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West Investigations #3
Tempted Again
Marissa Bennett needs to start over, but the last thing she needs is a new man in her life. Enter sexy lawman Connor Doyle-the high school bad boy who took her innocence. She knows she should turn the page on her past, but Connor is irresistible. Has she come all the way home just to get her heart broken again?
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 3, 2012
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Cathie Linz
98 books126 followersCathie Linz Baumgardner was an American librarian and a prolific romance novelist, publishing over 50 novels under the names Cathie Linz and Cat Devon. Her books, known for their humor and witty dialogue, have been translated into nearly 20 languages worldwide. She contributed to the acclaimed anthology Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance and received multiple honors, including the Romantic Times Career Achievement Storyteller of the Year, Reviewers' Choice Award, eHarlequin Readers' Choice Award, and Write Touch Award. An avid traveler, she lived in the Chicago area with her family and her cat.
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January 25, 2012
This author is amazing! I love all her books, they will make you laugh out loud and then cry all in the same page! But this book takes the cake on her other ones! I just about died reading this book!!!! Her characters are hilarious and crazy. I love the main character Marissa some of the things she says and does in it will make you go back and re-read to make sure you read it right the first time!
I will start with her, she comes back to her home town wanting to be hidden away after a nasty divorce and crashes a parade! The sexy sheriff who she realizes she DOES know because he took her virginity doesn't seem to remember her at all. She is a crazy character with so much going on. She cannot stay away from that sexy sheriff though for the life of her and she does try!!!! She gets a group of kids to keep them out of trouble and of course he is there helping her and through it all she sees why she loved him way back when but can she find time to love and trust again?
Now the big bad sheriff Connor has seen some horrible things as a cop and that is why he has come to this little town to get away from it all. Then he meets Marissa and the town starts to get interesting and when he realizes who she is he is blown away! His view is always so so funny so many times I was laughing out loud with things he says and thinks!!! He is also someone who was burned by love and he can't help feeling like Marissa is the right one for him but can he get her to change her mind?!
This book I loved and I can't get it out to you guys enough!! You will laugh, cry and scream throughout this book, wishing you can make the characters do what you want!
I will start with her, she comes back to her home town wanting to be hidden away after a nasty divorce and crashes a parade! The sexy sheriff who she realizes she DOES know because he took her virginity doesn't seem to remember her at all. She is a crazy character with so much going on. She cannot stay away from that sexy sheriff though for the life of her and she does try!!!! She gets a group of kids to keep them out of trouble and of course he is there helping her and through it all she sees why she loved him way back when but can she find time to love and trust again?
Now the big bad sheriff Connor has seen some horrible things as a cop and that is why he has come to this little town to get away from it all. Then he meets Marissa and the town starts to get interesting and when he realizes who she is he is blown away! His view is always so so funny so many times I was laughing out loud with things he says and thinks!!! He is also someone who was burned by love and he can't help feeling like Marissa is the right one for him but can he get her to change her mind?!
This book I loved and I can't get it out to you guys enough!! You will laugh, cry and scream throughout this book, wishing you can make the characters do what you want!
July 14, 2020
This was a good read. Marissa is back home after a divorce. Here she meets Connor. Comes to find out that used to have a thing. She plays hard but in the end it all works out. They thankfully get their happy ending.
August 14, 2017
First romance I've read about a Teen Librarian!
January 6, 2012
Connor and Marissa
Full review on Fiction Vixen Book Reviews
Tempted Again by Cathie Linz is a second chance story. Marissa has moved back home after a messy divorce on her one year anniversary, after being let go from her job and in the final insult losing her home because of money issues. She takes a job at the local library and moves in with her parents. Not exactly what she had in mind after leaving home 10 years before. On her way back into town she accidentally drives through the town parade route and is pulled over by the local sheriff. In another bad turn of fate the sheriff is Connor Doyle, the boy who took her virginity, and he doesn’t even recognize her.
Connor took the job in Hopeful, Ohio because he burned out in Chicago. He had seen too many ugly things and people as a narcotics cop and needed to start a new life. He believes small town cop is the way to go because what can happen in a small town? Of course that was before Marissa came back to town.
I am a fan of the second chance romance. This one was kind of strange though. Marissa was just immediately angry and hostile with Connor. She caught her ex cheating and seems to transfer all her resentment towards men directly on to Connor. It would have been ok if their dialogue was done in a funny, sexy way but Marissa just came across as a cranky bitch. For the first third of the book I didn’t see how the relationship could possibly go anywhere because she was just not a pleasant person. Ever.
Connor and Marissa are thrown together in a variety of situations. Marissa inadvertently rents the apartment next to his, they are put together on a town project and other various things happen. I never really felt the chemistry between them. There were no flashbacks that helped me see how they were before and maybe a way they could get back there. When they would accidentally brush hands the author would talk about the sparks but as a reader I just didn’t feel them. I didn’t even care when they had their first moment. I think I was just over them by then.
It wasn’t just Connor and Marissa that bugged me either. Everyone in the book seemed so angry. Marissa’s mom is going through menopause and doesn’t get along with her dad. Marissa and her dad have major father daughter issues. Marissa and her sister seem to be very adversarial with each other. Connor’s mom severely dislikes his dad. There just wasn’t much feel good to around in this one.
I really never got into the book. The dialogue wasn’t funny or witty. It just brought me down as did most of the characters. This book just didn’t really work for me. Final grade- D
Full review on Fiction Vixen Book Reviews
Tempted Again by Cathie Linz is a second chance story. Marissa has moved back home after a messy divorce on her one year anniversary, after being let go from her job and in the final insult losing her home because of money issues. She takes a job at the local library and moves in with her parents. Not exactly what she had in mind after leaving home 10 years before. On her way back into town she accidentally drives through the town parade route and is pulled over by the local sheriff. In another bad turn of fate the sheriff is Connor Doyle, the boy who took her virginity, and he doesn’t even recognize her.
Connor took the job in Hopeful, Ohio because he burned out in Chicago. He had seen too many ugly things and people as a narcotics cop and needed to start a new life. He believes small town cop is the way to go because what can happen in a small town? Of course that was before Marissa came back to town.
I am a fan of the second chance romance. This one was kind of strange though. Marissa was just immediately angry and hostile with Connor. She caught her ex cheating and seems to transfer all her resentment towards men directly on to Connor. It would have been ok if their dialogue was done in a funny, sexy way but Marissa just came across as a cranky bitch. For the first third of the book I didn’t see how the relationship could possibly go anywhere because she was just not a pleasant person. Ever.
