Mr. CEO's Secret Baby (Billionaire Keepers) by Aimee Bronson

Mr. CEO's Secret Baby (Billionaire Keepers) Reviews

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  Frankie

  I got as far as 10% and just couldn't take it anymore and skimmed the rest. Why do people who write this stuff market it as a "romance" when it is anything but? Can we finally be done with the dead ex & 2nd chance trope nonsense already?
  
  MCs meet in college (though it is mentioned that they were 25 yrs old when they first broke up) and supposedly fall in love. I say "supposedly" because that's what heroine tells us in the prologue but Hero's actions (past & present) & POV state otherwise. Never once did he say he loved her in the past and in the present the only love he (still) feels is for his dead wife. I kid you not. He never reminisces about heroine as someone he loved & cared for in the past. In fact, there is only one or two thoughts of the past which he quickly dismisses as inconsequential.
  
  He & heroine constantly fight and I don't know where the author's head was at when she wrote this but it wasn't in writing a romance between these 2 MCs. When one picks up a fictional 2nd chance romance, you expect the heroine to be his soulmate. His first & hopefully his only love. For me personally, after Hero meets heroine and they have feelings for each other, if he (or she) moves on to OP, then it is cheating and not love. When you love someone, you cannot move on to someone else and this is what this "Hero" did. He fell deeply in love with someone else and found his soulmate who was not the heroine!
  
  Story begins with MCs having made love and Hero giving her a button. Yep, you heard right. He tells her they will always have a future together or something. Then the next day he leaves and ghosts her for 7 years. No goodbye, no explanation. She tries to reach him but he just sends her a short message to get on with her life and she decides to keep the fact she is pregnant with his kid from him.
  
  The reason he left her is because he states he wanted to focus on his career without any baggage & to see what other experiences were out there for him. Aka he wanted to fuck around and find someone better then heroine (Nice) - and so he did. He found the love of his life which was NOT the heroine, married her & loved her so much that when she died in a tragic car accident 2 years prior, he could not get over the grief. Chapter after chapter is how much he loved the OW and how beautiful & perfect she was and how he couldn't forgive himself from saving her.
  
  When he is supposed to have memories of heroine & their past love and develop new & perhaps stronger feelings for heroine in the now, all we get is him thinking of OW & going to therapy over & over again because he can't get over the OW. So basically heroine is inserted in the story just to have sex and to give him a kid.
  
  When he learns about his kid, he has no thoughts about marrying her and being a family. In fact, when he is not threatening her to take the kid away, he constantly blames her for keeping his kid from him up until 99% of the story and refuses to even talk to her.
  
  But when his business is in trouble, heroine who is a reporter/writer tries to help him by investigating who is hurting him business-wise and there's an angry conversation where she blasts him (and basically calls him a wimp) for not doing anything to fight back while she busts her ass to save him and all he does is whine how unfair she is - yet still expects her to solve his issues - which she does. This scene BTW made me want to barf. Lol.
  
  Then we have a lovely conversation where he tells heroine that he never regretted leaving her because then he would never had met his wife. Just what every woman wants to hear!
  
  “I’ve been thinking lately about how hard regret is. It’s easy to say that I regret leaving you and not knowing Eli. But if that didn’t happen, I wouldn’t have met Ava. And I loved her. A part of me still does and always will. But I thought any hope I had at having a family died with her. And you come back into my life out of the clear blue sky one day and pretty soon I have a son I never knew. It's weird how life happens sometimes. Maybe it's Ava looking out for me, knowing my deepest desires. Even though life doesn't always turn out the way we think it will, there's still a lot to be thankful for and a lot of surprises to be had.”
  
  Maya was silent for a few long beats. I glanced over and saw a single tear streaming down her cheek.
  
  “That’s beautiful, Jack. I love that and I think that’s an amazing thought to end the year.”
  
  Is this author for real? THIS is what she thinks fictional romance is and what readers find entertaining to read? Ugh!
  
  By now you are wondering about heroine? Yeah, I don't know who I hated more. The douche or the doormat. She never once expresses any jealousy or hurt of him loving & marrying the OW. Even when he tells her over & over again that he still loves his dead wife and always will, it never bothers her. Didn't bother her that he treated her like trash and fell for someone else so quickly after? He stated he & OW were together for several years so it's assumed he met & fell in love with her very quickly after leaving heroine.
  
