Booth Pena definitely didn’t make the smartest of decisions when he was a teenager.
At eighteen, he knocked a girl up and signed up for the military all in the same day—signing his life away in more ways than one. Fast forward six weeks and he’s in bootcamp learning that he’s going to be a father while also learning that not only is he going to be deployed, but it’s going to stay that way for a year.
There weren’t a lot of things that the baby’s mother and he saw eye to eye on after that. He honestly wasn’t sure why he even slept with her in the first place.
Okay, that last part is a lie. He knows exactly why he slept with her. Because the real woman he’s in love with, her twin sister, Dillan, won’t give him the time of day.
Five years later, and he still wants her.
Now he’s home for good, being the best father and police officer that he can be, and still he’s not good enough.
***
Dillan Davidsdottir hated Booth Pena. Immensely.
She hated him because he slept with her sister, then left. Granted, she knew that he hadn’t meant to leave like he did, unknowingly and unconsciously leaving his son behind, but that didn’t change the fact that he had.
Five years later, and she still dislikes him just as much now as she did when he chose the wrong sister to take to his bed.
Maybe if he’d chosen her, her heart wouldn’t be broken, and his wouldn’t be untouchable.
But when a SWAT officer sees his life flash before his eyes, and decides that enough is enough, what’s a girl to do?
My Review:
I was a bit hesitant going into this book as I'm not a fan of these kind of relationships and I had seen some reviews with people not reading the book, yet reviewing based on their idea of what the book would be about.
My mind was quickly turned around as I felt LLV handled this book with discretion and supported her storyline with reasons that worked well.
This is Booth and Dillon's story. After having a unremarkable, unrememberable one night stand with Delanie that neither of them remember, with a resulting child, Booth is and always has been in love with Dillan.
The story flushes out the "why" things happened the way they did and the "who" stood in the way. Not only can it be someone we think of as a friend, but a father who decides he wants something to happen for the wrong reason.
Also, Bobo, the dog, was a hero in my opinion.
That being said, the book was not brash or arrogant in it's delivery, but the book is fleshed out and well written.
I'm glad I did not listen to the opinions of others and read this book in the series and I am now anxiously awaiting the next book in the series that will depict the relationship between Delanie and Bourne.
An enjoyable read.
4-4.5 stars (less)
My Review:
I was a bit hesitant going into this book as I'm not a fan of these kind of relationships and I had seen some reviews with people not reading the book, yet reviewing based on their idea of what the book would be about.
My mind was quickly turned around as I felt LLV handled this book with discretion and supported her storyline with reasons that worked well.
This is Booth and Dillon's story. After having a unremarkable, unrememberable one night stand with Delanie that neither of them remember, with a resulting child, Booth is and always has been in love with Dillan.
The story flushes out the "why" things happened the way they did and the "who" stood in the way. Not only can it be someone we think of as a friend, but a father who decides he wants something to happen for the wrong reason.
Also, Bobo, the dog, was a hero in my opinion.
That being said, the book was not brash or arrogant in it's delivery, but the book is fleshed out and well written.
I'm glad I did not listen to the opinions of others and read this book in the series and I am now anxiously awaiting the next book in the series that will depict the relationship between Delanie and Bourne.
An enjoyable read.
4-4.5 stars (less)
Give in, that’s what.
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Meet Lani Lynn Vale
Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, to cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens.
She hails from the Great State of Texas.
When she's not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.
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