BOOK REVIEW- The Rancher's Baby Bargain Leslie North Presents by Mary Sue Jackson and Leslie North

Description

Former class nerd, Lucy Carr, comes home with a tantalizing offer for hometown hottie Aiden Harper: she’s developed a natural pesticide that will kill off the spider mites eating his crops, and she’ll give it to him for free…if he agrees to father a child for her. Time is running out to go the traditional route for finding a man, and Lucy wants her baby to be smart AND good in gym class. Aiden has put everything he has into his fields of hops, and the award-winning beer he brews with them. But one more year of mites eating half his crops and his family’s farm and legacy—as well as his dreams for his brewery—are going to go under.
When Lucy shows up looking hot, and being hailed for her scientific achievements, Aiden is more than a little jealous. He remembers how fun science class was the year they’d been lab partners and how much more enticing Lucy had been than the cheerleaders on the football field. He’d never had the guts to admit his crush in high school—after all, jocks and nerds didn’t mix. Now Lucy has everything, and he’s on the verge of losing it all. But what starts as a trade of necessity to achieve their goals turns into a tangled jumble of emotions when they realize they might have found more than bugs and babies: they may have found the person who completes their lives. AMAZON  3.5 STARS

I liked it mainly because of the main characters. It was a cute story.
Nerdy Lucy Carr had made quite the transformation. It was interesting watching her trying not to slide back into old patterns from High School.   That feeling of being so different that she didn't quite fit in. She had taken her smarts and done some cool things with though in the scientific world.  And she just keeps getting idea after idea.  A problem comes up and she researches and works at it from every different angle to try and fix it. 

Aiden fit in quite nicely thank you.  He fit in at High School and he had plenty of old girl friends that wished that they could be The One.  Some weren't very subtle about it either.  The tender moments between Aiden and Lucy were great.  She still had moments of awkwardness when nervous but instead of making fun of it Aiden seemed just fine with it.  When they were truly being themselves they are supportive and affectionate.  They did make a good couple then. Of course some troubles came from the times that they weren't as open as they could have been.  Each kind of guarding their feelings from potential pain.
I liked that both Lucy and Aiden were so skilled and creative.  Aiden is having one trouble after another though with his ranch.   And what he really wants in life.

I just want to take a moment and mention Aiden's mother, Linda.  She was a force to be reckoned with but not in an evil way.  When she shows up in the book she isn't shy about expressing the facts.  

You do realize there will be sex scenes in this book right?  Making a baby and all. 

  I received an advance copy of this book and chose to submit a review.