Full Circle

by Jennifer Simpkins, Jennifer Simpkins

Heath abandoned Ellie Scott thirteen years ago, disgusted and betrayed. He’s now reluctantly back for his father’s—count ‘em—fourth wedding because he promised his little sister. Mia wants him to make up with their dad—and she’s never stopped talking about Ellie.

Ellie never got over Heath Granger. She had no idea why he left, only that it cut to the bone. She’s doing the flowers for his father’s wedding so they are bound to meet.

Thrown together again, Ellie learns why Heath abandoned her. Like father, like son, except she quite likes Mr. Granger. Heath, not so much, considering how quick he was to believe a lie—and think the worst of her.

Faced with the truth, Heath is terribly ashamed of his actions. He can walk away again, or man up and make amends. But will Ellie forgive and forget? Will they come full circle?

Genres: Contemporary, Second Chance

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 4, 2015

About the author

Jennifer has always been an avid reader, but it wasn’t until she became a stay-at-home mom did she start to read romance. Her passion of reading romance turned into another passion she had as a child—writing. One late night of writing about sexy heroes and strong-willed heroines turned into two nights, until seven months later she had written her first novel.

If she is not writing, you can find her reading, hanging out with her family, or cheering on the New York Yankees.

Reviews

[Nikki ღ Navareus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, that was disappointing.
***TWO STARS***
The blurb for this story was actually way better than the story itself. First off, the actions and dialog of this story reminded me of highschool drama B.S. Heath, Ellie and Melissa all acted immature and ridiculous. I also had a really hard time believing Heath and Ellie were actually in love with each other when they were younger. Ellie was a highschool kid secretly sneaking around, letting Heath pass all the bases except home, when he suddenly and inexplicably leaves town without saying so much as "Sayonara" to Ellie, before ditching her ass. Fast forward THIRTEEN YEARS later, and the readers are supposed to believe Ellie pined that whole time for this big jerk and never moved on to anyone else after his departure. Yeah, Okay.....

Then there's Heath. He believes the first nasty lie he's told about Ellie, and he immediately packs his shit and moves away instead of asking her straight up if this story about her is true.

The only redeeming thing about this story for me was Melissa, the evil manipulating girlfriend.

She continuously lied and tried to create drama and discontent between Heath and Ellie. She helped break up the monotony of this story, but even Evil Melissa wasn't able to save this story for me by the ending. Melissa was dismissed by Heath, and Doormat Ellie immediately forgives and takes Heath back.

[BrownAyez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked all the build-up and angst between the H and h, but...

When it got to the crux of things, after almost thirteen years of pining for the H, the h immediately forgives and forgets. I lost so much respect for the heroine there was little joy in their HEA. Have no doubt he’ll do something awful again in the relationship and she will forgive again.

[Nikki · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very bland all around. This book hit all the cliches : coming home from a long time away, past first love, shallow other woman, misunderstanding, family drama, however, not one of them was fleshed out. They were all surface level, the authors didn't make the elements their own or put their own twists on them. Hero believed a whale of a tale and spent 13 years hating the heroine for it. But *dun dun DUN! it was all a ruse from someone that is only mentioned briefly. Hero apologizes and....nothing. She forgives, they are in love again and the story literally falls apart. Nothing of significance happens afterward. Better 'return home' adventures out there to read.

[☽ Rhiannon ✭ Mistwalker ☾ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was hoping this would end up on the angst shelf, but it was resolved to quickly and easily for my taste.

[Izzie d · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its a good story but she forgave him a bit quickly.

Merged review:

I enjoyed this but in my opinion she forgave him too easily. He needed more redemption.

[Valentine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pathetic.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75/5 ⭐️ || Low 🔥 || No 💀

This story was the typical H and h are in love but a misunderstanding causes them to separate and the H leaves town. Fast forward and the H is back.

Very standard and a trope I LOVE. I enjoyed how this story portrayed the trope but it was written in a more “older” way* so it was hard for me to gauge what time period the setting was but when they mention Duck Dynasty I knew it was after 2012.

*When I say this book was written in an “older” way, I mean that it’s written was wording that is comparable to romance books written in the 1990s, as compared to the typical romance books written in recent years. Both written styles have it’s charms.