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I never thought I'd be caught between two very different men, or that'd I'd crave it so much. My sensual dominant Billionaire and my best friend. I see a future with them by my side and in my bed. But can they?
Adam or Dare? Both men set her senses on fire. With Dare, Ash can just be free and let go of her control under his sensual tutelage. With Adam, Ash has a friend, a lover, a future. But with the choice in front of her and her heart on line, can she fight for what she wants the most? Especially when someone is determined to take it all away?
Secrets have a way of coming out when you least expect them, and while Ash dreams of a future with them both, she knows Adam and Dare are hiding something. How can she hold onto a relationship that's not even real yet? And will their pasts haunt their future?
MY REVIEW:
Well, we left off with Ashley wanting her
cake and eating it too. She doesn’t know
what she wants but instead of being an adult and abstaining from both men until
she can find her true heart with the right man.
No, she is doing them but it's okay she makes sure she gets dumped or
dumps with a few days in between so the guy doesn’t feel like a rebounder.
Wow!
How kind of her. Is all I can say? So let’s see what we have in store now. Ashley successfully gets another night with
Dare before she finds out…from Helen Dare’s ex-step-daughter... All the things I thought about each one at
any given time seems to be swaying in another direction. When she confronts Adam first she thinks Dare’s
marriage broke up, at least that is what Helen said, because of him. When she gets him to talk
she wanted details but, he said he didn’t feel it was his story to tell it was
Dare’s and couldn’t talk about it. For
sure, Adam said, it was not him that broke up Dare’s marriage.
When she talks to Dare he tells her, that
yes Adam had nothing to do with his marriage breaking up. What happened was that Adam was just someone
that Helen focused on after the marriage broke up and the stories her mother
told her. It was the truth but just not
Adam and she couldn’t handle it. Her
mother thought he (Dare) was a pervert, for being Bisexual, although being with men was before he ever
married her mother. He is bi and likes
both men and women. By telling Helen it
took the Hero Worship that she had for Dare out of her eyes being that he is
the only male that has ever stayed in her life and has ever tried to help
her. Actually any person even over her
mother. Making Helen angry at the world.
Ashley needed to process and then they
would talk. She needed to make sense of
it all. So where could they go from
there who come out the winner? Was there
really one or will it cause discord somewhere or has it already? These are questions I would ask myself but
then I don’t think I could put myself in her situation and say I loved someone
without calling it cheating. But that’s
just me. Very interesting
storyline. Very erotic I would say a 3
out of 5 for story for me it just wrapped it up to nicely in a bow to fast. 2 out of 5 for BDSM, and 4 out of 5 for all
three stories overall. Provided by
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Being with Dare was a fantasy come true, but I never expected Adam to confess his feeling. Now he's determined to be the only man to possess me...and it turns out, he's just as Dominant as Dare. With Adam, I can see a future. But does that mean I'm willing to give up the man I've always dreamed of...for a man who wants to make my dreams come true? Ash is torn between two very different men. One who refuses to admit there can ever be a future between them but with one command can make her come undone. The other whose kiss can make her weak in the knees yet can make her feel cherished at the same time.
For years Adam and Ash have been circling a romance, but hearing him say he wants more, that he can be what she's looking for, sends her reeling, and his scorching kisses set her blood on fire. Unwilling to give up her relationship with Dare, she also wants to explore the future she can have with Adam. Her head knows she has to choose, but her heart-and her body-wants them both.
MY REVIEW:
Ashley, Dare, and Adam, what a tangled web
we weave. Boy Oh Boy! Ashley had homework and even though she knew
that Adam did not like Dare she let it slip that it was Dare who was teaching
her. So once again like the first
homework session Adam kisses her and his hands get busy.
Ashley, I have to give her credit backs
away and says she is doing Dare during her lessons and at least for the next
month and then they could see where they were.
Leaving it unsaid that hey buddy you rejected me yesterday. You’re too late. Adam basically said don’t expect him to be
waiting.
