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Close Relations
A family scandal!
Georgia had imagined becoming Jarrod Maclean's wife a hundred times - until she'd found him in what seemed like a passionate embrace with his own stepmother... . Devastated by his betrayal, Georgia had convinced herself she was glad when he left town.
When Jarrod returned four years later, Georgia still hadn't forgiven him - even though she sensed that he wanted her more than ever. But he insisted any relationship between them would be taboo... was there something he wasn't telling her? What really happened four years ago? The whole family seemed to be in on the secret - everyone except Georgia... .
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 1997
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June 16, 2020
Re-read
Saw the 4 star star rating I gave it about five years ago and thought time for a re-read.
Did. Not. Remember. One. Single. Solitary. Thing. About. It.
I didn't remember the absolutely horrible entitled brother and sister that drain the heroine dry emotionally and probably financially.
I didn't remember the H being both boring and controlling even though he jettisoned the heroine four years ago.
I didn't remember the hero being so stupid as to buy the story from his stepmother that wants to seduce him.
I didn't remember the fact that he never does explain why he was kissing his stepmother.
And, I didn't remember that the evil stepmother had no comeuppance than probably to live all alone the rest of her life.
Old review
AMGSTY! This is an old school romance. The sighing, the crying, the pained glances, pale heroines, paling heroes and the ever present dilated dark eyes. I actually really liked it.
Young Georgia is still sheltering her broken heart. Four years she heard a disturbing conversation and seeing a kiss between the love of her life and her stone cold aunt who also happens to be Jarrod's stepmother.
Drama and country singing ensues...All is explained!!! Beware- spoilers...
Georgia is a damaged, heart-broken heroine, and Jarrod is a tortured, damaged hero. He's studly without being too alpha.
Saw the 4 star star rating I gave it about five years ago and thought time for a re-read.
Did. Not. Remember. One. Single. Solitary. Thing. About. It.
I didn't remember the absolutely horrible entitled brother and sister that drain the heroine dry emotionally and probably financially.
I didn't remember the H being both boring and controlling even though he jettisoned the heroine four years ago.
I didn't remember the hero being so stupid as to buy the story from his stepmother that wants to seduce him.
I didn't remember the fact that he never does explain why he was kissing his stepmother.
And, I didn't remember that the evil stepmother had no comeuppance than probably to live all alone the rest of her life.
Old review
AMGSTY! This is an old school romance. The sighing, the crying, the pained glances, pale heroines, paling heroes and the ever present dilated dark eyes. I actually really liked it.
Young Georgia is still sheltering her broken heart. Four years she heard a disturbing conversation and seeing a kiss between the love of her life and her stone cold aunt who also happens to be Jarrod's stepmother.
Drama and country singing ensues...All is explained!!! Beware- spoilers...
Georgia is a damaged, heart-broken heroine, and Jarrod is a tortured, damaged hero. He's studly without being too alpha.
January 24, 2018
A bittersweet, old fashioned tale of lovers ripped apart by the selfish lies of a manipulative, bitter and mean old witch called Isabel. The H Jarrod was Isabel's stepson and the heroine Georgia was her niece. Isabel was a spiteful, jealous harpy who had been envious of her late sister's ( Georgia's mother ) popularity with the opposite sex. Isabel was the older sister and boys never found her attractive and she had fallen in love with the heroine's dad but he was head over heels for her baby sister Jennifer. It so happened that the H's dad Peter was also in love with Jennifer. Eventually, after the H's dad had suffered through a horrible accident, he asked Isabel to marry him. This part stumped me because Peter had been a really handsome, rich guy and Isabel was not just mean and selfish but she was plain too. Anyway, Peter and Isabel managed to have a cordial marriage of convenience and Jarrod soon joined the family after his mother died when he was a teenager. Isabel started lusting after Jarrod and became quite obsessed with him. When Jarrod had returned from completing his university education, Isabel's obsession escalated because he was a full grown hunky man instead of a teenager. Jarrod, however, only felt really weird whenever he was around Isabel.
Jarrod soon fell in love with the 17 yr old heroine Georgia. Old aunt/stepmom Isabel found this inconvenient because she wanted the H for herself and she was still vindictively jealous of her dead sister Jennifer. Isabel hated Georgia because the heroine looked just like Jennifer. There was no way that Isabel was going to lie down like the plain old loser she is and allow another woman to take a man from her again. That's when Isabel trumped up her big lie: she told Jarrod that Georgia was his half sister since his father had been in love with Jennifer. The dummy H bought the hag's bag of lies without even questioning his father or even thinking about simple blood or DNA testing. This novel was written in the '90's so I thought that would have been simple logic. The lies led to a nasty break up between the MC's and the dumped heroine believed that Jarrod had cheated on her with her yucky aunt Isabel.
