A ready-made family?

When Millie Spencer first meets Dr. Jake Travers, he’s a mess. The handsome single dad desperately needs help with his newfound daughter. Perfect timing: Millie is trying to find her place in the world . . . and the small town of Crimson might be it! An ideal match! Until Millie realizes that little Brooke’s daddy makes her feel more than just butterflies . . .

The last thing the good doctor needs is Millie distracting him. Jake is determined to keep his eye on the prize—building a home for Brooke and getting to know the child who is now his whole world. But he can’t deny the way Millie makes his heart pound and how she’s bonded with his little girl. Can Dr. Travers heal his own hurts to create the family both he and Millie have always wanted?

Titles in the Crimson, Colorado series include: A Kiss on Crimson Ranch ~ A Second Chance at Crimson Ranch ~ Suddenly a Father ~ A Very Crimson Christmas ~ A Baby and A Betrothal ~ Always the Best Man ~ Christmas on Crimson Mountain ~ Romancing the Wallflower ~ Sleigh Bells in Crimson ~ Coming Home to Crimson ~ Anything for His Baby ~ Love at First Bark ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Title:  Suddenly a Father
Series:  Crimson, Colorado #3
Author:  Michelle Major
Published:  May 19, 2015 (Original), March 3, 2023 (Reissue)
Publisher:  Harlequin Special Edition
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Suddenly a Father is the third title in the Crimson, Colorado series, bringing Millie and Jake together as they care for his daughter, Brooke.  Jake has only recently discovered that he’s a father; his daughter’s mother only reached out to him when she’d traveled to the medical site he was working at.  They both were caught in a collapsed building; only Jake, with serious injuries, survived.  Now, he’s struggling to settle into fatherhood, build a bond with Brooke, navigate his own recovery, and deal with Brooke’s grandparents, who will try to convince him that his daughter belongs with them.  His life is in upheaval right now, and he needs help; even though he’ll never directly ask for it.

Millie, Olivia’s half-sister, is taking a semester off from her early childhood education internship.  She abruptly left the program without a real explanation to Olivia that made sense.  She’s been volunteered to take on a nanny role for Olivia’s husband’s brother, Jake.  It doesn’t take long to see that Jake is in desperate need of help, in spite of his hands-off, I don’t need help attitude.  Or to fall for a sweet little girl, and perhaps her daddy, too.

It was so easy to fall into this story, and to fall in love with this found family that could work perfectly if only the adults would just get out of their own way to happiness.  Jake is stubborn to an extreme, has issues with his own family’s situation as a young man, and believes that his work with a medical program that sends doctors to emergency locations around the world is his only passion, his reason for living.  He’s wrong, but it will take the love of his daughter, and of the woman who fits into his life so easily, to prove that to him.

Millie is also dealing with her own demons.  When what she’d gone through was revealed, I was both heartbroken and infuriated at what had been allowed to happen to her.  It’s, unfortunately, not uncommon, but that doesn’t take away the pain or the betrayal.

I enjoyed Suddenly a Father by Michelle Major so much.  If you love a well-written, emotional romance with touches of laughter, found family, and a couple you cannot help but root for their happy ending, then you’d enjoy Millie, Jake, and Brooke’s journey to a happy ending.

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