One point, Amelia buys Mickey’s son a very expensive birthday present, which upsets Mickey. I personally love to know every color mug she buys – it fits Kristen Ashley heroines so well, it doesn’t bother me (I know some find it tedious).Īmelia is very wealthy, and Mickey has to work hard to keep finances going – so this does bring some conflict into the relationship. We get to know ever detail of Amelia’s new mansion home as she sells all her stuff and starts over again. Both not rushing into anything serious, as they both have extensive drama with their ex’s hanging over them as a dark cloud. The bickering of course usually ends in a fevered kiss, but they spend a lot of time in the beginning of the book just getting to know each other. Mickey and Amelia have immediate chemistry, but oh do they bicker and it’s fun to watch. This book takes its time with the relationship. You put it right out there you can’t get enough of me. You run to the door in the middle of the night to open it for me. “Feel good,” he stated, his eyes locked to mine. “Well…” I drew that out but trailed off, still not certain what he was saying. “Silky ones that feel good.” He paused before he added, “With lace.” “I’m sorry?” I asked when he didn’t elucidate. “Mickey?” I called when this went on a while. “I just want to say that it isn’t lost on me, the effort you’re making to spend time with me.” Demands she fight for her kids when it feels like it’s a hopeless battle. Cranky, surly, immediately starts calling Amelia “babe.” Gets in her face and tells her the God’s honest truth about everything. They are good kids who don’t deserve the crap their mother puts them through. Mickey went through a yucky divorce too – his ex-wife and the mother two his two teenage children is a drunk, so they spend most of their time with him. But Amelia doesn’t give up – especially when her neighbor right across the street gives her support. Her kids are embarrassed by her and have an attitude and want nothing to do with her. Kristen Ashley does a nice job not rushing this.

Her kids want nothing to do with her at first – and it’s a bit heartbreaking. So she moves to Magdalene to be closer to them, and to start to rebuild their relationship. Unfortunately, she didn’t think of the effect this would have on her teenage children, and has practically had zero relationship with them the past year. Amelia didn’t take this too well – making it a point to publicly embarrass him and harass him as much as she could. Amelia’s neurosurgeon husband had an affair and dumped her, quickly marrying someone else. We have Mickey, an Irish firefighter/construction worker and Amelia, a very wealthy trust fund heroine who volunteers her time at a nursing home and is trying to get her life back in order.

Set in the beach town of Magdalene, Maine, this is book two in this series and I liked it quite a bit.

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