Lately, I keep finding books with this plot twist -- the kind where one good conversation between the hero and the heroine would basically resolve their differences, but the hero's temper and the heroine's pride won't let them have that conversation.
In this case, the hero & heroine are having a no-strings affair (but it's becoming deeper than that, though neither will admit it). Then, the hero catches her in bed with the hero's cousin. She's almost being raped, but the hero fails to notice that she's fighting the guy off & terrified. Or rather, he fails to rememember these details until 2-3 years later, AFTER the hero takes over the company the heroine is working for, and commences to, alternatively, give her grief or kiss her passionately whenever he feels like it.
Pride wouldn't allow the heroine to tell the hero she was pregnant with his baby when he threw her out. Still-simmering jealousy and hurt sexual pride won't let the hero reconcile with the heroine, although he still feels she's the most attractive, sexy woman he's ever been with. Her keeping his son away from him just becomes fuel to the fire.
This is a lesser effort from the usually reliable Michelle Reid. It moves along, but the lack of communication between these two gets very annoying, fast. The characterizations are not very convincing or interesting, and neither is their story.
