Kelsey O'Sullivan had been burned once. She wasn't going
to let it happen again. One marriage behind her, Kelsey
realized her biological clock was ticking so while she
certainly did not want a husband, she did want a child. She could afford it. Besides it was
only another business deal.
Nick Leonetti always put family first. His values were high. It had always been family before
business even at the expense of being fired. So when he heard about a job that would enable
him to move his family out of Hell's Kitchen, he applied right away. He never expected to
apply for a job to buy his love.
Hestand has once again grabbed the reader's attention and not let it go until the last page is
turned. An unusual tale, NICK'S BABY tells of a woman wanting for nothing desperately
wanting a child mixed with a man needing everything who doesn't want anything but his
family. As Nick begins to realize his folly, he goes out to set things right once again. Can he
prove his love to Kelsey before his child is born? And more to the point, will Kelsey realize
that money can't buy everything? —Reviewed by Brenda Ramsbacher
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Hot dogs and caviar can mix -- Very highly recommended
After a note mistakenly arrives at his table, Nick Leonetti applies for a job, not knowing
the unorthodox nature of the position. Kelsey O'Sullivan, a woman with the voice of a
goddess, needs a sperm donor. She does not intend to pursue motherhood through
traditional means, but to scientifically achieve her goal. Although her note went astray,
she knows from the moment of introduction that Nick is just the man to fill her needs.
Nick has held a number of unorthodox jobs, but this offer is the most outrageous job of all.
With a zoning ordinance about to displace his mother and siblings, Nick needs to earn the
money to move them quickly. He prefers to pursue fatherhood, however, through more
traditional means. And although he has hid doubts that hot dogs and caviar can coexist,
Kelsey makes him want to find out. Too bad Kelsey wants a baby but not a man.
Rita Hestand pens a lively romance where opposites attract in NICKY'S BABY. Kelsey's
determination to have a baby without a father quickly derails with Nicky's appearance, yet
she deliberately refuses to engage in a traditional relationship. Nicky cannot ignore the
fact that the high society Miss just does not belong in Hell's Kitchen. Indeed, her constant
habit of correcting his language only underscores the tremendous differences between
them and adds amusing notes to the narrative. While opposites attracting is staple of
romantic fiction, Hestand's amusing narrative provides a delightful read that comes
very highly recommended.
Review:
I'm a newcomer to the "Rita Hestand" style of
romance writing, but after reading "Nick's Baby", I'm hooked, and I'm sure
you will be too!
This ebook is an offbeat romance starring Nick
Leonetti, Kelsey O'Sullivan, and a grab bag full of supportive characters.
Leonetti is a tough-skinned construction worker. With his muscular build and
scarred face, Leonetti could easily be mistaken for a New York hooligan.
Instead, he's a dedicated family man
who's searching for a way out of Hell's
Kitchen...
O'Sullivan owns a successful company, and thick
glasses and boring business suits add to her staunch, controlling manner.
She has everything that money could buy - everything she could possibly want -
except... Nick's baby.
Let Rita Hestand reel YOU into her passionate world of intrigue, where Nick and Kelsey go head - to - head, and maybe even heart to - heart, as they follow their dreams.
A reader from....EBOOK PALACE
Nick Leonetti has worked at many different jobs,
trying to save enough
money
to move his family out of Hell’s Kitchen. The
landlord is forcing them
out,
and Nick has promised his mother a house of her
own. When he receives an
anonymous note about a job at a construction
company, he goes to an
interview the very next day…only to learn that
the job has nothing to do
with construction at all.
Kelsey O’Sullivan, Chairman of the Board,
desperately wants to be a
mother
–
but she’s had more than her fill of men and
marriage. What she wants is
no-frills, no-ties, no-commitment donor. Nick is
the perfect man to be a
father…but his upbringing is strongly family
oriented and the thought of
fathering a child he’ll never see turns his
stomach. Still, the money
Kelsey
is offering would solve all of his family’s
problems.
Can Hell’s Kitchen and Park Avenue find a common
ground?
Smoothly humorous and endearingly romantic,
Nick’s Baby is a charming
contemporary romance. Rita Hestand has written an
urban story of love
and
renewal, of people growing within their own lives
and learning from
their
mistakes. The relationship between Nick and
Kelsey alternates between
sweet
and sensual, combining the best of each. Nick’s
family is sensational
with
their charming mannerisms, and the story moves
quickly.
Exploring family ties and developing devotion,
this is a book to warm
the
heart and cause a sigh. A first-rate story of
warm families and
sparkling
romance – I highly recommend Nick’s Baby!
Review by Sally Laturi Of
Ivy Quill Reviews
Stong central characters who each have their
quirks lead the reader into a
fun, fast paced read. Don't expect a lot of
twists, Ms. Hestand writes
excellent character based romances. Nick is a
charming manipulator and
Kelsey is strong-willed and used to getting
exactly what she wants.
