A mix-up at a fertility clinic upends lives in the steamy, provocative romance One in a Million by Beverley Kendall (Token).
The story starts with the unraveling of a tumultuous three-year marriage between Myles Redmond--a former defense attorney, now the president of the California Bar Association--and his second wife, Holly, a top-producing real estate agent. But Holly, of Swedish descent, demands a DNA test be done on Haylee, their six-month-old daughter birthed via surrogate, as with her "darker complexion, dark brown curly hair, and brown eyes" she could not possibly be the product of "two white, blue-eyed parents." The test confirms that an error occurred "during the egg selection portion of the fertilization stage, not the implantation stage," meaning Myles is Haylee's biological father, but Holly's not the biological mother.
The accidentally fertilized egg that created the child belongs to a world-famous Black entertainer--Whitney Richardson, 30, known professionally as "Sahara," is a Grammy-winning singer, Oscar-nominated actress, and owner of a lucrative fashion company who froze her eggs for future use. When she learns of Haylee's existence, the news upends her career-centric life. After meeting her precious daughter, Whitney falls in love with Haylee and in the process of visiting her, romantic sparks ignite between biological father and mother, making matters grow even more complicated.
A strong supporting cast and complex subplots reinforce Kendall's spicy romance that probes issues of identity, commitment, and modern family dynamics. --Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines