Aurora Teagarden wants a baby, but has recently learned that she can't have one. She and husband Martin haven't really discussed any alternatives, but being surrounded by friends with new babies and friends who are pregnant isn't helping her ambivalence.

So how ironic is it that Martin's somewhat ne'er-do-well niece Regina should show up unannounced on their doorstep with a baby nobody knew she had? And how exponentially is that irony increased when Regina goes missing the next day, leaving the baby behind? And how much harder is it to selflessly take care of a baby when he's not yours, his mother has disappeared, and his father has been murdered with an axe to the head in your driveway?

Martin, strong and silent as usual, and with a potential health issue that he has mentioned but not elaborated upon, insists that they set out for his hometown in Ohio to try to solve this mystery. Roe's character is tested--and sometimes found lacking--by the trials she's forced to undergo in A Fool and His Honey, but in the end, as always, she's strong and brave and loyal. ( )

I am still enjoying this series. Roe is growing in maturity. ( )

Sixth in the Aurora Tegarden series. Roe's husband's niece arrives unexpectedly for a visit, has a baby Roe and Martin didn't know she was expecting, and offers very little in the way of explanation. Regina and the baby move into the garage apartment. That night Roe finds the body of a young man on the steps going to the apartment, the baby under the bed, and Regina nowhere to be found. Shortly Roe, Martin, the baby, and Rory, a friend of the dead youth who has shown up out of nowhere, head to Martin's old home town to try and trace Regina.

Fairly good book, but I really disliked the ending. ( )

http://hollybooknotes.blogspot.com/20... ( )

The plot for this one didn’t really make sense to me, so I hand-waved a lot of it away. I was ever so slightly pleased by the outcome. I don’t like seeing Aurora being overshadowed by her husband, even when he’s not around. A wee bit too alpha as it turns out! ( )