While the premise for the story is fast becoming
a clichéd story line, Ms.
Hestand follows through with a satisfying love
story. Nick and Kelsey are
both determined to run the show by their rules,
but only one can truly get
exactly what they want, right? You have to read
it to find out!
Tracy Farnsworth
Administrative Coordinator & Reviewer for TRRC
Kelsey O'Sullivan was CEO of a multimillion dollar
sheet metal company and she wasn't happy. All Kelsey wanted was to be was
a woman in the fullest sense and a mother. She had had a very unhappy
marriage to Ralph Butterfield and she didn't want another. After finding Ralph
in bed with his secretary, Kelsey discovered she was pregnant. She moved her
part of the business from Texas to New York, telling no one about her
pregnancy. The baby was born dead in her seventh month. Now Kelsey was looking
for a sperm donor so she could have another baby.
Nick Leonetti was celebrating his mother's birthday
at L'Allegria when he was handed a note about a job. Since
Nick was always looking for a job because he put his family first, he kept the appointment.
After Kelsey explained to him what she wanted, Nick thought she was crazy.
He knew that he could use the money because he was going to have to move his
family out of Hell's Kitchen and he had been looking for a house. Nick
didn't know how much money Kelsey was offering; he just knew that he couldn't
do what she suggested. Their landlord made him change his mind when he
turned off the electricity and then tore all of the appliances out of the
kitchen, claiming he was doing some remodeling.
Kelsey sent Nick a check for $100,000.00 thanked him and told him she
thought it best if they didn't have contact with each
other. Neither one considered the fact that Kelsey would not get pregnant. When
she was told to try the natural way, she went to see Nick. Nick, thinking
he could get her out of his system, made love to her in his garage on the
back-seat of a '57 Chevy. Nick fell in love and Kelsey became pregnant which
gave them a whole new set of problems.
NICK'S BABY is not like any other romance about artificial insemination.
Kelsey and Nick's characters are wonderful and lovable. The plot is full of
twists with a little bit of a surprise toward the end. The secondary
characters are well developed and only add to the plot line. I really like
this book because it was serious in some places and had me laughing in
others.
Hattie Boyd
Mixing social classes and ethnic backgrounds
with passion is successfully done in NICK'S BABY.
Meet Kelsey O'Sullivan, a blue-blooded
Irish-American who wants a baby so badly she hires a sperm
donor. This donor is none other than Nick Leonetti, an Italian-American hunk
with a sense of familial responsibility so strong he can't be just a
donor, and won't abandon Kelsey and his baby.
Although they couldn't be more opposite in
backgrounds, their present situation and desires bring
them together in many ways. But neither is good at voicing his
or her feelings to the other, which leads to many obstacles.
Consequently, if love is to thrive between them, and for the sake of
their baby, drastic measures must be taken. Nick's unique plan of action rocks
Kelsey's ideas of motherhood without a partner.
Read NICK'S BABY to see how they survive this highly unusual roller-coaster romance.
Nick Leonetti, handsome, virile, black wavy hair, olive skin, dark dark
eyes, is the epitome of Latin Lover. He loves his family above
everything, and is a pushover for a hard-luck story. Consequently,
Nick's penchant for dropping everything to take care of his mother, and
younger brother and sister, has caused him to change jobs frequently.
He really wants to move them from Hell's Kitchen to
Queens, but he needs more money to do that. So he responds to the
card slipped to him the restaurant last night hoping to find a second
job. Working for a fabricating company seems right to him, and he
applies for the job.
Kelsy O'Sullivan, however, has a different job entirely from that of metal
worker. She has a hard time telling Nick exactly what it is, but finally
gets out that she wants his sperm, please, for which she will gladly pay
him. Nick thinks she's a nut-case and promptly says no. Besides, he
fully intends to take care of any child of his, thank-you-very-much, even
if he is only a blue-collar worker. The more he says no, the more
Kelsey wants to have Nick's baby, no one else will do. He has all the
characteristics that she wants in her child. Still saying no, Nick leaves,
thinking about the Goody-Two-Shoes, uptight, golden-haired business
woman with the sexiest voice he's ever heard. He even discusses it
with his co-workers, who say it's only a scientific procedure, he won't
even see her, take the money and run.
Kelsey is delighted when Nick returns the next day, and reluctantly
says he'll do it. She rejoices that she'll have a baby to take place of the
daughter she lost at seven months, leaving a big hole in her life. She's
divorced her cold husband, soon to be ex-partner, and despite her
aversion to marriage and men in general, she admires Nick for his
sterling qualities, not to mention his to-die-for body. Thinking they'll
never see each other again, regretfully, Nick produces the required
product and leaves, still worried about what he's doing.
