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The Billionaire's Baby & The Wrong Fiancé
THE BILLIONAIRE’S BABY
Determined to be her own woman, former reckless party girl Marisa Martinez starts a chocolate business and rents a small house in Passion Grove. But when one hot night with billionaire businessman Naim Ansah leads to an unexpected pregnancy, the sexy, complex man refuses to let her do everything by herself. Losing some independence has Marisa pondering the future of their relationship, and if love can truly overcome every obstacle.
THE WRONG FIANCƒ
Millionaire playboy Bennett Randal knows about the girl code—no woman will date a friend’s ex. But his former fiancée’s friend Devyn Clark is the feisty Southern beauty he’s always wanted. Suddenly, the sexy art dealer is in big trouble and needs Bennett’s help to keep her job and reputation. And when their sizzling attraction can’t be contained, someone has to change the rules…
Determined to be her own woman, former reckless party girl Marisa Martinez starts a chocolate business and rents a small house in Passion Grove. But when one hot night with billionaire businessman Naim Ansah leads to an unexpected pregnancy, the sexy, complex man refuses to let her do everything by herself. Losing some independence has Marisa pondering the future of their relationship, and if love can truly overcome every obstacle.
THE WRONG FIANCƒ
Millionaire playboy Bennett Randal knows about the girl code—no woman will date a friend’s ex. But his former fiancée’s friend Devyn Clark is the feisty Southern beauty he’s always wanted. Suddenly, the sexy art dealer is in big trouble and needs Bennett’s help to keep her job and reputation. And when their sizzling attraction can’t be contained, someone has to change the rules…
- GenresContemporary Romance
312 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2019
About the author
Niobia Bryant
114 books510 followersNiobia Bryant is the award-winning and national bestselling author of more than fifty works of romance and commercial mainstream fiction. Twice she has won RT Magazine's Best African-American/Multicultural Romance Award, "Kiss the Ring"--written under the pseudonym Meesha Mink--was listed as one of the Library Journal's Best Books, and her books have appeared in Ebony, Essence, The New York Post, The Star-Ledger, The Dallas Morning News and many other national publications. One of her bestselling books has been adapted to film.
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July 7, 2025
I will preface this review by saying that I am not, never have been, nor will I probably ever be a billionaire. Add to that: I do not, can not, and probably will never experience, let alone understand, the problems involved with having too much disposable income. Might as well throw in: I don’t have a lot of sympathy, empathy, or even an occasional sense of what many people would call Christian goodwill toward billionaires. Fuck ‘em. As if they need my sympathy anyway.
All that said, I really tried to get into Niobia Bryant’s “The Billionaire’s Baby”, but several things prevented me from doing so: mainly, Bryant’s not a great writer. She’s not horrible, and, technically, she is able to string a readable sentence together, but, unfortunately, those sentences---especially when combined into paragraphs, then chapters, and ultimately as a whole book---were just not very interesting.
Another problem I had with the book was the story’s conflict: there was none. Or if there was one, it was something that no normal person from a lower to upper-middle-income bracket would ever understand. I call them “rich people’s problems”. They are, technically, not “problems”. They are either inconveniences or temporary setbacks for people who have every single one of their basic needs met and want for nothing. They are complaints made by people who really have absolutely nothing to complain about.
The people in Bryant’s novel are not really even people. They are a species unto themselves, one that I could not relate to in any way, shape, or form. I couldn’t exactly like or dislike any of them because I could not recognize any of them as any normal human being that I have ever known. I do not run in any circles with people this rich, and I doubt any of these rich people would stoop so low as to even say “fuck you” to someone like me.
Here’s the gist: Marisa is a spoiled rich brat who is trying to straighten her life out after a lifetime of partying, drinking, whoring, and blowing through her trust fund. She’s had a ‘come to jesus’ moment when it comes to money. She wants to “earn” her way through life, not be given every little thing. So, she’s started a business doing the one thing she loves to do and happens to be good at: making chocolate. She’s done this all by herself, of course (with a couple million dollars in loans as a start-up cost from her cousin). But, yeah, all by herself.
She has a one-night stand with her (and this is where it gets confusing: second cousin? third cousin? brother-in-law-twice-removed-by marriage? I don’t even know) whatever, Naim (pronounced “Nah-eem”). He’s a billionaire co-CEO of some company that does something with “tech”.
