I tried one other book in this series and just couldn't get into it but this one sucked me right in. I really appreciated how the hero was portrayed realistically as having not called her back all though years ago because he was young and dumb and full of himself. Also good reading is that he is engaged to be married when he finally meets the heroine again. He is in the position of having to tell his fiancé that he had a 7 year old son that would be taking up finances and time in their lives. The hero and heroine do not instantly consider getting married to give their son a happy family but start down the road to shared custody and during that time eventually fall in love again.

On the strength of this book I might go back and try some of the others in the series. Maybe the one I tried first was just not for me.
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The fourth book in the series is about Nic Wilkinson and Emma Martens.

Nic is a rugby player for the New Zealand All Blacks. Emma is a single mother doing her best to support herself and her son. Nic runs into Emma again several years later after they spent a week together having 'cough' fun 'cough'.

Not everything will be an automatic hit in life and though to me the first three books in this series were downright perfect or almost perfect the fourth one was just a miss to me. I still rated it three stars but I ended up just finding myself not as immersed with this book as I was with the first three. This was due to the main storyline and my inability to get on board with the main heroine or hero.

The surprise secret child romance trope that Rosalind James had in this book was just a non-started for me. I have never been a fan of the surprise secret child romance novels since to me it seems to be a lazy way to get two people together. Having a child together does not equal instance romance to me but maybe it does to other people.

When the book first starts off Nic is engaged to another woman. However, after spending I think just two days with Emma he finds himself responding to her (eyeroll again). Frankly I wish that either Nic was not engaged when he met Emma or was having some serious problems in his relationship. Instead I found his behavior towards Emma gross. I didn't think to myself, "Aww these two people are meant to be together". Instead I was thinking "I hope they get together so they don't inflict themselves on other people".

It also didn't help that I found Emma to be annoying and way too sanctimonious about what rights Nic had and just all together unpleasant. I should have felt sympathy for the character when we find out about her back-story but I didn't. Unlike with the other books I did not read the books and delight in the two leads I just plodded my way through until I got to the end. Maybe Ms. James realized that these two characters were not a hit with her audience since I don't recall them being mentioned at all in the latest book I read in the series, "Not Just Mine."

Also unlike with previous books the writing did not flow naturally to me. The book goes back and forth with Emma's past and what led up to her meeting Nic and the present day.

Still an okay read, just not a fantastic one.

Please note that I received this novel via Amazon's Kindle Unlimited. ( )

This is a fantastic series. If you like the genre at all; I totally recommend it. ( )

For a star rating and complete review, visit Ind'tale Magazine Feb 2013 issue online.
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Nic Wilkinson is a ruby player on a plane to Fiji for a vacation. Emma Martens was on that same plane to Fiji for her honeymoon, only she was on it alone. She and her fiance had broken up, and because of the nonrefundable tickets, she went anyway, and she was very tipsy to say the least. When turbulence hits she falls right into Nic's lap, literally. She ends up in the seat next to him, telling him everything that happened. One thing leads to another, and they experience one week together, a very hot week mind you, but just one week. That was six years ago. Now at rugby camp, Nic is there as a favor to his friend, a hero to most of the young boys. One boy, Zack, stands out in particular to him. Then he sees her, Emma, in the crowd, even though she tried to disappear. He immediately knows that Zack is his son, and finds out her address. Emma and Zack find Nic Wilkinson sitting on their doorstep later, looking for an explanation. As it turns out, Nic never called Emma back, and despite her many attempts to reach him and let him know what happened, he never got the messages. Nevertheless, despite the past, Nic is determined to be a part of Zacks' life, a fact that his fiancee, Claudia, is not happy about at all. When given an ultimatum, will Nic choose his life with Claudia, or the chance to get to know his son?

Just for Fun is the story of how these two people who spent one week together, now try to figure out how to manage a life tied together by this beautiful little boy. It's not easy. It's not insta-love. It's a lot of hard work. Things aren't smoothly reconciled, and broken relationships take time to mend. Overall, this was a good romance. I enjoyed the story line. The writing sometimes was a little rushed and hard to understand, because of all Kiwi lingo. There is glossary provided in the back, which I didn't realize was there until it was finished the book, so if you read the book, be aware that it is available to you and it will make it much easier to understand what they are talking about. As far as romance, there are a few steamy scenes in the latter portion of the book also, which were good. Overall, I found this to be an enjoyable book once I kind of got the hang of the lingo. If you are a contemporary romance fan, then you may want to check Just for Fun out. ( )