Connor and Marissa are thrown together in a variety of situations. Marissa inadvertently rents the apartment next to his, they are put together on a town project and other various things happen. I never really felt the chemistry between them. There were no flashbacks that helped me see how they were before and maybe a way they could get back there. When they would accidentally brush hands the author would talk about the sparks but as a reader I just didn’t feel them. I didn’t even care when they had their first moment. I think I was just over them by then.
It wasn’t just Connor and Marissa that bugged me either. Everyone in the book seemed so angry. Marissa’s mom is going through menopause and doesn’t get along with her dad. Marissa and her dad have major father daughter issues. Marissa and her sister seem to be very adversarial with each other. Connor’s mom severely dislikes his dad. There just wasn’t much feel good to around in this one.
I really never got into the book. The dialogue wasn’t funny or witty. It just brought me down as did most of the characters. This book just didn’t really work for me. Final grade- D
January 4, 2012
Cute, but not her best work. A lot of the hints at bigger issues--parents having relationship problems, her relationship with her sister, her fear of dancing--are brushed upon, and then neatly resolved in one quick swoop. Kinda disappointing.
October 2, 2012
This is one of those books that really mess with me. I want to like the book, because I like that the author wrote a character that makes sense from an emotional standpoint. I want to praise the heck out of that. Instead, I find myself absolutely hating it because that same character, while understandable, makes me completely looney.
I'll just come right out and say it. The heroine is a lunatic. She didn't need a boyfriend and hot sex. She needed intensive psycho-therapy and another year to get over an event that clearly traumatized her, in addition to all the other emotional baggage she's been toting around for years and years. Because it's clear that this woman doesn't get over things. She just lugs her hurts around and harps on it all to death.
Her husband of less than a year cheated on her. She signed the divorce papers on her one year anniversary. That's legitimately awful. I get that. She has complex Daddy issues because her father basically ignores her and favors her sister. That's rough; I get that too. She had a short but intense (on her end, anyway) love affair as a teenager with the hero and it left her broken hearted. Sad, but haven't we all got similar stories? I should be able to relate to that.
The problem is that she NEVER owns up to these emotional problems. Not really. Not fully. She constantly flings the hero's actions in his face throughout present day. But it's not fair to do so. He was 19 and on the rebound. She was 17 and dishonest about EVERYTHING related to that relationship: she kept the relationship a secret from her friends and family and she kept her virginity a secret from him. Sucky, but again, she was a teenager. What did she know?
What's REALLY unfair is that even as an adult, 10 years later, she is unable to see her own role in getting her heart broken. Not saying she was asking for it, but even older, she isn't any wiser. She's learned so little about relationships that she never looks at her actions and takes responsibility. It's allllll about how HE acted and how HE was wrong and how HE must not have changed.
Hate to break it to do you, darling, but the hero isn't the one who still acts like a teenager.
Then there's her reaction to her divorce and having to move back home. What a terrible, demoralizing time for her. That's truly a difficult position to be in. I'd weep every day if I were in her shoes. My problem is that she still breaks down into random tears. (So been there.) Unfortunately, that's a big CLUE about her real emotional state. This is not someone who is ready for a relationship. This is someone who needs a therapist. A real therapist, not a divorce support group. An expert who will call her on her bull when she needs it, just as often as they hand her tissues when she needs them.
We won't delve into the Daddy stuff, because nobody reads romance novels to explore the heroine's relationship with her father. Bottom line is that the heroine was a severely damaged person.
The hero, on the other hand, never really materialized for me. He never became real. He has a past as burnt out Chicago cop, a couple of pushy broads for his mother and grandmother (slight quibble: Grandma is from Warsaw. He should be calling her Babcia, not Grandma), and a sexy, sexy body. For some reason, I just never saw under the hood, which is funny considering how much I just wrote about the complex and sad mentality of his female counterpart.
But isn't that always the way? It's so much easier to be hard on the female, because often, that's the equation side I'd be on. I'm reading the book from my perspective as the female half. Understanding her makes it that much easier to criticize her. Him, I just want him for the romance and sex scenes.
I'll just come right out and say it. The heroine is a lunatic. She didn't need a boyfriend and hot sex. She needed intensive psycho-therapy and another year to get over an event that clearly traumatized her, in addition to all the other emotional baggage she's been toting around for years and years. Because it's clear that this woman doesn't get over things. She just lugs her hurts around and harps on it all to death.
Her husband of less than a year cheated on her. She signed the divorce papers on her one year anniversary. That's legitimately awful. I get that. She has complex Daddy issues because her father basically ignores her and favors her sister. That's rough; I get that too. She had a short but intense (on her end, anyway) love affair as a teenager with the hero and it left her broken hearted. Sad, but haven't we all got similar stories? I should be able to relate to that.
The problem is that she NEVER owns up to these emotional problems. Not really. Not fully. She constantly flings the hero's actions in his face throughout present day. But it's not fair to do so. He was 19 and on the rebound. She was 17 and dishonest about EVERYTHING related to that relationship: she kept the relationship a secret from her friends and family and she kept her virginity a secret from him. Sucky, but again, she was a teenager. What did she know?
What's REALLY unfair is that even as an adult, 10 years later, she is unable to see her own role in getting her heart broken. Not saying she was asking for it, but even older, she isn't any wiser. She's learned so little about relationships that she never looks at her actions and takes responsibility. It's allllll about how HE acted and how HE was wrong and how HE must not have changed.
Hate to break it to do you, darling, but the hero isn't the one who still acts like a teenager.
Then there's her reaction to her divorce and having to move back home. What a terrible, demoralizing time for her. That's truly a difficult position to be in. I'd weep every day if I were in her shoes. My problem is that she still breaks down into random tears. (So been there.) Unfortunately, that's a big CLUE about her real emotional state. This is not someone who is ready for a relationship. This is someone who needs a therapist. A real therapist, not a divorce support group. An expert who will call her on her bull when she needs it, just as often as they hand her tissues when she needs them.
We won't delve into the Daddy stuff, because nobody reads romance novels to explore the heroine's relationship with her father. Bottom line is that the heroine was a severely damaged person.
The hero, on the other hand, never really materialized for me. He never became real. He has a past as burnt out Chicago cop, a couple of pushy broads for his mother and grandmother (slight quibble: Grandma is from Warsaw. He should be calling her Babcia, not Grandma), and a sexy, sexy body. For some reason, I just never saw under the hood, which is funny considering how much I just wrote about the complex and sad mentality of his female counterpart.
