Title: Pregnesia Series: Recovery Men #3
Author: Carla Cassidy
Published: July 14, 2009
Genre(s): Romance: Suspense
Page Count: 224
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Summary from Goodreads:Former navy SEAL Lucas Washington was an expert at tackling impossible missions. But when a striking - and very pregnant - woman turned up in a car he was repossessing, suddenly he was in over his head. Shaken and bruised, she couldn't remember what had happened to her or why she was terrified of going to the police. Lucas made it clear he could be trusted, and vowed to protect her until she was safe. Hours turned to days as they searched for clues to her hidden past. Then a family came to claim her, and a happy ending seemed imminent. But had he just delivered his Jane Doe to safety...or into the hands of a killer?
“Hmm,” she thought to herself, “what could possibly go wrong in a book about a pregnant amnesiac? A book whose title is Pregnesia?”
Answer: nothing went wrong. It was hilarious and wonderful and everything the reader (i.e, ME) could ever have wanted. This is the first book I’ve read from Harlequin Intrigue, but I could totally see myself coming back for seconds. Pregnesia is, by nature of being a category romance, fast-paced and to the point, and while it might not differ much from other romantic suspense novels, I’ll be damned if I don’t award major points for the title alone. Genius effort.
The book opens with Lucas about to repossess a Buick in the dead of night. This is Very Serious Business, you see. Alas, his attempts to repo the Buick are thwarted when he realizes there’s a person inside. That person being a very pregnant, very bloody, very beautiful woman—who, we must understand, can’t remember a damn thing about herself or how she came to be pregnant and bloody.
Lucas does the obvious thing and brings Jane Doe home and has his sister take care of her. Meanwhile he gets mental-boners over how sweet and Damsel-in-Distress-y she is. It’s great. A bunch of batshit crazy things happen and we find out Jane is running away from a Secret Illuminati Cult! Nope, I’m not making this up, and YES, this book is worth every penny just for the Secret Illuminati Cult. 10/10.
So then there’s Lucas trying to protect Jane from the Illuminati, and also there are lots of Feels swimming around. They share two kisses and a handjob, and then Jane decides she’s in love with Lucas. (Don’t question her, okay, THIS IS TRUE LOVE!) Except then Lucas rejects her because he is Emotionally Constipated like most men and don’t need no woman in his Manly Life.
AND THEN. Oh, and then, we get to the stunning final chapter. The part that makes Pregnesia just…perfect. We find out that the Illuminati wanted Jane Doe’s baby to become the future Prophet (LOL) and that’s why they’re after her. Luckily Lucas rescues Jane and her baby bump, and it’s all good. Except, due to emotional constipation, Lucas totally rejects Jane (she made the first move, yay Jane!) and they part ways.
…only for Lucas to come racing into the hospital a few weeks later, right as Jane is giving birth!
And then, it’s happily ever after for Jane and Lucas and Lucas Junior, all covered in amniotic fluid and baby crap. It’s beautiful.
Pregnesia, you are a spectacular and trashy masterpiece. Never change.