  The delusional idiot of a heroine stated they had this big love when they were together in the past but Hero stated that all he remembered was them constantly arguing & having an On/Off again relationship.
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  Debbie DiFiore

  I wish I had read Frankies review first to save me from the bitterness of this read. He was a complete jerk. And he is still in love with his perfect ex wife. I just could not get over his actions. I can't believe the heroine did. He gave her NOTHING and I mean nothing. He might have been a sperm donor but that is it. He never loved her, barely remembered her and is a total loser. This was not romance to me.
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  Angela Wilson

  I don’t think I have ever wanted to like a book more than this book. The MMC was a total dickhead. He NEVER loved Maya. He just didn’t date her, but they lived together and shared a life! He just decided what they had didn’t satisfy him and left her with only 6 words and refused to take her calls. In the seven year separation she had his child , he fell in love with a woman named Ava that he can’t get over and to top that off he compares what Ava wouldn’t do to him( not tell him he has a child with the woman he abandoned ), but Maya did. Now, you would think he was a kid when he abandoned Maya, no he was twenty-five, young but not 17. He got offered a job in California and he claims he didn’t want to make her choose between him and her family. He traveled to where they lived over the seven years and not once called to check on the woman you dated through college and lived with for years. Now, on to the Maya she was too weak ! She kept apologizing for not telling him about their son. Bitch, you called him and he wouldn’t pick up. You asked him to explain in texts and he wouldn’t answer!! She would have forgiven him for fucking anything.
  He had the audacity to be really angry about not knowing about his son. So, he left his girlfriend pregnant, became a billionaire, married and buried a wife all in 7 years .This wasn’t a cheating book, but it has made me angrier than ever. One minute he regret leaving her and then he tells her he doesn’t regret it because he met and loved Ava. Imma stop ranting!!!
• 
  Brooke

  Rating: DNF
  Spice: 🌶️🌶️
  Chemistry: 🧪🧪
  Plot: 2/5
  
  Series: Billionaire Keepers #3
  
  Place:
  
  Tropes: CEO, Secret Baby, Enemies To Lovers, Second Chance, Forced Proximity, Grumpy, Damaged, Single Mother
  
  TW:
  
  Main Characters: Maya & Jack
  
  I am a huge lover of Aimees books. With that said this one wasn't for me. Being on the opposite side of things and being involved leaves a bad taste in my mouth and mind when it comes to hiding a child from the parent. I tried my absolute best to not be biased and get my feelings all involved. I failed gloriously. This is just a subject I can't not have immense feelings about.
  
  Two wrongs don't make a right, and it's not all about the parents and their feelings. When children are involved it's no longer about them in such a massive way that this book conveys.
  
  
  
  I received a complimentary copy via the author and Booksprout. All opinions are my own, honest and voluntary.
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  Ally Doby(Schleicher)

  This is book three of this series, told in dual first person POV and leaves you with a HEA. Even though this is book three, it can be read as a standalone and is very enjoyable.
  
  I love that Maya and Jack got to have their second chance. I love the way their paths crossed again and how they couldn’t resist each other. I love that when the secret was out, Maya did the right thing and was able to have a friend to lean on and help both her and Jack with their feelings. I love the way she stood beside Jack and didn’t give up on him when he was having some troubles.
  
  I have enjoyed every book that has been written by Amiee Bronson so far and I’m so excited for the next adventure she has for us.
  
  These thoughts and opinions are my own and left voluntarily after reading for my own enjoyment.
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  Lisa H

  Ohh how I adore when a new book comes out from Aimee!!
  
  Y'all are in for a treat with Maya and Jack. There is so much history, good, bad, and in between. We are pushed right into the fire learning of the last day Maya and Jack spent together 7 years ago. It was a harsh wake up call for Maya, while Jack moved onto better phases in his life.
  
  We are thrown into their reintroduction when Maya, as a accomplished writer, is tasked with interviewing Top Millionaire and Eligible bachelor Jack. They are both thrown off guard having so many years gone between them meeting.
  