But isn't that always the way? It's so much easier to be hard on the female, because often, that's the equation side I'd be on. I'm reading the book from my perspective as the female half. Understanding her makes it that much easier to criticize her. Him, I just want him for the romance and sex scenes.
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January 6, 2022
Originally posted on Romance Around The Corner (http://romance-around-the-corner.blog...
I first became a fan of Cathie Linz (and subsequently, Pamela Clare) when I read a novella she wrote in "Catch of the Day" a few years back. Her fast-paced romantic comedies have become some of my favorites to kick back and relax with when I need to regroup. I was pretty psyched when I found out that she had a book published earlier this year, so when I had a free moment to read I picked up a copy of Tempted Again from my local library.
The plot is your basic post-divorce return home story. We meet Marissa Bennett as she arrives back home in her beat up VW rust bucket. Taking a wrong turn, she ends up in a town parade route and is quickly apprehended by the town sheriff, Connor Doyle. Turns out that Connor and Marissa (known as Rissa in her younger days) had a fling one summer. Connor doesn't make the connection until they have to work together on a project for teens at the public library where Marissa is the new young adult librarian. Connor is a third generation cop, who recently relocated from Chicago after working undercover for a number of years in Narcotics. He feels strongly about helping at-risk youth and his passion shows in his work with the teens. The attraction between the two is obvious, as is their mutual need to deny said attraction.
So first things first. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I'm in library school right now and have worked in a number of libraries. I have read other books by Linz that I've really enjoyed, but the thing that bugged me about this book was that it involved a cop and a librarian. That wouldn't normally be a problem--I'm very much in favor of librarian heroines--but characters in three other books by this author are also librarians, and one book in particular is the same librarian/cop combo as this book ("Luck Be A Lady"). In fact, that book features one of Connor's brothers, Logan Doyle. I really love it when authors write characters with interesting careers, and librarians have very interesting careers, but I think she could have gotten away with much of the same plot with a teacher or counselor instead, without overusing that one profession.
I enjoyed the interactions between Connor and Marissa, as they were pretty funny. Linz writes great dialogue that is very quick and witty. I find that her books really help me decompress if I'm overly stressed. The problem that I had at times with this book was that the interactions didn't always seem genuine. For example, the first time Connor and Marissa made it to the bedroom, Marissa got cold feet due to some inner conflicts that she needed to resolve. Connor's responses to her concerns were a little harsh, which didn't really match his behavior earlier, which I found to be a little annoying. To me, it made the conflict between the two seem more manufactured than perhaps it should have been. There was also a minor mystery involving the town's Rhubarb Festival that kept the story moving.
Overall, the book was entertaining and didn't require much brain power on my part to enjoy it or follow along. This would be a great read at the beach or somewhere you need a funny book to take your mind off more serious matters. Connor and Marissa's respective families add a dose of crazy, keeping the story light, while also opening the door to future books involving minor characters, such as Marissa's sister, Jess.
Rating: 3
Sensuality: McSexy
I first became a fan of Cathie Linz (and subsequently, Pamela Clare) when I read a novella she wrote in "Catch of the Day" a few years back. Her fast-paced romantic comedies have become some of my favorites to kick back and relax with when I need to regroup. I was pretty psyched when I found out that she had a book published earlier this year, so when I had a free moment to read I picked up a copy of Tempted Again from my local library.
The plot is your basic post-divorce return home story. We meet Marissa Bennett as she arrives back home in her beat up VW rust bucket. Taking a wrong turn, she ends up in a town parade route and is quickly apprehended by the town sheriff, Connor Doyle. Turns out that Connor and Marissa (known as Rissa in her younger days) had a fling one summer. Connor doesn't make the connection until they have to work together on a project for teens at the public library where Marissa is the new young adult librarian. Connor is a third generation cop, who recently relocated from Chicago after working undercover for a number of years in Narcotics. He feels strongly about helping at-risk youth and his passion shows in his work with the teens. The attraction between the two is obvious, as is their mutual need to deny said attraction.
So first things first. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I'm in library school right now and have worked in a number of libraries. I have read other books by Linz that I've really enjoyed, but the thing that bugged me about this book was that it involved a cop and a librarian. That wouldn't normally be a problem--I'm very much in favor of librarian heroines--but characters in three other books by this author are also librarians, and one book in particular is the same librarian/cop combo as this book ("Luck Be A Lady"). In fact, that book features one of Connor's brothers, Logan Doyle. I really love it when authors write characters with interesting careers, and librarians have very interesting careers, but I think she could have gotten away with much of the same plot with a teacher or counselor instead, without overusing that one profession.
I enjoyed the interactions between Connor and Marissa, as they were pretty funny. Linz writes great dialogue that is very quick and witty. I find that her books really help me decompress if I'm overly stressed. The problem that I had at times with this book was that the interactions didn't always seem genuine. For example, the first time Connor and Marissa made it to the bedroom, Marissa got cold feet due to some inner conflicts that she needed to resolve. Connor's responses to her concerns were a little harsh, which didn't really match his behavior earlier, which I found to be a little annoying. To me, it made the conflict between the two seem more manufactured than perhaps it should have been. There was also a minor mystery involving the town's Rhubarb Festival that kept the story moving.
Overall, the book was entertaining and didn't require much brain power on my part to enjoy it or follow along. This would be a great read at the beach or somewhere you need a funny book to take your mind off more serious matters. Connor and Marissa's respective families add a dose of crazy, keeping the story light, while also opening the door to future books involving minor characters, such as Marissa's sister, Jess.
Rating: 3
Sensuality: McSexy
May 15, 2012
Maybe I'm just being grumpy, but I would give this a 2 1/2 stars, if that. This is a shame, because the book started out at a 3-3 1/2 stars. The last part of the book ruined the whole book for me and I rushed through the last few chapters just so I could get it done. Here are my main quibbles about the book:
1. This is one of those books that's perfect for a drinking game. Anytime Linz put a pop culture reference in the text, I wanted to swig something (and I kid you not, there was something on almost every page). She mentioned everything from Jay Leno's move on late night television to Lady Gaga to Twitter. And she would use it in a way that is just poor/lazy writing (one minor character looked like she could be off of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but there was no other descriptions of her looks besides that). This book was obviously written for the hip in-crowd, but unless you're familiar with all of these things, you wouldn't get the reference. Now, I'm not against pop culture references being used in books, I'm just against in when the author uses it because she's too lazy to use real descriptions. Also, (and I've mentioned this in previous reviews), Linz panders to the librarian community. She mentions things like Booklist and will have paragraphs of reference questions the librarian will answer. Outside the librarian community, nobody cares or will get what she's referring to.
