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Bad Blood/The Notorious Wolfes #8
Lone Wolfe
Jacob… Master. Untamed. Protector. After years lying neglected, the walls of Wolfe Manor tremble as Jacob Wolfe returns – the master is back! Gardener’s daughter Mollie Parker has lived amidst the secret, overgrown garden in her little cottage – waiting…for what she wasn’t sure, until now. Reputation in tatters, Jacob licks his wounds alone in the shadows. Mollie knows his ferocious bark is worse than his bite and, as she takes her tentative steps across the threshold, she brings with her the light missing from his darkened soul. The lone Wolfe will never be tamed – but she knows that once he loves, he loves for life.
275 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 25, 2011
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Kate Hewitt
889 books1,715 followersKate is the USA Today-bsetselling author of many books of both historical and contemporary fiction. Under the name Katharine Swartz, she is the author of the Tales from Goswell books, a series of time-slip novels set in the village of Goswell.
She likes to read women's fiction, mystery and thrillers, as well as historical novels. She particularly enjoys reading about well-drawn characters and avoids high-concept plots.
Having lived in both New York City and a tiny village on the windswept northwest coast of England, she now resides in a market town in Wales with her husband, five children, and two Golden Retrievers.
She likes to read women's fiction, mystery and thrillers, as well as historical novels. She particularly enjoys reading about well-drawn characters and avoids high-concept plots.
Having lived in both New York City and a tiny village on the windswept northwest coast of England, she now resides in a market town in Wales with her husband, five children, and two Golden Retrievers.
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August 28, 2012
A little different from what I expected. I thought Jacob would be more approachable based on his appearances in the other books. However, it makes sense to see him so cold, so disconnected from life. Especially with his fears of hurting others and doing violence as a legacy of his father's abuse and substance abuse.
The metaphor of a gardener painstakingly and lovingly transforming and rehabilitating a neglected garden to its former glory reflects how Mollie helps Jacob to come to terms with this fears and his isolation and open himself up to her love. With her gentle, loving care, she coaxes him back to an emotional life. Jacob always was a family man, no question. He loved his brothers and sister deeply, and the only reason he left and abandoned them was to save them. This sets the pattern for twenty years of running away and isolating himself. He was out in the cold and while it was for his survival and protection of others, it was to his detriment. When he returns to Wolfestone Manor and becomes involved with Mollie, he is able to put his demons to rest.
For a short book, Hewitt creates a believable emotional journey. The fact that she does have all the siblings come together at the end as a family is the absolutely crucial element I needed. It was the resolution of this eight book journey that left me ultimately satisfied, even though I am not 100% sure that Kate Hewitt's writing style reached me as much on an emotional level as I wished.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. I would have preferred a deeper connection, since I have wanted to read Jacob's book from the very beginning. I am sad to see this series end. I grew very attached to the Wolfe family. I can at least be satisfied that they are all happily married and beloved by their spouses and others, with a hopeful future. When I finished this book, this desire was fulfilled, and that is a good thing!
The metaphor of a gardener painstakingly and lovingly transforming and rehabilitating a neglected garden to its former glory reflects how Mollie helps Jacob to come to terms with this fears and his isolation and open himself up to her love. With her gentle, loving care, she coaxes him back to an emotional life. Jacob always was a family man, no question. He loved his brothers and sister deeply, and the only reason he left and abandoned them was to save them. This sets the pattern for twenty years of running away and isolating himself. He was out in the cold and while it was for his survival and protection of others, it was to his detriment. When he returns to Wolfestone Manor and becomes involved with Mollie, he is able to put his demons to rest.
For a short book, Hewitt creates a believable emotional journey. The fact that she does have all the siblings come together at the end as a family is the absolutely crucial element I needed. It was the resolution of this eight book journey that left me ultimately satisfied, even though I am not 100% sure that Kate Hewitt's writing style reached me as much on an emotional level as I wished.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. I would have preferred a deeper connection, since I have wanted to read Jacob's book from the very beginning. I am sad to see this series end. I grew very attached to the Wolfe family. I can at least be satisfied that they are all happily married and beloved by their spouses and others, with a hopeful future. When I finished this book, this desire was fulfilled, and that is a good thing!
April 15, 2018
Many heroes can claim to have a dark past but this one had demons to exorcise that should have required years of therapy. At 18, Jacob was the oldest sibling of the Wolfe family series of seven brothers and a sister. These siblings as young children, were violently abused by a psychopathic father and each had a book on how they survived the childhood trauma and went on to their HEA. Jacob had killed his father to protect his siblings.
Now, many years later, he has returned to the dilapidated house of his childhood, to the scene of his crime; to face his past but mostly his conscience of what he felt was an unforgivable act even though the authorities themselves had released him, deciding it was an act of self-defence.
Jacob had abandoned his siblings not long after because he was afraid he had indeed become his father’s son
The h is the daughter of the caretaker of the estate. He had spent most of his life trying to nurture the beautiful grounds and later died after years of dementia. She has a huge chip on her shoulder as her father was paid next to nothing and they were forgotten by the Wolfe family despite her being best friends with the daughter.
They meet one night while she’s returning home after a trip and he’s doing walkabouts on the grounds trying to deal with insomnia and recurrent nightmares. She had a crush on him when young and is even more captivated now. He in turn is taken by her innocence and beauty. Sparks fly and after some heated verbal exchanges, he asks her stay on to redesign the grounds as she has a degree in landscaping.
And then it began. The slow, unforgivable descent to insipid mush after such a promising start.
Firstly, the h. I found it difficult to like her. Well, mostly because I wanted Jacob for myself, but also her resentment was annoying. No one twisted her father’s arms to stay on with virtually no pay and frankly, I find it difficult to sympathise with people who have free rent. I thought the author wasted an opportunity to give her a little more depth and explore her frustrations at having spent her young adult life taking care of an aged parent with dementia. Instead she came across as pushy. She couldn’t wait to get the H horizontal. On a couch. And psychoanalyse the crap out of him out.
