Ella walked away from Tara and her mother, Candy, years ago in order to build a life that made some sense. Tara is as beautiful as her mother and has never really dealt with the realities of her childhood. Each sister dealt with it differently Ella had lots of therapy, became a writer and is living with a man who is laid back, undemanding and understands her and the life she came from. Read moreĮlla and Tara Varner grew up without a father and with a mother who had no idea how to be a parent. But if she lets her guard down will he break her heart?Īs sparks fly and heat rises drawing them irresistibly closer, Jack and Ella will have to decide if they're playing house. Ella admits the charming Jack is sexy as hell.

But the more he gets to know Ella and Luke, the more he discovers he doesn't want to. The baby's father-Jack-will have to help.įor the first time in his life, Jack can't smooth talk his way out a jam. Ella doesn't know how to raise a child, and she's not going to do it alone. Then a gorgeous stranger with an infant appears on his doorstep, rocking his carefree world.Ĭolumnist Ella Varner liked her independent life too, until her wild younger sister Tara, skipped town, leaving baby Luke in her responsible hands. He has money, women, and no commitments, and that's just the way he likes it. Millionaire Texas playboy Jack Travis lives for pleasure. but readers who prefer the “festival of pain” approach to romance writing would be well advised to look elsewhere.A sexy novel, rich with love, laughter, and steamy passion that sizzles with New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's hallmark sensuality and delicious tension It's not that there is no drama in this book.

Their sweet, family-oriented love affair moves briskly forward, and the obstacles are booted off the page with a minimum of fuss. There are several obstacles in the path of their inevitable happily-ever-after (including Ella's troubled past, Jack's seductive ex-girlfriend, and a grab-bag of emotional hang-ups), but these are still two intelligent, unattached, relatively stable individuals who totally dig each other. The course of true love never runs smoothly in romance novels, but Jack and Ella have an easier time of it than most. Ella has spent years struggling to bury the ghosts of her unhappy childhood, so when she becomes the unwilling guardian of her flighty sister's newborn baby, she decides to hunt down the child's father-rumored to be real estate mogul Jack Travis-and demand that he step up to the plate. Kleypas's current heroine is Ella Varner, author of the popular 'Miss Independent' advice column. Smooth Talking Stranger is the third book in Lisa Kleypas's best-selling series about the wealthy, powerful, Houston-based Travis family.

Smooth talking stranger by lisa kleypas