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After We Met
Gorgeous. Sweet. Funny. He made me feel things that I’d never felt before. In just one short week over Spring Break, I began to fall in love. That is until it all fell apart. Now, here I am, three years later and I’ve moved on, at least that’s what I told myself until he came crashing back into my life. Things have changed. I’ve changed, and there’s something he doesn’t know.
He wants me to give us another chance. I try to fight it, but it’s not long before all of those same old feelings come rushing back. I know he feels it too. I can see it every time he looks at me. I can feel it every time he touches me.
It feels like I’m missing something. Like there’s something that he’s not telling me. Something that has the potential to tear it all apart. After all, it’s not easy when you fall in love with your best friends’ father. I didn’t stand a chance after we met.
He wants me to give us another chance. I try to fight it, but it’s not long before all of those same old feelings come rushing back. I know he feels it too. I can see it every time he looks at me. I can feel it every time he touches me.
It feels like I’m missing something. Like there’s something that he’s not telling me. Something that has the potential to tear it all apart. After all, it’s not easy when you fall in love with your best friends’ father. I didn’t stand a chance after we met.
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A Midwesterner and self-proclaimed nerd, Evan has been an avid reader most of her life, but five years ago got bit by the writing bug, and it quickly became her addiction, passion and therapy. When the voices in her head give it a rest, she can always be found with her e-reader in her hand. Some of her favorites include, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, Madeline Sheehan and Jamie Mcguire. Evan finds a lot of her inspiration in music, so if you see her wearing her headphones you know she means business and is in the zone.
During the day Evan works for a large homecare agency and at night she’s superwoman. She’s a wife to Jim and a mom to Ethan and Evan, a cook, a tutor, a friend and a writer. How does she do it? She’ll never tell.
A Midwesterner and self-proclaimed nerd, Evan has been an avid reader most of her life, but five years ago got bit by the writing bug, and it quickly became her addiction, passion and therapy. When the voices in her head give it a rest, she can always be found with her e-reader in her hand. Some of her favorites include, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, Madeline Sheehan and Jamie Mcguire. Evan finds a lot of her inspiration in music, so if you see her wearing her headphones you know she means business and is in the zone.
During the day Evan works for a large homecare agency and at night she’s superwoman. She’s a wife to Jim and a mom to Ethan and Evan, a cook, a tutor, a friend and a writer. How does she do it? She’ll never tell.
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September 24, 2020
I hated that book and I am gonna show why
Lani is the heroine
1) when he realizes que desires the “heroine”
I smile down at the sexy redhead. Yes, this is exactly what I need—fuck Jenna until the desire I feel for Lani goes away. I lean down and kiss her plump, juicy lips. Her tongue brushes mine and my cock starts to twitch in my pants.
He says that and makes out with Jenna all day in front of Lani, then during the night he is naked in the kitchen and the h asks him about Jenna being his girlfriend and his answer is “No, she’s not. She’s just a friend.” He walks toward me, and I can’t help but watch his dick bob with each step he takes. “I wanted to fuck her until I couldn’t see straight, but in the end, I just couldn’t.”
2) they fuck
He pulls out of me and I feel his cum leak out of me. “Umm… you didn’t use a condom. I’m not on birth control.” “Fuck, I’m so sorry. I was tested a few months ago and the tests were negative. I’ll take care of you, whatever happens.” Damon strokes my cheek and I believe what he says.
3)three years later after he rejected her when his daughter found out about him and laine (they were together for less than a week)
“I roll over, panting for breath before hugging April into my side. Her hair smells like coconut as I bury my nose in her blonde locks. We’ve been dating on and off for the past six months. It’s not super serious and we have an open relationship—it works. We met through my best friend, Tony and just clicked. Hell, I haven’t clicked with anyone since…well, I’m not going to go there.”
April climbing out of my bed and grabbing my t-shirt off the floor, slipping it on. My stomach sours because it’s the blue Ron Jon t-shirt that Lani bought me. The first year after she left I couldn’t bear to look at it. Then I wore it all of the time. It’s just a reminder of her. April pulls me from my thoughts when she wraps her arms around me. “I’m hungry. I’m going to grab something to eat.”
