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Synopsis
CARA WYATT fell in love with her best friend.
She’d been afraid to share her feelings with him, until one day, when an impulsive decision gave them the opportunity at a relationship that they’d been denying for years…
DELANEY BLAKE was in love with Cara from the moment he met her.
He knew she relied on him, but Cara didn’t realize he relied on her just as much. However, he had plans. A strict outline of what his future should be, and he was determined to make them happen. When Delaney was faced with having to choose between her and his future, he panicked, and Cara pushed him away believing it was better than facing potential rejection.
More than a year later, she has to risk facing that rejection, and even worse, anger for the SECRETS she kept from him when it all fell apart…
Review
This was a novella about a young woman named Cara, who’s boyfriend walked out when Cara announced she was pregnant in college. Later on that same night she thinks it’s a mistake and let’s Delaney know that she isn’t pregnant anymore, but she refuses to let him back into her life and into her heart. A few years on Cara knows she has to tell Delaney the truth and reveal her secret in the form of her and Delaney’s child Sutton. Will they be able to build a family or will Cara still struggle to let Delaney back in? And will Delaney be able to forgive Cara for keeping Sutton a secret for so long?
I have to admit I’m normally not a fan of Novella’s because I feel they can be too rushed, that there’s not enough of a story or that the story was so good it should have been a full novel…but I have to admit I quite enjoyed this sweet but short book.
“Cara look at me. I need you to see. You can’t hide from it anymore.”
I easily fell in love with Delaney and Sutton. I thought Delaney was a dream man and just made a small mistake when he was young and tried to rectify it. He was adorable with Sutton and was so in love with Cara and was willing to do anything to prove it. And Sutton was just the cutest child, a right outgoing little toddler and just adorable.
“I don’t think there’s anything that can change the way I feel. I’ve pretty much been madly in love with you since the day we met.”
I have to confess that I didn’t immediately fall in love with Cara. I thought she was too harsh on Delaney considering she had kept Sutton a secret for so long and she got a little annoying when she refused to believe Delaney loved her despite having no real reason for this thinking. She did grow on me though and because I loved the plot and the ending, by the time we got towards the end I loved her as much as the others.
“He had been her yo-yo for years. One minute she would be holding him in the palm of her hand, and the next she would whip him away from her as hard as she could.”
The plot was exactly what I want from a novella. There was an established story, that was enough to keep me entertained and was well paced. There were some good sex scenes, sweet moments and a little drama. Just the right amount of everything to not leave me frustrated that it was only a short book.
“As they had said, their strings weren’t just attached, they were braided tight.”
Overall a sweet, endearing and enjoyable read that would be perfect for a quick holiday read or to pass time lazying in the sun.
Bethany
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