GRR Reviews Father Found (The Daddy School) by Judith Arnold

Father Found is a touching "sudden baby" story with a bit of common struggle leading to love.

Jamie McCoy is a columnist with a nationally syndicated column called "Guy Stuff". He is thirty and enjoys a carefree bachelor existence... Until he woke up with a baby girl named Samantha on his back porch, left by a woman he had a one-night stand with, at a vacation resort. She did not even leave a real name or number. Overwhelmed by his sudden fatherhood, he called the local hospital, where neonatal nurse Allison Winslow taught him the basics over the phone and invited him to "Daddy School", a class she holds for new single fathers. Allison, expecting a barely employed teenage father, was surprised at the rich well-to-do bachelor. Jamie was expecting a matronly but grouchy woman and was surprised at the amazingly beautiful and confident nurse. Jamie realized perhaps he needed Allison for more than just baby advice, and perhaps his bachelor creds are just frivolous. Allison was touched by Jamie's efforts to be all the dad he can be, but how can she trust a man who got a woman pregnant out of wedlock? When Samantha's mother wanted her back, will Jamie fight for her? And will Allison help him?

The book was poignant and the addition of the common threat to unite them was a masterful plot. it was both funny (fish out of water for the new father) and poignant, at times leaving you with moist eyes and a bit of swoon.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Columnist bachelor suddenly found himself caring for a daughter left by a one-night stand, and falling for the nurse that helped

Overall Rating: 5/5

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