The majority of the novel deals with Jarrod's return after a 4 yr absence. He is still in love with Georgia and that bittersweet fact is established early on in the story, by the author, when the reader is given a look into his thoughts via the voice of the 3rd person omniscient narrator:
" Home. Where the heart is. Where his heart was broken. His lips twisted self-derisively. He was being rather fanciful, wasn’t he? Yet deep inside him he knew he’d left his heart here."
Lynsey Stevens. Close Relations (Kindle Locations 46-48). Harlequin. Kindle Edition.
That made it easier for me to empathize with Jarrod during the course of the novel, even when he did act a bit pig headed. He was, however, quite caring and solicitous in his attitude to Georgia. I could see how much he still felt for her but that something was holding him back. It was sad to see poor Jarrod in turmoil whenever he got jealous over other guys watching Georgia sing or when Andy lifted her across the fence. He was in love with the woman he couldn't have again because they shared ( according to the old bat's lies ) the same father. Georgia, of course, did not know that she was supposed to his sister so she treated him with the expected bitterness and coldness. There were the slightly irritating siblings as well: the kind but dimwitted musician brother and the fickle and selfish younger sister. The majority of the novel deals with the MC's fighting their intense chemistry and the need to be together. It was only at the very end that the truth comes out when Jarrod confesses he always loved her but that she's his half sister. He does that after he overheard her siblings discussing the miscarriage she'd had just after he'd left. That's another life that Isabel's malice had wrecked.
Once Georgia discovers why Jarrod had dumped her she asks her father and he clears up the truth by providing incontrovertible evidence. Unfortunately, Isabel doesn't get any real comeuppance but I suspect that being bitter, lonely and without someone to love her in the future is a little bit of punishment. The MC's confess their true love for each other and both declare that they've been celibate over the past 4 years. The only thing that did bother me a bit was the lack of explanation for the angry kiss that Georgia had seen between Jarrod and Aunt Yucky 4 yrs ago. But, even though I was grossed out that he would actually put his very fine lips on that crone, I didn't hate him because he hadn't been with any women since he'd left Australia. This was a very nice novel, even though the sex that occurred had been in flashback scenes and at the very end. This was also much better than Ryan's Return by the same author.
Jarrod soon fell in love with the 17 yr old heroine Georgia. Old aunt/stepmom Isabel found this inconvenient because she wanted the H for herself and she was still vindictively jealous of her dead sister Jennifer. Isabel hated Georgia because the heroine looked just like Jennifer. There was no way that Isabel was going to lie down like the plain old loser she is and allow another woman to take a man from her again. That's when Isabel trumped up her big lie: she told Jarrod that Georgia was his half sister since his father had been in love with Jennifer. The dummy H bought the hag's bag of lies without even questioning his father or even thinking about simple blood or DNA testing. This novel was written in the '90's so I thought that would have been simple logic. The lies led to a nasty break up between the MC's and the dumped heroine believed that Jarrod had cheated on her with her yucky aunt Isabel.
The majority of the novel deals with Jarrod's return after a 4 yr absence. He is still in love with Georgia and that bittersweet fact is established early on in the story, by the author, when the reader is given a look into his thoughts via the voice of the 3rd person omniscient narrator:
" Home. Where the heart is. Where his heart was broken. His lips twisted self-derisively. He was being rather fanciful, wasn’t he? Yet deep inside him he knew he’d left his heart here."
Lynsey Stevens. Close Relations (Kindle Locations 46-48). Harlequin. Kindle Edition.
That made it easier for me to empathize with Jarrod during the course of the novel, even when he did act a bit pig headed. He was, however, quite caring and solicitous in his attitude to Georgia. I could see how much he still felt for her but that something was holding him back. It was sad to see poor Jarrod in turmoil whenever he got jealous over other guys watching Georgia sing or when Andy lifted her across the fence. He was in love with the woman he couldn't have again because they shared ( according to the old bat's lies ) the same father. Georgia, of course, did not know that she was supposed to his sister so she treated him with the expected bitterness and coldness. There were the slightly irritating siblings as well: the kind but dimwitted musician brother and the fickle and selfish younger sister. The majority of the novel deals with the MC's fighting their intense chemistry and the need to be together. It was only at the very end that the truth comes out when Jarrod confesses he always loved her but that she's his half sister. He does that after he overheard her siblings discussing the miscarriage she'd had just after he'd left. That's another life that Isabel's malice had wrecked.