2. The writing went downhill. Yes, I know this is a romance, and I really don't expect fantastic writing out of romances, but Linz's writing was clunky at best, especially the last few chapters. It seemed like she was in a rush to wrap things up, so she did. And she would drop in scenes that didn't progress the plot any (there was one with a character from the previous too books in the series - it seemed like he made an appearance just to make an appearance).
3. The characters would interpret things weird. For example, at the beginning of the book, Connor told Marissa "After you" as she was going through a doorway. She started obsessing if he meant that he was after her and was going to pursue her. Um, no, crazy. He's just being polite. Later, she makes the mention of "we" in a sentence (as in, "We're going to find out who did this", and Connor asks what she means by "we." She then goes into a diatribe about how she's not expecting them to get married or anything. Um, no, crazy. He's just asking why you're inviting yourself along on cop business. Which brings me to my fourth point:
4. He's a cop. She's a librarian. In the two previous books, the main characters were also cops (males) and librarians (females). And they're all in the same family. Ok, I can get a cop/librarian pairing from the first book. The second one is pushing it a little. But three cops who get together with three librarians, all they're all related? Yeah, not so much.
I usually don't rant this much about books, but for whatever reason, this book really pissed me off (and I again, it was mostly from the last few chapters. The first part was pretty cute and fun).
1. This is one of those books that's perfect for a drinking game. Anytime Linz put a pop culture reference in the text, I wanted to swig something (and I kid you not, there was something on almost every page). She mentioned everything from Jay Leno's move on late night television to Lady Gaga to Twitter. And she would use it in a way that is just poor/lazy writing (one minor character looked like she could be off of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but there was no other descriptions of her looks besides that). This book was obviously written for the hip in-crowd, but unless you're familiar with all of these things, you wouldn't get the reference. Now, I'm not against pop culture references being used in books, I'm just against in when the author uses it because she's too lazy to use real descriptions. Also, (and I've mentioned this in previous reviews), Linz panders to the librarian community. She mentions things like Booklist and will have paragraphs of reference questions the librarian will answer. Outside the librarian community, nobody cares or will get what she's referring to.
2. The writing went downhill. Yes, I know this is a romance, and I really don't expect fantastic writing out of romances, but Linz's writing was clunky at best, especially the last few chapters. It seemed like she was in a rush to wrap things up, so she did. And she would drop in scenes that didn't progress the plot any (there was one with a character from the previous too books in the series - it seemed like he made an appearance just to make an appearance).
3. The characters would interpret things weird. For example, at the beginning of the book, Connor told Marissa "After you" as she was going through a doorway. She started obsessing if he meant that he was after her and was going to pursue her. Um, no, crazy. He's just being polite. Later, she makes the mention of "we" in a sentence (as in, "We're going to find out who did this", and Connor asks what she means by "we." She then goes into a diatribe about how she's not expecting them to get married or anything. Um, no, crazy. He's just asking why you're inviting yourself along on cop business. Which brings me to my fourth point:
4. He's a cop. She's a librarian. In the two previous books, the main characters were also cops (males) and librarians (females). And they're all in the same family. Ok, I can get a cop/librarian pairing from the first book. The second one is pushing it a little. But three cops who get together with three librarians, all they're all related? Yeah, not so much.
I usually don't rant this much about books, but for whatever reason, this book really pissed me off (and I again, it was mostly from the last few chapters. The first part was pretty cute and fun).
January 15, 2012
Tempted Again by Cathie Linz
Grade: C
“You two have this thing going on.”
“What thing?”
“This Edward-Bella thing. Or maybe it’s a Jacob-Bella thing. Not that I read that crap. Too sappy for me.”
Marissa Bennett signed her divorce papers on what would have been her one year wedding anniversary. After finding her husband in bed with his assistant, Marissa is heading back to her hometown of Hopeful, Ohio to start over as a librarian. Marissa never expected to run into her first love and the first man who broke her heart Connor Doyle now the sheriff and she never expected to still harbor feelings for him.
Connor Doyle never expected to see Marissa “Rissa” Bennett again and he never expected to have to answer for how he treated her so many years ago. When the two get partnered up on a project dealing with trouble youth their is no denying that there is still a spark between them but both have been burned in the past and are fearful of taking that next step. Connor usually runs from emotions but he’s finding that running from his feelings from Marissa is impossible and that he might have finally found the one for him.
Tempted Again was an very unexpected and difficult book for me to read as I myself am going through a divorce and I could really relate to a lot of what Marissa was feeling during the book. There were many times when I found myself nodding at something that was said or wishing that I could be there to talk to Marissa and hold her hand. Even though I could relate so much to this book and to Marissa I wasn’t in love with this book.
I really loved the relationship between Marissa and Connor. They were very cute and I loved that it took so long for them to jump back into bed together. Add in their families and I couldn’t stop laughing because I feel we’ve all had meddling family members. I wish that there would have been more with Marissa and her sister because there seemed to be a story there that wasn’t explained very well.
My biggest problem with the book was the group of kids that Marissa and Connor work with in their after school program. I loved the kids it was the community and how Connor and Marissa acted towards them that really bothered me. I realized that this part of the story was needed but I really hated it and found myself wanting to skip these parts. The community was just horrible to them and it was very sad and disappointing.
As I said this wasn’t my favorite book but I did enjoy parts of it and I loved Marissa. I wish there had more on how Marissa deals with her divorce and her support group but unfortunately there wasn’t. I can wish for more all I want but I wasn’t happy with what I got from this story.
Grade: C
“You two have this thing going on.”
“What thing?”
“This Edward-Bella thing. Or maybe it’s a Jacob-Bella thing. Not that I read that crap. Too sappy for me.”
Marissa Bennett signed her divorce papers on what would have been her one year wedding anniversary. After finding her husband in bed with his assistant, Marissa is heading back to her hometown of Hopeful, Ohio to start over as a librarian. Marissa never expected to run into her first love and the first man who broke her heart Connor Doyle now the sheriff and she never expected to still harbor feelings for him.
Connor Doyle never expected to see Marissa “Rissa” Bennett again and he never expected to have to answer for how he treated her so many years ago. When the two get partnered up on a project dealing with trouble youth their is no denying that there is still a spark between them but both have been burned in the past and are fearful of taking that next step. Connor usually runs from emotions but he’s finding that running from his feelings from Marissa is impossible and that he might have finally found the one for him.