Then the H. This was my fault. I prematurely book-gasmed on him. Jacob’s was the last book in the series but he had me as soon as I read the first line about him in the reviews of the other books. Not to mention that face on the cover. Hot! Finally a dude who looks more age-appropriate. And not like someone whose diaper I could have changed at some point in my life.
Anyway, I had anticipated a dark hero, twisted, bitter, with a secret death wish. Maybe with a high-risk career in the Special Forces, or maybe a ruthless prosecutor who went after the mafia and drug lords and who was cynical of women (like me) who found his damaged past irresistible.
Instead, this Hero went to Tibet to meditate, built homes in Nepal or something and learnt to manage his anger. Sigh.
Obviously nothing wrong with a New Age Hero and it’s unfair to fault an author for not writing the book the way I was expecting it. But so much opportunity for angst was turned into pages of monotonous self-acrimony over his one weak moment. It got tiresome quickly as they went in repetitive circles around each other.
Her: What did you do that was so wrong?
Him: You don’t understand, I’m dangerous, stay away from me
Over and over. By the middle of the book, I was like, just fucking stab her she’ll get the point.
Honestly, I don't remember many details as I’d lost my copy. But I do recall the sex scenes. How bad it was. Example: The H dove into her during sex. I don’t know about you but someone diving in sounds painful, not erotic. And every time after sex, he would put his arm over his eyes. Perhaps someone can explain that coz I was stumped.
Then there’s a hot scene where he traces a finger, just one finger down her face, neck and shoulder then just stops there. At the shoulder. A potentially great build-up that could have turned into sexual banter and a hot scene later. But nope, nothing. Come on dude, lay her on that kitchen floor and continue. With a little dexterity, a one-finger orgasm is not impossible.
Later, there is a ridiculous make-out session in the elevator. She, or maybe he, REMOVES her dress. I don’t know anyone who takes their dress off in an elevator sex scene. The doors are going to open, for heaven’s sake. Come on, do something wild. Hitch up your skirt, jam the emergency/stop button with your stiletto and get something going. Instead, elevator doors open and he carries her off to their hotel room. All I could think of was: your dress, you’ve left your dress in the elevator, pick up your damn dress!
Then during the HEA, they’re having sex inexplicably in an aeroplane. It made no sense. It’s like oh, still have one page before the huge family reunion of seven brothers and sister later, so insert-sex-scene-here.
It’s not a bad book. The theme of self-forgiveness, the trope that all a damaged, broken Hero needs is the love of a sweet, kind woman, it’s appealing but it felt a bit too Sunday-school preachy to me.
I will say I thoroughly enjoyed the part where Jacob was in the attic reminiscing about his siblings when they were young and he had evidence of happier times together hiding from their father. And also when Jacob was at the bar with his drink, challenging himself not to be his father. The writer’s talent was better displayed in this type of scenes.
What I didn’t like most of all was Jacob having an epiphany in a dream and suddenly he’s mentally stable. And I absolutely could not understand making a fresh start in a house where you’ve been abused all your life.
It didn’t work for me but I won’t discount it for others. This book has more than its share of very good ratings and reviews.
Now, many years later, he has returned to the dilapidated house of his childhood, to the scene of his crime; to face his past but mostly his conscience of what he felt was an unforgivable act even though the authorities themselves had released him, deciding it was an act of self-defence.
Jacob had abandoned his siblings not long after because he was afraid he had indeed become his father’s son
The h is the daughter of the caretaker of the estate. He had spent most of his life trying to nurture the beautiful grounds and later died after years of dementia. She has a huge chip on her shoulder as her father was paid next to nothing and they were forgotten by the Wolfe family despite her being best friends with the daughter.
They meet one night while she’s returning home after a trip and he’s doing walkabouts on the grounds trying to deal with insomnia and recurrent nightmares. She had a crush on him when young and is even more captivated now. He in turn is taken by her innocence and beauty. Sparks fly and after some heated verbal exchanges, he asks her stay on to redesign the grounds as she has a degree in landscaping.
And then it began. The slow, unforgivable descent to insipid mush after such a promising start.
Firstly, the h. I found it difficult to like her. Well, mostly because I wanted Jacob for myself, but also her resentment was annoying. No one twisted her father’s arms to stay on with virtually no pay and frankly, I find it difficult to sympathise with people who have free rent. I thought the author wasted an opportunity to give her a little more depth and explore her frustrations at having spent her young adult life taking care of an aged parent with dementia. Instead she came across as pushy. She couldn’t wait to get the H horizontal. On a couch. And psychoanalyse the crap out of him out.
Then the H. This was my fault. I prematurely book-gasmed on him. Jacob’s was the last book in the series but he had me as soon as I read the first line about him in the reviews of the other books. Not to mention that face on the cover. Hot! Finally a dude who looks more age-appropriate. And not like someone whose diaper I could have changed at some point in my life.
Anyway, I had anticipated a dark hero, twisted, bitter, with a secret death wish. Maybe with a high-risk career in the Special Forces, or maybe a ruthless prosecutor who went after the mafia and drug lords and who was cynical of women (like me) who found his damaged past irresistible.
Instead, this Hero went to Tibet to meditate, built homes in Nepal or something and learnt to manage his anger. Sigh.
Obviously nothing wrong with a New Age Hero and it’s unfair to fault an author for not writing the book the way I was expecting it. But so much opportunity for angst was turned into pages of monotonous self-acrimony over his one weak moment. It got tiresome quickly as they went in repetitive circles around each other.
Her: What did you do that was so wrong?
Him: You don’t understand, I’m dangerous, stay away from me
Over and over. By the middle of the book, I was like, just fucking stab her she’ll get the point.