Once Georgia discovers why Jarrod had dumped her she asks her father and he clears up the truth by providing incontrovertible evidence. Unfortunately, Isabel doesn't get any real comeuppance but I suspect that being bitter, lonely and without someone to love her in the future is a little bit of punishment. The MC's confess their true love for each other and both declare that they've been celibate over the past 4 years. The only thing that did bother me a bit was the lack of explanation for the angry kiss that Georgia had seen between Jarrod and Aunt Yucky 4 yrs ago. But, even though I was grossed out that he would actually put his very fine lips on that crone, I didn't hate him because he hadn't been with any women since he'd left Australia. This was a very nice novel, even though the sex that occurred had been in flashback scenes and at the very end. This was also much better than Ryan's Return by the same author.
February 16, 2014
Dude comes back after 4 years, giving the heroine hot, pained looks around every corner. Heroine tries like hell to maintain some emotional distance after catching him doing the tonsil tango with his stepmother right before he dumped her and flew to the states. Don't look at the spoiler if you plan to read the book, otherwise it'll be nothing more than a boring door stop. It's the wondering that gives this story even an average rating. Oh, as a aside, the title Close Relations is perfect, coinciding with the incestuous themes of the story. That cover, though, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the anything. Wouldn't want anybody to expect any dancing.
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October 14, 2017
Angsty tale of an h who was jilted four years before. Now the hero is back because his father is dying and the heroine must see him each day as well as dealing with her bratty younger sister and her musician brother who can't keep gas in the car or the tires in working order. (Honestly, the hero carted her whole family all over the place.)
I had a feeling what the problem was and it turned out to be my least favorite reason for a couple to break up. Hint: see the title.
Luckily, after the hero's father dies, the misunderstandings are cleared up and the bratty sister moves out and the brother's band is on their way to bigger and better things. HEAs all around with "only" four years wasted.
I had a feeling what the problem was and it turned out to be my least favorite reason for a couple to break up. Hint: see the title.
Luckily, after the hero's father dies, the misunderstandings are cleared up and the bratty sister moves out and the brother's band is on their way to bigger and better things. HEAs all around with "only" four years wasted.
November 25, 2013
THIS HAS A GLOOMY FEEL TO IT
This is one of M&B re releases from their vintage 90's collection. Even if I had read this when it was first released I would still have the same opinion about it. It's rather slow and gloomy. The story is about Georgia and Jarrod who 4 years before had been in love till she caught him kissing his stepmother. Jarrod left immediately for the states. But has now returned due to his fathers illness.
Georgia and Jarrod have a strained and resentful atmosphere that festers away between them throughout the whole story. The only excitement occurs right at the end when all is revealed. This is tame even for the 1990's standards. Plus I was surprised at the numerous typos. Not a story I would recommend.
This is one of M&B re releases from their vintage 90's collection. Even if I had read this when it was first released I would still have the same opinion about it. It's rather slow and gloomy. The story is about Georgia and Jarrod who 4 years before had been in love till she caught him kissing his stepmother. Jarrod left immediately for the states. But has now returned due to his fathers illness.
Georgia and Jarrod have a strained and resentful atmosphere that festers away between them throughout the whole story. The only excitement occurs right at the end when all is revealed. This is tame even for the 1990's standards. Plus I was surprised at the numerous typos. Not a story I would recommend.
June 16, 2013
Emotionally charged and full of angst. I really don't want to give a way the plot but this is a page turner story. It has all those elements I love in a book. Good lead characters, reasonable pacing for the plot to develop fully and a vindictive bitch.
November 17, 2019
A family scandal!
Georgia had secretly imagined becoming Jarrod Maclean's a hundred times - until she found him in the passionate embrace of his own step-mother. Georgia had been devastated by his betrayal, and the tragedy that followed.
When Jarrod returns four years later, Georgia still hasn't forgiven him - even though she senses he wants her more than ever. But he insists any relationship between them would be taboo... Is there something he isn't telling her? What really happened four years ago? The whole family seems to be in on the secret, everyone except Georgia.
