Kindergarten teacher Megan Rossi is devoted to being a mother to her best friend’s five-year-old daughter, Molly. When the child was orphaned, Meg became the little girl’s legally named guardian—over the objections of Molly’s wealthy grandparents, the Campbells. Now the Campbells are petitioning for custody, and Meg is faced with a long and expensive legal battle. The last thing she expects is for her former high school boyfriend—and the Campbells’ estranged son—to offer a solution: marriage.
Billionaire software developer Jason Campbell knows his parents don’t have Molly’s best interests at heart—it’s all about control for them. There is one way he can ensure that his sister’s last wishes are honored. He will offer Meg the protection of his name and lawyers until the custody arrangement has been finalized , then he’ll secure his niece’s future with a very generous divorce settlement. Jason’s considered all the scenarios, except one—that the sparks that once flew between he and Meg might reignite a burning passion. And that his confirmed bachelor heart might just melt away from the heat…
Meg Rossi is trying to deal with the death of her best friend and the guardianship of her friends little girl, Molly, when she’s hit with a 1-2 punch. Molly’s grandparents want the child to raise and they’ll stop at nothing to get her. Meg doesn’t have the money to fight the Campbells as they have millions to spend and she’s a kindergarten teacher. Though she does well for herself she’s not a millionaire. She doesn’t want to lose Molly and knows that Molly’s mother, Grace, wanted Meg to raise the girl because she hated the way she was raised. How can she keep Molly from that life? She’s unexpectedly approached by Jason Campbell who proposes marriage. She all but laughs in his face. You see Jason and Meg have a history and Jason wasn’t reliable once, how can he be again?
Jason is not happy that his parents, who he considers complete vipers, want to take Molly away from Megan. He knows that his sister Grace and her husband didn’t want Molly raised by his parents and the only way he can think of to save Meg and Molly and keep Molly from his parents is to marry Meg. He proposed to Meg that it just be for a year until the ‘rents back off. He proposes a pre-nup agreement and that they adopt Molly as their own and then even when they split Molly would be safe. Meg is so desperate that she agrees even though she’s not sure she can trust Jason. She desperately wants to but when she was 16 and he 18 his parents verbally attacked Meg and Jason didn’t say a word to defend her. She was hurt and betrayed but that didn’t stop her from loving the jerk for the past 14 years.
Jason is a brainiac who lives, eats and breathes his company. He knows that he’s not what’s good for either Meg but marrying her and then letting her go will save 2 people he cares about. He certainly doesn’t plan on falling in love with her once again but obviously his heart had different plans.
This was a book with a trope that isn’t uncommon. That being said I think that the author did a good job of showing us the past hurts that each of the characters had had. She also gave us some interesting secondary characters that were well worth reading about. I did think that there were some emotional scenes that weren’t explored fully – ones that could have added more depth to the story – and that was a bit disappointing. There were, however, some that were done very well and that made up for the lack in the others, at least for me.
The book showed two characters that grew from their love and the benefit of being close together. I loved seeing Jason becoming a better man as you could tell he had it in him.
Overall it was a good book and a fun read.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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