If it weren't for the fact that the heroine is NOT acting like a doormat to the sexist hero, then I would have abandoned this book pronto. But thank goodness the heroine does not allow bullshit in her life and it was nice to know that sexist men can learn how to appreciate women and have a HEA. ♥

Listening to this one was perfection! Y'all know that I adore SEP and this series and I know I am repeating myself (who cares??) but listening to these stories makes me love them even more.Anna Fields is an amazing narrator and she did a wonderful job at bringing this story to life. Cal, can he be any more pigheaded? Probably not but I loved him.Janie, as smart as she was the plan that she put in place at the beginning had some major flaws but thank the heavens above that love always wins out!An...

4 stars! It's been a while since I read a SEP book and I'm so glad I decided to read this book. In a way it was like reading her for the first time I was again amazed at what a wonderful storyteller she is. This is my third book in the Chicago stars series and it's the story of cal and Jane. "Nobody's baby but mine" was so entertaining right from the first chapter, the way Jane is obsessed about having a baby minus a husband. How everything becomes one huge mess that involves Cal, since his was

The "Cereal Killer" bit was funny, and that's the only reason I'm giving this two stars instead of one. I first read this about 10-15 years ago, when I was first starting to read romance. I remembered it fondly, and it's stayed on my "keeper" shelf through more moves than I can count. Rereading it now, though, it's abundantly clear that I'm a much more discriminating reader, and much more in tune with sexual politics than I used to be, because I really didn't like it this time around. My major i...

I found the hero Cal a little too harsh for my tastes. He represented what I don't like about pro sports players and that whole macho vibe that they can give off. It was wrong what Jane did to him,however he was in the habit of using women, so in some ways it was his karma coming back on him, in my opinion. My issue is that didn't treat her very well after the fact. I can understand him being angry but I feel he should have treated the woman who was pregnant with his child better than he did. Th...

Written March 31, 20154.7 Stars - Another great favorite in the best kind of fun and cozy romance novel by an always delivering "champion writer" in this genreAnother great and entertaining Susan Elizabeth Phillips book. An 11 hours audiobook edition from 1997 and once again narrated by a favorite female narrator, Anna Fields. Recommended by Crystal over a year ago. It was at last time. Happy dancing mood...One of the best so far in this series. Sooooo much fun. As my, right now kind of SEP b...

This is one of my very very favorite books...one of the ones that is dogeared and spine-cracked for all the readings and rereadings I've done of it. SEP is the best there is. Which makes Nobody's Baby But Mine quite possibly the best of the best.

Phillips unites a beautiful, brainy scientist desperate to be a mom with a brawny, smoking hot jock who, though handsome enough to father her child, is nowhere near as stupid as she wants her baby’s daddy to be. The lovely Karen is reading this series and her updates and reviews have whetted my appetite to do a re-read. Was it as good second time around? Definitely. I loved it.I loved Janie. I loved Cal. I loved Annie, the adorable Granny. “Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only ge

5 STARS[image error] I am going to start sounding like a broken record when it comes to Susan Elizabeth Phillips. And here I go again…. I fucking LOVED this book!!!!!!! What a shocker right? Seriously, I canNOT get enough of these fantastic books. Nobody's Baby But Mine is the third book in The Chicago Stars series. Although the books are written so that they can be read as stand alone, I personally recommend reading them in order. You are not going to want to miss one single moment of an...

2018I didn't enjoy it as much...but it could be because I just read Match Me if You Can- my favorite SEP book.------February 26, 20143 years later, this book remains a classic. SEP's characters are still amazing and hilarious. I don't think I need to write another full review.-----February 18, 2011Third times a charm. Maybe this time, I would write a suitable review.Clearly, I love this book. After reading it every so often (I think, once every 6 months), it has a solid place in my 'Favorites' s...

So I have been binge reading SEP's novels to fill the void in my heart left by LH and been having a spectacular time. Until this one.The heroine Jane is a world renowned physicist with 180 IQ points and a sad lonely life. Her solution is to have a baby with an idiot to tone down her baby's intelligence and ensure a normal childhood which she never had. Her pick is Cal Bonner, legendary quarterback and an obvious dumb jock. So she poses as a hooker, screws Cal with a sabotaged condom and gets her...

5 StarsAbsolutely amazing! Why didn’t somebody tell me sooner how freaking awesome this book was??You HAVE TO read this book if you like:* hot football players,* cold, brooding a**holes who redeem themselves by the end of the book (my favorite) * strong and above average smart heroines,* love-hate or enemies-to-lovers relationships,* quirky families in small town settings,* non-cliché storylines,*complex, multi-layered characters,* exceptional writing, witty banter and super hilarious dialogue,*...

5 starsNobody—and I do mean no body—crafts a comedic enemies-to-lovers story as well as Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Period. Oh, and arrogant jerks. Somehow she creates these arrogant and bull-headed alphas who are so sweet at heart that they easily win you over. And her heroines? I always adore her gutsy heroines. Basically, I’m a huge SEP fan in case you can’t tell. Nobody’s Baby But Mine is the third book in the Chicago Stars series, and it’s every bit as enjoyable as the previous books.I fell i...

What a disappointment. Honestly, I don't even know where to begin. Well, first let me start by saying that I despised the underlying plot of a pretentious physicist using a football player without his knowledge to get pregnant. I honestly despised Jane (the pretentious physicist). What she did was dirty and unforgivable, in my opinion, and yet somehow everyone in the book decides to quickly overlook her wrongdoing. Hardly is there a time while reading a romance book that I actually loathe the wo...

3.5 starsIf you read this while keeping in mind that it’s the same as watching those old classic rom com movies that are so fun and entertaining even tho they’re so problematic at times, you’d enjoy this one otherwise you might not like it much.Jane is a freakin genius. She just turned 34 and she desperately wants a baby. The problem is that she’s looking for someone “stupid” to balance her genius genes as she had a tough childhood because of how smart she was. So she pretends to be a hooker to

1 star Warning...RANTING AHEAD! Spoilers, too! First, apologies to all SEP fans and people who liked this book. Usually I don't do reviews of books I don't like but this one annoyed me so much I had to say SOMETHING. And that something probably won't be that coherent, but oh, well.I read some other books by her and liked them, although I noticed a slightly disturbing pattern-Hero's emotionally immature-heroine falls in love with a hero-hero can't admit he loves her-heroine runs off-hero has an...

5 Plus All the Smarts Stars* * * * * Spoiler Free Years ago I discovered Romance novels and was able to binge read Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I was going through a health challenge and it was SEP who got me through it with a smile on my face and many facepalms. I will forever be indebted to her. It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars, #1)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, #2)https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Nobody's Baby But Mine (Chicago Stars, #3)https://ww...

3.75 StarsOverall Opinion: This was cute. I was hoping to like it more because everyone seemed to love this -- and those darn expectations hit again, but I still enjoyed it. It's definitely dated with talk of technology (VHS tapes and such) or even the music references (Rod Stewart), but I didn't mind all that much since I knew going in that this is an older book. I liked their banter and arguments, and I appreciated how the h was smart and didn't hide it. I did struggle with the H. I found a l

This is probably my favorite book of Susan's and I've definitely read it multiple times. The premise is actually ridiculous (smart woman wants dumb baby because she was ostracized as a kid for being brilliant so she chooses a "dumb" football player to have sex with/get pregnant). This book is hilariously funny and witty and you just fall in love with the characters. A definite go-to book whenever you want to read one of the best romances of all time.

comfort reread!!One second I am rereading SEP and the next I am watching football...just in time for National Playoff