As much as it killed me to send Lani away that morning, I couldn’t let my feelings for her jeopardize my relationship with my daughter.
While the heroine raises his daughter alone his is doing that: “April: Do you want to have dinner tonight at my place? I type out a quick message to her. Damon: Sure, what time do you want me there? April: Seven and bring your appetite. My dick twitches in my shorts when I think about what she’s probably hungry for. The woman is insatiable and gives as good as she takes. “You seeing April tonight?”
April greets me at the door and my dick immediately gets hard at the sight of her. She’s in white, tiny little booty shorts and a purple tank top. She gives me a knowing smile as she looks down at my cock that’s trying to punch through my shorts. As soon as I reach April, I wrap my arm around her waist, pulling her to me. “Please tell me we have a while before dinner.” Her teeth bite into her plump lower lip as she reaches down, cupping my dick. “Oh, we have a little time.”
4) after Grant (the “hero”) meets again Lani and sees his daughter who looks just like him for the first time he is with April, his girlfriend
He stops right in front of me. I don’t want to be the first one to speak. Luckily he doesn’t make me. “She’s mine?”
Of course she’s yours. I called you and left you a message, but you never bothered to respond.” “I-I deleted all of your messages without listening to them.” Well, that hurts more than it should. “You should’ve kept trying until I answered.” My eyes burn, but he’s not going to see me break. “Kept trying? Someone can only be rejected so much before they take the hint.” “You could’ve sent me a letter or an email.”
“Sophie is my daughter. Don’t I have the right to see her? To get to know her?”
After this: When April and I get back to the hotel, she’s back to her normal self. On the elevator I pull her to me, wrapping her in my arms. I kiss her slowly and thoroughly, but guilt plagues me because all I see is Lani. What I wouldn’t give to hold her in my arms and to kiss the lips that I grew to love in such a short period of time. I pull back as the elevator doors open and then drag her toward our room where I attempt to fuck Lani out of my thoughts.
5) Grant and Lanis mother
“You felt such a connection to her that for three years you disappeared out of her life, out of the life of the child you created, and you have a girlfriend.” “What did you expect me to do, Lisa? I began to fall in love with someone who was my daughter’s age. I felt like a pervert and scum, and I did what I thought was best. Yes, I have a girlfriend, but she doesn’t factor into any of this.” “Do you mean she’s never going to meet Sophie? Spend time with her?” Lisa asks. I shrug. “We’re not serious, Lisa. If a time comes that we get that way then I’ll introduce her to my daughter.”
6) grant and his girlfriend
“Are you still in love with her?” Am I? Was I ever? I know I’m not in love with April, and as I look at her, I know that’s how she feels about me. How did I not see it? Because I’m a selfish asshole, that’s why. “I honestly don’t know.”
Then she asks if he could ever love her and he says he is sorry for leading her and then she left
7) KNOW THE SHIT GETS WORSE
Heroine talks to her friend about a blind date and it is implied that before that conversation she was not read to date but she accepts the date when she comes back from Florida that is where grant lives and she is taking their daughter Sophie to spend time with him
A few days and they already fuck and the doormat thinks that: “It feels so weird being back in this bed and my stomach turns thinking about how many women Damon’s had in this bed. I know I have no right to feel that way, but while I—nope not going to go there.”
8) still in Florida AHHHHH
“I’m not on birth control.” “Can I just feel you bare real quick? Then I’ll put on a condom.” I know it’s risky or maybe stupid and our daughter is the result of not using a condom one time, but I would love to feel him without any latex between us.”
Yeah you guess right he comes inside her and tells: “Shit, baby. I came inside you.” Damon kisses my lips. “I know I was going to remind you, but it felt so good. The timing isn’t right anyway. I think we’re good.” He rolls to his back and snuggles me into his side. “If it happens, you know you’ll have me.” Damon tips my chin up so he can kiss me. “Let’s go shower and then I’ll be ready to go again.” I smile up at him and let him pull me out of bed.
