Review: Great read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2013
This was a great read from an author who is new to me. It was the sweet setup that caught my attention right away. I'm a sucker for the ones about lost love finding its way back.The story opens with veterinarian Megan getting the shocker of her life when old flame shows back up in town. Adam is a former marine, who broke Megan's heart twice before. The writer did a good job with the back story. Adam and Megan dated in college, drifted apart when she pushed for more, and then hooked back up again three years ago when he came back to town for his dad's funeral. Then he dumped her again. See, he's got some problems that Megan doesn't know about. A heartbreaking past that led him to doubt his worthiness as a family man. But Megan has got a secret of her own. Turns out that when he left town the last time, Adam left her with a little something. A son that she has no intention of telling him about.Now Adam is back. The chemistry is still there and he wants a booty call. Unh..Unh..Megan is not buying what that boy is selling. She doesn't want him to find out about their son, Cole. So she shuts his play down cold. Then she finds out that she has an enemy. Somebody is trashing her reputation and she is about to be arrested. So she comes clean with Adam about their son and asks him to man up and take responsibility for the boy.Here is where the plot starts to twist, as it looks like somebody is really out to get Megan. You know Adam is gonna try to protect her, and they start to get close again.So here is the thing, I never really liked Megan. I tried to like her, honest I did. I just couldn't reconcile the fact that she hid Adam's son from him. I understood the first time, after he left. But she lied again when he first came back to town. You know, lying by omission is still lying. Even if she had an axe to grind because he broke her heart, he still had a right to know about Cole. It was his decision to make if he wanted to get to know his kid and be a dad. She tried to take away his choice and his son's. Plain old selfish.I kinda liked Adam. Sure, the guy had some problems. No doubt, he was a player. But he didn't lie to Megan as she did him. She knew he was in it for the sex. She knew the Marines was his life. She knew he was leaving. It's not like it came as a surprise. He still helped her when she needed him. He was just so damn vulnerable...second guessing himself as a father...and regretting that his son didn't know him.My distaste (maybe jealousy) for Megan aside, this was a great book. Fast paced and engaging. It certainly had my emotions engaged...all that jealousy and all. I loved the suspense part, although the villain came as no surprise. That he was completely cracked--that was a surprise. It was a fun read and I enjoyed the hell out of it.Reviewed by Debra Taylorfor TheRomanceReviews.com