Baby, I'm Yours

Baby I'm Yours
4 Stars

A delightful romantic comedy involving a showgirl on the run from the mob, a straight-laced teacher of the death, and the dark, brooding, and stoic bounty-hunter who can't tell them apart.

This has just the right mix of romance, adventure and action.

Sam and Catherine's love/hate relationship is very entertaining as their attempts to outmaneuver each other during the road trip from Seattle to Miami leads to one funny moment after another. Catherine's forthright attitude and willingness to stand up for herself in the face of Sam's overbearing belligerence makes her a particularly engaging heroine while Sam's chivalry and sense of honor more than compensate for his questionable logic and behavior.

The minor suspense show more plot also has its moments although the villains are overly stereotypical as are Catherine's sister, Kaylee, and her boyfriend, Bobby.

All in all, a light and fun read that is highly recommended for fans of Susan Elizabeth Philips and Rachel Gibson. show less

A light, fun romance with some sizzling hot chemistry. Baby, I'm Yours takes the old good twin, bad twin story, but the author twists this stereotype enough to make the characters her own. Sure it's about the "good" twin awakening to and enjoying her more naughty side, and the "bad" twin learning to use her brains and be a bit more responsible – but at the same time the book is very tongue in cheek about these clichés, and manages to make them heartfelt and, above all, entertaining. The "bad" twin, Kaylee, who's a show girl, gets into a spot of trouble when she overhears her boss plotting the murder of another show girl. Kaylee skips town before the bad guys can silence her as well and heads where she always goes when she's in show more trouble - to her sister Catherine in Seattle. Unfortunately, in escaping her boss and leaving Miami, Kaylee is also skipping bail. (She had gotten caught with a stolen car that she didn't know was stolen.) Catherine is the proper, repressed, responsible one who's always cleaned up after Kaylee’s many messes. At the same time, she’s not a complete martyr, for she knows she's a bit of doormat and is frustrated with herself and her sister for the way things are.

The fun starts when the bounty hunter, Sam McKade, who’s after Kaylee to get the reward for returning her to Miami, mistakes Catherine for Kaylee. He doesn’t believe a word Catherine says and tries to get her back to Miami. Catherine, for her part, is not about to go quietly. And so begins a road trip that's a fun, often funny romp of a romance as Catherine and Sam fight, test, and outmaneuver each other - all the while racketing the sexual tension sky high. I love the interactions between these two. Kaylee is smart and, as she loosens up, gives as good as she gets. Sam is overbearing, rough around the edges, and tries to carry the world on his shoulders. My only qualm is the way in which he comes to realize Catherine is who she says she is. Besides that, the thing I like best about the book is that it didn't seem to take itself too seriously. The hit man that comes after Catherine (thinking she’s Kaylee) isn’t the most evil, most powerful, most dangerous henchman to ever imperil the lives of his victims. Sam boarders on angst melodrama territory, but Catherine doesn’t let him wallow and calls him on it when he's being stupid. Everyone gets their ego punctured in this book through good humored parody and/or the comedy of errors that is the plot. This story has been told before, has probably been told since it came out, but the author manages to make it seem relatively fresh, while the emotions of the characters remain real and compelling. I liked how everything was resolved in the end, and I felt good after reading it, so it gets a passing grade from me. show less

I did enjoy this action packed story full of humor. I liked how the romance evolved between hero and heroine. Bounty hunter Sam grabs the wrong twin taking teacher Catherine from Seattle to Miami instead of her showgirl sister.

I enjoyed this fun sassy book. Throw in 2 red-headed feisty twin sisters, a bounty hunter, and a hired killer and you have a good read with lots of twist and turns. Perfect book for a relaxing summer afternoon.

This is a mistaken identity road-romance story. Bounty hunter Sam McKade from Florida arrests the wrong woman, Catherine MacPherson, in Seattle. Sam mistakes Catherine for her twin sister, Kaylee, a showgirl who is hiding from the mob. They embark on a cross country bus trip. During the trip Catherine tries to convince him he has the wrong woman, and of course he doesn't believe her for quite some time. Catherine has a chance to escape when Sam becomes extremely ill from food poisoning but she sticks by to take care of him. This was a light-hearted funny quick read with some nice sexy love scenes. About the time I was ready to clobber Sam for continuing to believe Catherine is Kaylee, he finally figures out he has the wrong person. I show more liked both H/H and even slightly airheaded Kaylee. (Grade: B) show less

I really wanted to like this book. I've enjoyed other "fun romps" I've read by this author but I just couldn't get into this book and I started it about 3 times. I think I couldn't get past wanting the hero to allow the heroine to prove or disprove who she was right off the bat and then the whole thing would be moot. Maybe I just wasn't in the right place mentally for this right now.

Funny and entertaining.