Georgia had secretly imagined becoming Jarrod Maclean's a hundred times - until she found him in the passionate embrace of his own step-mother. Georgia had been devastated by his betrayal, and the tragedy that followed.
When Jarrod returns four years later, Georgia still hasn't forgiven him - even though she senses he wants her more than ever. But he insists any relationship between them would be taboo... Is there something he isn't telling her? What really happened four years ago? The whole family seems to be in on the secret, everyone except Georgia.
September 20, 2012
WOW! That was dramatic! It was a pretty epic book. There was a lot of manipulations and trying times but I enjoyed reading it. I was glad they got there happy ending but would it kill the author to write a damn epilogue?
April 15, 2016
Boring..........boring............boring
April 23, 2017
dumb and boring....
March 7, 2023
It is full of inconsistencies and it's a pity because it could have been a good angsty story but it failed miserably.
-The hero's father is the heroine's uncle (not by blood), so they are cousin bu not by blood.
-They fall in love when she's a teenager and he's a bit older, they are together for two years.
- The heroine sees the hero kissing his stepmother. He tells the heroine the typical line, it's not as it seems, than he tells her he must leave and they are over.
-Three years later he's back since his father is dying and things with the heroine are tense.
-There's a lot of tension between them but the heroine is still angry and bitter and treats him badly. He's jealous of the men that snoop around the heroine and tells her he'll always want her and love her.
Eventually truth are revealed and that's where all the inconsistencies come out.
- The heroine, after seeing the hero kissing his mother in law, run away and fell. She was pregnant and lost her child. The hero never knew, when he knows it he's appalled.
-Turns out the stepmother was jealous and angry because her husband loved her sister, that was the heroine's mother. So she wanted revenge and lied to the hero telling him the heroine was his half sister. He believed her because actually his father loved the heroine's mother. So he left.
-It was all a lie, but it could have been solved if he asked the heroine's father. The heroine asks her father who confirms that her mother never loved the hero's father.
-And the kiss? The hero tells the heroine that the stepmother tried to seduce him. So he kissed her.
Worst excuse ever, and even worse, since stepmum wasn't a young beautiful thing, she was jealous of her sister because she was prettier and livelier, and she was always described as cold and plain, so no ow material at all.
And why would the hero kiss her?
This is also inconsistent with the hero's declaration that he was celibate for three years even if he knew- believed- that the heroine was his sister... so his behaviour is even more inconsistent.
I think the writer was looking for a way to make the heroine very upset so she would run away and lost her child, but it's avery lame one, since it was the hero who kissed her, even if he was besotted with the heroine and never had any attraction for his stepmother.
-To make the kissing scene believable there should have been a pretty stepmother, a hero who was attracted to her, some kind of seduction scene by the stepmother, all these things were absent.
-There could have been much more angst but the heroine turns out to be cold and boring, as her younger sister often says. She never moved on and is 23 but behaves like she was 63, sad and boring.
-There's not much interaction between hero and heroine, there are more interactions between them and other minor characters, as the heroine's siblings, the member of the band, etc.
So sometimes it's long and boring, and I couldn't understand what the writer wanted to convey.
It is not bad but I've read better.
-The hero's father is the heroine's uncle (not by blood), so they are cousin bu not by blood.
-They fall in love when she's a teenager and he's a bit older, they are together for two years.
- The heroine sees the hero kissing his stepmother. He tells the heroine the typical line, it's not as it seems, than he tells her he must leave and they are over.
-Three years later he's back since his father is dying and things with the heroine are tense.
-There's a lot of tension between them but the heroine is still angry and bitter and treats him badly. He's jealous of the men that snoop around the heroine and tells her he'll always want her and love her.
Eventually truth are revealed and that's where all the inconsistencies come out.
- The heroine, after seeing the hero kissing his mother in law, run away and fell. She was pregnant and lost her child. The hero never knew, when he knows it he's appalled.
-Turns out the stepmother was jealous and angry because her husband loved her sister, that was the heroine's mother. So she wanted revenge and lied to the hero telling him the heroine was his half sister. He believed her because actually his father loved the heroine's mother. So he left.
-It was all a lie, but it could have been solved if he asked the heroine's father. The heroine asks her father who confirms that her mother never loved the hero's father.
-And the kiss? The hero tells the heroine that the stepmother tried to seduce him. So he kissed her.
Worst excuse ever, and even worse, since stepmum wasn't a young beautiful thing, she was jealous of her sister because she was prettier and livelier, and she was always described as cold and plain, so no ow material at all.