Yeah just like you were there for her the last time you piece of shit, why the fuck this doormat still talks to that asshole??? Stupid bi
9) LOOK AT THAT SHIT HE KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT WITG HIS BABY, SHE HEAR THE MESSAGE SHE SENT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BABY BECAUSE HE STILL HAS IT SAVED ON HIS PHONE AND LEFT FLORIDA AND TWO WEEKS GOES BY WITHOUT CONTACT BETWEEN THEN AND HE APPEARS AND TELL SOME LAME ASS EXCUSE AND RIGHT AFTER THEY FUCK and after that the books ends with her pregnant after the make up sex and they are married and it to disgusting
No one knows that I knew that Lani was pregnant and I made the decision to stay away. I hate myself every time I look at Lani or Sophie. I hate that Lani struggled financially while I was trying to move on with my life. It makes no sense that I assumed that she’d be better off without me. I had convinced myself that since didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
After she finds out that he knew about the baby but still didn’t give a shirt for years because he didn’t go look for her, they meet again because of his daughter molly that is working with laine but still things she is a bitch for sleeping with her fathers and just wants to shove his girlfriend in the heroines face
“Lani, baby I can explain I promise.” “Explain what,” she shouts. “You knew I was pregnant and you still stayed away. If Molly didn’t do what she did, you’d never know that Sophie existed. Just admit it, you didn’t want her, you didn’t want me, and all of this has been about making you feel better because you abandoned your fucking child.”
Well he obviously doesn’t have an answer to that because he obviously doesn’t love no one other than himself and is a pice of shit with who didn’t deserve redemption
His reason to reject her and his child is:
“Anyway, I heard your message and I was honestly terrified. What was I going to do? I wanted to call you right away, but I kept chickening out. Then it was because I figured you were better off without me. You scare me Lani, and you always have. I didn’t expect to have such strong feelings for you, but after we met that all changed. Time kept passing and when you never tried to contact me I thought maybe you had not gone through with the pregnancy or that maybe you lost her…Then I was scared what it would do to the shaky relationship that Molly and I had, which is all on me, not her.”
She was pregnant and alone but he was the one terrified
They have a motherfucking HEA with two more babies and I fucking pukes when I read that garbage AUTHOR DO YOU FUCKING HATE WOMEN? BECAUSE THIS IS TRASH
Lani is the heroine
1) when he realizes que desires the “heroine”
I smile down at the sexy redhead. Yes, this is exactly what I need—fuck Jenna until the desire I feel for Lani goes away. I lean down and kiss her plump, juicy lips. Her tongue brushes mine and my cock starts to twitch in my pants.
He says that and makes out with Jenna all day in front of Lani, then during the night he is naked in the kitchen and the h asks him about Jenna being his girlfriend and his answer is “No, she’s not. She’s just a friend.” He walks toward me, and I can’t help but watch his dick bob with each step he takes. “I wanted to fuck her until I couldn’t see straight, but in the end, I just couldn’t.”
2) they fuck
He pulls out of me and I feel his cum leak out of me. “Umm… you didn’t use a condom. I’m not on birth control.” “Fuck, I’m so sorry. I was tested a few months ago and the tests were negative. I’ll take care of you, whatever happens.” Damon strokes my cheek and I believe what he says.
3)three years later after he rejected her when his daughter found out about him and laine (they were together for less than a week)
“I roll over, panting for breath before hugging April into my side. Her hair smells like coconut as I bury my nose in her blonde locks. We’ve been dating on and off for the past six months. It’s not super serious and we have an open relationship—it works. We met through my best friend, Tony and just clicked. Hell, I haven’t clicked with anyone since…well, I’m not going to go there.”