Tempted Again was an very unexpected and difficult book for me to read as I myself am going through a divorce and I could really relate to a lot of what Marissa was feeling during the book. There were many times when I found myself nodding at something that was said or wishing that I could be there to talk to Marissa and hold her hand. Even though I could relate so much to this book and to Marissa I wasn’t in love with this book.
I really loved the relationship between Marissa and Connor. They were very cute and I loved that it took so long for them to jump back into bed together. Add in their families and I couldn’t stop laughing because I feel we’ve all had meddling family members. I wish that there would have been more with Marissa and her sister because there seemed to be a story there that wasn’t explained very well.
My biggest problem with the book was the group of kids that Marissa and Connor work with in their after school program. I loved the kids it was the community and how Connor and Marissa acted towards them that really bothered me. I realized that this part of the story was needed but I really hated it and found myself wanting to skip these parts. The community was just horrible to them and it was very sad and disappointing.
As I said this wasn’t my favorite book but I did enjoy parts of it and I loved Marissa. I wish there had more on how Marissa deals with her divorce and her support group but unfortunately there wasn’t. I can wish for more all I want but I wasn’t happy with what I got from this story.
February 11, 2015
So the Guy's a former undercover cop, with physical and mental scars. He's opposed to marriage because no one in his family stays married. He's read the Twilight Series. And the Girl's coming back from New York to her home town (where Guy is sheriff now) after catching her husband in bed with another woman and getting dick all in the divorce. Guy and Girl have history together, and they're forced to work together with troubled teens at the Library she works at, as well as be neighbors with each other. This cause a lot of sexual tension that they both want to ignore.
It sounds pretty good, right?
I was sadly deceived. There's a lot of sudden collisions together (A hot thunderstorm make-out scene, an elevator in the dark with some *clears throat* intense gropage) that end as quickly and randomly as they started without either character giving a reason why it they suddenly had their hands all over each other than the fact it's dark. Yep, the song "When the lights go out" by British Boyband Five comes to mind.
It didn't to the author though, not that I can tell. She's listed every single song the characters listen to in the book. I love detail, I love music, but that was a bit much. Tell me the band, musician, the kind of music, but I don't need a paragraph detailing the specific songs, on the specific playlist playing in the background.
Then there's the troubled teens. I thought this would be great, like maybe one would get into a similar situation that one our Guy had tried to help in the past, giving him some closure. Nope, the crime was vandalism, and the author made it sound like an episode of Scooby-Do. Given all the racial hatred and judgment some of the secondary characters exhibited towards the teens, I expected more than just a rushed wrap up with no real change from people's opinions.
And the romance part of the book?
"Hey, you're my rebound guy."
"I don't want to be your rebound guy."
"No? Okay. Hey, what's the deal with the scar on your shoulder?"
"Don't want to talk about it. Ever"
"Alright. Wanna go have sex that's bland in comparison to our naughty 'When the lights go out' make out sessions?"
"Okay."
I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Oh, and the fact that he's read the Twilight? About as unimportant as the fact that neither person wants to get married (again or otherwise) and without any change of heart visible to the reader, they get engaged. I love when authors make characters change their mind on things, I'd just like to actually see it happen.
It sounds pretty good, right?
I was sadly deceived. There's a lot of sudden collisions together (A hot thunderstorm make-out scene, an elevator in the dark with some *clears throat* intense gropage) that end as quickly and randomly as they started without either character giving a reason why it they suddenly had their hands all over each other than the fact it's dark. Yep, the song "When the lights go out" by British Boyband Five comes to mind.
It didn't to the author though, not that I can tell. She's listed every single song the characters listen to in the book. I love detail, I love music, but that was a bit much. Tell me the band, musician, the kind of music, but I don't need a paragraph detailing the specific songs, on the specific playlist playing in the background.
Then there's the troubled teens. I thought this would be great, like maybe one would get into a similar situation that one our Guy had tried to help in the past, giving him some closure. Nope, the crime was vandalism, and the author made it sound like an episode of Scooby-Do. Given all the racial hatred and judgment some of the secondary characters exhibited towards the teens, I expected more than just a rushed wrap up with no real change from people's opinions.
And the romance part of the book?
"Hey, you're my rebound guy."
"I don't want to be your rebound guy."
"No? Okay. Hey, what's the deal with the scar on your shoulder?"
"Don't want to talk about it. Ever"
"Alright. Wanna go have sex that's bland in comparison to our naughty 'When the lights go out' make out sessions?"
"Okay."
I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Oh, and the fact that he's read the Twilight? About as unimportant as the fact that neither person wants to get married (again or otherwise) and without any change of heart visible to the reader, they get engaged. I love when authors make characters change their mind on things, I'd just like to actually see it happen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2012
So the Guy's a former undercover cop, with physical and mental scars. He's opposed to marriage because no one in his family stays married. He's read the Twilight Series. And the Girl's coming back from New York to her home town (where Guy is sheriff now) after catching her husband in bed with another woman and getting dick all in the divorce. Guy and Girl have history together, and they're forced to work together with troubled teens at the Library she works at, as well as be neighbors with each other. This cause a lot of sexual tension that they both want to ignore.
It sounds pretty good, right?
I was sadly deceived. There's a lot of sudden collisions together (A hot thunderstorm make-out scene, an elevator in the dark with some *clears throat* intense gropage) that end as quickly and randomly as they started without either character giving a reason why it they suddenly had their hands all over each other than the fact it's dark. Yep, the song "When the lights go out" by British Boyband Five comes to mind.
It didn't to the author though, not that I can tell. She's listed every single song the characters listen to in the book. I love detail, I love music, but that was a bit much. Tell me the band, musician, the kind of music, but I don't need a paragraph detailing the specific songs, on the specific playlist playing in the background.
Then there's the troubled teens. I thought this would be great, like maybe one would get into a similar situation that one our Guy had tried to help in the past, giving him some closure. Nope, the crime was vandalism, and the author made it sound like an episode of Scooby-Do. Given all the racial hatred and judgment some of the secondary characters exhibited towards the teens, I expected more than just a rushed wrap up with no real change from people's opinions.
And the romance part of the book?
"Hey, you're my rebound guy."
"I don't want to be your rebound guy."
"No? Okay. Hey, what's the deal with the scar on your shoulder?"
"Don't want to talk about it. Ever"
"Alright. Wanna go have sex that's bland in comparison to our naughty 'When the lights go out' make out sessions?"
