What a setting for Storm and Cruz’s wedding! Sun, sea, and beaches in Hawaii – it couldn’t be more perfect. Yet, at the edges of all the activity that the huge Hill family brings to any situation, a tragedy is about to unfold. Stuart came to Hawaii to pick up his daughter from a surrogate, but thanks to a cruel ex-lover he is now homeless and unemployed and fears he’ll never be able to claim her. Jude, the third oldest of the Hill brothers, sees him sit on the beach, watching Chris’s son CC with longing and pain in his eyes, and walks up to him to find out what’s going on. What follows is one of the sweetest knight-in-shining-armor stories I have ever read and a testimony to the miracles a large, loving family can make happen.

Stuart is in an awful predicament. His daughter has finally been born, but he no longer feels qualified to take care of her. He quit his job because he was supposed to be the stay-at-home parent, only for his ex-lover to inform him he no longer wanted a family and that he was in love with another man, followed by a deadline for Stuart to clean out his stuff. Without a home and no hope for a job, since nobody seems interested in hiring a single dad, Stuart is facing defeat. When Jude steps in, Stuart cannot believe his luck. Dealing with an instant family of almost twenty people is a little overwhelming, but it is way better than being all alone in the world. It doesn’t take Stuart long to realize that Jude could mean far more to him than being his rescuer.

Jude is used to people being after him for his looks, and he is thoroughly fed up with it. When Jude walks over to talk to the sad man staring at Jude’s two-month-old nephew, he has no idea he will find such a caring guy in a totally hopeless situation. There is just something to Stuart that attracts Jude, and even though he hadn’t considered an “instant family” with a tiny newborn when he pictured his Mr. Right, Jude is not afraid of babies, and he finds Stuart incredibly attractive.

If you like whirlwind romances, if you want to find out more about two men who find themselves facing a unique situation needing to take care of a newborn baby girl, and if you’re looking for a read that is as sweet as it is entertaining and will likely pull at your heartstrings, then you will probably like this novella.
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