Anyway, fast-forward several months. Marisa is pregnant. Naim finds out and wants to help, if not by marriage than at least by being a co-parent. Marisa, of course, is thrilled, as long as Naim doesn’t utilize any of his vast billions to provide for her or the baby because, you know, she wants to do it the right way: in abject poverty. Or some stupid bullshit reason like that.
She seems more upset that Naim wants to pay her medical bills in toto, with cash, than the fact that the guy is a playah who seemingly dips his (10-inch) wick into every female crevice that he comes across. It’s cool, as long as he doesn’t do billionaire stuff.
Eventually, of course, they come to realize that they love each other, and happily ever after. That’s it for the story. Seriously. I’ve seen Tyler Perry romantic comedies with more believable narrative arcs.
The only decent thing in the novel is the initial sex scene, which is pretty steamy and a heavy R-rating. Then, the rest of the novel is played at a tepid PG. Lame.
There’s also some very weird and unbelievable classist aspects of the story that I didn’t buy, like the super-rich aunt who has secretly been having an affair with her chauffeur but needs to keep it on the down-low because it would ruin her and cause serious problems for the chauffeur. Is this shit really a problem in the 21st-century? Maybe on “Downton Abbey”, or in “Driving Miss Daisy”, but not in modern-day Manhattan.
Anyway, “The Billionaire’s Baby” wasn’t very good.
All that said, I really tried to get into Niobia Bryant’s “The Billionaire’s Baby”, but several things prevented me from doing so: mainly, Bryant’s not a great writer. She’s not horrible, and, technically, she is able to string a readable sentence together, but, unfortunately, those sentences---especially when combined into paragraphs, then chapters, and ultimately as a whole book---were just not very interesting.
Another problem I had with the book was the story’s conflict: there was none. Or if there was one, it was something that no normal person from a lower to upper-middle-income bracket would ever understand. I call them “rich people’s problems”. They are, technically, not “problems”. They are either inconveniences or temporary setbacks for people who have every single one of their basic needs met and want for nothing. They are complaints made by people who really have absolutely nothing to complain about.
The people in Bryant’s novel are not really even people. They are a species unto themselves, one that I could not relate to in any way, shape, or form. I couldn’t exactly like or dislike any of them because I could not recognize any of them as any normal human being that I have ever known. I do not run in any circles with people this rich, and I doubt any of these rich people would stoop so low as to even say “fuck you” to someone like me.
Here’s the gist: Marisa is a spoiled rich brat who is trying to straighten her life out after a lifetime of partying, drinking, whoring, and blowing through her trust fund. She’s had a ‘come to jesus’ moment when it comes to money. She wants to “earn” her way through life, not be given every little thing. So, she’s started a business doing the one thing she loves to do and happens to be good at: making chocolate. She’s done this all by herself, of course (with a couple million dollars in loans as a start-up cost from her cousin). But, yeah, all by herself.
She has a one-night stand with her (and this is where it gets confusing: second cousin? third cousin? brother-in-law-twice-removed-by marriage? I don’t even know) whatever, Naim (pronounced “Nah-eem”). He’s a billionaire co-CEO of some company that does something with “tech”.
Anyway, fast-forward several months. Marisa is pregnant. Naim finds out and wants to help, if not by marriage than at least by being a co-parent. Marisa, of course, is thrilled, as long as Naim doesn’t utilize any of his vast billions to provide for her or the baby because, you know, she wants to do it the right way: in abject poverty. Or some stupid bullshit reason like that.
She seems more upset that Naim wants to pay her medical bills in toto, with cash, than the fact that the guy is a playah who seemingly dips his (10-inch) wick into every female crevice that he comes across. It’s cool, as long as he doesn’t do billionaire stuff.
Eventually, of course, they come to realize that they love each other, and happily ever after. That’s it for the story. Seriously. I’ve seen Tyler Perry romantic comedies with more believable narrative arcs.
The only decent thing in the novel is the initial sex scene, which is pretty steamy and a heavy R-rating. Then, the rest of the novel is played at a tepid PG. Lame.
There’s also some very weird and unbelievable classist aspects of the story that I didn’t buy, like the super-rich aunt who has secretly been having an affair with her chauffeur but needs to keep it on the down-low because it would ruin her and cause serious problems for the chauffeur. Is this shit really a problem in the 21st-century? Maybe on “Downton Abbey”, or in “Driving Miss Daisy”, but not in modern-day Manhattan.