"Okay."
I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Oh, and the fact that he's read the Twilight? About as unimportant as the fact that neither person wants to get married (again or otherwise) and without any change of heart visible to the reader, they get engaged. I love when authors make characters change their mind on things, I'd just like to actually see it happen.
It sounds pretty good, right?
I was sadly deceived. There's a lot of sudden collisions together (A hot thunderstorm make-out scene, an elevator in the dark with some *clears throat* intense gropage) that end as quickly and randomly as they started without either character giving a reason why it they suddenly had their hands all over each other than the fact it's dark. Yep, the song "When the lights go out" by British Boyband Five comes to mind.
It didn't to the author though, not that I can tell. She's listed every single song the characters listen to in the book. I love detail, I love music, but that was a bit much. Tell me the band, musician, the kind of music, but I don't need a paragraph detailing the specific songs, on the specific playlist playing in the background.
Then there's the troubled teens. I thought this would be great, like maybe one would get into a similar situation that one our Guy had tried to help in the past, giving him some closure. Nope, the crime was vandalism, and the author made it sound like an episode of Scooby-Do. Given all the racial hatred and judgment some of the secondary characters exhibited towards the teens, I expected more than just a rushed wrap up with no real change from people's opinions.
And the romance part of the book?
"Hey, you're my rebound guy."
"I don't want to be your rebound guy."
"No? Okay. Hey, what's the deal with the scar on your shoulder?"
"Don't want to talk about it. Ever"
"Alright. Wanna go have sex that's bland in comparison to our naughty 'When the lights go out' make out sessions?"
"Okay."
I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Oh, and the fact that he's read the Twilight? About as unimportant as the fact that neither person wants to get married (again or otherwise) and without any change of heart visible to the reader, they get engaged. I love when authors make characters change their mind on things, I'd just like to actually see it happen.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 28, 2013
Marissa is recently divorced and has moved back to her hometown to start fresh. She immediately runs into an old love, no the town sheriff. Connor has always avoided love but there is something about Marissa that just can't shake.
Sounds pretty good, right? It could have been, there is too much other stuff thrown that doesn't help the story at all.
Too many library references: telling what ALA has to say about reluctant readers is about as boring as watching paint dry. I am a librarian and even I don't want read about that unless I am working. I definitely don't want it in a romance novel.
Marissa's unresolved Daddy issues: a big chunk of the beginning of the story was spent with Marissa obsessing over why her dad doesn't pay enough attention to her. But there is no resolution on this front. She doesn't make any growth or at least open her eyes enough to that her father is pretty much that way with everyone. He was almost a caricature, the ultimate stereotype of an absentminded professor.
Too many "zany" secondary characters: it seemed like all of the secondary characters were too nuts. I guess they were there to be comic relief, but they mainly just came off as annoying. The obsession that everyone in the town had for putting the two characters together really irritated me. I think the author was trying to hit that classic small town stereotype that everyone is always in everyone else's business, but she made these people into obsessive stalkers. That is not at all what small towns are like. And I can see why Connor wanted his family gone- they annoyed the scrap out of me too!
Too many pages wasted saying the same things over and over again: whether it was in dialogue or in Marissa's inner thoughts, I got tired of her rehashing of everything. I skipped whole pages because I had already read three times before in the book. I also thought there were too many references to music and shows that will be completely irrelevant in five years time.
Overall, not the best thing I have ever read and I regret actually paying for it.
For really entertaining romance novels, Susan Elizabeth Phillips is the much better choice.
Sounds pretty good, right? It could have been, there is too much other stuff thrown that doesn't help the story at all.
Too many library references: telling what ALA has to say about reluctant readers is about as boring as watching paint dry. I am a librarian and even I don't want read about that unless I am working. I definitely don't want it in a romance novel.
Marissa's unresolved Daddy issues: a big chunk of the beginning of the story was spent with Marissa obsessing over why her dad doesn't pay enough attention to her. But there is no resolution on this front. She doesn't make any growth or at least open her eyes enough to that her father is pretty much that way with everyone. He was almost a caricature, the ultimate stereotype of an absentminded professor.
Too many "zany" secondary characters: it seemed like all of the secondary characters were too nuts. I guess they were there to be comic relief, but they mainly just came off as annoying. The obsession that everyone in the town had for putting the two characters together really irritated me. I think the author was trying to hit that classic small town stereotype that everyone is always in everyone else's business, but she made these people into obsessive stalkers. That is not at all what small towns are like. And I can see why Connor wanted his family gone- they annoyed the scrap out of me too!
Too many pages wasted saying the same things over and over again: whether it was in dialogue or in Marissa's inner thoughts, I got tired of her rehashing of everything. I skipped whole pages because I had already read three times before in the book. I also thought there were too many references to music and shows that will be completely irrelevant in five years time.
Overall, not the best thing I have ever read and I regret actually paying for it.
For really entertaining romance novels, Susan Elizabeth Phillips is the much better choice.
January 3, 2012
Marissa Bennett never thought she would find herself back in her hometown of Hopefeul, OH living with her parents again. Unfortunately she does find herself in this situation and then runs into the man that broke her heart a long time ago. She's not too happy with the male species and when she sees Connor for the first time and realizes that he doesn't know who she is, it makes her hate him more. Connor is not the person he used to be and finds out that the new librarian in town is the girl that he once loved long ago. Soon they are partnered up to help some of the teens in the town and even become neighbors. Spending so much time together makes them realize that the attraction is still there and soon they become the talk of the town. They can't deny that they still have a connection to one another and once they get their pesky family members out of the way, they finally let each other know exactly how they feel.
Tempted Again had it's entertaining moments, but I was a little disappointed that the main characters didn't get a lot of alone time. It seemed that every time they got the chance to be alone, a family member would interrupt them or something would happen and they would have to separate. I really wanted to see them get the chance to know each other again and they were only able to do that with people all around them. Connor's family are very loving individuals, but they just seemed to take up a lot of his time when they showed up from out of town. That's to be expected since they are family, but I really wanted Connor and Marissa to have their alone time.
Tempted Again had it's entertaining moments, but I was a little disappointed that the main characters didn't get a lot of alone time. It seemed that every time they got the chance to be alone, a family member would interrupt them or something would happen and they would have to separate. I really wanted to see them get the chance to know each other again and they were only able to do that with people all around them. Connor's family are very loving individuals, but they just seemed to take up a lot of his time when they showed up from out of town. That's to be expected since they are family, but I really wanted Connor and Marissa to have their alone time.
