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Getting There
Failure. That's the way Kat would sum up her life if you asked her. The list is impressive: estranged family, no job and two broken relationships. Kat's best friend checks them off one by one, and when Mary Margaret Martin has a point to make there's no stopping her. Kat usually lets Mary Margaret talk while blithely planning to do what she wants anyway. This time would be no different, but for one thing: Kat suspects Mary Margaret is right. She does need to stop drifting and a roof over her head would let her regroup. She knows she deserves better. She just doesn't want to go to the one place where everything in her life started to go wrong: home.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Lyn Denison
15 books60 followersLyn Denison was born and still resides in Brisbane, Australia, and attended school in Brisbane and Charters Towers. Before making writing a full-time career, Lyn was a librarian. Apart from reading, Lyn enjoys genealogy, scrapbooking, photography, playing her 12-string guitar and chatting with friends.
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October 12, 2025
This was terrific, best Lyn Denison book I've read yet. So much going on in the end, great characters, great children as part of the mix and a wonderful romance to finish it off.
Kat is our MC, suffering badly after her ten year relationship was ended by Shael, who is also Kat's beloved stepdaughter Meggie's mum. Having inherited an old house from her first love, her bestie Em convinces her to fix it up, either to sell or live in. She makes contact with a small local building firm, where she meets Jess, who has two children of her own and is still living with her ex and running the business together. Meanwhile Kat has been estranged from her own family ever since she came out to them 15 years prior and there are a few skeletons in that closet as well.
So much going on, Kat and Jess and Em and the kids are all great characters. Loved it all. 5 solid stars.
Kat is our MC, suffering badly after her ten year relationship was ended by Shael, who is also Kat's beloved stepdaughter Meggie's mum. Having inherited an old house from her first love, her bestie Em convinces her to fix it up, either to sell or live in. She makes contact with a small local building firm, where she meets Jess, who has two children of her own and is still living with her ex and running the business together. Meanwhile Kat has been estranged from her own family ever since she came out to them 15 years prior and there are a few skeletons in that closet as well.
So much going on, Kat and Jess and Em and the kids are all great characters. Loved it all. 5 solid stars.
August 4, 2022
3.5 stars
A 2011 book just released on audio with my absolute voice crush - Australian Jenny Walters - doing the narration. The main characters have interesting back stories and while it's insta-love and the brief love scene is super quick, it was enjoyable. Lots of pining and longing here. Some family drama thrown in the mix.
I can't say it's my favorite of Denison's, but I always enjoy her books. Definitely a treat on audio. I could listen to Walters all day long.
A 2011 book just released on audio with my absolute voice crush - Australian Jenny Walters - doing the narration. The main characters have interesting back stories and while it's insta-love and the brief love scene is super quick, it was enjoyable. Lots of pining and longing here. Some family drama thrown in the mix.
I can't say it's my favorite of Denison's, but I always enjoy her books. Definitely a treat on audio. I could listen to Walters all day long.
December 28, 2022
And they finally got there!
Waoh, this attraction was strung so far, the end was the only fulfilling aspect to the anticipated romantic interlude. The majority of the time the protagonist was self sabotaging, i suppose due to the insecurities she carries. On another level, it is interesting that the author showed family secrets in ways that had me reflecting on how apt the angle of such reflection is....every family has secrets, perhaps some more weighty than others but when you learn of those of others do not be quick to judge for yours might just be much worse.
Enjoyed the read in general, it just needed a lot of my patience to not twist the protagonist ears at times 😀
Waoh, this attraction was strung so far, the end was the only fulfilling aspect to the anticipated romantic interlude. The majority of the time the protagonist was self sabotaging, i suppose due to the insecurities she carries. On another level, it is interesting that the author showed family secrets in ways that had me reflecting on how apt the angle of such reflection is....every family has secrets, perhaps some more weighty than others but when you learn of those of others do not be quick to judge for yours might just be much worse.
Enjoyed the read in general, it just needed a lot of my patience to not twist the protagonist ears at times 😀
January 21, 2015
Not one of the best books by Lyn Denison, but not bad at all. A lot of miscommunication though.
December 31, 2024
Good read, I liked Kat and Jenn's relationship, and Em is hilarious.
Minor gripe: this could really use a few more chapters and/or a epilog. There are a LOT of unresolved plot bits that could use a wrap up like the stuff with her adopted & bio mother, the ex wife and custody issues and how Kat will fit into Jenn's life...
Minor gripe: this could really use a few more chapters and/or a epilog. There are a LOT of unresolved plot bits that could use a wrap up like the stuff with her adopted & bio mother, the ex wife and custody issues and how Kat will fit into Jenn's life...
May 21, 2023
Getting There is a great story of rebuilding a life, along with your heart.
Kat a Jess are delightful, and Em, Kat's best friend, is hysterical!!
The epic plot twist came racing around the corner, and I couldn't put this one down.
Kat a Jess are delightful, and Em, Kat's best friend, is hysterical!!
The epic plot twist came racing around the corner, and I couldn't put this one down.
August 18, 2019
Surprisingly good, with some twists.
October 20, 2024
excellent
Another great story from this author.
This was a page turner and i could not put it down.
Wonderful love story with a few twists and turns.
Another great story from this author.
This was a page turner and i could not put it down.
Wonderful love story with a few twists and turns.
March 14, 2024
I enjoyed this book and the characters. I do wish that it was more of a romance than one of self-discovery. I liked the writing by this author and look forward to reading more from them.
November 3, 2021
Lyn Denison has been a pioneer of the lesbian book since 1990, when she released her first book.
She has written over twenty books formerly published by Bella Books. The 90s were not yet very open to lesbianism. but since that date she has been able to write lesbian romances with sexual relations.
Many lesbian books today would not be published if some authors had not taken the lead. Read,The Wild One, Gold Fever, among others.
Read her books and see the modernity of what she wrote.
She has written over twenty books formerly published by Bella Books. The 90s were not yet very open to lesbianism. but since that date she has been able to write lesbian romances with sexual relations.
Many lesbian books today would not be published if some authors had not taken the lead. Read,The Wild One, Gold Fever, among others.
Read her books and see the modernity of what she wrote.
January 23, 2012
I appreciated how these women's lives were tangled up with ex-partners and children and custody issues. A sweet, quick romance.
August 8, 2015
A sweet romance with an unexpected twist...
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