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Scarred #2
New Cuts, Old Wounds
In this sequel to Scarred for Life, Nicole Cardell and Dane Wolfe have been together for a year. They are doing their best to move forward with their relationship and open up to each other. It’s time to meet family members. Dane’s nervous about meeting Nicole’s family, but she’s even more nervous about Nicole meeting her family. Nicole is eager for both. Nicole thinks Dane should bond with her family while Dane thinks she needs to get as far away from them as possible. The Wolfe family seems to agree with Dane, but keep inviting her to things and Nicole keeps accepting the invites. Will family make or break Dane and Nicole?
330 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 5, 2015
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About the author
S.L. Kassidy
13 books33 followersWhat is there to know about me? Not much. I was bred, born, and raised in New York and I have no desire to live anywhere else. One day, I would like to travel to a few places, but for now I am content where I am.
I started out writing poetry in junior high and continued to do so for ten years. I wrote short stories, usually fantasy and romance stories, for my own entertainment throughout high school and college. Back then, I wrote strictly for me and those stories remain locked in the back of my closet in little notebooks, written in my almost unreadable, tiny handwriting. In between writing those stories and poetry, I managed to get a college degree in history.
After graduating college, I had a semester off before graduate school and I didn't really have anything to do with my time. So, I took a chance and wrote a fan-fic and dared to upload it to the Internet. I was surprised that other people enjoyed my work and I've been posting ever since. I had quite a bit of fun with fan fiction and eventually decided to try my hand in original fiction. I suppose it was sort of like coming back around to what I had been doing in high school and college, except this time the stories were for whoever wanted to read them. I uploaded my first original story a few years ago and haven’t looked back. I plan to continue writing as long as I continue getting ideas for stories and it continues to be fun.
aka Shea K.
aka StarvingLunatic
I started out writing poetry in junior high and continued to do so for ten years. I wrote short stories, usually fantasy and romance stories, for my own entertainment throughout high school and college. Back then, I wrote strictly for me and those stories remain locked in the back of my closet in little notebooks, written in my almost unreadable, tiny handwriting. In between writing those stories and poetry, I managed to get a college degree in history.
After graduating college, I had a semester off before graduate school and I didn't really have anything to do with my time. So, I took a chance and wrote a fan-fic and dared to upload it to the Internet. I was surprised that other people enjoyed my work and I've been posting ever since. I had quite a bit of fun with fan fiction and eventually decided to try my hand in original fiction. I suppose it was sort of like coming back around to what I had been doing in high school and college, except this time the stories were for whoever wanted to read them. I uploaded my first original story a few years ago and haven’t looked back. I plan to continue writing as long as I continue getting ideas for stories and it continues to be fun.
aka Shea K.
aka StarvingLunatic
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July 4, 2016
I enjoyed the first book in the series, and really loved Danny and Nicole. I wanted to love the second book, but there was one big problem that kept popping up over and over again: Nicole. It shocked me how much I disliked her here. She wasn't just obtuse, she was actively, aggressively and willfully ignorant. Her lack of awareness was staggering, and I frequently found myself hoping Danny would leave her, which isn't the ideal response to romantic fiction.
The only excuse I could find for Nicole's behavior was that the clues were falling so fast and furious around her that she was repeatedly rendered unconscious by them. Situation after situation (after situation after situation) reinforced what was happening. Friends tried to warn her what might be happening. Multiple times. Danny, albeit passively, tried to plead with her to stop pushing. Nicole noticed none of it.
So. Unbelievably. Frustrating. This is especially true given how sensitive, perceptive and intelligent Nicole was in Scarred for Life.
The book is certainly worth reading, but it can really be a slog while you're waiting for Nicole to wake up to the obvious. Once that happens, the story takes off and is full of enormous epiphanies and emotional explosions. Unfortunately, that doesn't occur until around the 75% mark, so the reader has their work cut out for them. There is a nice payoff for all the angst and confusion, however, so I feel it's worth sticking around for.
The only excuse I could find for Nicole's behavior was that the clues were falling so fast and furious around her that she was repeatedly rendered unconscious by them. Situation after situation (after situation after situation) reinforced what was happening. Friends tried to warn her what might be happening. Multiple times. Danny, albeit passively, tried to plead with her to stop pushing. Nicole noticed none of it.
So. Unbelievably. Frustrating. This is especially true given how sensitive, perceptive and intelligent Nicole was in Scarred for Life.
The book is certainly worth reading, but it can really be a slog while you're waiting for Nicole to wake up to the obvious. Once that happens, the story takes off and is full of enormous epiphanies and emotional explosions. Unfortunately, that doesn't occur until around the 75% mark, so the reader has their work cut out for them. There is a nice payoff for all the angst and confusion, however, so I feel it's worth sticking around for.
June 23, 2017
Great story
I really enjoyed the first book in this series and the second book was just as good if not better.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series and the second book was just as good if not better.
July 25, 2015
This was a well written story.
I'm hoping there will be more stories for Dane and Nick. The series was a story of how one woman who grew up with a dysfunctional family and survived when she found unconditional love. Ms Kassidy, hope you continue with their story, I can see more growth with their relationship.
I'm hoping there will be more stories for Dane and Nick. The series was a story of how one woman who grew up with a dysfunctional family and survived when she found unconditional love. Ms Kassidy, hope you continue with their story, I can see more growth with their relationship.
January 23, 2022
Fabulous 2nd book
Fabulous 2nd book I've read the whole series a couple of time and each books just gets better and better.
Fabulous 2nd book I've read the whole series a couple of time and each books just gets better and better.
December 16, 2017
Family. The sometimes good, the bad, and a whole lot of ugly. Boy Dane can just break your heart.
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