April climbing out of my bed and grabbing my t-shirt off the floor, slipping it on. My stomach sours because it’s the blue Ron Jon t-shirt that Lani bought me. The first year after she left I couldn’t bear to look at it. Then I wore it all of the time. It’s just a reminder of her. April pulls me from my thoughts when she wraps her arms around me. “I’m hungry. I’m going to grab something to eat.”
As much as it killed me to send Lani away that morning, I couldn’t let my feelings for her jeopardize my relationship with my daughter.
While the heroine raises his daughter alone his is doing that: “April: Do you want to have dinner tonight at my place? I type out a quick message to her. Damon: Sure, what time do you want me there? April: Seven and bring your appetite. My dick twitches in my shorts when I think about what she’s probably hungry for. The woman is insatiable and gives as good as she takes. “You seeing April tonight?”
April greets me at the door and my dick immediately gets hard at the sight of her. She’s in white, tiny little booty shorts and a purple tank top. She gives me a knowing smile as she looks down at my cock that’s trying to punch through my shorts. As soon as I reach April, I wrap my arm around her waist, pulling her to me. “Please tell me we have a while before dinner.” Her teeth bite into her plump lower lip as she reaches down, cupping my dick. “Oh, we have a little time.”
4) after Grant (the “hero”) meets again Lani and sees his daughter who looks just like him for the first time he is with April, his girlfriend
He stops right in front of me. I don’t want to be the first one to speak. Luckily he doesn’t make me. “She’s mine?”
Of course she’s yours. I called you and left you a message, but you never bothered to respond.” “I-I deleted all of your messages without listening to them.” Well, that hurts more than it should. “You should’ve kept trying until I answered.” My eyes burn, but he’s not going to see me break. “Kept trying? Someone can only be rejected so much before they take the hint.” “You could’ve sent me a letter or an email.”
“Sophie is my daughter. Don’t I have the right to see her? To get to know her?”
After this: When April and I get back to the hotel, she’s back to her normal self. On the elevator I pull her to me, wrapping her in my arms. I kiss her slowly and thoroughly, but guilt plagues me because all I see is Lani. What I wouldn’t give to hold her in my arms and to kiss the lips that I grew to love in such a short period of time. I pull back as the elevator doors open and then drag her toward our room where I attempt to fuck Lani out of my thoughts.
5) Grant and Lanis mother
“You felt such a connection to her that for three years you disappeared out of her life, out of the life of the child you created, and you have a girlfriend.” “What did you expect me to do, Lisa? I began to fall in love with someone who was my daughter’s age. I felt like a pervert and scum, and I did what I thought was best. Yes, I have a girlfriend, but she doesn’t factor into any of this.” “Do you mean she’s never going to meet Sophie? Spend time with her?” Lisa asks. I shrug. “We’re not serious, Lisa. If a time comes that we get that way then I’ll introduce her to my daughter.”
6) grant and his girlfriend
“Are you still in love with her?” Am I? Was I ever? I know I’m not in love with April, and as I look at her, I know that’s how she feels about me. How did I not see it? Because I’m a selfish asshole, that’s why. “I honestly don’t know.”
Then she asks if he could ever love her and he says he is sorry for leading her and then she left
7) KNOW THE SHIT GETS WORSE
Heroine talks to her friend about a blind date and it is implied that before that conversation she was not read to date but she accepts the date when she comes back from Florida that is where grant lives and she is taking their daughter Sophie to spend time with him
A few days and they already fuck and the doormat thinks that: “It feels so weird being back in this bed and my stomach turns thinking about how many women Damon’s had in this bed. I know I have no right to feel that way, but while I—nope not going to go there.”
8) still in Florida AHHHHH
“I’m not on birth control.” “Can I just feel you bare real quick? Then I’ll put on a condom.” I know it’s risky or maybe stupid and our daughter is the result of not using a condom one time, but I would love to feel him without any latex between us.”
Yeah you guess right he comes inside her and tells: “Shit, baby. I came inside you.” Damon kisses my lips. “I know I was going to remind you, but it felt so good. The timing isn’t right anyway. I think we’re good.” He rolls to his back and snuggles me into his side. “If it happens, you know you’ll have me.” Damon tips my chin up so he can kiss me. “Let’s go shower and then I’ll be ready to go again.” I smile up at him and let him pull me out of bed.
Yeah just like you were there for her the last time you piece of shit, why the fuck this doormat still talks to that asshole??? Stupid bi
9) LOOK AT THAT SHIT HE KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT WITG HIS BABY, SHE HEAR THE MESSAGE SHE SENT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BABY BECAUSE HE STILL HAS IT SAVED ON HIS PHONE AND LEFT FLORIDA AND TWO WEEKS GOES BY WITHOUT CONTACT BETWEEN THEN AND HE APPEARS AND TELL SOME LAME ASS EXCUSE AND RIGHT AFTER THEY FUCK and after that the books ends with her pregnant after the make up sex and they are married and it to disgusting
No one knows that I knew that Lani was pregnant and I made the decision to stay away. I hate myself every time I look at Lani or Sophie. I hate that Lani struggled financially while I was trying to move on with my life. It makes no sense that I assumed that she’d be better off without me. I had convinced myself that since didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
After she finds out that he knew about the baby but still didn’t give a shirt for years because he didn’t go look for her, they meet again because of his daughter molly that is working with laine but still things she is a bitch for sleeping with her fathers and just wants to shove his girlfriend in the heroines face
“Lani, baby I can explain I promise.” “Explain what,” she shouts. “You knew I was pregnant and you still stayed away. If Molly didn’t do what she did, you’d never know that Sophie existed. Just admit it, you didn’t want her, you didn’t want me, and all of this has been about making you feel better because you abandoned your fucking child.”
Well he obviously doesn’t have an answer to that because he obviously doesn’t love no one other than himself and is a pice of shit with who didn’t deserve redemption
His reason to reject her and his child is:
“Anyway, I heard your message and I was honestly terrified. What was I going to do? I wanted to call you right away, but I kept chickening out. Then it was because I figured you were better off without me. You scare me Lani, and you always have. I didn’t expect to have such strong feelings for you, but after we met that all changed. Time kept passing and when you never tried to contact me I thought maybe you had not gone through with the pregnancy or that maybe you lost her…Then I was scared what it would do to the shaky relationship that Molly and I had, which is all on me, not her.”
She was pregnant and alone but he was the one terrified
They have a motherfucking HEA with two more babies and I fucking pukes when I read that garbage AUTHOR DO YOU FUCKING HATE WOMEN? BECAUSE THIS IS TRASH
September 24, 2019
I was really looking forward to this story. I love the trope and if you mix age gap, forbidden love and a secret child you should get angst angst angst.
Unluckily I was a bit disappointed....too much and too many times.
I wanted the butterflies in my belly and ended up with punches in my stomach.
The way Molly finds out her best friend is having a relationship? an affair? a fling? a thing?? with her dad is so anticlimactic and comes out flat because soon another scene starts with Lani getting in a car being sent away.
Where’s the angst? The pain? The pleasure of having my heart broken?
There's no building up, no chemistry, no sparks.
No coherence. The key word is "time jumps" where the INTERESTING STUFF happens in another parallel universe, OFF STORY.
These characters are cartoonish thanks to the lack of depth and substance.
Scenes that could have added angst but also depth were not addressed, and some only marginally.
I'm TOLD and TOLD what happens.
No confrontation between Molly and Lani.
These two are supposedly best-friends. I find out my bestie is screwing my virginal celibate dad *insert eye rolls* and NOTHING HAPPENS? I’m just told of Lani trying to talk to her when back at college and getting the cold shoulder?
That's IT?
No confrontation between Molly and Damon.
We are only told there was some screaming and crying by her. He feared to hurt their relationship. If you were so afraid this could affect your dad-daughter relationship why haven't you thought before of the consequences?
This is a case of "you are sorry you were caught" . You did not put up even the slightest hint of a fight to stay away from Lani or to defend what happened between you two.