Honestly, I don't remember many details as I’d lost my copy. But I do recall the sex scenes. How bad it was. Example: The H dove into her during sex. I don’t know about you but someone diving in sounds painful, not erotic. And every time after sex, he would put his arm over his eyes. Perhaps someone can explain that coz I was stumped.
Then there’s a hot scene where he traces a finger, just one finger down her face, neck and shoulder then just stops there. At the shoulder. A potentially great build-up that could have turned into sexual banter and a hot scene later. But nope, nothing. Come on dude, lay her on that kitchen floor and continue. With a little dexterity, a one-finger orgasm is not impossible.
Later, there is a ridiculous make-out session in the elevator. She, or maybe he, REMOVES her dress. I don’t know anyone who takes their dress off in an elevator sex scene. The doors are going to open, for heaven’s sake. Come on, do something wild. Hitch up your skirt, jam the emergency/stop button with your stiletto and get something going. Instead, elevator doors open and he carries her off to their hotel room. All I could think of was: your dress, you’ve left your dress in the elevator, pick up your damn dress!
Then during the HEA, they’re having sex inexplicably in an aeroplane. It made no sense. It’s like oh, still have one page before the huge family reunion of seven brothers and sister later, so insert-sex-scene-here.
It’s not a bad book. The theme of self-forgiveness, the trope that all a damaged, broken Hero needs is the love of a sweet, kind woman, it’s appealing but it felt a bit too Sunday-school preachy to me.
I will say I thoroughly enjoyed the part where Jacob was in the attic reminiscing about his siblings when they were young and he had evidence of happier times together hiding from their father. And also when Jacob was at the bar with his drink, challenging himself not to be his father. The writer’s talent was better displayed in this type of scenes.
What I didn’t like most of all was Jacob having an epiphany in a dream and suddenly he’s mentally stable. And I absolutely could not understand making a fresh start in a house where you’ve been abused all your life.
It didn’t work for me but I won’t discount it for others. This book has more than its share of very good ratings and reviews.
November 20, 2017
Boring and repetitive!
April 6, 2011
Finally we get Jacob's story and it is the best. For the past six months he's been hard at work to restore Wolfe manor and plans to sell it and he has also been trying to repair his relationship with his siblings. Jacob is a tortured man, haunted by his failures, he holds himself responsible for everything and fears happiness. Mollie was the daughter of the gardener and lived on a cottage on the Wolfe for years and nursed her father till he died. She returns 6 months later and runs into Jacob. He offers her a job and she takes it. The beauty of the story is how the relationship develops. I loved Mollie, she was human, she made mistakes, she judged Jacob but as as she slowly gets to know him, she sees the good in him and helps him see them too. We see Jacob and how tortured he is. Mollie helps him, even when he doesn't want it.
When they become intimate it isn't just hormones but feelings that are involved. This is the best book in the series and I will be reading more from the author.
5 stars.
When they become intimate it isn't just hormones but feelings that are involved. This is the best book in the series and I will be reading more from the author.
5 stars.
October 8, 2018
2,5 stars
June 13, 2011
The book begins with the heroine Mollie arriving at Wolfe Manor, where she lives in the gardeners cottage, after a six month trip to Italy she took after he fathers death. When she gets to her cottage she discovers that the power has been switched off and is confronted by Jacob, the hero, who thinks she is an intruder. Jacob has been away from his childhood home for 20 years after he left haunted by events that led to him killing his evil father. He has returned to restore Wolfe Manor before moving on and also to make amends with his siblings he abandoned. He offers Mollie the chance to landscape the Manor, which she accepts. Mollie harbours resentment towards Jacob and how he left his family alone to deal with everything, and Jacob is still haunted by his past and rarely lets anyone close. Their interactions are tense and awkward, but as they slowly get to know one another they fall in love and ease the loneliness inside each other. However Jacob knows it can't last and still plans to move on.
As I have read all of the books in this series in order I already knew quite a bit about Jacob and his involvement in his siblings lives, and especially the events leading up to their fathers death. I knew his story would have to be powerful and I'm pleased that this is exactly what we got. The guilt and pain that Jacob carries around everyday saturates every page of this book and is written beautifully. I really liked reading how Jacob realised his feelings for Mollie early on, but it was his pain that held him back, not your typical commitment-phobic issues. Mollie is a great female character, I was expecting a quiet and nurturing type character and this is not at all what Mollie is like. Instead she was ballsy and strong, and a little judgemental at times, this was a pleasant surprise and made her character feel very real. Both of the characters are flawed and suffering, the relationship written for them developed beautifully and is believable. The story is very emotional and hard hitting, with thanks to some brilliant writing from Kate Hewitt.
Out of the whole BAD BLOOD series this has to be my favourite story (although my favourite Wolfe has to be Jack, oh so sexy!) but I have enjoyed all of the books so much. I cannot recommend the series enough, a definite must-read!
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
As I have read all of the books in this series in order I already knew quite a bit about Jacob and his involvement in his siblings lives, and especially the events leading up to their fathers death. I knew his story would have to be powerful and I'm pleased that this is exactly what we got. The guilt and pain that Jacob carries around everyday saturates every page of this book and is written beautifully. I really liked reading how Jacob realised his feelings for Mollie early on, but it was his pain that held him back, not your typical commitment-phobic issues. Mollie is a great female character, I was expecting a quiet and nurturing type character and this is not at all what Mollie is like. Instead she was ballsy and strong, and a little judgemental at times, this was a pleasant surprise and made her character feel very real. Both of the characters are flawed and suffering, the relationship written for them developed beautifully and is believable. The story is very emotional and hard hitting, with thanks to some brilliant writing from Kate Hewitt.
Out of the whole BAD BLOOD series this has to be my favourite story (although my favourite Wolfe has to be Jack, oh so sexy!) but I have enjoyed all of the books so much. I cannot recommend the series enough, a definite must-read!
Originally posted at http://everyday-is-the-same.blogspot....
April 6, 2011
A pretty good ending to the series.
