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Overview

Can a one-night stand turn into happily ever after?

Bar owner Kevin Kowalski is used to women throwing their phone numbers at him. Even if lately he's been more interested in finding Mrs. Right than Miss Right Now. Enter Beth Hansen.

Kevin and Beth may have started out all wrong, with an impromptu passionate encounter at a wedding, followed by a walk of shame. Yet Kevin knows there's more to their relationship than a one-night stand. Especially when Beth turns up pregnant.

Kevin may be ready for the "next step," but Beth doesn't want a relationship with a former playboy, however irresistible he might be. And it's going to take a lot to convince her to go on a second date with the father of her child….

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Stacey’s latest Kowalskis contemporary (after Exclusively Yours) is as spicy and insubstantial as popcorn laced with cayenne. When down-to-earth Beth Hansen and player Kevin Kowalski have a one-night stand, an unexpected pregnancy results. As they try to figure out how to raise a child while not being a couple, fiercely independent Beth feels strangled by Kevin’s overprotective he-man ways. Kevin would love to be not only a father but Beth’s main guy, and convincing her he’d be a great family man takes up the bulk of the plot. Their unlikely initial attraction feels like a rushed device to get to the pregnancy premise, and Beth’s dogged rejection of Kevin quickly begins to grate. Buoying the story is a secondary romance that’s more interesting than that of the main characters, and strong, funny writing fills the plot holes. Agent: Trident Media Group. (Feb.)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780373776856
  • Publisher: Harlequin
  • Publication date: 1/24/2012
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • Sales rank: 87,719
  • Series: Kowalskis Series
  • Product dimensions: 4.22 (w) x 8.52 (h) x 1.01 (d)

Meet the Author

Shannon Stacey married her Prince Charming in 1993 and is the proud mother of two incredible sons. She lives in New England, where her two favorite activities are trying to stay warm and writing stories of happily ever after. And while her two cats refuse to curl up on her lap and keep it warm while she writes, her Shih Tzu is never far away.



When she's not writing, she's indulging in her other passion—four wheeling! From May to November, the Stacey family spends their weekends on their ATVs, making loads of muddy laundry to keep Shannon busy when she's not at her computer.



You can contact Shannon through her website, shannonstacey.com, where she has maintained an almost daily blog since 2005, when she sold her first book. You can also visit her Facebook page, facebook.com/shannonstacey.authorpage, or email her.

Read an Excerpt

October

Every time the New England Patriots chalked one up in the win column, Kevin Kowalski got laid.

A score for them was a score for him. Not that he was always looking for a companion on a Sunday night, but the offers weren't scarce. As he slid a foaming mug of Sam Adams down the polished surface of the best damn sports bar in New Hampshire's capital city—which just happened to list his name as proprietor—he caught a blonde watching him. The Pats were lining up at first and goal on the big-screen, but her eyes were on him, letting him know the New England quarterback wasn't the only guy in scoring position.

But tonight he was having a hard time concentrating on the blonde with the chemically enhanced lips, surgically enhanced boobs and alcoholenhanced sex drive giving him the you could go all the way look.

He was too busy keeping his eye on the brunette at the other end of the bar. It wasn't just the fact she was pretty, with a mess of dark brown hair falling to her shoulders and eyes to match. Or that her fisherman's sweater and jeans hugged her body in all the right places, though that certainly didn't hurt.

Mostly he was keeping an eye on her because her date was going downhill in a hurry. Either the guy in the uptight, button-down shirt and khakis had had a couple before he'd walked into the bar or he had the alcohol tolerance of a high-school freshman, because it had only taken a couple shots of Scotch for Drunken Asshole Syndrome to kick in.

Now there was some body language going on between the couple, and her body wanted away from his body. His fingers would start looking for a soft place to land. She'd deflect. Rinse and repeat.

Jasper's Bar & Grille had three rules. No smoking. No throwing beer mugs, even at the Jets fans. And when a lady said no, it meant no.