Anyway, “The Billionaire’s Baby” wasn’t very good.
May 22, 2019
I haven't had a chance to read the Billionaire's Baby yet but I'm such a big Lindsey Evans fan I just had to read the Wrong Fiancé and I could not wait to review this novel. In my personal reading, the story of Devyn Clark follows my own reading of Evans' The Pleasure of His Company (in which Adah Palmer-Mitchell meets the man she is married to in The Wrong Fiance). I like the way so many of Evans' novels are connected, as you get to know the story and the passion of each character you get to see the fruition of their happy ending in a subsequent novel.
The conflict for Devyn Clark is layered and nuanced. She is held back by obligations she feels to her friend Adah, and to her exploitative boss. Devyn's true desire is to find success through opening her own art gallery and she ends up truly desiring the passion and companionship of the rich playboy Bennett Randal--the former fiance of Devyn's friend Adah. I couldn't completely relate to Devyn's reluctance to pursue Bennett until I realized that Devyn truly didn't know that Adah and Bennet's relationship was only one of business and not pleasure.
Devyn's world of new money riches is complimented well by her humble and down-to-earth nature. The side story of her conflict with her boss--lost paintings, lots of money to account for--is especially exciting towards the end with a mysterious twist. Bennett's perspective is very fun as he genuinely woos Devyn and helps her open herself up to the possibilities of life when she lets go of her inhibitions. At first she feels as if she hates him but later feels as if that hate is a pretense for the love she's felt since they were young and in college.
This novel is captivating and sexy definitely read all the way through--you won't regret it.
The conflict for Devyn Clark is layered and nuanced. She is held back by obligations she feels to her friend Adah, and to her exploitative boss. Devyn's true desire is to find success through opening her own art gallery and she ends up truly desiring the passion and companionship of the rich playboy Bennett Randal--the former fiance of Devyn's friend Adah. I couldn't completely relate to Devyn's reluctance to pursue Bennett until I realized that Devyn truly didn't know that Adah and Bennet's relationship was only one of business and not pleasure.
Devyn's world of new money riches is complimented well by her humble and down-to-earth nature. The side story of her conflict with her boss--lost paintings, lots of money to account for--is especially exciting towards the end with a mysterious twist. Bennett's perspective is very fun as he genuinely woos Devyn and helps her open herself up to the possibilities of life when she lets go of her inhibitions. At first she feels as if she hates him but later feels as if that hate is a pretense for the love she's felt since they were young and in college.
This novel is captivating and sexy definitely read all the way through--you won't regret it.
May 21, 2019
2 good reads!
So nice to be back in Passion Grove. I absolutely love the Ansahs and Dalmounts; they work hard and enjoy the fruits of their labor to the fullest. They're extravagant and a little over the top, but the author manages to keep them not only likable, but lovable.
Marisa has done a complete 180 from the party girl she was in the first book. I was surprised to find myself rooting for her. And don't get me started on Naim the Dream. That man sounded more delicious than his brother. It took these two a minute to get to their happily ever after, but they had issues that needed to be resolved before they came together. I enjoyed taking the ride with them.
Niobia Bryant continues to be one of my favorite authors.
This was my first time reading Lindsey Evans and I was not disappointed. Colorful characters, interesting storylines and great locations are always a plus for me. I enjoyed Devyn and Bennett's story. Like Marisa in the first story, I wanted to give Devyn a good shaking a time or two. She was letting Tangie get away with way too much, but her confidence had taken a beating. I was definitely side-eyeing Bennett and his playboy ways, but of course I ended up loving him.
I'm curious to read some of the other stories, so this is definitely not my last read by this author.
A good 2-for-1!
So nice to be back in Passion Grove. I absolutely love the Ansahs and Dalmounts; they work hard and enjoy the fruits of their labor to the fullest. They're extravagant and a little over the top, but the author manages to keep them not only likable, but lovable.
Marisa has done a complete 180 from the party girl she was in the first book. I was surprised to find myself rooting for her. And don't get me started on Naim the Dream. That man sounded more delicious than his brother. It took these two a minute to get to their happily ever after, but they had issues that needed to be resolved before they came together. I enjoyed taking the ride with them.
Niobia Bryant continues to be one of my favorite authors.
