Barbara Boswell

Barbara Boswell built a long romance-fiction bibliography that includes stand-alone novels as well as connected family stories. Whatever It Take appeared in 1986 and pairs journalists Kelly Malloy and Brandt Madison in an investigation involving unlawful baby selling. Their professional rivalry gives the story its initial tension: Kelly distrusts Brandt because of the publication that employs him, while Brandt realizes that the inquiry touches a guarded part of her past. Boswell places newsroom ambition beside questions of confidence, vulnerability, and partnership. Her books appeared across several decades, reflecting a sustained career in category romance. This early novel shows her interest in capable working protagonists whose emotional decisions develop alongside an external problem. Kelly and Brandt must judge each other’s motives while pursuing a story that challenges professional detachment. The result combines investigative momentum with the gradual revision of first impressions, a pattern that suits Boswell’s focus on commitment under pressure.