No confrontation between Lani and Damon.
I don’t see her trying to talk to the man she fell in lust/love with. Since I don't know what happened in my mind she gave up without a fight.
On the other end this grown man had not the balls to confront Lani about the situation.
This girl he had a strong connection with was dropped like a hot potato.
This big talk of strong feelings and at the first obstacle they can be put aside and buried.
By him above all.
No confrontation between Damon and Tony after Molly confessed she had sex with him.
Tony is Damon's best friend and Lani surprised him with Molly going at it in the bathroom of Damon's house. Why to write of these two having sex if nothing more, in terms of angst, was coming from it?
Just for the sake of useless drama?
And even then there was no drama at all to speak of. A couple of punches and Tony was in the clear.
Bahh!
The only one who was not granted forgiveness was Lani.
Because Damon just fell and slipped his willy in Lani's flower….
Because Molly has nothing to hide from her dad….
Because Tony has no business with his best friend's daughter.
Lani is the only one who committed a capital sin.
Poor Damien, taken advantage of....
Poor Molly, lied to....
Poor Tony, fucked without consequences...
Poor Lani.
Taken advantage of, lied to and fucked without care.
Damon is a fucker. In any sense. He is a douchebag that fucks with other women to forget Lani and remembers of her when it's convenient.
I love assholes heroes, they are my kryptonite but Damon is all except this.
He is an immature, irresolute moron.
And when you read the twist toward the end you learn he is not only a scum but also a LIAR.
Why does you keep trying to put the blame on her and find excuses for your unexcusable behavior?
Right now when you are talking with Lani YOU KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT BECAUSE YOU LISTENED TO HER MESSAGE AND SO YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT SOPHIE IS YOUR DAUGHTER!!!
You are 45 years old for Christ’s Sake!!! Grow a pair!!!
Just because you have strong feelings for a girl it’s okay to forget you have a child on the way?
What kind of reasoning is this??
And later the same day talking with April the girlfriend...
He was so in love with Lani that moved on from her very easily and without second thoughts or doubts because who said he is or was in love?
He himself doesn't know.
When it suits him he loved her, when it doesn't he didn't.
And forward in the story we are going to know, like I've written before, that he knew of the child.
He feels guilty when he needs to guilty Lani into UNDERSTAND his motivations or to raise the sympathetic feelings of the people around him and of the readers.
There’s NO GREAT LOVE LOST HERE.
But I have issues not only with Damon but with Lani as well because she is no exempt from criticisms.
Lani is a crier. She burst into tears for whatever reason.
Every time this girl faces a problem she runs, she bursts into tears and forgets and forgives the wrongs she was subjected to at an alarming speed.
I get Damon is a hot man but he is also stupid, inconsistent, untrustworthy and deceitful but Lani here is no steadfast in her stances either.
Two sweet words, a couple of thrusts and she sees things in a new light.
What was a mountain becomes a grain of sand.
Problem solved.
Is it me? I'd have made him growl, beg, walk on tenterhooks and cry for a long time and even then I don't know if I'd have taken him back.
I’d have made him go through hell! I’m petty and vengeful like that!
Damon the Dummy here is no Prince Charming.
You were trying to move on with your life, successfully I might add. Forgetting consciously that there might be a child of yours out in the world you willingly decided to discard.
Even if you haven’t read Lani’s message informing you of her pregnancy you still knew very well there was a possibility she could be expecting a baby!!!! In either case you didn’t care and have made trifling excuses only your own sorry ass can buy into.
He is a lion at words but a hyena at facts.
What happens now that the story is finished and all the love went missing drowned by the heroine’s tears and the hero’s dumminess?
I know it seems I hated this story but actually there were few parts I liked, above all the ones with Sophie. She’s such a cutie.
At the end it's an ok read.
Unluckily I was a bit disappointed....too much and too many times.
I wanted the butterflies in my belly and ended up with punches in my stomach.
The way Molly finds out her best friend is having a relationship? an affair? a fling? a thing?? with her dad is so anticlimactic and comes out flat because soon another scene starts with Lani getting in a car being sent away.
