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A review by jenjenbookfan
Wooed by Daddy by Stella Bella
3.0
A spicy, taboo blind date novella
Wooed by Daddy by Stella Bella is a spicy, taboo blind date novella released as part of the AB Shared World Valentine’s Date Series. The book opens with Kelly suffering through her mother’s funeral, and her mother could win the award for most betrayals of a child in the nastiest way. Kelly finally puts herself first and leaves the farce angering Grant, her oblivious stepfather, who didn’t really know the monster he married. Grant shows up angry to confront Kelly for leaving, and she unloads the ugly truth on him. Suddenly, the anger disappears and the long suppressed lust and feelings take over leading to sex, before he storms out. This is where the story went off the rails for me. She was sharing deeply emotional stuff with him, including a loss of a baby, and he just immediately goes to sex? Then there are a couple more instances that just aren’t realistic later, like she’s 8 months pregnant, but she’s able to find a dress for her blind date that makes her look 6 months pregnant at best. And he was a jerk and cut her off, so she gave up trying to tell him. Also, her calling him Daddy given he was married to her mom for a few years is a bit weird for me. They do have chemistry together though, when she doesn’t make it weird with that nickname lol. There was an interesting twist towards the end that I wasn’t expecting that brought some action. And I definitely appreciate that the story was tied up nicely with an epilogue, even if it was also setting up the next book.
Wooed by Daddy by Stella Bella is a spicy, taboo blind date novella released as part of the AB Shared World Valentine’s Date Series. The book opens with Kelly suffering through her mother’s funeral, and her mother could win the award for most betrayals of a child in the nastiest way. Kelly finally puts herself first and leaves the farce angering Grant, her oblivious stepfather, who didn’t really know the monster he married. Grant shows up angry to confront Kelly for leaving, and she unloads the ugly truth on him. Suddenly, the anger disappears and the long suppressed lust and feelings take over leading to sex, before he storms out. This is where the story went off the rails for me. She was sharing deeply emotional stuff with him, including a loss of a baby, and he just immediately goes to sex? Then there are a couple more instances that just aren’t realistic later, like she’s 8 months pregnant, but she’s able to find a dress for her blind date that makes her look 6 months pregnant at best. And he was a jerk and cut her off, so she gave up trying to tell him. Also, her calling him Daddy given he was married to her mom for a few years is a bit weird for me. They do have chemistry together though, when she doesn’t make it weird with that nickname lol. There was an interesting twist towards the end that I wasn’t expecting that brought some action. And I definitely appreciate that the story was tied up nicely with an epilogue, even if it was also setting up the next book.