What
is a single, harried woman who’s tired working for a sleek, high-end baby
magazine to do when she’s toiled for an imaginable number of unappreciated
hours merely covering for her co-workers, picking up the work because of their
kids, or because fate has made them fortunate enough to give birth to a child,
if not more? She’ll do what practically any woman, perhaps even yourself, would
do. She’ll jumped at the first opportunity destiny would give her for a respite
from her predicament.
Luckily
one day, out of the blue, such an opportunity finally prevailed. Liz Buckley
didn’t asked for, or planned for it just happened.
Usually
no one, even her boss, ever noticed the work-related anxieties/stress she
regularly suffered from. You know the kind I mean; the kind where everyone
takes you for granted or never appreciates your efforts at work. I know how she
felt because this has happened to me on a regular with my civil service job.
However,
on this particular day, even though she never said a word, her boss mistakenly
takes her usual stressed-out appearance for that of morning sickness, and the onset
stages of motherhood. And if you’ve ever been fortunate enough to become
pregnant, you know precisely how everyone’s perception of you changes at work. All
of sudden they honestly care for you and suddenly everything you do. While your
job title doesn’t change, your status at work does. A strange thing is at the
beginning it doesn’t matter if you’re married or single with or without a
regular male companion, the only thing which does is your newly found medical
condition. But give it a little while and suddenly it becomes an item ripe for
office gossip.
Liz
got lucky in helping her carry out her charade with the aid of two great
friends and co-workers Brie and Alexis. They help Liz to calculate a plausible
LMP date and the vital EDC for any true pregnant, making sure she can answer
any question throw at her regarding her condition, as if she’s actually
pregnant; for any hesitation would bring a swift and embarrassing end to her
pretense. They also with some additional aided Liz in making sure her physical
appearance would match the progress of a real pregnancy.
From
this stage forward, she had to live a double life, a pregnant “Mom” during the
day and a swinging single woman at night. This existence becomes a real
challenge when she meets a guy during one of her nighttime soiree who just
might be her HEA, and can’t figure out to tell him so she won’t lose him.
What’s
going to happen to Liz regarding her pretense at work and her co-workers as the
proposed blessed day approaches and the baby showers begin? What’s going to
happen regarding Liz’s family’s expectation for her? What’s going to happen to
Liz when the gig is up and she must reveal the truth? I’m not going to reveal
the answer; you’ll need to read the book to find out.
While
this book is a Contemporary romance, it is more of a Romantic Comedy, which must
be kept in mind as one reads it in order to better appreciate what the story
has to offer. For having written her readers a fun reading experience regarding
pregnancy and the work place I’ve given this book 5 STARS.
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