I have had this one in the TBR file for a long time, but was hesitant to start reading it. I wasn't quite sure how I would feel about someone taking a child away from their mother.



I was not disappointed, in that this book certainly packed a punch! David and Anne were married four years ago. David came from a "well to do" family and was a prominent attorney. Anne was a very young, penniless orphan. Of course, Mother-in-law was mortified that her dear son married so much beneath him. Consequently

I have had this one in the TBR file for a long time, but was hesitant to start reading it. I wasn't quite sure how I would feel about someone taking a child away from their mother.



I was not disappointed, in that this book certainly packed a punch! David and Anne were married four years ago. David came from a "well to do" family and was a prominent attorney. Anne was a very young, penniless orphan. Of course, Mother-in-law was mortified that her dear son married so much beneath him. Consequently, she did everything in her power to separate them and unfortunately succeeded. As Anne lays ill in the hospital after delivering her baby, she tells Anne, that the child has died and that David wants nothing more to do with her. Brokenhearted Anne leaves the hospital, even though she is very ill.



The story opens 4 years later when Anne comes across a want add where David is seeking child care for his four year old daughter. Anne applies for the position in the hopes of determining if the child is hers. Of course, the child is the spitting image of her. So now, she knows that the man who ruthlessly cast her aside, has also stolen her child.



Only in HP land, would a mother NOT go screaming to a lawyer, or at a minimum bludgeon the SOB to death. Instead, we are taken on a journey where physical attraction explodes and a heroine who is more focused on doing whatever her husband demands than kicking his sorry butt. (Honestly who in their right mind can kiss, let alone have sex with the man who stole your child from you four years ago) So she decides to stay as the paid servant to be with her daughter. It was amazing to me that it never once entered her mind, that she absolutely had every legal right to the child. That not only could she get custody, but very possibly destroy his legal career. Last time I looked, kidnapping was a crime in Canada.



I gave this 4 stars simply for it's intensity. I might come back and down grade it since I was disappointed that the author did not make the heroine a more worthy opponent.