December 28, 2011
Tempted Again by Cathie Linz
Contemporary Romance – Jan. 3rd, 2012
4 1/2 Stars
Tempted Again is the story of Marissa Bennett who after her recent divorce returns to her hometown of Hopeful, Ohio to recover and get back on her feet. As the new Librarian in town she's hoping for a calm and peaceful time to deal with her life. Unfortunately, that isn't entirely possible when immediately upon arriving in town she meets up with the town named, Sheriff Connor Doyle who just so happens to have been her first love and the man she lost her virginity to all those years ago!
The story is chocked full of fun and amusing situations as Marissa and Connor are constantly being forced to spend time with each other and deal
not only with their past but their current feelings and attraction to each other. Marissa and Connor are great main characters to read about. Both have issues from their pasts as well as personal issues to resolve and deal with. There are also a great mix of fun and interesting characters in the town of Hopeful In the form of family and friends who try to support and help Marissa and Connor but who add piles of humor and amusement to their situations.
I really enjoyed this book and found it to be a very lighthearted and amusing story. If you are looking for a fun story with great characters this is the book to read!
Review by Mary from Bookaholics Book Club
Contemporary Romance – Jan. 3rd, 2012
4 1/2 Stars
Tempted Again is the story of Marissa Bennett who after her recent divorce returns to her hometown of Hopeful, Ohio to recover and get back on her feet. As the new Librarian in town she's hoping for a calm and peaceful time to deal with her life. Unfortunately, that isn't entirely possible when immediately upon arriving in town she meets up with the town named, Sheriff Connor Doyle who just so happens to have been her first love and the man she lost her virginity to all those years ago!
The story is chocked full of fun and amusing situations as Marissa and Connor are constantly being forced to spend time with each other and deal
not only with their past but their current feelings and attraction to each other. Marissa and Connor are great main characters to read about. Both have issues from their pasts as well as personal issues to resolve and deal with. There are also a great mix of fun and interesting characters in the town of Hopeful In the form of family and friends who try to support and help Marissa and Connor but who add piles of humor and amusement to their situations.
I really enjoyed this book and found it to be a very lighthearted and amusing story. If you are looking for a fun story with great characters this is the book to read!
Review by Mary from Bookaholics Book Club
January 18, 2012
This book brought about lukewarm feelings - I did not dislike it, but I'm not raving about it either. I have a penchant for second chance love stories, and though most of the time, the endings are foregone conclusions, I am always intrigued on how the author portrays the two leads' journey from the beginning of their love story to its conclusion.
One thing noteworthy about this work is that the dialog is fun and engaging. The bickerings and arguments between the main characters, also their conversations with their meddling family members and other characters in the story, were witty and fun to read.
On the other hand, I had difficulty appreciating the conflicts that the characters had to go through in this book. That also goes for the conflict resolution, I found myself in utter disbelief in a number of scenes reading about how Connor and Marissa got together eventually. It felt like it was thrown there out of nowhere. I also found a lot of details mentioned repeatedly in the book about the characters that seem to be something the novel can do without - in other words, with or without it wouldn't carry a difference with how the story progressed.
It was an okay read, but I doubt I'll be picking it up again for a re-read.
One thing noteworthy about this work is that the dialog is fun and engaging. The bickerings and arguments between the main characters, also their conversations with their meddling family members and other characters in the story, were witty and fun to read.
On the other hand, I had difficulty appreciating the conflicts that the characters had to go through in this book. That also goes for the conflict resolution, I found myself in utter disbelief in a number of scenes reading about how Connor and Marissa got together eventually. It felt like it was thrown there out of nowhere. I also found a lot of details mentioned repeatedly in the book about the characters that seem to be something the novel can do without - in other words, with or without it wouldn't carry a difference with how the story progressed.
It was an okay read, but I doubt I'll be picking it up again for a re-read.
January 25, 2012
This was an okay book, but for the first 50 or so pages I felt like I had read this book before. Marissa Bennett is a librarian returning to her hometown after her marriage implodes. The first thing she does is get caught in the town's Founder Day Parade and then pulled over by former flame turned local lawman, Connor Doyle. She wants to avoid him since their romance ended badly (did I miss when that was explained?) but, of course, they are immediately thrown back together when their teen programs are combined.
There is a LOT going on in this book which makes the whole thing feel a bit rushed and things left unfinished. There is a brief glimpse of Connor's mother and grandmother and something going on with Marissa's parents. Also, the relationships between Marissa and both her father and sister are strained but with no explanation or resolution. Then there's the whole subplot of the teens that they work with. Most have families that are struggling to put food on the table and one is continually accused of various crimes because he's Latino. These issues are all glossed over.
It seems to me that neither Marissa nor Connor grew in any appreciable way. I did appreciate that a year went by before these two commitment-phobes decided to tie the knot.
There is a LOT going on in this book which makes the whole thing feel a bit rushed and things left unfinished. There is a brief glimpse of Connor's mother and grandmother and something going on with Marissa's parents. Also, the relationships between Marissa and both her father and sister are strained but with no explanation or resolution. Then there's the whole subplot of the teens that they work with. Most have families that are struggling to put food on the table and one is continually accused of various crimes because he's Latino. These issues are all glossed over.
It seems to me that neither Marissa nor Connor grew in any appreciable way. I did appreciate that a year went by before these two commitment-phobes decided to tie the knot.
February 25, 2012
I do not get Cathie Linz. I have read nearly all of her books and I am always left a little befuddled. Tempted Again zipped right along, the supporting characters were well-defined without being distracting, and the reader got a definite sense of place. However, there was barely any relationship development between Marissa and Connor. They just kinda fell together. Indeed, a lot of Marissa's relationships were murky. She has issues with her sister and father, but they are never addressed or resolved. Connor is carrying around hefty baggage, but Linz makes no attempt to force him to deal with it. Even the epilogue is a cop-out. Marissa and Connor make their relationship 'real' on pg 276. Pg 288 begins the epilogue where it's now a year later. We get no clue as to what the main couple has been up to during that year, but we get an info dump on the teen group's happy endings. You're left going, 'Wait, is that it?' I would so recommend Jennifer Crusie's Welcome to Temptation over this.
February 25, 2012
Marissa was a librarian looking to start her life over in her hometown of Hopeful, Ohio. She is a very likable character who had me laughing at moments when I least expected it. She's a little quirky, a lot independent, and looking to make a difference in the community.