She goes to Dare and he takes her in with
open arms. They make sweet love together
and they talk. Him telling her not to
write her friend off because in a month he might just be waiting if he really
loves her. The next morning he makes her
breakfast when the doorbell rings. Out
of nowhere, Helen, Dare’s ex-stepdaughter and Ashley’s friend she hasn’t seen
in like 6 years shows up…
Helen is pissed and surprised because she
thought she was going to catch Jessica with Dare never Ashley. She swore under her breath and said so only
Ashley could hear that Ashley would pay for this. Later at work at the end of the day Adam
calls her into work her turns into a Dom in his office. Although it totally turns her on she says she
can’t be with him she is with Dare. Adam
says that’s fine he’ll be gone in a month but he, Adam, will still be
there. He tells him that Helen caught
them. She says that’s going to be bad
for you both. Revenge is on her plate
and she aims to tell all who will listen.
But he calls and says why aren’t you here
you’re late? She says well Helen is
there. He says she’s staying with a
friend. He tells Ashley she has twenty
minutes to get there. She gets there in
twenty-two. She was late. A punishment is in store, a spanking. As their getting into deeper into role play
Helen comes in and she’s drunk. She
starts calling Ashley all kinds of bad names and makes advances on her that
make Dare angry and…
This part of the story has me
frustrated. Dare appears to be a good
guy and Adam too. Yet, there’s a past
there between them I can’t figure out all the way. Ashley who I thought was a naïve girl is a
cunning woman who wants her cake and eat it too. I give this 4 stars. Provided by netgalley. Follow us at:
***THIS BOOK IS A STANDALONE AND TOTALLY AWAY FROM THE DESTINY SERIES***
Bastard
My name is Carter Reynolds. I was born a bastard and I’ll die a bastard. I learnt it at a young age, and nothing and nobody can change that. I’m on a one-way path of destruction, and god help anyone who gets in my way. I hate my life. Actually, I hate pretty much everything.
That’s until I meet the kid next door. Indi-freakin’-ana. My dislike for her is instant. From the moment I lay eyes on her, she ignites something within me. She makes me feel things I thought I was incapable of feeling. I don’t like it, not one bit. When she looks at me with her big, beautiful, haunting, green eyes, it’s like she can see into the depths of my soul. It freaks me the hell out. She’s like sunshine and rainbows in my world of gloom and doom. I hate sunshine and rainbows.
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I’m Indiana Montgomery, my friends call me Indi. Despite losing my mum at the age of six, I have a wonderful life and great friends. My dad more than makes up for the fact that I only have one parent. I’m his little girl, the centre of his world. I adore him.
When Carter Reynolds moves in next door, my life takes a turn for the worse. He’s gorgeous—sinfully hot, but that’s where my compliments end. He seems hell bent on making my life miserable. He acts tough, but when I look into his eyes I don’t see it. I see hurt and pain. To me, he seems lost.
I should hate him for the way he treats me, but surprisingly I don’t. If anything, I feel sorry for him. I want to help him find peace. Help him find the light that I know is buried somewhere within his darkness, but, he won’t have a bar of it.
He’s warned me time and time again to stay away, but I can’t. I’m drawn to him for some reason. He’s always referring to himself as a bastard. That may be true, but to me, he’s more like a beautifully, misunderstood bastard. Whether he likes it or not, I refuse to give up on him.
***WARNING This book is recommended for persons over the age of 18 years, due to sexual content and coarse language.
Rad-Reader: This was one intense book. Where did you come up with the concept?
JL: I was having lunch with my
mother one day and mentioned that I’d like to write a book about a Bastard. I
told her that all the men in my other books are really nice, and I think it
would be fun to write about one that was an asshole. She told me she hated the
word bastard, and explained that she had a cousin who was an illegitimate
child. She said she could remember her grandfather referring to him as a
bastard when she was a little girl, and went on to say how sorry she felt for
him. Lightbulb moment. My mind
started ticking. Her words stuck with me on my drive home. The minute I walked
through my front door, I sat down at my laptop and wrote the prologue. The rest
of the story flowed from there.
Rad-Reader: Carter took on the shame that was meant for
his mother, Elizabeth, as if that was any better. How did you find the right words to convey
the depth of pain that a 5 year old felt?