  You really feel the heartbreak for Jack, having lost his wife 2 years ago. I think one of my favorite things of Jack is how he in touch with his feelings. He isn't a shell of pain and grief. He has learned to at least let some of that out.
  
  Jack and Maya's reunion goes better than he can imagine. She has breathed life back into him after so many years of floating along after his tragic accident took his wife. He is all set to move on when he stops by Maya, and see the miniature version of himself.
  
  There is a lot of hurt and anger for both, but they do the best to keep it together to be present for their son, Eli. Eli is a great mix of the two of them. There is a great back catalogue of supporting friends and family that are fantastic.
  
  This book gives you SO many feels. You can feel the hurt, anger, heartbreak, hope, and love. It's not easy, and let's face it....life never is! Its funny something as small as a button can bring hope into your life. You need to give yourself the happy break you need and read this...Today!!!.
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  Trina Jones

  Awesome story it brought me to tears in a sad and good way. Must read it was a page turner and the suspense was addicted. I was at the edge of my seat and I couldn't put it down. Maya and Jack used to be college sweetheart along time ago. They were in love with each other and they were hot and heavy. They both wanted different things in life. Years passed by for these two Maya was a journalist and Jack was a Billionaire CEO of a top company. A car accident took Jack one truly love away from him it was his late wife Ava. Jack was so sad and lonely he working will keep him busy. They found each once again after all these years. They talked things started to happen between again. One steamy night of hot passionate sex and was so good. The chemistry and attraction was physical tension going on between them that night. But she knew that she support from her family and other people she can count on. But she try to keep this a secret but she was getting tired and he need to know the truth about his child that she carried for 9 months. I loved this book so much from author she always out did herself in every book. I can't wait for the next book to come from this author in the future.
  Rates
  Spicy
  Secrets
  sadness
  happiness
  surprise unexpected pregnancy
  I highly recommend this book and you won't regret reading it. I received an ARC of this book via Bookfunnel and am voluntarily leaving a honest review. Trina Jones
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  Rhonda Boone

  I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK!! It has been awhile since an author has surprised me in their writing style...this book definitely 5+ stars. Story flowed really well, the steamy chemistry, the plot, twists and surprises will keep you reading late in the night...my opinion...loved Maya's character you felt her struggles, a single mom, being a strong career woman...I will honestly say, Jack's character, I understood his pain, but also did wanted to slap sense into him at times....( note.. I was taking a shot of bourbon...maybe should have sipped some wine...bourbon is my fiesty drink). I really... REALLY..🤦..struggled attempting to "tolerate and like" Jack's character. Aimee's writing is really amazing... even though...I am STILL divided on Jack...(Thank God😜) he isn't my son-in -law...I really did enjoy this book...
  
  I received this book as an ARC for free and leaving my review voluntarily
• 
  Beth Booklover

  4.4⭐️ Vulnerable, flawed hero gets a 2nd Chance with Distrusting Ex
  
  Aimee Bronson always gives us some great spicy scenes & this story does not disappoint. The love story here is the most genuine one I’ve read in a while. Both MCs have a lot of baggage & it makes them have a hard time trusting the other person. They go back & forth between extreme emotions, which got a bit frustrating after a while, especially when I thought that they’d come to terms with their feelings about something & then would do something completely opposite. I guess that’s how real people are, too. 🤷🏼‍♀️. If you want an escape from your own frustrating romance, this will not give it to you. Even though these were not my favorite couple due to the wishy-washy back & forth, I was happy they finally get a HEA.
  
  I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Ally Doby(Schleicher)

  This is book three of this series, told in dual first person POV and leaves you with a HEA. Even though this is book three, it can be read as a standalone and is very enjoyable.
  
  I love that Maya and Jack got to have their second chance. I love the way their paths crossed again and how they couldn’t resist each other. I love that when the secret was out, Maya did the right thing and was able to have a friend to lean on and help both her and Jack with their feelings. I love the way she stood beside Jack and didn’t give up on him when he was having some troubles.
  
  I have enjoyed every book that has been written by Amiee Bronson so far and I’m so excited for the next adventure she has for us.
  
