Review: Makes Very Little Sense
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 16, 2014
What was Ms. Lennox thinking when she wrote this novella?  I mean the romance between the protagonists is sweet, but the background story is so unbelievable that it makes very little sense.  Kristen leaves her tycoon husband when the stressful life they are living puts her pregnancy at risk.  To be fair, at the time he was so caught up in his business endeavors that the two hardly spent any time together.Kristin goes off to live with her family, and for the next three years she makes a life for herself and her daughter completely separate from her husband.  She writes to him faithfully keeping him updated on the progress of their daughter, but he never responds.  Unknown to Kristen and Mikhail, his secretary keeps the letters from him.  Finally, one letter gets to Mikhail and he not only discovers the location of his errant wife--who, BTW he has never bothered to look for--but also, that he has a daughter.  Of course, he quickly descends upon Kristen, intent on getting custody of their daughter.  He is shocked to discover that his daughter not only knows who he is, but also knows all about him.  He and Kristen quickly work out their differences and the two embark on a life together.IMO, Kristen is a complete idiot.  I couldn't understand why she continued to wait for Mikhail when she hadn't had any contact from him in three years!  She went through an extremely difficult pregnancy all on her own--she had her family, but no Mikhail.  He never once responded to any of her letters, and seemed, for all intents and purposes, to have absolutely no interest in his daughter.  I mean, I know he's  busy tycoon, but no one is THAT busy!  So, even though Mikhail had a perfectly valid reason for not being in contact, Kristen didn't know that.  Consequently, she just comes across looking weak and stupid...exactly the type of heroine that I hate and who is the kiss of death for any romance book, as far as I am concerned.IMHO, the story would have played better if Mikhail discovered the existence of his daughter when Kristen served him with divorce papers.  Under those circumstances, the three year time span would have been more acceptable, but as the story stands, three years is a ridiculously long period of time.  In any event, this is one book that I absolutely cannot recommend.  Happy reading!