And to think I almost didn’t read this book! There were several negative reviews, but the positive ones were enough to tempt me to try and boy, am I glad I did! Cheating stories are my guilty pleasure because they are so angsty, and there is always anger, drama and groveling. Usually I like it when the H and h reconcile and end with a stronger than before marriage, but in this case it was not so and it was still perfect. The author did a great job, developing each character, treating each situation with utmost respect and what I perceive as perfect psychology.
Quinn and Bailey had been childhood friends who progressed to marriage. They’re now thirty years old, and have veered a lot from their life goals. Quinn is so invested in his job, working long hours and they hardly see each other, intimacy has gone down the drain. We all know this spells death to a relation, unless the guilty party accepts the problem and sorts it out. We can see that Quinn is being a perfect jerk, condescending and hostile, and I so wished he would get his comeuppance!
Bailey was the perfect wife in crisis. She was loyal, willing to go the distance and save her marriage. It was particularly sad that they were best friends since childhood and he no longer resembled the boy she fell in love with. I think this is what gave her the most purpose in dealing with the crumbling marriage, she no longer knew him! There are friends in common, a mother who was more loyal to her husband than her, a sister and a brother-in-law who surprise with their allegiance. And let’s not forget, the new romantic interest, gorgeous and broody Kallan. He was everything you need to see in a love interest, kind and passionate and handsome.
I loved that both Bailey and Kallan were proper in their relationship, respected their particular situation, and even more, how considerate Kallan was of Bailey’s emotional status. As a widower himself, with a sad history to his past, he knew the phases before Bailey went through them.
It’s a cheating story, a breakup story and a new chances story, told with a lot of respect, strong reality, and beautiful sentimentality. There were many levels that add richness to the story, making it more interesting. I throughly enjoyed reading this book!
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About the author
Siena Sloane is a mother of two beautiful daughters and four furry children. Growing up, she’d sit on her windowsill (especially on misty, rainy days) and dream up stories, which she would then write down the old-fashioned way—with pen and paper. Reading them now makes her cringe, but that is where her love for stories started. When not writing, Siena can be found with a book in one hand and a cup of coffee in another, lost in some or other fictional world.
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