His Best Friend's Baby

This story starts a series about Outback babies. In this first one, we are introduced to Polly Martin and Seth Ramsay. These two were childhood friends, and even after Polly and her dad moved to Melbourne, the friendship continued. She’s been hurt one too many times and doesn’t believe in love. But that doesn’t stop her from wanting a baby. When she meets up with Seth asking him for his sperm, he is insulted and leaves their dinner. For a long time he’s had feelings for Polly . A year after the proposal , he still feels guilty about the way things end and goes to Melbourne to visit. What he didn’t expect was finding her pregnant. From that moment on, the friendship develops. But will Polly runaway once more and leave Seth heartbroken, or will they both realize they have a future together? Seth was a very likable character and Polly took a little longer to appeal to this reader. That said, is was an entertaining story. It’s a story about friendship, and taking a chance at life and love. I was entrusted a copy of this book by Tule Publishing. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

His Best Friend’s Baby by Barbara Hannay, book one in the Outback Babies series is a beautiful and heart-warming story, filled with emotion as old friends Seth and Polly renew their friendship and emails keep them in close contact. When her daughter approaches her first birthday, Polly returns again to Wirralong to visits with Seth. This time the magnetic attraction and chemistry between them has them falling in love in the most beautiful of ways.

This was a fantastic read. I was drawn to this book not only because it has Barbara's name on it, but because Seth said no. I'm so glad because he is right, he has feelings too and to just offer up his sperm and never see the child? How could Polly ask that? But Polly's intentions make sense based on her history and the characters both handle the situation very well. Polly continues on with her plan to have a baby on her own with an anonymous donor and is very happy. But she got Seth's mind whirring. Seth hadn't seen his childhood bestie for years before she suddenly arrived in Wirralong with her outrageous proposal. A year later, he is curious to see how she is and manages to reconnect with her in Melbourne. Polly's eight months pregnant and not doing so well living and job wise, so he invites her back to Wirralong for the weekend for a relaxing break. However, that doesn't go to plan either and the weekend is anything but relaxing. It also changes their lives forever. Honestly, this book was just magical. It helps that I have the softest spot ever for friends-to-lovers and this story gave me all the shivers. It was the perfect friends falling in love story. Polly achieves her goal of becoming a single mum in a fantastic way and Seth is the ultimate adorable hero. So easy to fall in love with with his kindness, patience, and love for Polly and her little girl. It was also nice to catch up with the townfolk of Wirralong and see how they were getting along and this book continues a fantastic series while beginning another. Thank you Barbara and Tule for the ARC and opportunity to review this book. My opinions are my own.