Where’s the angst? The pain? The pleasure of having my heart broken?
There's no building up, no chemistry, no sparks.
No coherence. The key word is "time jumps" where the INTERESTING STUFF happens in another parallel universe, OFF STORY.
These characters are cartoonish thanks to the lack of depth and substance.
Scenes that could have added angst but also depth were not addressed, and some only marginally.
I'm TOLD and TOLD what happens.
No confrontation between Molly and Lani.
These two are supposedly best-friends. I find out my bestie is screwing my virginal celibate dad *insert eye rolls* and NOTHING HAPPENS? I’m just told of Lani trying to talk to her when back at college and getting the cold shoulder?
That's IT?
No confrontation between Molly and Damon.
We are only told there was some screaming and crying by her. He feared to hurt their relationship. If you were so afraid this could affect your dad-daughter relationship why haven't you thought before of the consequences?
This is a case of "you are sorry you were caught" . You did not put up even the slightest hint of a fight to stay away from Lani or to defend what happened between you two.
No confrontation between Lani and Damon.
I don’t see her trying to talk to the man she fell in lust/love with. Since I don't know what happened in my mind she gave up without a fight.
On the other end this grown man had not the balls to confront Lani about the situation.
This girl he had a strong connection with was dropped like a hot potato.
This big talk of strong feelings and at the first obstacle they can be put aside and buried.
By him above all.
No confrontation between Damon and Tony after Molly confessed she had sex with him.
Tony is Damon's best friend and Lani surprised him with Molly going at it in the bathroom of Damon's house. Why to write of these two having sex if nothing more, in terms of angst, was coming from it?
Just for the sake of useless drama?
And even then there was no drama at all to speak of. A couple of punches and Tony was in the clear.
Bahh!
“I’d been livid and my friendship with Tony was on shaky ground for a long time. In the end, my daughter forgave me, of course with me not telling her the full extent of my feelings for Lani, and I forgave Tony, because if Molly could forgive me then I could forgive him. I’m not saying I didn’t punch that fucker in the face once or twice, but eventually, I got over it.”
The only one who was not granted forgiveness was Lani.
Because Damon just fell and slipped his willy in Lani's flower….
Because Molly has nothing to hide from her dad….
Because Tony has no business with his best friend's daughter.
Lani is the only one who committed a capital sin.
Poor Damien, taken advantage of....
Poor Molly, lied to....
Poor Tony, fucked without consequences...
Poor Lani.
Taken advantage of, lied to and fucked without care.
Damon is a fucker. In any sense. He is a douchebag that fucks with other women to forget Lani and remembers of her when it's convenient.
I love assholes heroes, they are my kryptonite but Damon is all except this.
He is an immature, irresolute moron.
And when you read the twist toward the end you learn he is not only a scum but also a LIAR.
“He stops right in front of me. I don’t want to be the first one to speak.
Luckily he doesn’t make me. “She’s mine?”
“Of course she’s yours. I called you and left you a message, but you never bothered to respond.”
“I-I deleted all of your messages without listening to them.” Well, that hurts more than it should. “You should’ve kept trying until I answered.”
Why does you keep trying to put the blame on her and find excuses for your unexcusable behavior?
Right now when you are talking with Lani YOU KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT BECAUSE YOU LISTENED TO HER MESSAGE AND SO YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT SOPHIE IS YOUR DAUGHTER!!!
"Anyway, I heard your message and I was honestly terrified. What was I going to do? I wanted to call you right away, but I kept chickening out. Then it was because I figured you were better off without me. You scare me Lani, and you always have. I didn’t expect to have such strong feelings for you, but after we met that all changed. Time kept passing and when you never tried to contact me I thought maybe you had not gone through with the pregnancy or that maybe you lost her…Then I was scared what it would do to the shaky relationship that Molly and I had, which is all on me, not her."
You are 45 years old for Christ’s Sake!!! Grow a pair!!!