Jacob Wolfe. He was the one who finally managed to stop William Wolfe (by accidentally killing him, but still). He had carried the guilt with him for the last 20 years. He managed to make a life for himself as a successful architect. But he is so withdrawn from life. Control is important but not to the measure he takes it.
Mollie is the daughter of the gardener that took care of the Wolfe Manor. She spent most of her childhood trailing behind the Wolfe siblings wishing that she could belong. She also had a girlhood crush on Jacob. Now, twenty years later she has dreams of becoming a landscape designer. Jacob gives her an incredible opportunity to prove herself - she only has to restore the gardens.
I like the fact that both Jacob & Mollie have flaws, just like real people.
Jacob carries an enormous amount of guilt on his shoulders, and it affects him a lot. He kept hurting Mollie because he refused to confide in her, to share some of the burden. Mollie's flaw is jumping to conclusions and judging way too fast. but that just makes them human.
I love the way Jacob proposed to her, it was so romantic. And Jake & Jacob did come to terms in the book, just like I hoped they would.
The only thing that really bothered me is Jacob's epiphany at the end of the book. It was just too neat .
Rating:
4.25 stars
About the entire Bad Blood series:
It was a nice series, with some good books, and some not so good. My favourite is The Shameless Playboy, mostly because of Lucas, not even Jacob can outshine him, IMO. Summary: books 1-4 and book 8 are worth reading.
Rating of the entire series:
3.21875 stars according to my calculator. :-)
Jacob Wolfe. He was the one who finally managed to stop William Wolfe (by accidentally killing him, but still). He had carried the guilt with him for the last 20 years. He managed to make a life for himself as a successful architect. But he is so withdrawn from life. Control is important but not to the measure he takes it.
Mollie is the daughter of the gardener that took care of the Wolfe Manor. She spent most of her childhood trailing behind the Wolfe siblings wishing that she could belong. She also had a girlhood crush on Jacob. Now, twenty years later she has dreams of becoming a landscape designer. Jacob gives her an incredible opportunity to prove herself - she only has to restore the gardens.
I like the fact that both Jacob & Mollie have flaws, just like real people.
Jacob carries an enormous amount of guilt on his shoulders, and it affects him a lot. He kept hurting Mollie because he refused to confide in her, to share some of the burden. Mollie's flaw is jumping to conclusions and judging way too fast. but that just makes them human.
I love the way Jacob proposed to her, it was so romantic. And Jake & Jacob did come to terms in the book, just like I hoped they would.
The only thing that really bothered me is Jacob's epiphany at the end of the book. It was just too neat .
Rating:
4.25 stars
About the entire Bad Blood series:
It was a nice series, with some good books, and some not so good. My favourite is The Shameless Playboy, mostly because of Lucas, not even Jacob can outshine him, IMO. Summary: books 1-4 and book 8 are worth reading.
Rating of the entire series:
3.21875 stars according to my calculator. :-)
December 16, 2020
This was a good ending to the series. Jacob and Mollie were such great characters and you could see the development of the connection between them from the onset. Jacob’s role as the protector in the family had led to terrible events which affected the whole family. Seeing how Mollie brought Jacob to realise he was not bad and that he was worthy of love was very well done. Lovely to have them all together at the end but perhaps in a series like this, they could ensure that all the main characters get a little more development in the epilogue? My favourite hero was Lucas and I would have loved more on him and Grace. A very enjoyable read.
July 31, 2012
Finalmente conocí a Jacob... hacía tanto que lo esperaba.... y fue todo lo que pensaba...y mas...
Debo decir que fue la historia que mas ame, por varios motivos.
Primero, porque Jacob me traía sufriendo con el desde el primer libro. Ver como cada uno de sus hermanos lo odiaba, o lo echaba de menos o sufría por el y por lo que paso solo hacía que lo amara un poco mas y que me doliera todo lo que tenía que sufrir....
De verdad... solo tenía 18 años.... Salvo a su hermana, y a su familia. No merecía pagar un precio tan alto por ello...
En segundo Lugar, Jacob es hermoso. Es maduro, centrado, paso por mil cosas, tiene una carga enorme en el corazón(un corazón destrozado desde hace años) y ama a su familia como nadie.
La escena donde aparecen las cartas que el por años le escribió a la familia y nunca les mando me hizo llorar.... tantas cosas privadas, tanto sufrimiento.
En tercer lugar, Molli es super linda, y hace tanto por Jacob. Ella lucha, no tiene miedo, no teme pasar vergüenza ni ser rechazada. Y adore eso de ella. Ver como día a día trataba de acercarse mas a él. De comprenderlo, de hacerle ver que no todo era como su destrozado corazón quería creer fue mágico.
En cuarto lugar, el hecho de que al final, los protagonistas no se separaran cuando uno de ellos confesaba su amor por el otro fue lo mejor. Siempre vemos como en las novelas románticas uno de ellos declara su amor y por alguna causa se separa hasta que el otro cae en que tambien lo ama esta muy trillado ya. En cambio, Molli lucha por su amor y el de Jacob hasta el final....
"–¿Sabes lo que yo veo cuando te miro, Jacob? A un hombre que lo ha sacrificado todo, incluso su propia felicidad, para proteger a su hermana. Veo a un hombre que ha demostrado una y otra vez cuánto quiere a su familia. Veo a un hombre que tiene tanta compasión dentro de él que haría cualquier cosa para evitar hacer daño a la gente que quiere.
Jacob se la quedó mirando sin resistirse, asumiendo cada palabra. Mollie se inclinó hacia delante de puntillas de modo que los labios de ambos casi se rozaban.
–Veo al hombre que amo –y entonces lo besó. Sintió cómo a él le temblaban los hombros cuando lo atrajo hacia sí."
Y por último.... el unió a los Wolfe. Los volvió una familia. Me hubiese gustado un mayor encuentro, no solo 3 páginas, pero al menos estuvieron.
Sin dudas esta familia se quedará con un pedacito de mi corazón por siempre...