A month later Nick is surprised to see Kelsy at his body shop. Now
there was no guarantee that Kelsey would get pregnant, only that she
would be - exposed. She wants either a refund of the check for
$100,000 (which Nick has no intention of cashing), or more of what
didn't work the first time. Tempers are lost, chemistry and sexual
desire runs rampant, and Kelsey gets her way. So does Nick in a night
of wonderful passionate loving in the back of a classic '57 Chevy.
Kelsey is ecstatic six weeks later when she starts having morning
sickness (not so happy with that) and begins to think the old fashioned
way really works.
Nick, about that time, decides to check to see if Kelsey has conceived
and goes to her apartment. Yep, she's pregnant, and throws up to
prove it. That triggers all Nick's protective instincts, and he vows to
himself to be part of the whole process. Besides he can't forget the
best loving in his life, and Kelsey really needs him, even if she won't
admit it. He begins his crusade and she doesn't know how to stop him.
Or if she really does want to stop it. She's never felt so safe and secure
in her life...If he only loved her.
This is a charming, wonderful story of two people from opposite sides of
the financial pages who--. Well, read NICK'S BABY and find out for
yourself. I really liked Rita's book and recommend it. I'm looking forward
to her next romance.
Kelsey O’Sullivan desperately wants a baby. She even goes so far as to place
an ad in the local paper for applicants. Nick Leonetti needs a job. He
desperately wants to move his mother and siblings out of Hells Kitchen to a
better neighborhood. When Kelsey asks Nick to be her sperm donor he is
outraged. However, his personal circumstances make the offer very
attractive. Kelsey is sophisticated and classy. Nick is devastatingly handsome
and a really great guy who manages to turn Kelsey’s world upside down.
Kelsey begins an all-out campaign to win Nick’s agreement to father her
child. As conditions continue to deteriorate in his neighborhood and Nick
fears for the safety of his young brother and sister, he realizes that Kelsey’s
offer is the only way he can make a better life for his family. Kelsey and
Nick are seriously attracted to each other. Time and again they promise to
keep their distance but never quite manage to stay away from each other.
When the fertilization procedure fails, Kelsey goes to Nick demanding he get
her pregnant. She comes off as spoiled and a bit selfish, but Nick is up to the
task of handling her. Nick turns the tables on Kelsey and initiates an all out
assault, determined to win a place in her heart and her life.
Nick and Kelsey are a great couple. The reader knows they belong together
immediately. Despite the difference in their social standing they make a
great team. Nick doesn’t come off as the weaker partner because he makes
less money. The pain that the hero and heroine express create some very
genuine moments. Ms. Hestand does an excellent job creating strong
characters and a strong, emotionally charged story. This book is
recommended for any reader that loves contemporary romance with a twist.
Title: Nick’s Baby
Author: Rita Hestand
Publisher:Writer’s Exchange E-Publishing
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publication date: 2004
ISBN: 1-920741-89-5
Pages: 138
Rating:
Reviewer: Chrissy
Nick Leonetti was celebrating his mother’s birthday with his family at the L’Allegria’s Restaurant when a note about a job was delivered to him through their waiter. As Nick is desperate to get his mother, brother and sister moved out of Hell’s Kitchen, he’s willing to take a second job. He finds himself dressing up, including wearing a tie, to apply for a job in construction. After arriving for an interview for a construction job, he finds out that the note that he had received was meant for a colleague and the job the note referred to had absolutely nothing to do with construction. Kelsey O’Sullivan wants a baby and she needs a sperm donor to obtain her goal of motherhood. She’s approaching this as a job for the man who’s willing to donate his ‘little soldiers’ for the task.
Nick can’t figure out if Kelsey is crazy or just very desperate. There’s no way he’s going to go along with her plan. Babies should come about because of love, not in the warped way Kelsey’s going about it. Nick feels bad for this obviously desperate woman, but he’s not about to turn his back on a baby of his, even if it is created in a clinic. Nick needs the income this job could offer; he needs to get his family out of Hell’s Kitchen before the zoning wars get much worse. Will he sacrifice his sense of values and donate the sperm Kelsey needs in order to get his mom and siblings moved somewhere safe? His own dad walked out on them all leaving Nick to support the family. Could he live with himself, knowing that his own baby would never know him? Would that make him just like his father?
Nick’s Baby is a wonderful feel good story. At first, Kelsey’s desperate need to be a mother seems to be nothing more than a wealthy woman’s selfish attempts at having it all, but there’s something so honest and loving about her you can tell that there’s so much more to her story. Nick is tremendously family-oriented, and yet at the same time he’s very much a sexy, tough Italian man. He’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. His devotion to family and friends makes him extremely endearing. Rita Hestand writes Nick and Kelsey’s story in such a way that you can feel the tension between them and you are able to understand their inner turmoil over the baby issue.
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