Book Four of Bought for Her Baby quartet, this is my fifth read by [a:Elizabeth Power|219024|Elizabeth Power|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1406659418p2/219024.jpg], and by far the best one. Libby Vincent is a supermodel who is tired of pretending for the sake of her career. She had been nicknamed Blaze pretty early in her career because of her red hair. And nobody had been able to connect her to Luca Vincenzo as she fiercely guarded her privacy, though she carried too much of guilt from her past. Her six-year-old past which included disapproval from Luca's family on their marriage, especially the censure she faced at the hands of Luca's older brother, Romano Vincenzo. The same Romano who was waiting in her trailer, much to her shock, as she returned from her commercial shoot. She feared that something had happened to Giorgio, her baby son whom she had been forced to give up. While Romano, of course, believes her to be a heartless gold digger, exchanging her baby for loads of money. But now, he's insisting her to accompany him to Italy to meet with her five-year-old son. Giorgio is a little emotional mess because of the taunts he faces from his peers, all because of a mother who didn't want him - according to Romano.

Okay, I was a little cringed out because both the protagonists agreed that while Libby was married to Luca, Libby and Romano were attracted to each other. *Barf* But as the story progressed and their mutual past was revealed, it was a little bit understandable. But, there was another type of cringe which made me wish that Romano and Libby had met first. If only.

The real villain here seems to be Marius Vincenzo, who's conveniently dead since six months now. A tyrant of a father-in-law against whom Libby didn't have the power to stand up in her teens. She was nineteen when she had Giorgio and also an ill father about whom she had to consider. Even her mother-in-law didn't like her, Sophia Vincenzo idolized her younger son and thus the hate intensified after his death. Vincenzo's is a messy family. Marius blamed Libby for Luca's death, while he himself presented a facade in the name of a united front with his wife.

Romano, now thirty-three, believes Libby sold her eight-week-old baby for millions, while only she knows why she needed that money. And not that she had a choice. At eighteen to Luca's twenty-one, she was charmed by the roguish Italian. Her father was also impressed as he had been the head gardener in Giovanni Vincenzo's (hello, dynasty) Sussex estate.

The way Sophia Vincenzo adored Luca, and the way Romano felt for the motherless upbringing of Giorgio, it seemed there was something off in his childhood too. I felt for Libby, to have been so young and feel threatened, to have been denied access to her own child. And even in Marius' absence, her attitude left much to be desired. She remained bitter till the very end, though the revelations surrounding her life made me sympathise with her, in the end.

This story will put you through an emotional wringer. It will make you cry. And it has an epilogue too. And it made me a fan of the author's writing.

The series is as follows:
Book 1: The Marciano Love-Child
Book 2: Desert King, Pregnant Mistress
Book 3: The Italian's Pregnancy Proposal