JL: I don’t know. I always try and crawl inside my
characters heads whenever I write. I try to grasp what they would be thinking
or feeling in a certain situation. This is the first time I’ve ever had to
write something from a child’s point of view though. I also have a young son,
who is super sensitive, so that helped. I tried to imagine how he’d react in a
situation like that. Words can be powerful, especially for an impressionable
child.
Rad-Reader: When you said something to the effect of he
didn’t know what “Bastard” meant but he knew he didn’t like it. Those were powerful words. Where did you find them or did they find you?
JL: They found me, I guess. It’s that old saying, it’s not what you say,
it’s how you say it. Carter knew by the tone of his grandfather’s voice, that
whatever that word meant, it wasn’t good.
Rad-Reader: How did Elizabeth not once catch on that her
new husband was verbally abusive and mean to Carter?
JL: Her husband was cunning and sneaky with his attacks. A master
manipulator. He made sure not to do it when Elizabeth was around. Carter never
let on there was a problem, so she had no reason to suspect that everything was
not as it seemed.
Rad-Reader: On day one you can tell he likes Indi. But the fear of being rejected first kicks in
so as you say he had to force the Bastard.
Was this the first time for him not to have it be automatic? If so why do you think this was different?
JL: When you get inside Carter's head, you can see he’s not really a bastard.
To me his bastardry was always forced, even if he didn’t realise that. He was
hurt and felt unworthy and acted out. Pushing people away was a defence
mechanism for him. Rad-Reader: Indie basically called him on his crap by wiggling into him inner walls of his heart.
Rad-Reader: Didn’t it get old for him to be on guard all
the time? Being a Bastard before someone
can be it to you takes a lot of thought doesn’t it? Or at least writing about it?
JL: I’ll admit there were times I wanted to slap him
silly, but there were also times I wanted to reach into my laptop and hug him.
I guess he’d acted that way for so long, it became the norm for him. I hated
the way he treated Indiana sometimes, but occasionally he let his guard down
enough for her to see the true person he was inside. Rad-Reader: Even though it was heartbreaking to have them go through it they both needed to grow as people. Especially Carter in the was he had to find his feelings. All the events that lead up to that and then the reconnect make it all the better for them both.
Rad-Reader: Carter made friends with Indi’s dad. Being that he was a cop why didn’t he feel
threatened by that?
JL: Because deep down Carter had been craving the
attention or acceptance from male/father figure for most of his life. His
father and grandfather never wanted him, and his stepfather hated him. It meant
everything to Carter when Ross offered to help him with his car the first day
they met. I guess from that first interaction, he could see what a genuine guy
Ross was. Nobody had ever offered to help him like that in the past. Rad-Reader: <3
Rad-Reader: Later on you find out her dad, Ross, keeps in
contact with Carter why? And why didn’t
he tell her?
JL: Because Ross is a man of his word. He promised
Carter he wouldn’t tell Indiana or Elizabeth where he was. He knew that Carter
had been let down by the other males in his life. He wanted to be the one he
could count on. He knew that losing his trust wouldn’t help matters. Carter
respected and listened to Ross and he needed to keep that relationship strong
so he could help guide him on the right path. Ross adored his daughter, but
over time he came to love Carter like a son, as well. Rad-Reader: <3
Rad-Reader: How would she have felt if she knew?
JL: Oh she would’ve been pissed that’s for sure.
Super pissed, but I also think she would’ve been grateful that her father was
there for him. She loved the relationship they had.
Rad-Reader: When push comes to shove they are there for
each other. No matter what. Was it hard to find a middle ground?
JL: They’ll always be there for each other. Even in the beginning they had
that bond that neither of them realised.
Rad-Reader: Would they have met and gotten together 5 years
later if Carter’s stepfather hadn’t have died?
JL: I’d like to think so. What’s meant to be will be. I truly believe that.
Carter and Indiana were most definitely made for each other. I’m pretty sure
fate would’ve brought them together with or without John’s death. I’m so glad
he died though. God I hated that man. Rad-Reader: Hahaha! Me too!
