Bound by Their Babies (Yoxburgh Park Hospital #3)
by Caroline Anderson

A definite book to relax with. A getaway into a world of logic and love. I enjoyed reading this book as the characters and the life situations felt real but were handled with logic and romance and just plain heart. I read and enjoyed each second of this heartwarming little treasure. I hope you enjoy you as much as I did. Regards, Anna Swedenmom

Both Jake and Emily are single and widowed friends who are left with their children and are having a hard time finding some semblance of normal. When they decide its a good idea to to work together to be there when the other isn't to take care of the child care aspect and while one is working things start to get a bit complicated.

So this book turned out just as I expected as a good medical romance type of contemporary. I liked the characters and how they worked their problems out with each other. I loved that connection between the two and that they really balanced each other out. Overall pretty good book I pretty much devoured it in one setting it was a pretty short book.

There was nothing wrong with this read but for me, I didn't enjoy it so much because both H & h loved each other from the start but that didn't stop them from loving, marrying and having babies with others. Its a personal preference for me that I like my protagonists to only love, marry & have babies with each other. When I came across this book, I thought perhaps the kids mentioned may have been adopted or inherited-type storyline....

This was about two best friends who met their freshman year in college. It was after a drunken night prank put Jake Stratton in a very bad position. Yes, he was handcuffed to a fence perfectly naked with a key taped to it out of reach as were his clothes.
When who should happen to come upon him in his happiest of times but Emily Cardew on her morning run. She first gave him an earful, had herself a laugh at his expense, then another earful, and then she released him. Once he was dressed they both had a laugh exchanged names and went to breakfast. The rest was history.
They have been friends for twenty years now. They have seen each other through a lot. They stand in the aftermaths of where their separate journeys have taken them now. They have stayed constants in each other lives but…
Emily married Peter Cardew and this after knowing a year into dating he had cancer. After freezing some of his swimmers they decided to try to have a baby. Sadly, he only made it to her twelve-week ultrasound. The cancer was more aggressive than they thought.
Jake was there by her side like he was when he walked her down the aisle, which just about killed him loving her so much, but he did it anyway. Forever heartbroken but he stayed her forever friend. The hardest part for him is on Peter’s deathbed he asked Jake to take care of Em and the baby to come when he passed. Feeling Jake with guilt for pinning over Em all these years. Rough!
As if he wouldn’t but still the guilt since he was in love with Em. Now, he was helping to deliver her child. Which turns out to be a son named Zachary Peter Jacob Cardew. Even though both he and Em are Obstetricians it was much different on their side of the birth this time.
With their jobs, they were used to high-stress jobs but during the weeks before her giving birth he was a wreck. He talked her into coming up so she could stay with him so she could be near just in case. Which was good since she delivers early. So, he helped her for a few weeks. That was June.
April arrives and a distressed call from his boss comes in for him to come over to the coffee shop across the street. In the middle of an exam. NOW! He is told it concerns his daughter Tilly. Now his is worried since she is only fourteen months old. How he is in a panic and is wondering why his boss is calling and not his ex. He leaving after apologies.
When he arrives, Tilly is screaming bloody murder. When he gets to her she is crying for mummy. Until she sees him. Then, the world is right. You see Jo, Tilly’s mother just handed her off to Ben knowing he worked with Jake. Said she would be back in a minute she forgot something. Never came back. When he saw an envelope with Jakes name on it he knew something was up.
The note said she could no longer care for her. She met someone that she wanted to travel with him. That she was sorry that she loved Tilly but she needed this. Sorry for leaving him in a mess.
Jake’s World has now been turned upside down. So, this time he needs to be the one who reaches out. He does and Em meets the call like a champ. She comes to his aide. Good Clean Read. I give this: 5 stars. Provided by netgalley.com.

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In Bound by their Babies we experience pleasure like non-other. Not pleasure of the flesh. But of the spirit. This book was written by Caroline Anderson and which was published by Harlequin under their new line Medical Romances. You will be inspired to read about two Doctors who both experienced loss. But, ultimately come to realize that second chances are also possibilities.
When Emily loses her husband due to an illness it was with Jake’s assistance that she was able to make a new start an able to raise her newborn son without all the stress of knowing if she would be able to take of him without her husband.
Now, the tables are turned. Jake’s will know what Emily felt like. When Jake’s wife abandons their young child and he must learn how to raise his daughter alone.
Bound by Their Babies a sweet inspirational story of friendship and second chances. A book that will yank at any readers heartstrings.

This is a sweet, easy to read romance about two people who should have been together years ago but circumstances and time kept them apart. Now that they are both doctors and single parents it seems the time has passed them by. Or has it? When they have to join together for practical reasons and ultimately live together, the realize that the time has come to look at the truth of their feelings for each other.