Niko Mylonnas had two sons: Javiero Rodrigues by his wife, and
Valentino, Val, Cascale by his mistress. Neither son likes his father
although Niko tried to give them equal opportunities. Both have
rejected him, but now he’s dead and it’s time to read the will.
Val, who gave up his
claim to his father’s fortune years ago, doesn’t even know why he
has to attend. When he arrives, he finds out. A single night of love
with artist, Kiara O’Neill three years ago produced a daughter he
didn’t know existed. Niko made secrecy the price of helping Kiara
provide for the baby.
Now that Val knows
about his daughter things change. He has long felt the stigma of
illegitimacy and he doesn’t want that for his daughter, but dealing
with Kiara, who he feels betrayed him, is not so easy.
The characters in
this novel are hard to like. Val is withdrawn and emotionally
abusive. Kiara seems weak. She gave in to whatever Niko wanted. Val
finds it hard to forgive her although he knows she had very limited
resources to care for the baby. Still there was that night of passion
between them that keeps drawing them together.
This is an unusual
love story. Both characters have reasons to reject each other, so the
question is whether they can find their way back to the passion they
shared for the sake of themselves and their daughter.
I received this book
from Harlequin for this review.
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