The Patriots scored, and the glasses shook on the shelves as a triumphant roar filled Jasper's. The blonde hopped up and down on her bar stool, her boobs testing the bungee ability of her bra straps.

And the jerk with the wandering hands raised his empty glass to wave it in Kevin's general direction.

He made his way down to the couple but ignored the glass. "We won't be serving you any more alcohol, but you're welcome to a coffee or a soda, on the house.''

Uptight Guy's face turned as red as a Budweiser label, and Kevin sighed. He was going to be one of those guys. Jasper's had a zero-tolerance policy, so as the guy's ass lifted off the stool, Kevin gave Paulie the signal and watched her roll her eyes as she reached for the phone.

"I'm not drunk and I want another goddamn Scotch!"

The woman put her hand on the guy's arm, as if to push him back onto his seat. "Derek, let's—"

"Who the hell are you to tell me I can't have another goddamn Scotch?"

Uptight Guy's badass act was diluted a bit by the weaving. "I'm the guy who reserves the right to refuse you service."

"Beth, tell this asshole to gimme another drink."

Kevin shook his head. "You're cut off."

It happened fast. Kevin wasn't sure if the guy was throwing a punch or reaching in to grab him by the shirt, but his elbow hit his date and knocked her backward. She didn't fall, thanks to the guy sitting next to her, who was pleasantly surprised to find himself with an armful of brunette, but it distracted Kevin enough to allow the guy to land a weak, glancing blow to his jaw.

Uptight Guy, whom the woman had called Derek, sucked in a breath, as if he just realized what he'd done. Kevin watched as the guy's fightor-flight instinct kicked in and wasn't surprised when he chose flight. Sadly for him, Kevin was six-two and had some experience collaring yahoos, whether they were crooks back when he'd worn a badge or his four rowdy nephews. He reached across the bar, grabbed the guy by the scruff of the neck and yanked him back.

Derek was struggling like a pickerel on a hook and, when Kevin's grip almost slipped off the guy's collar, he jerked hard. Derek's head snapped around, and his nose exploded on the edge of the bar. Oops.

The guy screamed like a girl…and the crowd went wild. Jasper's didn't attract a real rough crowd, but everybody loved a good fight.

"Good fight" being relative, of course. Derek cupped his hands over his face, trying to staunch the blood and let out a high-pitched keening sound that made more than a few of the patrons wince.

"Shut up or I'll knock your ass out," Kevin yelled at the guy which, of course, got everybody in the bar chanting. Do it…do it…do it…

"Oh, my God, his nose!" Derek's date untangled herself from her neighbor and grabbed a couple of napkins off the bar. She tried to get to Derek's nose, but he kept pushing her away.

The crowd quieted when a couple of police officers walked through the front door. Derek's keening changed pitch when he saw them, from a pain-filled squeal to an oh, shit desperation.

"Hey, Kowalski," the older of the two cops said.

"Hey, Jonesy. Your old man like those tickets?"

"Are you kidding me? Tenth row, fifty-yard line? He was in heaven. Said to tell you thanks and give you his best."

"Glad to do it," he said easily, still holding on to Derek's collar. He fostered a friendly relationship with the local P.D., not only because he'd been on the job once down in Boston, but because any good businessman did. Especially businessmen who served alcohol. "Got a live one here."

"What happened to him?"

"Hit his face on the bar. You know how it is."

In the split second between Kevin releasing him and Jonesy grabbing for his wrists, Derek stupidly decided to make a break for the door.

The rookie made a move to stop him at the same time Beth did. She accidentally—at least it looked accidental—tripped him, and the young cop fell on his face. Jonesy jumped over his partner and did the nearing-retirement version of a sprint after Derek.

Beth was practically hyperventilating.

The rookie scrambled to his feet as Jonesy took down his prey in a half-ass diving tackle that made the crowd roar in approval. Rookie had his handcuffs out, but it looked as if Uptight Guy was going all-in on a resisting charge.

"Why are you doing this to him?"

