Review: Really good heart-warming story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2012
This story was excellent and the only reason I rated as a 4 star book, was because I wished it were just a little bit longer. Then again when a book leaves you wanting more, it's the sign of a very good author.I found myself rooting for the three characters in this book. For Mikhail Benovich, because he needed to learn to trust and find the love that had been missing for his entire life, including his early childhood days. For Kristen, because she truly loved Mikhail with everything she had. He was willing to give her anything her heart desired, except the 2 things she really wanted and needed the most from him. His love and his trust. And last but not least, for Victoria. Victoria craved her father's love and attention too. She knew everything there was about her father and his work, but she never even got to see her father in person, until just before her 3rd. birthday when he showed up at the park where she'd been playing with her mother and cousins. She was the first one to spot him in the park and knew who he was right away. She was so excited to finally have her father there that she ran right up to him. When she finally got close enough she ran into his open and welcoming out stretched arms and hugged him as tightly as her little arms were able too..To say that Mikhail was shocked by his daughter's actions was an understatement. He had no idea that his daughter even knew who he was. After all, he had thought that his wife had lost their child, and had just learned of her existence just this morning when he ran across the last letter Kristen had written.. If he hadn't come across that letter Kristen that had sent while his secretary was out of the office, he might not have ever known about his child.Ahhhh yes, the devious secretary. The woman who did everything in her power to try to destroy their marriage so she could claim Mikhail for herself. She would block all of Kristen's phone calls,claiming he was in a meeting or out of town. She also hid all the pictures and numerous letters that Kristen sent over the years. And after he left on the plane to go find his daughter, she tried to burn all the evidence she had hidden, but was caught red handed trying to burn all the evidence in his office, by Mikhail's head of security and was not only fired, but was arrested right there on the spot.I highly recommend this book, even though I only gave it a rating of 4 stars. Like I said before, I tend to like longer stories with more insight of what happens down the road. This book end abruptly, or at least for me it did, right after they decided to stay together as a real family. They talked of having more children, and I would have loved to have at least a short epilogue at the end. Otherwise, it was a really heart-warming story.