Kian by Melody Anne: Surgeon Kian finds out he’s father to a four year old young girl with his patient’s last 
words. Turns out, she was a one night stand from years ago, and she kept his daughter from him out of fear he and his wealthy family would take the baby. Even in shock, Kian knows he wants his daughter.
But to make matters even more complicated, the one night stand is the sister of the woman Kian adored years ago. Roxie ran away from Kian years ago in fear that she was losing herself to her love for him. She hasn’t been back to town since then, but with the death of her sister and orphaned niece, Roxie is back and ready to be a parent.
Both Roxie and Kian are made guardians for the young girl, but Roxie has no idea how to interact with Kian. Although the spark is still there, and Kian knows he wants this family, Roxie doesn’t want to fall back into Kian’s intense orbit.
I can’t say this is the story for me. I’m not a huge fan of a child in a romance – especially when the child is literally only a plot device and has no character of her own. But what really angered me was Roxie’s treatment of Kian.
While I didn’t care for either Kian or Roxie, Roxie fully barred Kian from his daughter’s life out of her own fear and insecurity of seeing him. No matter how insecure Roxie may feel, she had absolutely no right to bar him from his child, and I can’t even express how angered I was by this. Especially because this was most of the story, until the very end when Kian literally had to force himself into his child’s life. Due to this, I honestly hated Roxie throughout the entire novel.
What I can say is Kian is very much a Melody Anne hero. He loves Roxie passionately, and their sexual tension is strong. However, I just could not get on board with this heroine.
Book Info:
Publication: February 20, 2018 | Montlake Romance | Undercover Billionaire #1
There was a time when surgeon Kian Forbes would have surrendered every cent of his vast family fortune if it could make Roxie Gilbert happy. That was before she skipped town, broke his heart, and sent him spinning through a string of forgettable one-night stands. He never even knew he’d fathered a child—with Roxie’s sister, no less. But in the wake of tragedy, little Lily needs a home. And Kian wants his daughter. But Roxie’s not giving in or giving up without a fight.
Fearful of her intense feelings for Kian, Roxie ran. Now that her sister’s death has brought her home, she intends to take custody of her niece and avoid Kian—easier said than done on both counts. With their wealth and power, the Forbes men are accustomed to winning. And as she and Kian are forced to spend time together for Lily’s sake, saying no to everything he wants proves impossible…even though it means risking both their hearts all over again.
Teresa Williams
Sounds great.Will check it out
VSBbooksBlog
Uh oh. That sounds like something that would make me ragey. If he is the dad and she is the aunt what business does she have to keep him from the kid? Also, how do you actually believe that there could be a relationship with so much resentment on both accounts.
Great review.
Tammy Y
Thanks for your review. I will pass
Francislaine Queiroz Costa
Roxie is selfish, boring and immature, she acts like a child younger than her niece, she just thinks to run away and I don’t know to where or why.
Kian is a nice guy too nice to be true. He is a fool, how could he love Roxie, how could he wait for such a long time for her? How could she live in the same house her sister was murdered? Why didn’t she accept to live with Kian? She prefers to live in the house her niece was injured and her sister murdered. She insisted on keeping her niece but was surprised when the girl called her Mama, the kid is 3 years old. Everyone, who wants to take care of the girl is fine with her, except the father, during all day long she didn’t care to know where is the girl? Who is with the girl? What the girl is doing? Or, to feed the girl. He insisted in wait for her time, why won’t he fight to keep his daughter with him? He lost the first 3 years of her life and don’t do anything to know the girl daily basis. Why doesn’t he fight for his daughter?
Although I am not an English born reader, I can read fast and this book took me twice the time to read it. I don’t know who are the characters in chapter 16 and these people are responsible for the epilogue, why? Who are they? I think the book would be more readable if structured as below:
Chapters 1 to 5: they could be summarized in 3 or 4
From chapters 6 to 24: they would live together like a family in his house (safer than hers), they could talk, chat, speak, argue, discuss, have sex, more sex, and find out their love, he could teach her to trust him, she could learn to stay than run away.
Chapter 25: they argue, like every other romance book, without a good reason or because she decided to run away again.
Chapter 26: she could come back to her house to find her sister’s killer.
Chapters 27 and 28 are ok.
Epilogue a real one, summing up their last year together and without people who don’t have a real voice during the book.