Rad-Reader: When they caught their
parents together in a delicate situation why didn't either get upset?
That had to be one of the funniest scenes.
JL: Because in their hearts, it’s something they had both wished for. I’m
pretty sure they’d never wished to witness their parents doing the nasty on the
kitchen table, but they both knew they were perfect for each other. Elizabeth
and Ross deserved a HEA. Rad-Reader: I could not stop laughing they both had immediate reactions that just cracked me up. Especially with the baby. :)
Rad-Reader: If your book was made into a movie who would
you want to play:
Rad-Reader: What song out right now reminds you of “Bastard?”
Rad-Reader: Creed
- Wash Away Those Years
JL: Conrad Sewell - "Start Again"
I occasionally listened to this on repeat when I
was writing Bastard. Especially in part 2.
Rad-Reader: What is your favorite dessert?
JL: Anything
with caramel in it.
Rad-Reader: What can’t you leave home without?
JL: My
phone
Rad-Reader: What is your next project?
JL: I’m currently writing two books. Hooker, and Nineteen
letters. Hooker will be my next release though. When a high class hooker has a
one night stand with a handsome stranger, it changes her life. It’s different
to my other five books, but I’m really enjoying writing it.
Blurb
for Hooker:
Jade
Jade’s young life was tough. After her
mother died during childbirth and her father could no longer look after her,
she was placed in foster care where she stayed for the next ten years. She grew
up feeling unloved and unwanted as she was passed around from one screwed up
home to the next.
Things began to look up for her when
she was adopted by a wealthy socialite at the age of eleven. Sometimes though,
things aren’t always what they seem. Jade didn’t know it at the time, but her
new adoptive mother had big plans for her, and spent the next seven years
grooming Jade for that role.
Jade learnt early in life that she
couldn’t rely on anyone but herself. Instead of letting her circumstances beat
her, she took all the negatives she’d been dealt, and used them to her
advantage. She grew up to be a strong, successful, determined and independent
woman. She was a loner by choice.
The only thing lacking in her life was
companionship and love. She’d never experienced it, so she didn’t know what she
was missing, until she had a one-night-stand with a handsome stranger. One
night, that would change everything.
Brock
Brock grew up privileged. He had
everything going for him. Money, looks, charm, success and an endless array of
beautiful women. He wasn’t interested in commitment. To him women were easy.
They practically threw themselves at his feet. All they wanted was to do
something nobody had ever managed before. Snare the hot, rich bachelor.
Then he met Jade. She was like a
breath of fresh air. A challenge. Nothing like the women he was used too. Their
one night together ignited something within him. A burning desire to own her,
possess her, but Jade had other plans. Nobody says no to Brock Weston, nobody.
He’s left wondering about a woman he
knows he can never have. But, when fate brings them together again, will he get
what he wants? Will he be able to claim the unattainable? Or will her secrets
crush him, and destroy any chance they have of being together?
Rad-Reader: When is your next book coming out?
JL: Early 2016
Rad-Reader: Where can our readers find you? (Website?)
I have written a 10,600 word bonus chapter on Carter and Indiana. It’s
set 2 years after the epilogue. I’ve posted it in the Bastard Discussion Group
of Facebook if anyone who’s read the book would like to read it.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1889439411280337/
This is a story about a young man who was labeled by someone who was supposed to love him. Yet, this same man couldn’t even love his own daughter, Carter’s mom. When Carter’s mom took Carter at five years old to meet his grandparents his grandfather had answered the door and sent them both away and telling Elizabeth his mother to take her “Bastard” child with her. At that moment Carter hated being a “Bastard” child but really he had no clue what it meant. Once he got older found out what it meant it fed the anger and the pain he felt for his mother and himself.
