Awesome story to end off my vacation!http://anotherlookbookreviews.blogspo...We first meet Tom and Maggie in Margaret Ethridge's first book in the series, Contentment. (which I LOVED) They were both secondary characters in Contentment but not a couple at all. You don't have to read Contentment before reading Commitment as it can be read as a stand alone. (but you'd be denying yourself an awesome read) I will admit that I am not a fan of pregnancy stories and I also don't think every romance needs to end with a baby. Commitment is so much more than a pregnancy story which the cover will lead you to believe. (Although the cover is pretty cute)I like to compare Maggie to Annette Bening in the sense that she landed the whale, Tom. Tom the forever playboy is the sexy attorney that seems to have a collection furnishings from previous relationships scattered around his home. I love to read about alpha male protagonists like Tom. They are normally so calm, cool and collected yet when they meet a strong woman like Maggie, they don't know what hit them or how to act. All of sudden after years of being in the drivers seat, they are on a new unfamiliar terrain. Love love love it. Tom's never felt the need or impulse to pick up the phone and call a woman. Oh the power Maggie welds and she doesn't even know it. Here's a quote from Tom,"I want to see you. I want to spend time with you. I like talking to you, that is, when we're not bickering."(LOL smooth Tom real smooth)Maggie is another great protagonist and an inspiration for women. She has enjoyed the majority of her life, owns a business that she is passionate about and now wants to take the next step in her life by having a baby. The darn biological clock is ticking away as she nears her 40th birthday. Of course the problem is that she doesn't have a dad in mind or is currently dating anyone. I just adore Maggie. I want Maggie as a friend. I know that I have really connected with a character when I wish I could just pick up the phone and make plans to hang out. Commitment is a great title because it plays on a double entendre on so many levels. There is the obvious commitment of a relationship and to have a baby but there is more. Tom and Maggie don't start out as a couple and there are various other commitments made along the journey to get there. Teasers: granny pants sexy scene, Fred the cat (loved Fred!), Tom's high maintenance mother, Maggie giving Tom a facial
"Maggie McCann, will you have my baby?"I had been waiting to read this book for over a year.As soon as I got the chance to I read it and somehow the magic the book had got lost.I wasnt expecting a two person point of view even though in the end I found I welcomed it.It was slow and fast at the same time. I know it doesnt make sence so I will explain.It was fast and easy meaning that I had not realised how the time had passed from the moment I started the book until I finish it.It was slow because Maggie dont say the words I want a baby until we have read about 40% of the book. In this case that's ok since Maggie and Tom did not know the other well even though the knew each other for 15 years and it would be a little weird if the decided to have a baby together that way.So in that 40 % they develop a better relationship and learnt a few things for each other and the reader gets to know him better.I liked the book.The characters, especially Fred, the story and everything about it.So 5 stars for the playboy who tries to convince the girl who knew prince charming doesnt exist and still wanted him to give a chance to him and find their Happily Ever After.
Do You like book Commitment (2012)?
This is book the reader cannot judge the book by its cover. The cover just doesn't do the book any justice. Having that said, Commitment is a wonderful story about last chance. Maggie McCann is approaching forty. She is attractive, smart, and funny and yet she couldn't find someone that she can fall in love with. She finally decided that she was going to be a single mom by artificial insemination...until she ran into Tom Sullivan.Tom Sullivan is jaded about marriage especially from his parents' marriage. There hasn't been any women in his life that he dated that would make him proposed marriage to anyone of them. Maggie has always been on his mind but he knew that Maggie is one woman that he has to avoid at all cost until the he met her again.Maggie decided to just have one last fling before she proceed having a baby. It also does help when Tom challenged her to be a bad girl just once. After Maggie and Tom spent the time together, both just started to realized how wrong their perceptive about each other were. I really love this book. A second chance at true love encounter, a HEA ending, what more can someone like me look for in a book. The story is sweet with several fairy tales references brought up that can get a girl mushy with emotions.
—Kai