Debo decir que fue la historia que mas ame, por varios motivos.
Primero, porque Jacob me traía sufriendo con el desde el primer libro. Ver como cada uno de sus hermanos lo odiaba, o lo echaba de menos o sufría por el y por lo que paso solo hacía que lo amara un poco mas y que me doliera todo lo que tenía que sufrir....
De verdad... solo tenía 18 años.... Salvo a su hermana, y a su familia. No merecía pagar un precio tan alto por ello...
En segundo Lugar, Jacob es hermoso. Es maduro, centrado, paso por mil cosas, tiene una carga enorme en el corazón(un corazón destrozado desde hace años) y ama a su familia como nadie.
La escena donde aparecen las cartas que el por años le escribió a la familia y nunca les mando me hizo llorar.... tantas cosas privadas, tanto sufrimiento.
En tercer lugar, Molli es super linda, y hace tanto por Jacob. Ella lucha, no tiene miedo, no teme pasar vergüenza ni ser rechazada. Y adore eso de ella. Ver como día a día trataba de acercarse mas a él. De comprenderlo, de hacerle ver que no todo era como su destrozado corazón quería creer fue mágico.
En cuarto lugar, el hecho de que al final, los protagonistas no se separaran cuando uno de ellos confesaba su amor por el otro fue lo mejor. Siempre vemos como en las novelas románticas uno de ellos declara su amor y por alguna causa se separa hasta que el otro cae en que tambien lo ama esta muy trillado ya. En cambio, Molli lucha por su amor y el de Jacob hasta el final....
"–¿Sabes lo que yo veo cuando te miro, Jacob? A un hombre que lo ha sacrificado todo, incluso su propia felicidad, para proteger a su hermana. Veo a un hombre que ha demostrado una y otra vez cuánto quiere a su familia. Veo a un hombre que tiene tanta compasión dentro de él que haría cualquier cosa para evitar hacer daño a la gente que quiere.
Jacob se la quedó mirando sin resistirse, asumiendo cada palabra. Mollie se inclinó hacia delante de puntillas de modo que los labios de ambos casi se rozaban.
–Veo al hombre que amo –y entonces lo besó. Sintió cómo a él le temblaban los hombros cuando lo atrajo hacia sí."
Y por último.... el unió a los Wolfe. Los volvió una familia. Me hubiese gustado un mayor encuentro, no solo 3 páginas, pero al menos estuvieron.
Sin dudas esta familia se quedará con un pedacito de mi corazón por siempre...
January 9, 2015
Going to try to keep this very brief and just go by the notes I have.
This was the last book in The Notorious Wolfes series with this story being told about Jacob Wolfe, the oldest Wolfe, who had a lot a demons to content with about his past mainly the one where he feared that he would become like his father, a violent, abuse, drunk man who like to inspire fear inside his children. Jacob stopped his father from nearly beating his sister Annabelle to death during a drunken rage. Jacob hit him until he stopped hitting Annabelle and due to his drunken state he stumbled and fell and hit his head, which killed him. So Jacob had a lot to deal with that emotionally as well as the guilt that he "killed" his father as well as the fact that he abandoned his siblings though he did so from a loving place, fearing he would hurt them and become abusive like his father. He nearly hit Annabelle when he was drunk and from that day on he vowed to leave his siblings behind so he wouldn't hurt them.
While Mollie was the gardener's daughter at Wolfe Manor, she was Annabelle friend and she had a crush on Jacob, and even though she had been friends with Annabelle. She still felt like an outsider looking on from her cottage at the Wolfe siblings as the played among the grounds. She felt very invisible and isolated, leaving with her father on the estate and when Jacob left the manor so did his siblings until no one was left aside from her father and herself working on the grounds.
I did really enjoy the love story between Jacob and Mollie. It was beautifully written and beautifully portrayed. It built over time with both Jacob and Mollie, helping the other heal as they were dealing with emotional scars that they carried deep inside them. And the pain each of them was dealing with was heartbreaking and it made me feel both characters and what that had to endure and suffer all those years especially Jacob who truly seemed broken, but felt alive again with his attraction to Mollie coming to the surface as well as the woman herself. And I liked how these two lonely people (for different reasons) came together and were there for one another when they needed one another. They helped each other. They became friends before they became lover and I really like seeing that as their relationship developed.
I loved the character of Jacob, who was a living breathing person in my head and I could see him so clearly. I really felt for him and saw the broken person that he was. I just wanted to give him and hug or more accurately let Mollie hug him and comfort him in the warmth of her arms and protect him. He was just so broken, and it was hard read of all the emotions and what he was dealing with from his past and the issues that he hadn't resolved yet. He had so much guilt in him that it hurt me and broke me so I could imagine what pain he was dealing with. And he deserved love and tenderness in his life and just a happy ending after all the pain went through, and Mollie was that person for him.
The relationship was developed really well like I said above. It was slow and grew over time. In the beginning, they had a little love hate thing going on, but it wasn't overwhelming but it was just enough to create the tension and begin the simmer. As they got to know each other more and more the more thy opened up to one another, and soon they wanted to be around each other all the time because that was the only time they truly felt alive and had some worth fighting for. I liked how they used little excuses to try to catch glimpses of each other and just being to be hang out with each other without giving into their attraction for one another that simmered beneath the surface and ready to become to a boil. Jacob even hired Mollie to work for him redoing the grounds of Wolfe Manor before he could sell and he enjoyed her passion and what she doing with the grounds and he would seek her out just to get her company. It was really sweet and I liked seeing that played out.