  These thoughts and opinions are my own and left voluntarily after reading for my own enjoyment.
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  Ally Doby(Schleicher)

  This is book three of this series, told in dual first person POV and leaves you with a HEA. Even though this is book three, it can be read as a standalone and is very enjoyable.
  
  I love that Maya and Jack got to have their second chance. I love the way their paths crossed again and how they couldn’t resist each other. I love that when the secret was out, Maya did the right thing and was able to have a friend to lean on and help both her and Jack with their feelings. I love the way she stood beside Jack and didn’t give up on him when he was having some troubles.
  
  I have enjoyed every book that has been written by Amiee Bronson so far and I’m so excited for the next adventure she has for us.
  
  These thoughts and opinions are my own and left voluntarily after reading for my own enjoyment.
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  L KQ

  Can They Make It Work Again?
  
  Jack and Maya dated in college when one day he just left without any communication. When she finds out she is pregnant she decides to be a single mother as Jack seems to have vanished from her life. Years later they meet again through work obligations. Their story takes the reader through many emotional changes which will have you wondering if they will ever have a happy ending. They are both definitely at fault for their decisions and even though it took so much time, at least they addressed their faults.
  
  I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Philippa Lythall

  I was drawn in instantly by this book, I liked Maya immediately as I felt for her when Jack ghosted her. She is one strong independent female.
  
  They both meet at college but after a phone call, Jack ghosts get. She later finds out she is pregnant. When they meet again seven years later, for an interview that soon develops into a relationship.
  
  But when Jack finds out about his child, he is not very happy. Jack do emphasise with Maya though as you would worry if Jack would ghost her again. Will this and other dilemmas stand in the way of a HEA?
  
  I found the story flowed well, I enjoyed reading this story and look forward to reading more from Aimee.
  
  I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Danee

  The author has given us a nice story with great characters Jack and Maya. They already have a history together that started when they were students and in love. But everything changed when Jack just left, not knowing that when he reappears after 7 years, not only did Maya leave behind but also the baby she was carrying. Once he finds out he has a son, they must navigate together to be parents to their son together. A beautiful and emotional story.
  
  I received an Advance Reader copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review,
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  Wendy Livingstone

  This is the third book in this series, and this is Jack and Maya’s story. These two dated in college, until Jack left for work one day and never returned. Maya is a single mom, who is assigned to write an article on billionaire Jack.
  This is a well written story which is an action packed, emotional roller coaster, with secrets, regrets, romance, second chances, and love, which leads to an unpredictable, tragic, entertaining, and steamy addictive page turner.
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
  
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  Maz

  This was book 3 in this series.
  I've always loved everything Aimee writes and this was no different.
  This was Maya and Jack's story.
  I loved Maya and my heart hurt for her. She was such a strong character to pick up the situation and carry on.
  Jack was very possessive once he found her again. Will he find out the secret she has? What will happen? Can these two really have another chance at love?
  An emotional roller coaster, drama, secrets, pain, love, family and hot spice. Very entertaining and highly recommend.
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  Berta Greenleaf Richardson

  Maya and Jack were in love back in college but he left, ghosting her. She ran into him 7 years later and had to write a story about him. The attraction was still there and they acted on it. However, there are secrets that could cause major problems with their relationship. Will they be able to work through their problems or will the secrets from the past spell the end of their love? I highly recommend this book to all romance readers.
  
  I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  ljamison

  Jack and Maya went to college together and had a great relationship. Things seemed to be going really good but one day Jack just disappeared. Maya found out she was pregnant and had to raise the baby all alone. Years later Maya is assigned to write an article about Jack. As you can imagined she is angry, hurt and frustrated but she knows that doing a good job on this article can really help her career. Now Jack has his own issues that he has to work through since he just lost his wife. Can these two work through their issues for a happily ever after together?
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  Tyler

  Boring and disconnected.
  
  The plot sounded good and the other reviews sounded positive, but I didn’t enjoy this book.
  There was little depth and character development, it was like a book of disjointed scenes with little in between. I couldn’t connect and the emotions were scarce and not realistic.
  I skimmed over the last 15% of the book, scanning quickly to see if anything interesting would slow me down to read a page, nothing did.
  This book wasn’t for me, and should have been at a much lower price point for the quality.