Once that word took on meaning so did his behavior. He was angry at the world. Then after 17 years of it just being him and his mother she finds happiness and gets married. The only thing is that the guy hates Carter and behind his mother’s back this man let him know just how much. With the marrying it also meant they were moving into a home of his choosing. He hated moving from all that he knew and loved but it would only be for 6 months
Where they move to there is this fine looking chick with a great “ass” as he puts it. Hey he says those shorts tell it all. Anyway, her long haired German Shepard that she named Lassie is awesome. What are you kidding me Lassie for a boy dog? She did really. So Carter said that’s a pussy name and renamed him Larry. He just hadn’t told Indiana that yet. Indie is the girl that lives next door with her dad, a cop. Her dad Ross and Carter bonded over the fixer upper Carter bought himself. When she and Carter first meet he likes her a little too much that he has to force the “Bastard” to come out.
You see his way of thinking was make them leave first or you leave first so you’re the one always in control. So how do these two unlike people come together? Can’t be tattoos she doesn’t have any. Can’t be friends because he doesn’t have any. Can’t be over sex because she’s never had any. She becomes cargo transported to and from school for her dad’s piece of mind at least that how Carter played it in his head.
Watch and see how Indie is able to take out a brick at a time to live a full life sometimes with him and sometimes not. This is a love story with so much more. I give this 5 stars.
Provided by netgalley.com. Hubby's Review:
This book opens up with a women knocking on a door and asking for help, for her and her son. The man who answers the door does not say no, but says, why are you here and I would not help you or your bastard! The boy who was looking forward to meeting his grandfather asked his mother what a bastard was, she told him to forget it. He also said he did not like that man. The boy’s name is Carter Reynolds, and when he gets a little older he looks up that word and actually acts that way to keep people away from him. It also allows him to stay by himself and not make any friends or at least the friends he wants to make. It stays his mother and him until he is 17 and then she finally marries a man and they move to Sydney where he has a home. The man is very nice when his mother is around but when she is gone he treats him like s…t and he does not talk back because he figures for once his mum is happy and he is only going to stay around until he turns 18. Then he is out of their and on his own. The first day he moves in with his mother to the new home he is immediately attracted to the female who is bent over washing the car in the driveway. The look of her body does something to him that will last with him for a lifetime. When he meets her. Indiana Montgomery, is a very beautiful and tells him she goes by Indie for short. Just as everything is going good it admittedly goes bad when he sees her dog and asks its name and she says Lassie. He goes on a tear and turns his name into Larry, and then they start to argue. The next morning it does not get any better when he stops at the bus stop and tells her to get into his car. She says no, and he gets out and picks her up off the bench and places her in the car. Once they get to school he tells her to be there after school so he can take her home. She says she does not like it but she does. He does not make any friends and actually makes a few enemies his first day. Once home he meets her father who happens to be a detective and sees the type of car he has and they start talking and the next thing he is helping him with fixing it and showing him different things he did not know about the car. Carter also puts a stop to Indie going out Saturday night with one of the rugby players from school because all he wants to do is score. The first couple of weeks he is living next door to her they end up spending a lot of time together and her best friend asks if she is attracted to him. She is but says he won’t let anyone close. Then she starts to hear his step father yelling at him and just degrading him by calling him all different names, and when she asks him about it all he says is that he will be gone when he turns 18. The more things go on at his house her father asks him to stay for dinner and then one day after school she takes him to a place where her father gets used car parts. Then their relationship changes because afterwards they go to a dinner and talk. Also he notices that she actually eats, cheeseburger, fries, and a shake. This really gets him going and then when they start spending more time together he gets into a fight with that guy from school. He wins of course but then the next day at school his car is trashed. Tires slashed, windows broken etc. A few days later the two of them are at it again but this time at school and when they are in the office the other kid starts bragging about destroying his car not knowing that the principle is standing behind him. As much as she wants to stay away from him she is pulled towards him more. This leads to a night they spend together in the woods and he takes care of her both sexually and physically, which is not what she heard from her best friend after her first time. Now she is really torn but he has always told her he was leaving but the day he does is a shock and he does not turn around to say goodbye as she is standing there. He leaves and starts not only a new life but also a career and becomes a business owner, her father though finds him and stays in touch but does not tell his daughter. It turns out he comes back five years latter because his step father passes away and his mother needs his help for the funeral. While back he meets up with Indie and though she is very upset still she talks to him after a couple of days. Then the story turns because her boyfriend asks her proposes, but it is really like a last minute thing. She says no and he not only leaves her in a bad part of town miles from her home but also with a five hundred dollar bill. After some negations he does pay back the money. Carter then works on repairing the damage he has caused in their friendship and relationship because he realizes that he wants her in his life forever. He is willing to do anything. This part of the story is very moving because now she has the upper hand and it really takes off. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could relate to it on so many different levels. I think the ending or right before the story ends is my best part and Carter gets his second wish but the way they find out is great. A fabulous book. I got this book from netgalley. I give this 5 stars.