My complaint was not the love story itself, but the love scenes that were not as passionate as I would've like to have especially since there was this build up of tension throughout the book and like I said simmered beneath the surface until it exploded. But it wasn't huge explosion, I just felt the love scene just happened and nothing more. The way it was written it wasn't drawn out it kind happened in a few paragraphs and nothing more. It more summarized than shown I thought and I wanted to be shown more. I wanted to see Jacob passion unleashed a bit after denying what he wanted mainly Mollie. I just wanted a little more spicy heat and just more where it was making me sweat along with them, but I never really got that from the love scene. The hottest was near the end when they make love on the plane and that kind was just summarized also in a few sentences. I just wanted to see more of that raw passion between them.
But overall it was a good story more about love healing two lonely broken people and building on that relationship until the people involved both felt alive. I liked development of their relationship and how it built in a steady climb until finally pronouncing their love for one another. Love fixed them, which was great to see and see that they had a bright future together. The passion could have been amped up for my taste because the love scene felt a little bland and felt more like a Harlequin Romance instead of a Harlequin Presents. I needed a little bit more spice especially from this series. If it was a Romance than I wouldn't judge the passion so harshly.
It was nice to see how this series wrapped up and despite the fact have yet to read all of them I tell that this book definitely brought closure to the whole series and showed all the Wolfe siblings got their happily ever after after all. It was nice to see them all come together at the end during the epilogue and show their happy faces. I liked that they happy ending despite what they endure at their father's hands especially Jacob. It'll be interesting to go back and read the rest of the stories now that I finished this one. Wonder if will color my view at all or just add to the dimension since I know what happens at the end. We will see.
But it was a nice story and I enjoyed it. Just needed a touch more of a hot love scene and it would have been pretty close to perfect.
This was the last book in The Notorious Wolfes series with this story being told about Jacob Wolfe, the oldest Wolfe, who had a lot a demons to content with about his past mainly the one where he feared that he would become like his father, a violent, abuse, drunk man who like to inspire fear inside his children. Jacob stopped his father from nearly beating his sister Annabelle to death during a drunken rage. Jacob hit him until he stopped hitting Annabelle and due to his drunken state he stumbled and fell and hit his head, which killed him. So Jacob had a lot to deal with that emotionally as well as the guilt that he "killed" his father as well as the fact that he abandoned his siblings though he did so from a loving place, fearing he would hurt them and become abusive like his father. He nearly hit Annabelle when he was drunk and from that day on he vowed to leave his siblings behind so he wouldn't hurt them.
While Mollie was the gardener's daughter at Wolfe Manor, she was Annabelle friend and she had a crush on Jacob, and even though she had been friends with Annabelle. She still felt like an outsider looking on from her cottage at the Wolfe siblings as the played among the grounds. She felt very invisible and isolated, leaving with her father on the estate and when Jacob left the manor so did his siblings until no one was left aside from her father and herself working on the grounds.
I did really enjoy the love story between Jacob and Mollie. It was beautifully written and beautifully portrayed. It built over time with both Jacob and Mollie, helping the other heal as they were dealing with emotional scars that they carried deep inside them. And the pain each of them was dealing with was heartbreaking and it made me feel both characters and what that had to endure and suffer all those years especially Jacob who truly seemed broken, but felt alive again with his attraction to Mollie coming to the surface as well as the woman herself. And I liked how these two lonely people (for different reasons) came together and were there for one another when they needed one another. They helped each other. They became friends before they became lover and I really like seeing that as their relationship developed.
I loved the character of Jacob, who was a living breathing person in my head and I could see him so clearly. I really felt for him and saw the broken person that he was. I just wanted to give him and hug or more accurately let Mollie hug him and comfort him in the warmth of her arms and protect him. He was just so broken, and it was hard read of all the emotions and what he was dealing with from his past and the issues that he hadn't resolved yet. He had so much guilt in him that it hurt me and broke me so I could imagine what pain he was dealing with. And he deserved love and tenderness in his life and just a happy ending after all the pain went through, and Mollie was that person for him.
The relationship was developed really well like I said above. It was slow and grew over time. In the beginning, they had a little love hate thing going on, but it wasn't overwhelming but it was just enough to create the tension and begin the simmer. As they got to know each other more and more the more thy opened up to one another, and soon they wanted to be around each other all the time because that was the only time they truly felt alive and had some worth fighting for. I liked how they used little excuses to try to catch glimpses of each other and just being to be hang out with each other without giving into their attraction for one another that simmered beneath the surface and ready to become to a boil. Jacob even hired Mollie to work for him redoing the grounds of Wolfe Manor before he could sell and he enjoyed her passion and what she doing with the grounds and he would seek her out just to get her company. It was really sweet and I liked seeing that played out.
My complaint was not the love story itself, but the love scenes that were not as passionate as I would've like to have especially since there was this build up of tension throughout the book and like I said simmered beneath the surface until it exploded. But it wasn't huge explosion, I just felt the love scene just happened and nothing more. The way it was written it wasn't drawn out it kind happened in a few paragraphs and nothing more. It more summarized than shown I thought and I wanted to be shown more. I wanted to see Jacob passion unleashed a bit after denying what he wanted mainly Mollie. I just wanted a little more spicy heat and just more where it was making me sweat along with them, but I never really got that from the love scene. The hottest was near the end when they make love on the plane and that kind was just summarized also in a few sentences. I just wanted to see more of that raw passion between them.
But overall it was a good story more about love healing two lonely broken people and building on that relationship until the people involved both felt alive. I liked development of their relationship and how it built in a steady climb until finally pronouncing their love for one another. Love fixed them, which was great to see and see that they had a bright future together. The passion could have been amped up for my taste because the love scene felt a little bland and felt more like a Harlequin Romance instead of a Harlequin Presents. I needed a little bit more spice especially from this series. If it was a Romance than I wouldn't judge the passion so harshly.
It was nice to see how this series wrapped up and despite the fact have yet to read all of them I tell that this book definitely brought closure to the whole series and showed all the Wolfe siblings got their happily ever after after all. It was nice to see them all come together at the end during the epilogue and show their happy faces. I liked that they happy ending despite what they endure at their father's hands especially Jacob. It'll be interesting to go back and read the rest of the stories now that I finished this one. Wonder if will color my view at all or just add to the dimension since I know what happens at the end. We will see.
