Review: Here be Spoilers...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2012
Likes: The daughter was cute and I thought it was realistic that she didn't take a shine to the hero right off the bat. Also, the hero didn't become superdad within minutes of meeting her. He had to work to gain her trust and acceptance.Dislikes: The characters' thoughts were like a broken record. It had the feeling of a subpar Harlequin with the hero and heroine trying to convince themselves that they no longer loved each other so that they could have a casual fling to burn through any remaining desire they had and then move on. When has that ever worked in a romance novel? There's also the secret baby trope that seems to be so popular these days but really just makes the heroine look like an irrational, heartless shrew for not giving the hero the option to be a part of his child's life. This chick really didn't have a valid excuse for not getting in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant either. She said she thought he would be bad father material because he'd never expressed any interest in having children. Perhaps that was because they were newly married at the time and he was busting his behind to provide her with the lavish lifestyle she was accustomed to. That doesn't leave much room for children. Just sayin'.Also, the hero seemed freakishly calm and accepting when faced with the fact that he'd missed the first six years of his child's life and that the heroine had no intention of EVER letting him know he even had a daughter. All in all, there was plenty of lust between these two but common sense and love seemed a little beyond them.