Kevin's gaze swiveled to the woman, who looked almost as pissed as her date. "I didn't do jack to him, lady. Did you forget the part where he hit you?"

"He didn't hit me. He bumped me trying to hit you."

Yeah, that was so much better. "How about the groping? How many times were you going to tell him no?"

She actually rolled her eyes at him. "I had it all under control."

"No, now it's all under control."

"Look, it's not what you… Forget it. You have to help him, though."

Since Derek had two hundred pounds of veteran cop kneeling on his head while the rookie tried to secure the cuffs, there wasn't much Kevin could do for him, even if he wanted to. Which he didn't.

"It's not what you think," she insisted.

"I'm going to sue you for everything you've got, asshole," Derek screamed over his shoulder. "And you, you dumb bitch, you're fired!"

Oops. Kevin looked at Beth. "I thought he was just a bad date."

She climbed onto a stool and dropped her forehead to the bar with a thunk. "You just cost me my job."

Only several years of fine-tuning his brain-to-mouth filter behind the bar kept him from pointing out she was maybe better off without it. "Want a beer?"

A beer? Rambo the bartender here thought a beer was going to fix the mess he'd gotten her into? Beth Hansen curled her hands into fists to keep from reaching across the bar and shaking him like a martini.

So Derek was a drunken ass. So what else was new? It was nothing she couldn't handle. She handled it once a week or so, as a matter of fact, and had been for three months.

After work, Derek would leave the office and walk down the street to have a drink. He'd call his secretary—that would be her—with some bogus excuse requiring her to stop by the bar. A paper that needed signing. A fax he'd forgotten to read but absolutely had to before he went home. She'd show up, he'd try to get in her pants, she'd put him in a cab and the next day they'd pretend it didn't happen.

Sometimes, like today, he'd even drag her out on a weekend. Maybe not ideal working conditions, but she'd suffered worse.

But this time Derek's usual bar was closed for renovations, so he'd kept on walking until he'd come to Jasper's Bar & Grille. Now her boss had a broken nose, and she had no job.

A beer wasn't going to help.

She lifted her head and propped her chin on her hand. "Did you have to call the police?"

"Yup."

"You could have let it go."

He rested his palms on the edge of the bar and looked her in the eye. God, he was tall. And that wasn't all he had going for him. Besides the height and the blue eyes and the dimples, he had broad shoulders straining the seams of an ancient Red Sox T-shirt and thick brown hair that had that careless style of a man who didn't want to fuss with it. Probably mid-thirties.

"Lady, he punched me in the face."

"It wasn't much of a punch," she muttered, since she couldn't deny it. "I almost had him talked into a cab, but you had to go and make it a big deal."

"Hey, Kevin," a younger guy called out. "Can we make a mimosa?"

"This is a sports bar, not Easter brunch." He turned back to her, shaking his head. "All I did was tell him he was cut off. Not only do I have the right, but when a patron's visibly intoxicated, I have the obligation. And I ain't exactly a turn-the-other-cheek guy when it comes to getting punched in the face."

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  • Posted June 29, 2011

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    Enjoyed it!

    I loved reading this book! It is a story that keeps you entertained for hours.

    8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 12, 2010

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    Great Book!!

    This book was kept me interested till the end. I loved exclusively yours by Shannon Stacy and was excited to hear she was writting about Joe's brother Kevin. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a romance book that makes you laugh.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted August 1, 2011

    eh

    really good plot. Beth's reluctance for help was a little drawn out and annoying. Overall a good read

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 24, 2011

    Kowalski Family Chronicles

    Beth and Kevin are clearly made for each other and it's a wonderful journey reading about Kevin's efforts to convince Beth that she is undeniably his.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 7, 2012

    Ugh

    ## UGH! The female lead Beth was horrible. She doesn't deserve Kevin. Don't bother with this one. It will just frustrate and annoy you.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 16, 2011

    Blah

    I felt like i was reading the same thing over and over.. She insisted on being friends although she wanted him and he wanted her. He was too amazimg to her and she was undeserving of his patience.. too hard to read this game for 575 pages to have them FINALLY get together in the last 25!!! It was a frustrating read!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted August 4, 2011

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    Grr.

