Knocked Up

Cara Thompson’s first ever one-night stand—with the best man at her best friend’s wedding—results in an unexpected pregnancy and an unlikely love affair in Lynn’s sweet but slight second Crazy Love contemporary (after Fake Wife). Cara recently cut ties with her wealthy, controlling parents and is trying to build a career as an independent artist, but she knows she wants to keep the baby. She tracks down the father, Braxton—a heavily tattooed guy from the wrong side of town—and is shocked when he supports her decision and turns out to be well-off. Braxton’s tumultuous upbringing was only mitigated by a father-figure neighbor, and he’s eager to have a real family of his own. The pair bond through the pregnancy, working through Cara’s “nine-month trip to Hormonal Crazy Town” and terrible nausea, and enter into a tentative romantic relationship, but both are hesitant to reveal the depth of their feelings for fear of being hurt. This slim romance is, at its heart, a story about what makes a family. Agent: Michelle Johnson, Inklings Literary. (June)