The story strongly asks the reader to suspend disbelief in this quirky romance instigated by a hospital blunder. The moment I realized the plot of THE BILLIONAIRES BABY SWAP by Rebecca Winters I had to go on the internet and do some research. It was eye opening to say the least. So many real stories of families ripped apart by the discovery that the child they brought home from the hospital was not theirs. Rebecca Winters chose a rather difficult storyline for the first book in the Montanari Marriages duet. But in true romantic fashion Winters decided that the two central characters should be classy, caring and intelligent souls. Absolutely a necessity if you want a happy ending.

Things happen for a reason -- possibly naïve but at the back of my mind perhaps the romantic in my soul can't help feeling these two were meant to be together. Strange twist of fate introduced them but two little boys are the magnet. Their love for these two boys and the undeniable mutual attraction could be the thing to cement their partnership -- if given a chance. External forces are working to drive a chasm between two loving people. Not fair. Surely love will win in this tug of war with four people's lives on the line.

Here's the scoop. Two women arrive simultaneously at a hospital. The births were rapid and for some unknown reason the two newborn boys were given to the wrong parents. The parental thing was a bit confusing for these two babies. Valentina Montanari is an unwed mother. She names her son Ric. Giovanni Laurito is the father of the second boy named Vito. Giovanni is divorced from Vito's mother who wants nothing to do with her child. She wasn't all that excited about the pregnancy. Their marriage had already been on shaky ground.

Both boys are bathed in love and care by the people who took them home. But neither boy looked anything like their respective parents. And here's where it gets interesting. DNA testing proved that indeed someone at the hospital made a terrible mistake.

Perhaps it sounds easy to fix. But parents, especially good caring parents, start bonding with their children immediately and for Valentina and Giovanni giving up the child they had for the past three weeks was torture. In her heart Ric belonged to Valentina although he was dark haired and she was blond. In his heart Vito belonged to Giovanni who passed over the fact that his son was blond -- thinking it could be from past generations of either his or his ex-wife's family.

Both Valentina's and Giovanni's lives were driven by doing what is expected -- the right thing -- appearances so important. There is no love in the world that can eclipse that between a child and parent -- it changes people, puts life and careers in perspective. Centers them. The hospital was going by the rules which simply stated that the children be given to their correct family. Case closed. Well Vito and Ric had other ideas.

Looking for a strange but ultimately feel good story then THE BILLIONAIRES BABY SWAP by Rebecca Winters fits the bill.