Love Interrupted

by Jade Winters

There are two sides to every story. And then there’s the truth.

Divorce is rarely pretty and never fair. When successful divorce solicitors Harper Anderson and Dylan Blue find themselves on opposing sides of a bitter separation, they become uncontrollably consumed by more than just the case…

Dylan is fiercely ambitious, Harper a crusader for justice, so when the adversaries lock horns in professional combat, the tension is overwhelming. Harper hates Dylan’s ruthlessness, Dylan is repulsed by Harper’s ‘bleeding heart liberalism’. As they both battle for their clients’ interests, they find themselves at once repelled and strangely attracted to one another.

It is a case which will divide, infuriate and ultimately unite the two women, who find a deep love and understanding in the ashes of their clients’ broken relationship.

Genres: Romance, LGBT, Enemies To Lovers, Lesbian

317 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2015

About the author

While Jade Winters has been putting words together since she was a child, it wasn’t until 2010 that she became a serious writer. Today, as a full-time author, she has published four novels in the lesbian fiction genre as well as several short stories. Jade was born and educated in London where she studied journalism for three years at a London University. She is the youngest of 6 children born to a Nigerian father and English mother and blames her love of spicy food on her African heritage. Jade now makes her home in Dorset in the South of England with her partner and furry companions Zorro, Buttons and Zeus.

Reviews

[Hesch Aut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been a Winters-fan for quite some time now and „Love interrupted“ turned out to be high on my list of her better books. Just like in her other novels, the characters here have a well developed back story that explains their actions, and just like with the others, watching the main characters fall in love with each other is quite a joy. In this case particularly; I loved Dylans and Harpers first encounter!

„Love interrupted“ is a perfectly plotted story and a very quick read.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some very light spoilers in the following review, but nothing specific. I'll flag it, anyway, just to be safe. If you don't mind having a general sense of what's going on, you should be fine. If you'd rather go into the book completely fresh, skip this.

The romance felt a little quick, rather thin, and could've used some more scenes to build the chemistry. One of the greatest opportunities for that came with a conversation Harper had with Dylan about her past, but instead of seeing that conversation take place, we were just told about it in a hunk of exposition. Similarly, we got a little paragraph that told us the two had spent some time together every day for two weeks. How much of that time did we see? None of it. As a result, I never really had a sense that this relationship was built on much more than mutual attraction; the only bonding moments I really saw were sexual. The rest was mostly arguing.

Dylan's transformation from the devil's handmaiden into a professional halo model also felt unearned. I had a really hard time believing that she could go years and years without ever asking herself the big questions, only to suddenly drop all of her carefully constructed rationalizations over a woman she'd just met. I needed to see more internal struggle than was demonstrated. I never felt a moment or collection of moments powerful enough to elicit such a sudden and significant shift in ideology.

I think the part of the story that worked best was Robyn's role as the villain of the piece. We've seen the abusive spouse story before. It's usually a man, typically a bigot, and frequently a misogynist. Robyn had a little more nuance. Not a lot, but some. She felt a bit more fleshed out than the usual abuser caricature. Watching her slip into her own rationalizations, slide into anger by a matter of degrees, was disturbing. She really believed she was the hero of the story, not even realizing that the control she was exerting was just the mask that hid her rage.

Even so, it wasn't enough for me. I wanted to buy into the love story, and I didn't. I wanted to buy into Dylan's transformation, but I didn't. I wanted to watch Abi's growth, but it mostly happened behind the scenes; she spent most of her time as a victim. I wanted more scenes between Harper and her mom, but we just got the one. All in all, I just wanted more. This isn't a bad book, and it can make for an entertaining read, but it could have been...well, more.

[Musa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, straight forward romance with the two leads originally battling on different sides in a court case to being on the same team and falling in love. Not my most favorite from the author but still solid enough.

[Heinerway · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love Interrupted is a good book that could have been better. I tend to think the romance is more lust than love. The end is also a little bit rushed.

[Mo · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one didn't really work for me. I never felt any connection between the love interests, the character motivations, actions, and reaction were all over the place and were rarely rooted in reality or based on any mature rational thought.

Too much overblown, nonsensical drama, not enough meat to the story.

[Ayshen Claborn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining

I enjoyed it but I would have loved to see more of the love story. I felt it lacked believability because it felt a tad rushed. The ending was a little neat and tidy but the peripheral stories and cast helped.

[Nolly Frances Sepulveda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Read

I found this to be an interesting story with interesting characters. Dylan and Harper's role as Solicitors was strong and their inner struggles both professional and emotional made for a really great story.

[maya · Rating 2 out of 5]

The writing's fine. The characters are in their late 30s-40s and are solicitors. However, they're written in such a way that they're not in that age group with their over-dramatised reactions. It was borderline juvenile with some of the spoken sentences. Many scenes related to one of the side characters felt like they were shoehorned in - just to further the plot. It was a bit nonsensical. Lacks emotional payoff overall. A quick read, though.

[moxieBK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jade Winters writes dependable lesbian romances. I have probably commented before that reading her novels are like slipping into comfy jeans. There are never any surprises, there's always a good character; a bad character; and a just plain evil character. Maybe this one didn't have a straight up evil one. However, these are quick, fun, enjoyable reads.

Always nice to have a writer that I can just sit back and read in one night without fear of too much drama...or at least knowing that everything will be right as rain in the end.

Four stars.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book; the characters were well written and the plot enjoyable. I did feel like some of the characters changed too quickly. For example, Robyn went from hating children to being in love with her son. She also seemed unusually competent and comfortable with a baby for someone who disliked children. Overall a good read. Will consider Winters other books.

[Aidita Cruz Santoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could not put the book to rest...

... until I finished it! Love the pace of the story development, not too fast nor too slow. Right on point!
Love how she portraits the balance with two different point of views in a love relationship.

[Mirtha Siblesz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Story

I enjoyed this story. It was well developed and the main characters as well as the supporting characters were very believable. Good story!!!

[charles clayson · Rating 5 out of 5]

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SCORCHING!!!
I was extremely satisfied 😌. This story lived 💘 up to its description. WOW
Thank You Jade