Determined to move on with her life, Olivia Germaine has vowed to forget David Dylan. Once again poor Liv is faced with the exact thing David is, keep the promise and stay away. Being I feel that Liv is not for Bill as well as Bill not for her, I say go get David. I really had no issue with her cheating because Bill was just like a blob. She loved him yes but he was just so difficult and controlling. What the author does here is create a person who is struggling to keep her marriage together. She wants to believe in her vows. I get it and yes she tried to do it but there comes a time when you just gotta walk away.
A few years into their marriage it just seems like he is progressing with very female goals. He wants the house, the stay at home wife and a baby. Over and over Liv tells him no. She says it directly, subtly and nasty, and ya know what? Bill doesn’t get it. What man would actually stand for it? I don’t know but this fool got under my skin.
The friends are there for Liv ass much as she will let them be. I was disappointed at the way they treated her. She was depressed, lost and almost malnourished and not one of them including the fool she married did anything to help. Sometimes it was killing me to go on and read more. I wanted someone to sit down and talk to her without judgement. She did that for Lucy and Gretchen and I thought they owed her.
My Olivia
She lives a very sad existence for almost four months. It broke my heart that she fell in love with David and self tortured herself. When she was with Bill it was him forcing his ideal and delusional family dreams on her. When she was with David she could see the house, the fence and the toddlers in the yard. Olivia is not to be painted as a bad person. I wanted her to be with David. There are times when the marriage is bad and instead of getting the clues one spouse wanders. There is nothing you can do when you find someone who puts you under a spell. I felt David was the one for Liv and I couldn’t stand how she spoke of Bill.
Meet my David
One part I must bring up not giving any secrets away, but Lucy’s wedding. You see how the girls are thrilled for her and Olivia is the elephant in the room. Did she ever feel that draw for Bill? Did she ever experience tender sweet love making with him? NO it is in every page! She never felt complete with him and just went along for the ride. OK wrong but what was done was done. I mean him asking about starting a family and being told so many times she was not ready was hard to read. What man does that? I wanted to yell and ask him if he was a man. The author did great here because she created a character that even in book 2 I want to smack into next week, tie up and pinch him and then kick him in the nuts if there is any!
My Bill
Yes he sucks his thumb!
It is a must read and I will say that through the entire book I worried Olivia would crack up. I was so scared at times I couldn’t even read it. I thought over and over she was going to kill herself. That was a fear through every chapter. I am so happy that there is a book 3 and I cant wait to read it.
“Jessica Hawkins has proven herself to be a contender in the race for the most captivating and sexy contemporary romance series…” — Autumn After Dark
“I haven’t been so engrossed with a series and felt it deep in my core since Fifty Shades of Grey!” — Seductive Romance Reviews
Jessica Hawkins grew up between the purple mountains and under the endless sun of Palm Springs, California. She studied international business at Arizona State University and has also lived in Costa Rica and New York City. Some of her favorite things include traveling, her dog Kimo, Scrabble, driving aimlessly and creating Top Five lists. She is the helpless victim of an overactive imagination that finds inspiration in music and tranquility in writing. Currently she resides wherever her head lands, which lately is the unexpected (but warm) keyboard of her trusty MacBook.
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