    I found myself extremely frustrated with this story. Throughout the whole book it was we can't be together, we can't be together ,and then BAM they get together in the last 16 pages. I was extremely frustrated with the heroin of the story as well. It just felt like I was reading the exact same thing over and over and over. I kept thinking 'Oh come on! Just get together already!' I made myself push through to the end, which is a shame. Sorry to those of you who liked it. Maybe it just wasn't the book for me.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 7, 2010

    highly recommended

    this was a really good ebook and a good price. i could enjoy the story and not feel guilty about how much i paid for it. i buy a lot of ebooks and enjoy the concept of not having to go out to buy a good book, however i will not buy anymore ebooks at the book price. its not fair to us and the industry is taking advantage of the consumers. as long as we pay these rediculous prices (9.99 and up) they will keep raising them.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    What a waste of time.

    Why? One word: Beth. 'Nuff said. -___-

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 26, 2012

    Good Read

    I have read all three of the Kowalski books. This is my least favorite. It is still a good read. It just seems the that Beth's character is fickle and it drags out her resisting Kevin.

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  • Posted August 15, 2011

    Not woth it

    The main character Beth is not likeable. Not sure why Kevin fell in love with her. The author didn't expond on any good traits Beth had. I wish Kevin had hooked up with a nicer girl deserving of his total greatness.

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  • Posted August 11, 2011

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    The Kowalski Family of Doom Continues

    Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey Book 2 in the Kowalski Series ISBN-978-1-4268-9072-7

    Kevin Kowalski had been a Boston cop until he found his wife in their bed with his boss. After beating his boss up and divorcing his wife he bought a bar. The night Beth Hansen came in his bar changed everything. Three weeks after he first seen Beth, and caused her to lose her job by having her boss arrested in his bar, she was at Joe & Keri's wedding. She was serving at the open bar. When the night was over he found her outside in the gardens. And before they knew it they were spending the night together.

    Beth Hansen was a nomad of sorts. She was the only surviving child because her mother miscarried. They were a bit overprotective so Beth started traveling. She would work awhile and when she had enough money she moved to the next town. She had a great night with Kevin Kowalski and as she went to leave to get some breakfast he mumbled about locking the door behind her. Forget her fairy tale night, she was just some bimbo to him. So she left.

    Three weeks later Beth found that the 2% chance of a bad condom had happened and she was pregnant by a man who did not want to see her again. She went to the bar to tell him and he went into Mr. Take Charge mode, just what she ran away from. Before she knew she was moved into an apartment above the bar and across the hall from him. It had ended up her crappy apartment had lead in the paint.

    The book is mostly about the dance between them. They both cared about each other but Beth could only believe he was thinking of the baby. They hardly knew each other. She was thrown into the Kowalski family head first with Thanksgiving dinner. His sister-in-law Lisa had married Mike because she was pregnant and she agreed with Beth about being cautious.

    Paulie Reed was Kevin's assistant manager at Jasper's Bar. No one knew she had been hiding the last five years from a aristocratic type lifestyle. Until Samuel Logan the Fourth came into the bar. She had left him at the altar. She loved him but felt he was marrying her because their society lifestyle put them together. There is a secondary story of Sam pursuing Paulie.

    It is a great story and not really centered around sex. Kevin and all the Kowalski's are loveable characters that become real in the stories. I would suggest reading Exclusively Yours first. The first book introduces all the Kowalski's and you get to know Kevin as well.

    Book received through NetGalley for Review

    Book contains language and sexual situations.

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  • Posted July 21, 2011

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    Cute story! Fun summer read...

    Loved the whole series although this was probably my least favorite. I just wanted Beth to get over herself already and toward the end I wanted to just scream at her but as with every one in this series, the story was predictable and I could figure out what was gonna happen midway through it. Still worth my $4 though, it kept me entertained and I definitely want more of the Kowalski family.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 24, 2011

    What does he see in her?