And why would the hero kiss her?
This is also inconsistent with the hero's declaration that he was celibate for three years even if he knew- believed- that the heroine was his sister... so his behaviour is even more inconsistent.
I think the writer was looking for a way to make the heroine very upset so she would run away and lost her child, but it's avery lame one, since it was the hero who kissed her, even if he was besotted with the heroine and never had any attraction for his stepmother.
-To make the kissing scene believable there should have been a pretty stepmother, a hero who was attracted to her, some kind of seduction scene by the stepmother, all these things were absent.
-There could have been much more angst but the heroine turns out to be cold and boring, as her younger sister often says. She never moved on and is 23 but behaves like she was 63, sad and boring.
-There's not much interaction between hero and heroine, there are more interactions between them and other minor characters, as the heroine's siblings, the member of the band, etc.
So sometimes it's long and boring, and I couldn't understand what the writer wanted to convey.
It is not bad but I've read better.
August 20, 2018
Started off well but I very quickly became bored with her ruminations that -whoa ways her- how much she hurt and how much pain.... seriously, every time she saw jarrod it was the same thing. About half way mark I threw it in and jumped to the obvious ending. The pregnancy was so cliche.
Also what’s with the long explanations of the brother and pointless conversations with him? Further, the brother was a judgemental unsupportive teat.
Just no. I started this after reading the bad reviews and was pleasantly surprised by the first 4 or five chapters but then the repetitive whining and martyr became ridiculous.
Did not finish.
Also what’s with the long explanations of the brother and pointless conversations with him? Further, the brother was a judgemental unsupportive teat.
Just no. I started this after reading the bad reviews and was pleasantly surprised by the first 4 or five chapters but then the repetitive whining and martyr became ridiculous.
Did not finish.
May 12, 2018
I read this book originally in the 90's and enjoyed the story immensely, revisiting I find it a little creepy. Just thinking of the taboo relationship is ewwww and the aunt is just ewwww as well. Did he actually go there? Giving 3 stars for nostalgia value because originally I loved it today it makes me slightly uncomfortable
June 18, 2025
Talk about an angst filled romance with a major misunderstanding driving the hero and heroine apart for four years. It got a little tedious at times, but the shocker (to me anyway) at the end took me completely by surprise and therefore I bumped my three stars up to four.
November 17, 2017
dull. not enough angst
August 17, 2019
I love train wrecks and this was definitely as train-wrecky as you can get, even with hints of taboo. The writing, however, fell short and there were stretches where not much was happening.
May 18, 2020
Boring but read it anyway
September 10, 2024
2/5
For to what happened in the last pages.
For to what happened in the last pages.
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September 19, 2024DNF slow, boring
May 26, 2025
The title's a bad play on words, considering the theme of the story, which could have been handled better. The H, Jarrod and the h, Georgia are on the road to HEA, but a few words from his bitter, vindictive stepmother changes all that, and for the next four years, they're on separate continents (he's off to the US to handle family business there), leading separate lives, both only half alive without each other, yet she's hurt and angry (with what appears to be good reason) while he gives off stoic vibes, like someone who's done his duty, what had to be done.
What makes this all so pointless is that it was written in the 90's. Had it taken place 30 years earlier, it would have made more sense, as there were no DNA tests back then. And I ask you: if a man has found the woman of his dreams, and is told she's his half-sister, would he take that at face value and then do the honorable thing (a bit late, since they had already gotten naked) and step out of her life, without giving her a good reason? (This saves him from having to reveal that her mom was apparently a cheater who passed off his father's child as her husband's.)
Wouldn't it make more sense to insist on a DNA test, especially considering the source of the info, a stepmom who had the hots for him, never loved his father (a good source of income) and resented his relationship with her niece? (Jarrod's father was Georgia's uncle by marriage, as he was married to Isabel, the sister of Georgia's late mom. And Jarrod was the result of an affair he'd had before he married Isabel.) Wouldn't he want positive proof that he was (or wasn't) Georgia's half-brother?
Also: he later claims he asked his father about his involvement with Jenny, Georgia's mom, and while he admits he had been in love with her, he denies ever having an affair, as she was completely devoted to Georgia's dad and only thought of him as a friend. Jarrod's relationship with his father hadn't always been that great, but there was no reason for him to believe he'd lie, yet he still didn't try to fix things with Georgia when he returned home, acting (ironically) more like a big brother, giving unwanted advice, like about her helping out her brother by temporarily singing with his band.
