Review: Nicole is Betrayed
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
Nicole, the second wife of Jeans' that we meet in this series is a wonderful and very easily likable character. We meet her in the same motel room we met Marian, the first wife. The motel room where their husband was found murdered, and they discovered that they weren't the only woman who was married to their husband, but in fact their were three woman married to him, and one of them was suspected to have been the one to have murdered him.Nicole is now not only a widow, but also pregnant. It is only natural for her to wonder who will help her raise her child and who will act as the babies father? After all, Nicole herself grew up without knowing who her father was. Of course she doesn't want that same fate for her own child, and in fact, she doesn't want her child to grow up with any hardships at all. Even though Nicole is the owner of a very large plantation, she worries that the crops might not provide enough for her and her child.She decides she need to find someone who will step in and marry her,  sort of a temporary situation, one that would be beneficial to both of them. When she finds good-looking Maxim, who she believes to be a drifter, she thinks she has hit the jackpot. She and Maxim discuss the situation and decide to give it a go. Nicole thinks everything is going to turn out just fine for her and her child now that she has met a man who will step in and be the child's father and help out with the plantation.What Nicole doesn't know is that Maxim isn't exactly a drifter. In fact, he already has ties to Rosewood, as it once belonged to his family and he wants it back! Maxim thinks that Nicole's plan of marrying for the sake of the unborn baby is the perfect cover-up for his real intentions. And in fact, they might even help him get what he wants even faster and easier. The secrets he keeps from Nicole are numerable.But soon, as the two are living together and working together everyday, it is inevitable that they will start to actually get to know each other on a more personal level. Well, this is exactly what happens, and they actually start to have feeling for one another. The romance between the two grows slow and sweet, and I really enjoyed the turn their relationship took.But the secrets and lies are bound to come out at some point, and Maxim knows this. Now that he has real feelings for Nicole, he is torn between his original  intentions and his new found conscience. He doesn't know what to do.This is where I will leave you, as I don't want to give away too much. I highly recommend the second installment of this series, just as I did the first. Even though I still have some questions I want answered and a few things I'm curious about, I'm pretty sure that is exactly  why there is another book in this series.