Finally, families are a part of the story! A pleasant change from drinking buddies and sorority-sister-like friends. Also, we finally have characters a bit older than the norm - thirty-somethings rather than twenty-somethings, a pleasant change from the too-many fresh-from-college H and h. The author gave him a reputation as a womanizer that we heard of, but didn't see (until near the very end of this half of the whole story). The H wasn't so much - I kept expecting him to be a player, but he wasn't, but the author didn't really help out with that one.

But can Aidan leave his past behind to become the man Emma needs him to be? Read more Aidan can't seem to walk away from her while Emma begins to wonder if Aidan could be the one. Soon their baby-making sessions become more than just physical. Not one for hook-ups or casual sex, Emma is reluctant to take him up on his offer, but his charm, coupled with her intense desire for motherhood, wins out. He will father Emma's child, but she must conceive it with him naturally. After Aidan learns of Emma's predicament, he is quick to offer a proposition that will benefit them both. When Emma spurns his advances at the company Christmas party, he's determined to have her no matter what it takes. Resident company womanizer, Aidan Fitzgerald, is used to always getting what he wants, especially in the bedroom.

Of course, there's always a sperm bank, but Emma fears a donor mix-up might impregnate her with the spawn of Satan. She's running out of options, especially after her gay best friend backs out from being her sperm donor. With her thirtieth birthday looming, Emma Harrison finds her biological clock clanging and the elusive knight in shining armor yet to appear.

The Proposition by Katie Ashley