Secret baby romances are usually one of my absolute favourite tropes, but (for me) there has to be a logical reason why it’s being kept a secret. It is for safety reasons (mafia/crime), is there no way to contact the dad (one-night stand situation), betrayal (miscommunication) or he’s just found fame & the mum didn’t want to ‘hold him back’. The last one is plot-dependent, but I understand it if she didn’t want to shine a spotlight on their child.
In this book, none of these reasons apply. So they meet at a joint hen/stag party and get along amazingly (hence the secret baby). After this, she loses his number, but this is really a non-issue because everyone knew him at the stag party. He is never uncontactable. He’s a top surgeon, so he’s (probably) acclaimed, but not famous. She finds his number and finds out she is pregnant. So why oh why did she not contact him you ask … because he took a ‘new job that would take him out of state, and (she) just knew a surprise pregnancy after a night of drunken, unprotected sex wasn't in his plans’.
Point one - How does she know his plans? I DNFed at 7%, so maybe he said something. They didn’t know each other long though, so I can’t imagine his 5 year goals came up. I don’t know though. Point two - Is this not such an unbelievably stupid reason? Yes, him being out of state would be hard, but there is no logical reason for there to be a secret baby. I don’t get it. Is it just me….
She then takes a job at his hospital and has been keeping this secret for 5 years. 5 years !!! Don’t get me wrong I love the drama, but this woman apparently loves it more. For me, I just knew I wasn’t going to get along with the FMC because her reasoning was already annoying me. I may be overthinking this though. Probably am.
I want to give this 1 star, as I DNF-ed very early. However, it was for problems I personality saw with the plot and less to do with the characters or writing. I’m not saying my reasons don’t make sense, it just seems harsh to give it 1 star having read less than 8%. The book may get better and a massive revelation may come out.
I’m giving it a 3, but I don’t think I’d recommend it.