Don’t hold this title
against this book. I was hesitant at first to read this book but OMG this was a
really good read. The prologue
will draw you in immediately and what you think you know, isn’t what is going
on at all. It sets the stage for how the book will start off and the emotions
that rifle throughout. Note this is an unconventional love story which is a
good change that I have been looking for.
Lucas Thorn has a
reputation as a cheater—some say its well-deserved, others say this isn’t
him at all. But Lucas does whatever he can nowadays to live up to the rep he
has of a tomcat. He does make sure the ladies all know the rules before he
crawls into bed with a woman and never stays with the same woman twice. He doesn’t
want there to be any hurt feelings on anyone’s part. He’s been there before and
doesn’t want to go down that road again. He lives alone yet has his
hookups..that is his penance for what happened. For what he was unable to fix
on that night long ago and his determination to never revisit the past until
the past comes back to haunt him in the flesh.
Avery Black is
haunted by the memories of that long ago time when she was secretly in love
with a man who was supposedly in love with her older sister and a man who was
supposedly her friend. Until everything blew up in her face when she caught
that guy in a very compromising position with another woman on the night he was
supposed to marry her sister. 5 years since all that went down yet now Avery
is in a position where she will be working in the internship position for this man, this former best friend
and her secret crush. If she only didn’t need this job.
There is so much angst told with a touch of wistfulness to
it. There is also a bitter aftertaste of betrayal flavored with heartbreak on
both sides. But there is this attraction that flavors the MC interactions.
Lucas doesn’t make excuses for what happened and he definitely took ownership
for what happened but he never talked to his supposed friend Avery about it at
the time and tried to explain and there comes the anguish. For we will never
know what could have been for them if Lucas his just tried to speak, to get his
feelings across. Avery is one woman you root for and I definitely did so.
This is a fast and easy read. It was one that I much enjoyed=
a beautiful 2nd chance romance novel with themes of forgiveness,
jealousy, sibling rivalry
and love. I am so looking forward for
Thatch’s story next.
My rating: 4.5 stars ****
"I
voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an
honest review***
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