There are some interesting sidelines, like Georgia's singing and songwriting talent, especially when she sings a very personal, sensual song she wrote after the first time she and Jarrod made love, and he's in the audience, with the two of them obviously affected by it.
There are some heartfelt moments, like when Georgia learns the reason Jarrod left (she had thought he was involved with Isobel, after witnessing a kiss he gave her, apparently out of spite for the woman coming on to him, which was dumb of him) and then asks her dad if he really is her father, dreading the answer for more reasons than one. And also, when Jared learns the painful truth that Georgia had been planning to tell him she was pregnant the night they broke up and lost the baby that same night.
All this mess, because Georgia looked so much like her mother, and Isabel resented her sister because she won the heart of Georgia's father, whom Isabel had wanted for herself. She couldn't stand to see Georgia happy, and also wanted revenge on Jarrod for not wanting to sleep with her. This nasty bitch deserved to be punished, and I hope sweet karma comes along and bites her in the ass!
Georgia's brother and sister were interesting (though self-centered) side characters, though it's hard to like a girl who blurts out in a roomful of people that she knows about Georgia's baby, and resents it being kept secret from her. (She was only 13 at the time, so her claim that they treated her like a child doesn't really ring true.) Also, with all the talk of the brother's girlfriend/lead singer, she never makes an appearance in the story.
So, this would have been a good book, if the whole reason for it were valid, but a simple DNA test would have solved everything. This weakens the whole story way too much, and takes away from their finally getting their HEA.
What makes this all so pointless is that it was written in the 90's. Had it taken place 30 years earlier, it would have made more sense, as there were no DNA tests back then. And I ask you: if a man has found the woman of his dreams, and is told she's his half-sister, would he take that at face value and then do the honorable thing (a bit late, since they had already gotten naked) and step out of her life, without giving her a good reason? (This saves him from having to reveal that her mom was apparently a cheater who passed off his father's child as her husband's.)
Wouldn't it make more sense to insist on a DNA test, especially considering the source of the info, a stepmom who had the hots for him, never loved his father (a good source of income) and resented his relationship with her niece? (Jarrod's father was Georgia's uncle by marriage, as he was married to Isabel, the sister of Georgia's late mom. And Jarrod was the result of an affair he'd had before he married Isabel.) Wouldn't he want positive proof that he was (or wasn't) Georgia's half-brother?
Also: he later claims he asked his father about his involvement with Jenny, Georgia's mom, and while he admits he had been in love with her, he denies ever having an affair, as she was completely devoted to Georgia's dad and only thought of him as a friend. Jarrod's relationship with his father hadn't always been that great, but there was no reason for him to believe he'd lie, yet he still didn't try to fix things with Georgia when he returned home, acting (ironically) more like a big brother, giving unwanted advice, like about her helping out her brother by temporarily singing with his band.
There are some interesting sidelines, like Georgia's singing and songwriting talent, especially when she sings a very personal, sensual song she wrote after the first time she and Jarrod made love, and he's in the audience, with the two of them obviously affected by it.
There are some heartfelt moments, like when Georgia learns the reason Jarrod left (she had thought he was involved with Isobel, after witnessing a kiss he gave her, apparently out of spite for the woman coming on to him, which was dumb of him) and then asks her dad if he really is her father, dreading the answer for more reasons than one. And also, when Jared learns the painful truth that Georgia had been planning to tell him she was pregnant the night they broke up and lost the baby that same night.
All this mess, because Georgia looked so much like her mother, and Isabel resented her sister because she won the heart of Georgia's father, whom Isabel had wanted for herself. She couldn't stand to see Georgia happy, and also wanted revenge on Jarrod for not wanting to sleep with her. This nasty bitch deserved to be punished, and I hope sweet karma comes along and bites her in the ass!
Georgia's brother and sister were interesting (though self-centered) side characters, though it's hard to like a girl who blurts out in a roomful of people that she knows about Georgia's baby, and resents it being kept secret from her. (She was only 13 at the time, so her claim that they treated her like a child doesn't really ring true.) Also, with all the talk of the brother's girlfriend/lead singer, she never makes an appearance in the story.
So, this would have been a good book, if the whole reason for it were valid, but a simple DNA test would have solved everything. This weakens the whole story way too much, and takes away from their finally getting their HEA.
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March 13, 2019Yikes, gross. Skip. Trust me! Skip.
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