But it was a nice story and I enjoyed it. Just needed a touch more of a hot love scene and it would have been pretty close to perfect.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 12, 2016
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Confieso que tenia mis dudas sobre si este libro me iba a gustar o no.... porque la verdad tiene muy pocas paginas y yo quería una explicación que me dejara satisfecha cosa que la verdad ya estaba perdiendo mis esperanzas de recibir... :( Sin embargo me sorprendio... porque a pesar de que Jacob me estreso un poquito con todo el dilema de si me animo a decirlo o no le dijo, Esta pareja cierra con broche de oro la saga.. Y lo mejor es que tiene epilogo... :P No es tan largo como hubiera querido pero bueno no pienso quejarme .... (mas)
Así que para terminar puedo decir que la saga es recomendada, en especial si tienes abstinencia literaria como me pasaba a mi...
Confieso que tenia mis dudas sobre si este libro me iba a gustar o no.... porque la verdad tiene muy pocas paginas y yo quería una explicación que me dejara satisfecha cosa que la verdad ya estaba perdiendo mis esperanzas de recibir... :( Sin embargo me sorprendio... porque a pesar de que Jacob me estreso un poquito con todo el dilema de si me animo a decirlo o no le dijo, Esta pareja cierra con broche de oro la saga.. Y lo mejor es que tiene epilogo... :P No es tan largo como hubiera querido pero bueno no pienso quejarme .... (mas)
Así que para terminar puedo decir que la saga es recomendada, en especial si tienes abstinencia literaria como me pasaba a mi...
February 12, 2016
I did not like this one. The hero and I use the term lightly was mostly interested in himself and his own pain then anyone else how could he leave everyone like that after everything that happened and he was the oldest. The heroine was a sweetie but I did not like their relationship it felt like she was trying to hard to be what he wanted and he did not give a shit what she did. I don't like books where he resolution is incomplete and the relationship is uneven. Don't waste your time here I was expecting more from this final chapter.
December 17, 2015
i'm giving up from this series. stories aren't interesting.
this one is like: i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-ah well ok. and it isn't even such a big secret but he made such a drama about it. boring most of the time.
this one is like: i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-no. i have a secret-tell me-ah well ok. and it isn't even such a big secret but he made such a drama about it. boring most of the time.
September 8, 2012
4.5 stars
Definitely the best of the whole series. Hewitt did an excellent job of portraying an emotionally damaged man and a sweet woman willing to help him overcome them and learn to live again.
Definitely the best of the whole series. Hewitt did an excellent job of portraying an emotionally damaged man and a sweet woman willing to help him overcome them and learn to live again.
August 11, 2016
Meh. Maybe I should have read the rest of the series before this story.
My bad.
My bad.
July 19, 2021
Una historia de amor que difiere de las que solemos leer. A su vez, una novela de abuso, culpa, odio.
La dulce mollie, y lo temperamental de jacob hacen una mezcla que lejos de alejar, atrae. Unas heridas que calan hondo y que para sanar, lo unico que hace falta, como dice la canción, es el Amor.
Se lee rápidamente, y al menos a mí, no me ha decepcionado.
A love story that differs from the ones we usually read. In turn, a novel of abuse, guilt, hatred. The sweet mollie, and the temperamental jacob make a mix that far from distancing, attracts. Wounds that penetrate deep and that to heal, the only thing that is needed, as the song says, is Love. It reads quickly, and at least for me, it has not disappointed me.
La dulce mollie, y lo temperamental de jacob hacen una mezcla que lejos de alejar, atrae. Unas heridas que calan hondo y que para sanar, lo unico que hace falta, como dice la canción, es el Amor.
Se lee rápidamente, y al menos a mí, no me ha decepcionado.
A love story that differs from the ones we usually read. In turn, a novel of abuse, guilt, hatred. The sweet mollie, and the temperamental jacob make a mix that far from distancing, attracts. Wounds that penetrate deep and that to heal, the only thing that is needed, as the song says, is Love. It reads quickly, and at least for me, it has not disappointed me.
November 4, 2018
Penutup cerita keluarga Wolfe.
Sepertinya ada yg kurang. Tapi not bad lah..
Sepertinya ada yg kurang. Tapi not bad lah..
September 19, 2014
Unfortunately this book did not live up to my expectations. The story was slow to build. It was basically about how Jacob felt he was evil because he killed his father. I'm not really sure what Molly's deal was. She was demanding to know what Jacob had done while he was away like she was entitled to an explanation. Also a big part of Molly's story was how she was invisible while she was growing up at the manor, then for some reason Jacob remembers that she used to follow him around like a love sick puppy. I'm not sure which is true. I didn't feel any emotional connection between them at all. It seems the author threw a bunch of things together hoping that something would stick.
March 8, 2016
The storyline itself is great, but writing lacked passion, emotion, conviction, desire. Lot of guilt though (made story 'Meh' after so many repeats).
When i read a story, the ultimate experience is to feel the emotions, anticipations, emerse yourself into situations characters are going trough.
I kept reading it, expecting a surge of pow. Some kind of change. It didnt happen.
When i read a story, the ultimate experience is to feel the emotions, anticipations, emerse yourself into situations characters are going trough.
I kept reading it, expecting a surge of pow. Some kind of change. It didnt happen.