    Beth is so unlikeable, I wasn't able to finish the book. She has so few redeeming qualities to start out with and her character does not grow or change until almost the last chapter, so it's hard to empathize with her. Even after living and working with Kevin, she stubbornly sticks to her stereotyping. Stacey has created such a warm, loving family in the Kowalski's that I want them to adopt me (or marry me), but Kevin needs to get a clue.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 17, 2012

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    Great guy, whining girl, happy ending.

    Every book in this series is pretty much the same. They both fall in love fairly quickly (say...a few days to a few weeks), don't want to tell each other because of pride/insecurity, get slapped in the face with loneliness after they go their separate ways, realize they are being stupid, and get married and have babies. There is at least one sexual scene in each book as well, sometimes more. Sorry for spoiling it, but really? Did you THINK it would have a bad ending?

    I wrote the same review for Yours to Keep because they follow the same series of events (as stated above). However, I find the girl in this book to be EXTRA prideful and whines a lot. Similar to Bella in Twilight. I like Twilight. But sometimes you just want to push whiney girls down in the dirt and say, "NOW you have something to complain about, you baby." Frustrating, to say the least.

    It wasn't the best chick book, but as I previously reviewed on the other book, "The guys are tall and ruggedly handsome, sweet, and will do anything for their ladies. Who doesn't like to read about that and pretend it's your story, right? I would probably read more of Stacey's books. Easy reads with happy endings."

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 16, 2012

    undeniably yours

    Was a verry good book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 10, 2012

    loved this author

    great read - wonderfully told story- will continue with the series

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  • Posted March 28, 2012

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    Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey continues the delightful stor

    Undeniably Yours by Shannon Stacey continues the delightful story of the Kowalski family.

    Kevin Kowalski is happy running his bar and fending off women. He has never had trouble with the opposite sex that is until Beth Hansen walked into his bar. Kevin thought he was saving her from an unwelcome suitor but here it was Beth’s drunken boss and she lost her job. Months later Beth is working his brothers wedding and it leads to a one night stand.

    Beth Hanson was just trying to make ends meet by working at the reception hall. She was expecting to run into the man she holds responsible for losing her last job. But Beth finds her self very attracted to Kevin and ends up spending the night. Three months later Beth is shocked to find out she is going to have Kevin’s child.

    Beth feels its important to let Kevin know about the child but doesn’t expect anything from this player. But Kevin floors Beth by wanting to be involved in every aspect of her pregnancy and raising their child. He even gets her a better place to stay right across the hall from him.

    Beth doesn’t trust anyone wanting to control her life no matter how kind and handsome that person is. Kevin has his work cut out to convince Beth that his player days are behind him and that he is the man for her.

    Undeniably Yours is another treat for any romance reader. The chemistry between Beth and Kevin is witty and sensual. They both had relationships in their past that left them heartbroken. But spending so much time in close quarters has them realizing that they could have it all. This series has become a favorite of mine.

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  • Posted March 15, 2012

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    This is the second book in the Kowalski Family trilogy by Shanno

    This is the second book in the Kowalski Family trilogy by Shannon Stacey.I enjoyed this one as much as the first, there's a little bit of love, some angst, and humor.

    Kevin is one of the most upstanding male MCs I've read in a while. I loved that even though he and Beth had boundaries Shannon Stacey kept the romantic tension strong all the way through the book. When given the chance, I appreciated that Kevin wasn't always on his best behavior. I kind of wish Beth would have been a little more open a little sooner. I understood why she held to her plans, but I can wish right? While I loved Kevin, I think the Kowalski family was a great addition to the story -- especially Bobby!

    This is another comfort book in my opinion. Shannon Stacey is a fantastic author that manages to capture so many facets of human nature in order to help you fall in love with her characters. I can't wait to read YOURS TO KEEP!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 28, 2012

    read it

    it's a great feel good book. looking forward to reading more of her stuff

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