YOU ARE A DIAMOND IN A VERY BIG SEA OF ROCKS, BABY
Book two of The Kellers of Beaumont Falls was a great addition to the first book of Jordan and Tegan but can read well a stand-alone story. Jake Keller has avoided his family and their business, making his way in Nashville and is a well-known country music artist. He will come back to Beaumont Falls for some rest and relaxation, to enjoy his home, and visit with his family before his next tour.
Whitney Blithe moves from Utah to the quiet, quaint town of Beaumont Falls and lands her a job with the newspaper. What a shock when the elusive Jake Keller contacts the paper himself and wants to do an interview, but only with her.
The plot will have Jake coming back to town and seeing Whitney coming into the town diner he is at and learning from some of the older men who she is and where she works. As a man who never has believed in love at first sight, even if he sings those type of songs, he is enamored with Whitney immediately. Beaumont Falls is a town they have men who believe in domestic discipline, and women who submit, he knows that is how his parent’s marriage is, and it is what he wants, someday.
“This is what Jake wanted—a happy wife and a happy life. If it took putting his wife over his knee from time to time, he believed this was an acceptable way of keeping the peace.”
The interview with Whitney will have Jake holding the upper hand, throwing her off, keeping her on edge and full of unexpected surprises. Jake doesn’t dress the part of his country singer act, and he shocks her with his off-the-record remarks. But when he tells her about her needing a spanking, he can see a bit of shock with interest.
“But Whitney? She was different. The chemistry between them was electric. She was just feisty enough to be challenging. Plus, she had chosen Beaumont Falls over the big city. They were meant to be, he was sure of it. You couldn’t buy this kind of chemistry; it just came naturally.”
The story will bring up more of his past, with his best friend in high school, Kyle, that drowned in the lake. And now he and Whitney are dealing with an overzealous stalker fan who has now targeted Whitney, and the threat is serious enough that he must move her in the private family compound and his home. The danger has Whitney going off and letting her mouth get away with her, she disobeys his order, and he can’t let it pass.
“There was something happening between them. Chemistry, fated connection, magnetism? I won’t have my girl being disrespectful, or doing anything to hurt the trust between us. Honesty is a hard rule for me.”
When Jake learns that she hasn’t been completely truthful with him about her family, that will become a hard issue that he won’t let her get away with. Lies of omission are still lies. The story will take on life and death issues when the stalker attacks and Whitney refuses to listen when Jake is just trying to keep her safe.
The story has many spankings and a few sex scenes. There is plenty of mystery and suspense, with secrets, angst, acceptance, and forgiveness with an HEA ending. I look forward to more stories in this series.