Carter had it bad for Indiana but his past experience wouldn't allow him to take the friendship and then the love she was offering. He had to become worthy. Well that is not the case here with author and this book "Bastard" it jet fueled her to the front of the line. She not only wrote an emotionally charged book but she was open and honest with giving us answers to our burning questions into the insight of our characters. For that we are grateful. Thanks for being with us and now you too are stuck with us. You are a part of 1 Rad-Reader Reviews so stop by anytime and let us know how you are doing. Thanks again, Char & Pat
I knew this story could launch my career, but I never thought it would lead me down a path of sin and decadence...bondage and submission. He was my subject; I became his slave.
Ashley's first lead feature as a reporter should have been simple: interview Darien Gallagher, a real life Dom, for a magazine article and launch her career as a leading journalist, but with Dare, nothing is ever simple... Mysterious, wealthy, sexy as sin, and completely off limits, Ashley knows she shouldn't crave his touch, his kiss, but she does. Even though he's her best friend's stepfather...
What started for Dare as a lesson in domination suddenly has become so much more. He knows Ash is younger, more sheltered, friends with his former stepdaughter, but he can't deny the spark between them, even though he knows it's wrong.
With every word, every lesson, Dare tests Ash's resolve and pushes her boundaries. While Adam, Ashley's boss, has her craving things she shouldn't. The assignment that was supposed to land her on the top is about to topple her to her knees.
MY REVIEW:
Ashley is now working for a magazine and
her boss happens to be her brother’s best friend, Adam. Adam doesn’t know it but Ashley has had a
crush on him since she was a teenager.
When they met she was 16 and he was in his twenties. What Ashley doesn’t know is that he too has
had a crush on her but has worried about acting on it due to her being his best
friend’s younger sister plus now he’s her boss.
Each time Ashley has been with a guy it
has slowly killed him. They have become
real good friends outside of work which he likes. They even go running together. What’s funny is they both want more. They have work in common and he has been
mentoring her along. She has been
looking for her big breakout story to make her finally stand out.
So while running she says she has come up
with a great special interest piece. She
wants to write about how popular BDSM in romance novels has gotten. To discuss how it all really works in
relationships. Then she says she has set
up an appointment with a real life DOM, Christian Grey, type. Then man is wealthy, owns a corporation, and
is into domination.
What worried Adam is that it reminded him
of someone from his past. Someone he did
not want to think about. Not good! She could see he wasn’t happy with it. She tries to reassure him that it will be
safe because her girlfriend, Jessica, set it up. Yet, she was lying. He knows Jessica would never do anything to
hurt her or put her in harm’s way.
Jessica however didn’t know Mr. Gallagher very well at all. She was afraid she would say too much and
reveal Gallagher’s name.
Adam had interned for Gallagher one summer
when he was in college and whenever she’d asked him about it or Gallagher, a
mystery that she wants to know about, but Adam avoided talking about it. For that reason alone and for time to get her
ducks in a row she won’t mention who the interview is with.
Dare’s intentions seem to be on the up and
up. He only wants to mentor but through
example yet honoring her words of “No Sexual Relations.” So, after the second lesson he tells her to
practice on the friend she told him she had been crushing on. She does and Adam kisses her but then says…
I hate cliffhangers and one
whole book that is chopped into smaller ones drives me mad. Enough said.
Now this is an interesting story. Here you have this title that makes the story
more salacious than it actually is.
First Ashley is only 10 years younger than Dare, she has not even had a
friendship with his stepdaughter in 6 years, and she doesn’t want to start a
relationship with Adam while with Dare.