May 25, 2020
قرأت الروايه بعنوان جاكوب ومولي
بترجمة منتدى روايتي
الجزء الاخير من سلسلة bad blood
نتعرف على جاكوب الاخ الاكبر
الرجل الذي بسبب هروب من مسؤولياته تدمرت حياة اشقائه
سوف تعرف سبب هروبه
احببت شخصيته فهو الاب والاخ والمثال الذي يقتدى به
لذلك عندما اختفى من حياة اشقائه تدمروا
لكن من الذي يستطيع لومه فهو محمل بالذنب والخوف
واتت مولي لتنيره دربه
بترجمة منتدى روايتي
الجزء الاخير من سلسلة bad blood
نتعرف على جاكوب الاخ الاكبر
الرجل الذي بسبب هروب من مسؤولياته تدمرت حياة اشقائه
سوف تعرف سبب هروبه
احببت شخصيته فهو الاب والاخ والمثال الذي يقتدى به
لذلك عندما اختفى من حياة اشقائه تدمروا
لكن من الذي يستطيع لومه فهو محمل بالذنب والخوف
واتت مولي لتنيره دربه
September 17, 2022
Despite this being the last one in series, it was only my second Wolfe story and I’ve liked it as much as the first one, the one about Sebastian.
May 18, 2019
Correct mais sans plus. En même temps, l'histoire fait très peu de pages, donc il ne faut pas s'attendre à beaucoup de rebondissements. Tout va trop vite. Le cadre est enchanteur, mais l'héroïne est assez gourde. On ne sait pas trop pourquoi les personnages tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre. Il n'y a pas une grande tendresse dans leur relation, et par contre beaucoup de redites autour de l'histoire familiale de Jacob.
Pour être honnête, je suis assez déçue de ce livre de Kate Hewitt. J'ai lu d'autres romans d'elle qui étaient mieux. Celui-ci s'avère clairement en-dessous des autres livres de l'auteure.
Pour être honnête, je suis assez déçue de ce livre de Kate Hewitt. J'ai lu d'autres romans d'elle qui étaient mieux. Celui-ci s'avère clairement en-dessous des autres livres de l'auteure.
July 23, 2017
Sbg anak sulung, Jacob Wolfe memendam rasa bersalah masa lalunya yg pahit. Kekejaman ayahnya selalu terngiang dan membayangi dirinya. Hingga Jacob bertemu Mollie, yg tidak takut pd sisi kelam dirinya, yg percaya bhw Jacob berbeda dgn ayahnya.
Novel ini terlalu angst utk ukuran Harlequin. Nyaris 3/4 jalan cerita ttg kegalauan Mollie maupun Jacob. Tapi saya msh merasa seolah Mollie adalah penyugesti Jacob. Hanya dgn kata2 dari Mollie, Jacob serta merta takluk. Dan adegan lamaran ala Fifty Shades of Grey bikin saya geli. Novel ini lumayan saja sbg penutup dr seri Notorious Wolfes.
Novel ini terlalu angst utk ukuran Harlequin. Nyaris 3/4 jalan cerita ttg kegalauan Mollie maupun Jacob. Tapi saya msh merasa seolah Mollie adalah penyugesti Jacob. Hanya dgn kata2 dari Mollie, Jacob serta merta takluk. Dan adegan lamaran ala Fifty Shades of Grey bikin saya geli. Novel ini lumayan saja sbg penutup dr seri Notorious Wolfes.
August 3, 2022
Me ha gustado muchísimo conocer la historia de Jacob, cuál es la razón por la que se fue, que ha sido de él y cómo logra superarse a sí mismo con el descubrimiento de los sentimientos. Mollie me ha parecido una mujer fuerte, sensible y perfecta para él. Una historia bonita, emotiva y sin pretensiones que consigue hacerte pasar un buen rato mientras acompañas a los protagonistas.
May 14, 2017
leído el 11/08/2012
December 17, 2018
This is just an amazing book. I liked the plot very much, it's unique. I loved the characters, Molly and Jacob. I totally agree that they are meant for each other.
August 16, 2020
Could've been better.
January 12, 2022
Read it a while back. Don't remember the exact details but I think I liked it. It's a good series.
May 9, 2023
Fantastic
November 6, 2016
Depois de ter lido os primeiros sete volumes da série "Wolfe, A Dinastia", sem dúvida que tinha mesmo de continuar de imediato a minha leitura com o oitavo e último livro pois queria muito descobrir o final que estaria reservado para esta família - e ainda bem que o fiz, uma vez que dei de caras com mais um fantástico livro!
Tal como os volumes anteriores, este é um livro envolvente que reúne diversos ingredientes como o mistério, a atracção, o drama, a luxúria, a intriga, a coragem, o amor e a determinação do início ao fim da história. O enredo é cativante e muito bem construído e as personagens são fortes e profundas - em adição, a escrita da autora é descontraída e clara, o que resulta numa leitura descomplicada e bastante agradável para o leitor.
A expectativa em relação a este livro era muita e, ainda que não tenha conseguido tornar-se no meu preferido desta colecção, sem dúvida alguma que foi muito especial e importante para a mesma - gostei especialmente da parte final, com a reunião da família Wolfe num momento muito relevante para todos eles mas, especialmente, para Jacob em particular.
Este livro encerra, assim, uma série que muito me prendeu logo desde o início e da qual eu, honestamente, nunca pensei vir a gostar tanto - por todas essas razões e mais algumas, obviamente que a recomendo sem qualquer restrição!
Tal como os volumes anteriores, este é um livro envolvente que reúne diversos ingredientes como o mistério, a atracção, o drama, a luxúria, a intriga, a coragem, o amor e a determinação do início ao fim da história. O enredo é cativante e muito bem construído e as personagens são fortes e profundas - em adição, a escrita da autora é descontraída e clara, o que resulta numa leitura descomplicada e bastante agradável para o leitor.
A expectativa em relação a este livro era muita e, ainda que não tenha conseguido tornar-se no meu preferido desta colecção, sem dúvida alguma que foi muito especial e importante para a mesma - gostei especialmente da parte final, com a reunião da família Wolfe num momento muito relevante para todos eles mas, especialmente, para Jacob em particular.
Este livro encerra, assim, uma série que muito me prendeu logo desde o início e da qual eu, honestamente, nunca pensei vir a gostar tanto - por todas essas razões e mais algumas, obviamente que a recomendo sem qualquer restrição!
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