Review: WRECKED by Anne Conley
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
Series:  Stories of Serendipity #8Category /Genre:  Contemporary RomanceReceived from:  Anne Conley (in exchange for an honest review)Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual contentGrammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC / errors excusedThis is book eight in the Stories of Serendipity series.  Each does stand on its own, so they do not need to be read in order.Renae has lived the last eighteen years for her daughter.  She has protected her from the small town gossip of what her father was really like, sacrificed to provide as all mothers do, especially single mothers.  Now that she has an empty nest, Renae is at a loss.  What should she do with her new, largely unwanted, freedom?  After several hobby attempts, her friends convince her to go out for the night.  There she sees the man she nearly killed while wool-gathering during the drive back from dropping her daughter off at college.  What is supposed to be a one-night stand becomes so much more as their lives seem to be fated to come together again and again.I kept wanting to holler at Renae to get out of her own way!  I understand the feeling that you need to control or be controlled.  She chooses to control, in all things, because she has never before had someone on whom she could depend… until she meets Jason.  Jason has seen the happy life of his brother and wants the same. All he has to do is convince Renae to take a leap of faith when she has trouble with the baby steps of faith (baby steps, hehehe).I love the realism of the characters.  I especially loved that this time our main characters are in their mid-forties and portrayed as vital, sexually available, active, and desirable people.  I have loved my visits to Serendipity, TX and will continue to visit as often as we are all invited.  A huge thank you to Ms. Conley for another terrific escape from our busy lives to her small town!