This book kept getting recommended to me on Facebook, so I decided to give it a shot.

First we meet Roman and Kennedy when they are in Vegas separately enjoying vacations with their friends. Kennedy is from Oregon and Roman is from Australia. They meet and due to some fortunate circumstances, they end up spending the evening alone together away from their friends. They end up getting married because “While in Vegas!” and spending one unforgettable night together. Roman wakes up to some devastating news and has to abruptly leave, but not before exchanging their contact info to stay in touch.

Fast forward eight years and Roman walks into a coffee shop in Oregon and sees Kennedy for the first time in eight years. But she’s not alone; she is with her eight year old son. HIS eight year old son.

Roman decides right then and there that he wants to drop everything from his current life (where he lives, his job, etc.), in order to be there for Kennedy and their son Wilder. He wants to be the man that she deserves and wants to make up for lost time with both of them. Roman has never stopped loving Kennedy after that one night. Kennedy is resistant to allowing herself to have feelings for Roman, but he is determined to break down her walls and let him in. The problem is, Kennedy has been harboring a secret from the last day that they saw each other. Will they be able to survive it once she is forced to open up and tell him how she wronged him? Or will they have to just stay civil coparents?

Okay, so first off, I will say that I absolutely LOVED Roman. He is the type of man that anyone would want in their lives - he’s a genuine, caring man who has an amazing heart. Once he knew he was a father, he immediately stepped up, but at the same time never pushed Kennedy for anything that she wasn’t comfortable with. Might I say he is the perfect man? His relationship with Wilder just filled my heart with so much joy. While neither of them realized how much they needed each other, they both opened their hearts and had the best father/son relationship.

Now let’s talk about Kennedy. I am not going to sugarcoat it; she sucked. She was the worst to Roman. I understand that she was trying to protect her heart, but she was just flat out mean to him constantly! I mean I got to 72% of the book and she still hated him as much as she did when they first saw each other in the coffee shop. She also let Roman think that it was all his fault that he never met his son, which wasn’t the case. I don’t want to give too much away, but she just sucked. I wished that by the end she would redeem herself, but she really didn’t. She is the main reason for the 3 star rating. 6 s Tori343 34

I don’t usually go for chick lit stories but I enjoy a little second chance romance and long lost son/daughter trope. I found the pace to be incredible slow so I did a lot of skim reading and by the epilogue I was checked out 6 s Antonella3,771 518

quite enjoyable despite at times annoying heroine 2022-read-in-december accidental-pregnancy secret-baby ...more5 s *CJ*4,420 532

"Before Him" is the story of Kennedy and Roman.

Hero and heroine have a one night stand, after which the hero disappears.. The heroine ends up pregnant, unable to find the hero and then raises the kid on her own.
The story begins with the hero re-entering their life and learning the truth. There's a lot of flashbacks as they try to navigate their new reality and deal with old emotions.

The premise was OK. Second chance romance with secret baby works for me. However, I struggled with the extremely slow pace, Gen z lingo and one of my pet peeves- hero getting mad at heroine dating in his absence tropes. I skimmed the second half and was glad to finish it.

Didnt work for me.

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2/5 lost-interest meh nope ...more5 s Bookstagrambrielle (Brie)292 20

It's been a while since I've read a Donna Alam book and now I'm wondering why, because this was such a great story. I'm usually not a fan of secret baby stories, but I really enjoyed how this one played out.

I received an advanced copy of this book and my review is entirely my own unbiased opinion.

Kennedy is a college student who goes on a girls trip to Vegas to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday. While there, they meet a group of guys from Australia. Kennedy immediately sparks the interest of one of them, Roman and they spend the rest of the night together. They have a great connection and the chemistry is oh so strong. They make the impulsive decision to get married and then spend the rest of the night in bed. In the morning, Roman awakes to several missed texts and calls from his family in Australia and learns there is an emergency he needs to return home for. He packs up to leave, exchanging info with Kennedy and promises to return. After he leaves, Kennedy learns that Roman betrayed her, (he actually didn't) and when she learns she is pregnant, she spends the next 7 years raising her son alone, never reaching out to Roman. She thinks he has forgotten about her. He hasn't. In fact, he spends the next 7 years looking for her to no avail until one day fate steps in and brings them face to face. Seeing her again only reinforces his belief that they are meant to be together, and when he finds out he has a son, he takes that as another sign that they belong together. Kennedy however isn't so sure. She is slow to trust. Everyone she has ever loved, has left her. So despite how much she would love to give in and give Roman a chance, fear holds her back. Roman puts everything he has into getting to know his son and to getting Kennedy to fall in love with him again. It was perfect. Nothing to outrageous or over the top. Giving her space when she needed it and gently nudging her when she needed it. I love how certain and determined he was.

I was a little annoyed with Kennedy because of the secret she kept about Roman's so called betrayal. That she so easily believed it, held on to it and didn't question Roman about it. Considering the source, no matter how much she thought it was possible, she should've questioned him. She should've reached out to him when she found out she was pregnant, even if she believed what she did. I would've d there to have been a better reason for keeping it to herself. I understand feeling unworthy of love, feeling betrayed, but something pregnancy should trump those feelings for the sake of the baby and the father. That is the reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of five. It was Roman with his unwavering faith & determination and how he pursued Kennedy that saved this story for me. He handled everything perfectly, even when he found out why she never told him. He wasn't a push over, yet he called her out when she needed to be. He pushed, but he didn't overdo it. He was impossible not to fall in love with. And let's just say his dirty mouth was the icing on the cake!

So if you are a Donna Alam fan, or a fan of love at first sight and secret baby tropes, I would absolutely recommend this book.
Prepare to swoon!

Bookstagrambrielle4 s Caroline F2,226 44

This is only my third book by this author, but I absolutely love the way she writes!

"I wanted her I'd wanted nothing else. Before or since."

When Kennedy Harper and Roman Phillips meet in Vegas, they have an instant connection and undeniable chemistry. Small-town girl meet worldly-wise Aussie guy. A wild, unforgettable night was had and promises made, but their connection was lost. Fast forward eight years and Roman is unexpectedly back in Kennedy's life - he's the new tenant of her vacation rental - the pixie house at the bottom of the garden. He's overjoyed to see her. She's not so overjoyed to see him. Because she's got secrets.

"I know what I was put on this earth for. I feel in the marrow of my f*cking bones I was made to love her.”

This was a fabulous read. Roman was charm personified! He was cheesy, funny, so unbelievably caring, and just a complete goner for Kennedy. She's defensive, prickly and anxious for him to be on his way. I was frustrated by her attempts to deny a future between them because her secrets were holding her back. However, Roman - God love that man! - he was so patient and persistent in his conviction that Kennedy and their son was his raison d'etre. I loved the way they met and how things quickly gathered momentum between them, but my heart broke for the time they spent apart. This story was super hot, amusing, and heartwarming, with some fantastic side characters. I couldn't get enough of it!

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5?
hear me out: i have a thing for books that has marriage in vegas… so, no way could i’ve given other rating than 5 stars. AND SURPRISE BABY? (sorry is one of my guilty pleasures…)

kennedy and roman were destined to be together. they were perfect to each other, it’s too bad they had to wait EIGHT YEARS to see this clearly (although roman always knew
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