This was my first time reading Lindsey Evans and I was not disappointed. Colorful characters, interesting storylines and great locations are always a plus for me. I enjoyed Devyn and Bennett's story. Like Marisa in the first story, I wanted to give Devyn a good shaking a time or two. She was letting Tangie get away with way too much, but her confidence had taken a beating. I was definitely side-eyeing Bennett and his playboy ways, but of course I ended up loving him.
I'm curious to read some of the other stories, so this is definitely not my last read by this author.
A good 2-for-1!
June 25, 2025
I would like to clarify that my rating is only for Nonia Bryant's story, "The Billionaire's Baby." When I was looking for a novel to read, I discovered Bryant's story and it appeared to be interesting. As far as for Evans's story, I was not interested in the synopsis, therefore I did not read it.
My overall review of Billionaire's Baby is that, though a few of the scenes were interesting, (i.e.) the steamy scenes. I would have liked to see some parts developed more. For example, it would have been nice to actually see the mother LuLu dismiss her concerns and open up to love.
Also, even though part of the story was about the FML giving up her millions to turn her life around from the party girl that she was, after a while, I found myself getting annoyed with her behavior after the birth of their son.
My overall review of Billionaire's Baby is that, though a few of the scenes were interesting, (i.e.) the steamy scenes. I would have liked to see some parts developed more. For example, it would have been nice to actually see the mother LuLu dismiss her concerns and open up to love.
Also, even though part of the story was about the FML giving up her millions to turn her life around from the party girl that she was, after a while, I found myself getting annoyed with her behavior after the birth of their son.
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May 26, 2019
Great read
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August 17, 2019The Billionaire's Baby was an excellent read.
The Wrong Fiance started out slow an built to a crescendo.... great novel.
The Wrong Fiance started out slow an built to a crescendo.... great novel.
December 25, 2019
Loved Billionaire's baby!
February 16, 2020
Appealing
I really enjoyed having the option to read two books in one. Both Authors did an amazing job telling their stories and I cannot wait to read more from each of them.
I really enjoyed having the option to read two books in one. Both Authors did an amazing job telling their stories and I cannot wait to read more from each of them.
April 24, 2021
Loved them both
My first from Ms.Evans and I enjoyed it. I was rooting for Bennett the entire time. I’ve read many of ma. Bryant’s books so no surprise there👌🏾
My first from Ms.Evans and I enjoyed it. I was rooting for Bennett the entire time. I’ve read many of ma. Bryant’s books so no surprise there👌🏾
December 5, 2019
3.7 Stars
PASSION GROVE - The Billionaire’s Baby Bk 3 [Determined to be her own woman, former reckless party girl Marisa Martinez starts Decadence de Chocolat (chocolate business) and rents a small house in Passion Grove. But when one hot night with billionaire businessman Naim Ansah leads to an unexpected pregnancy, the sexy, complex man refuses to let her do everything by herself. Losing some independence has Marisa pondering the future of their relationship, and if love can truly overcome every obstacle.]
CLARKS OF ATLANTA - The Wrong Fiancé Bk 2 [Millionaire playboy Bennett Randal knows about the girl code—no woman will date a friend’s ex. But his former fiancée’s friend Devyn Clark is the feisty Southern beauty he’s always wanted. Suddenly, the sexy (art dealer) is in big trouble and needs Bennett’s help to keep her job and reputation by convincing him to sell his recently inherited Renaissance Collection to her boss to cover a debt she incurred by conwoman. And when their sizzling attraction can’t be contained, someone has to change the rules…]
PASSION GROVE - The Billionaire’s Baby Bk 3 [Determined to be her own woman, former reckless party girl Marisa Martinez starts Decadence de Chocolat (chocolate business) and rents a small house in Passion Grove. But when one hot night with billionaire businessman Naim Ansah leads to an unexpected pregnancy, the sexy, complex man refuses to let her do everything by herself. Losing some independence has Marisa pondering the future of their relationship, and if love can truly overcome every obstacle.]
CLARKS OF ATLANTA - The Wrong Fiancé Bk 2 [Millionaire playboy Bennett Randal knows about the girl code—no woman will date a friend’s ex. But his former fiancée’s friend Devyn Clark is the feisty Southern beauty he’s always wanted. Suddenly, the sexy (art dealer) is in big trouble and needs Bennett’s help to keep her job and reputation by convincing him to sell his recently inherited Renaissance Collection to her boss to cover a debt she incurred by conwoman. And when their sizzling attraction can’t be contained, someone has to change the rules…]
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