GRR Reviews Made in Paradise by Donna Fasano

Amber left hometown and the young man she loved behind ten years ago, believing the baby she gave birth to was stillborn. She eventually became an M.D.. Her father's sudden death left her reeling, and searching through her effects revealed a bank account that had been sitting there for 10 years holding a large amount of money, that had never been touched, in a bank in her old hometown. When she headed back, she found to her shock that the boy she left behind, Jon, is now a single father, and his daughter... now 9 years old, is no doubt the child she long thought dead. // Jon constantly fights with his mother about how his daughter should be raised... since having a 9-year old as a mechanic's apprentice is un-lady-like, but that's what he expected after quitting his job in the family bank and opening an auto repair shop on the "wrong" side of town. he couldn't believe Amber just came back to town like that, after sending back their child. But the chemistry between them cannot be denied, and it's true his/their daughter needs some female influence. But when his meddling mother tried to interfere again, what will happen to this reunion?

The ending wasn't quite satisfying, though the grand gesture was nice enough. It's a nicely gender-flipped secret baby trope.

Category: Contemporary

Overall Rating: 4/5

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