask her to finalize the divorce. Only he finds her so much more tantalizing than his model wife to be.

Then comes a snooping Mr. Lewis. Nick, Annie and her best friend Minnow find it all suspicious and come up with the code of "Oh baby," whenever something was up. In the end it turns out... now I can't ruin the story.

What happens from there is that two people discover things about themselves, their hopes, their dreams and what it means to really love another person fully.

Pamela Ford does an outstanding job of creating a believable hero and heroine. Nick is admirable. I can't tell you why or I'll ruin the rest of the story. But, he's one of the few good guys left on this planet earth. Annie is sweet yet a heroine who can stand on her own two feet -- despite being a single mother to be. I think this positive romantic adventure will create vivid pictures in the minds of readers -- each will come away with their own opinion of what really happened between Nick and Annie. But when Nick and Annie finally come together, I'm sure readers will come away saying, "Oh baby!"

Reviewed by Kelly McDonough
Posted April 9, 2005