Others may not agree, but I don't think women have a right to kill an inconvenient baby. I'm pro-choice in the regard that you have the choice to engage in sex before marriage or not, but if you choose the former, you are also accountable for the consequences of your actions. There are enough people desperate to adopt a newborn, a woman doesn't need to be responsible past the birth if she doesn't want to be (on top of that, there are more medical risks associated with prematurely terminating a pregnancy than there are with carrying to term). So that said, I really appreciated that the hero was willing to fight for his child's life when their choices resulted in a pregnancy.
The second thing I appreciated was that not only was the heroine saving herself for marriage, but she was able to give good and valid reasons why. The fact is real life shows that the marriages of those who wait are statistically longer, for the reasons she gave. Relationships that become close before physical intimacy are stronger.
The third thing I appreciated was that after hearing the heroine's intent to wait until after marriage, the hero didn't decide she was a challenge to overcome, but rather he respected her not only to the point of refusing an opportunity in the story, but purposed to her by announcing he was willing accept her 'love waits' challenge.
I did find it funny that considering how badly his backstory scarred him, that he continued to be a playboy, and it is one of the things that always annoyed me is its perfectly acceptable for a guy to be a playboy, but if they even think a girl is acting similarly she's usually considered loose or a floozy. That's a long standing peeve of mine, but despite that I enjoyed this story a lot.
Others may not agree, but I don't think women have a right to kill an inconvenient baby. I'm pro-choice in the regard that you have the choice to engage in sex before marriage or not, but if you choose the former, you are also accountable for the consequences of your actions. There are enough people desperate to adopt a newborn, a woman doesn't need to be responsible past the birth if she doesn't want to be (on top of that, there are more medical risks associated with prematurely terminating a pregnancy than there are with carrying to term). So that said, I really appreciated that the hero was willing to fight for his child's life when their choices resulted in a pregnancy.
The second thing I appreciated was that not only was the heroine saving herself for marriage, but she was able to give good and valid reasons why. The fact is real life shows that the marriages of those who wait are statistically longer, for the reasons she gave. Relationships that become close before physical intimacy are stronger.
The third thing I appreciated was that after hearing the heroine's intent to wait until after marriage, the hero didn't decide she was a challenge to overcome, but rather he respected her not only to the point of refusing an opportunity in the story, but purposed to her by announcing he was willing accept her 'love waits' challenge.
I did find it funny that considering how badly his backstory scarred him, that he continued to be a playboy, and it is one of the things that always annoyed me is its perfectly acceptable for a guy to be a playboy, but if they even think a girl is acting similarly she's usually considered loose or a floozy. That's a long standing peeve of mine, but despite that I enjoyed this story a lot.