Sexy lawman Connor used to date Marissa back when she was in high school, and would rather leave the past in the past. That is, until he has a run in with Marissa at the Founders' Day Parade. The temptation may be more than he can stand when his Mother and Grandmother make up their minds that they want to play matchmaker.
They are both in for a surprise as they get to know each other once again after ten years has passed by and they discover the temptation they once felt for each other has in reality never went away.
Sexy lawman Connor used to date Marissa back when she was in high school, and would rather leave the past in the past. That is, until he has a run in with Marissa at the Founders' Day Parade. The temptation may be more than he can stand when his Mother and Grandmother make up their minds that they want to play matchmaker.
They are both in for a surprise as they get to know each other once again after ten years has passed by and they discover the temptation they once felt for each other has in reality never went away.
February 8, 2012
Very good book. Marissa had come back to Hopeful, looking for a new start. She ended up seeing Connor right away, bringing back some unpleasant memories. Connor didn't recognize her at first, but when he did he realized that he had been a butt-head and needed to apologize. When they found out they needed to combine their programs for at-risk teens, neither one was happy that they had to work together. Thanks to his previous undercover work in Chicago, Connor tended to be the hellfire and brimstone kind of guy, where Marissa was into softer guidance. I really liked the teens and the things they did. I also loved the way they were able to help Connor out at the end. The biggest thing Connor and Marissa had to do was let go of their history and move on. I also enjoyed Marissa's parents, and her solution to their arguing at the end of the book.
December 14, 2013
In the spirits of light-hearted contemporary romances with a sense of humor, you'll enjoy Tempted Again. Marissa Bennett is broke, unemployed and divorced, when she returns home to Hopeful, Ohio. As for starting over, she's gotten a bumpy start. We come across her family--her mother having menopause, her father's obsession with Egypt and her baby sister Jess, who's a bit of a drama queen. To make matters worse, she runs into Connor Doyle, her former flame who burned her, a decade ago. We see things from Connor's and Marissa's POV, when they rub each other the wrong way, and fall in love when sparks fly, while they kept their secrets in the past. There's some humorous bits here that'll make you smile and laugh, like with her demon car. They took a chance on each other and rolled the dice to doubled their odds. This one you'll root for them and fall in love with too.
March 12, 2012
My only real criticism of this book is the way things just sort of sped up at the end of the book. The story line should keep the same pace throughout the entire book. It shouldn't be slow at the beginning and then have all the problems solved within two pages.
Otherwise this was a fun, lighthearted story about two former lovers who run into each other 13 years after the sudden end of their relationship.
And here, i find another criticism. .
Otherwise this was a fun, lighthearted story about two former lovers who run into each other 13 years after the sudden end of their relationship.
And here, i find another criticism. .
February 13, 2013
I knew right at the beginning of this book that I wouldn't be able to put it down until the very last page. I was right. I read this book in one sitting, and I have to thank my children for keeping themselves busy while I lost myself in the small town of Hopeful.
Like all small towns Hopeful is full of funny and quirky characters, and these characters added to feel of the book. There were numerous laugh out loud moments and many those were caused by those characters. I loved Marissa's parents, her menopausal mother was hilarious and her father was lost in his own little world. I enjoyed Marissa and Connor, I found their love/hate relationship funny and entertaining. Mainly I found their chemistry spot on.
Like all small towns Hopeful is full of funny and quirky characters, and these characters added to feel of the book. There were numerous laugh out loud moments and many those were caused by those characters. I loved Marissa's parents, her menopausal mother was hilarious and her father was lost in his own little world. I enjoyed Marissa and Connor, I found their love/hate relationship funny and entertaining. Mainly I found their chemistry spot on.
July 9, 2012
Cathie Linz is chic lit at it's best. Sometimes I just need a fun book. Marissa is a young adult librarian that moved back to her hometown after her divorce because she cannot afford New York. She moves home in her old VW Bug that was all she could afford after her divorce. She stays with Mom and Dad until she finds a job as the young adult librarian. She meets the new sheriff when she accidentally pulls into the parade route with her CD player volume stuck on loud. He doesn't remember her because her name and hair color are different but she remembers him after a brief but intense romance when she was still in high school when he abruptly disappears.
February 11, 2013
I'm sure I've read other books by Linz but I simply cannot remember if they annoyed me this much. I so dislike books in which intrusive, interfering, oblivious family members are simply allowed to spread their embarrassing chaos unchecked. Must the protagonists be too spineless to tell their mothers "STOP! I won't put up with this behavior"? Are adult children never entitled to set some boundaries? Someday I'll read a book where the presumably-grown children stand up and refuse to be treated as though they're still thirteen. This book wasn't it.
January 8, 2012
Tempted Again was delightful. When Marissa Bennett finds her husband of less the twelve months in their bed with another woman she divorces him, secures a job as a librarian in her home town and moves back home. On the day she arrives in town she accidentally involves herself and her rusty green VW in the Founders Day Parade. Conner Doyle was her first love and he is now town sheriff. They are forced to work together with an at risk youth group old flames are rekindled.
February 2, 2012
This story of a couple who come back together after a teenage affair is filled with a whole lot of laughter. & a some soul searching from the main characters. For they are both coming to realize their true feelings from long ago from a whole lot of help from crazy family members. Not to mention a very busy body town. But they keep getting thrown together so they really have to confront their past relationship as well as their past in general. I highly recommend.
February 27, 2012
This was a quick, sweet read. Cathie Linz has written another love story between a police officer and a librarian. The hero Connor is the brother of one the hero's in a previous book. I found it a little hard to see how Marissa didn't ask Connor for the reason why he broke her heart the first time around, yet she was willing to jump into bed with him when she was extremely vulnerable after her divorce.
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May 4, 2013I seriously enjoyed it, found myself laughing at all moments. Connor got on my nerves but at the same time he was lovable.I remember this one scene lmfao. Other than that this is a fun easy read that had funny moments that you just cant help compare to your own family .
January 18, 2012
It's funny how I decided to read this book just because Connor is a bad boy. But in fact he is not a bad boy. Believe me,I've read the damn book. Marissa yells at him all the time and if they stop to breath for a minute they end up kissing. That is not true. Well,there has to be a storm with no electricity for them to hook up. So ridiculous. Ugh!
June 16, 2012
This book was a real let down, I thought it was going to be a lot better than it actually was. There was some really good parts, like when Connor mother an grandmother came. I really liked their characters they remind me of the Fran's mother and grandmother, Sylvia and Grandma Yetta from The Nanny.
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