Interesting, Erotic for sure. I
give this 4 stars. Provide by
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Forever This Time is the story of Josie Kendrew, who returns to her tiny Vermont hometown after ten years' absence when her father has a stroke, and Ethan Miller, her jilted high school sweetheart, who's taken her place as the CFO of the Kendrew family business: running Snowflake Village—a "Santa's Village"—style amusement park.
Josie, now a successful therapist with a Boston practice, isn't sure how she feels about being back in Echo Lake. In some ways, things have changed a lot; Ethan's got an MBA, seems to have something going with Molly, her childhood best friend, and he even owns the beautiful Victorian they'd always talked about buying together. But in other ways, the place is exactly the same, with reminders of the heartbreak that drove Josie away lurking around every corner. When Josie's "Little Sister" Avery died of cancer at the age of ten, the grief nearly destroyed her, and ultimately inspired her choice of career. It also caused a hurt so deep she knew she couldn't stay in Echo Lake, surrounded by memories. And she's not going to stay now; as soon as her dad's health improves, she's headed right back to Boston, to her therapy practice and her quiet apartment. To her lonely, safe life.
As for Ethan, he's not all that pleased to see the woman he once loved. It took a long time to pick up the pieces Josie left behind, he's proud of the work he's done to bring Snowflake Village into the 21st century, and he's worried that if Josie finds out about his project to honor Avery's memory, she'll get the wrong idea. He's not planning to make it easy for Josie to come back, and he's not going to pretend that all is forgiven. They can't just pick up where they left off… right? MY REVIEW:
Can ten years really wash away the pains
you have been trying to out run for what feels like a lifetime? Going to school to become a therapist to help
others with their relationships seemed like the logical thing to do. There is no logic as Josie Kendrew was now
finding out.
She left home ten years ago leaving behind
all the things she thought she hated most the bad memories, the hatred for her
parents and the love of a man. But in
the wake of her father having a severe stroke she must now confront all her
demons whether she likes them or not.
When she arrives her father is a shell of
the man she left behind. Laying there in
his hospital bed not even knowing who she is.
She must spend time abandoning her emotionally when her little sister
from the “Big Sister, Little Sister” program died at 9 years old from cancer. Her mother phones and says, that Ethan will
need help at the Always Christmas Theme park, Camp Ho Ho, as she called it.
Where Ethan is now serving in the position that she would have held had she
stayed in town, CFO to her dad’s CEO.
When she finally sees him, he wants no part of her being there.
Not to mention he still has to tell her
about Avery’s House. The house he
bought, their dream house, to use for children of cancer who need a rest between
treatments or during recovery. The house
is in memory of the little sister Jos had from the “Big Sister, Little Sister”
program. She seemed to have touched a
lot of people’s hearts at Camp Ho Ho as Jos use to call it making Avery laugh
out loud.
When she passed it devastated them both. She unraveled and left before their wedding. Jos became the runaway bride. Now her father’s ill, she’s back, her mother’s
stopped drinking, and this time it’s not a trick. The biggest surprise of all after 5 days of
trying to break her by making her wear those crazy Ho Ho suits Ethan kisses
her. Game changer instincts say run but
at the last moment her mom calls from the hospital saying she felt lonely and
then remembered she wasn’t because she had her daughter who was there at home. When she hung up she knew she had to man-up as
they say. Not letting Ethan scare her
off. So, when she walks into work with a
new attitude boy is he surprised. What
will become of their relationship? Will
they finally talk about the past? How
will she feel about the Avery House? Will
Molly try to come between them? All
questions you will need to read to find out about.
I enjoyed this a lot. Yet, there some unanswered questions of how
her parents saved their marriage? Had
Molly fallen in love with Ethan during those ten years of helping him
recover? The characters were ones that
kept your attention Molly I wanted to choke as well as Ethan for a lot of the
book I have to say. Ben I wanted to hug
and Emmy I wanted to cuddle. Ethan was
the guy all mom’s wanted for their daughters in the long run. So, see now you have to read it to find out
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