![]() I loved that though he was a wonderful man underneath he was rough around the edges. Though he’s afraid to reach for it, he craves love and stability just as much as the next person. Yet underneath it all, he’s still managed to retain his common decency and innate goodness. His experiences since he’s been home haven’t done much to change his attitude either. Because he was convicted of killing his step-father and spent several years in prison he is very cynical and hard. I think Dillon was a very complex character. I think I may have suffered a bit for not reading her debut novel, Not Without Her Family, since I believe it probably offered quite a bit of backstory on the hero that was absent in this one. ![]() I liked the blurb so figured I’d give it a try. I have a review of A Not-So-Perfect Past by Beth Andrews up at The Good, The Bad and The Unread.īeth Andrews is a fairly new Harlequin author, this being her second release with them. Because it's not that she doesn't trust him. Still, she can't afford to get close to Dillon, even if he is tempting her to toss out her good-girl shoes. And when someone crashes into her bakery, he's just the man to fix the damage.Īnd Nina isn't the only one who thinks Dillon's the perfect man for the job: her two kids have taken a shine to him. But that doesn't stop her from renting him a place to live. ![]() Knows nobody put out the welcome mat when he moved to Serenity Springs. Nina Carlson knows all about Dillon Ward. I liked him.) Serenity SpringsĪlso in this series: Do You Take This Cop? 5 is for the hero during the first half of the story and the kid. As it stands, I can’t find much to recommend it.ġ.5 out of 5 (the. Had the hero not turned TSTL at the end, I probably wouldn’t have disliked this book so much. But when he shows up at her place to find her packing and realizes she knocked someone out and HID THE BODY, but does nothing about it, my head (almost) exploded. Up until that point he knew Faith was hiding a secret but wanted to let her work out telling him on her own. It was so frustrating! He was the only reason I kept reading, and then he totally ruined it the last 1/8 of the book. That’s when he stopped acting like a cop and started acting like a jerk who’d been scorned by a woman. He really worked for me all the way up until the end. I thought it was sweet how he acted with her son. He genuinely liked Faith and wanted to get to know her better. He was strong, caring, and compassionate. I can understand wanting your kids to behave, but she expected way too much from him. Everything he did she scolded him for it. He wasn’t allowed to make messes or play outside or be loud or.talk, even. This brings me to the next thing that I didn’t like about her, her skills as a mother. Had it just been her, I might have been able to overlook this. Her son greatly suffered because she refused to deal with her issues. She was the type to stick her fingers in her ears and say ‘la la la la la la’. Pretending a problem doesn’t exist doesn’t make it go away. ![]() She also played the “let’s pretend everything is okay and it will be” game a little too often for me. Which is the whole reason I kept reading. He knows she’s playing a game, he just isn’t sure what it is. But why not just tell him the truth and ask for help? You really think leading him on and lying is going to help your cause? The good news is that the hero is onto her. She’s on the run from an abusive husband and wants to settle herself and her son somewhere. I was liking the heroine of this book until she decided to manipulate the hero into caring for her because she needs protection. I’ve read novels by Andrews before and enjoyed them, but this one fell far off the mark for me. ![]() This review was originally published on September 9, 2010 But trusting Nick means telling the whole truth about her past. If she had someone like Nick on her side, maybe she could finally be free, and give her son the life he deserves. This guy could blow their world apart if he discovers her secret.įunny thing is, he may also be her only hope. But dating the town's most popular boy in blue is hardly going to help her keep a low profile. The last thing Faith Lewis needs is a cop poking his nose in her business. Also in this series: A Not-So-Perfect PastĪmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play Books ![]()
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