Just because you have strong feelings for a girl it’s okay to forget you have a child on the way?
What kind of reasoning is this??
I lean forward. “I’ve thought about her a lot over the past three years. Do you think it was easy to let her go? I’m almost forty-five years old and I’ve never felt a connection like that before."
She throws her head back and starts to laugh. “You felt such a connection to her that for three years you disappeared out of her life, out of the life of the child you created, and you have a girlfriend.”
And later the same day talking with April the girlfriend...
“Damon, you’ve done nothing but talk about Lani and your daughter since you found them.” She stands up and moves toward me. “Are you still in love with her?”
Am I? Was I ever? I know I’m not in love with April, and as I look at her, I know that’s how she feels about me. How did I not see it? Because I’m a selfish asshole, that’s why. “I honestly don’t know.”
He was so in love with Lani that moved on from her very easily and without second thoughts or doubts because who said he is or was in love?
He himself doesn't know.
When it suits him he loved her, when it doesn't he didn't.
And forward in the story we are going to know, like I've written before, that he knew of the child.
He feels guilty when he needs to guilty Lani into UNDERSTAND his motivations or to raise the sympathetic feelings of the people around him and of the readers.
There’s NO GREAT LOVE LOST HERE.
But I have issues not only with Damon but with Lani as well because she is no exempt from criticisms.
Lani is a crier. She burst into tears for whatever reason.
Every time this girl faces a problem she runs, she bursts into tears and forgets and forgives the wrongs she was subjected to at an alarming speed.
I get Damon is a hot man but he is also stupid, inconsistent, untrustworthy and deceitful but Lani here is no steadfast in her stances either.
Two sweet words, a couple of thrusts and she sees things in a new light.
What was a mountain becomes a grain of sand.
Problem solved.
Is it me? I'd have made him growl, beg, walk on tenterhooks and cry for a long time and even then I don't know if I'd have taken him back.
I’d have made him go through hell! I’m petty and vengeful like that!
Damon the Dummy here is no Prince Charming.
“No one knows that I knew that Lani was pregnant and I made the decision to stay away. I hate myself every time I look at Lani or Sophie. I hate that Lani struggled financially while I was trying to move on with my life.
It makes no sense that I assumed that she’d be better off without me. I had convinced myself that since she didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
I need to make sure she knows how much I love her, because I do, and how much I love our daughter. Then maybe it’ll help her forgive me for being the worst possible human on the planet.”
You were trying to move on with your life, successfully I might add. Forgetting consciously that there might be a child of yours out in the world you willingly decided to discard.
“Umm… you didn’t use a condom. I’m not on birth control.”
“Fuck, I’m so sorry. I was tested a few months ago and the tests were negative. I’ll take care of you, whatever happens.” Damon strokes my cheek and I believe what he says.”
Even if you haven’t read Lani’s message informing you of her pregnancy you still knew very well there was a possibility she could be expecting a baby!!!! In either case you didn’t care and have made trifling excuses only your own sorry ass can buy into.
He is a lion at words but a hyena at facts.
What happens now that the story is finished and all the love went missing drowned by the heroine’s tears and the hero’s dumminess?
I know it seems I hated this story but actually there were few parts I liked, above all the ones with Sophie. She’s such a cutie.
At the end it's an ok read.
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August 30, 2019There is legit SOOOO much wrong with this book it would take me twelve paragraphs just to list it all...
August 30, 2019
This book wasn’t bad, but I expected more connection between the characters.
September 6, 2019
Lately I’ve been picking new to me authors and it just hasn’t been working for me. This book had such promise! I was really looking forward to reading this book! The age gap... the forbiddeness. I was all in.
But.... I knew right away once I started this book, I was going to have a hard time with it. The writing....The way the story was unfolding. Just wasn’t working for me.
The way Lani was describe right off the bat... I picture her with a Ronda Rousey boxing type of body. The "pretty muscular" was throwing me off. I was just picturing one of those girls that does those body building competition.
“Me, on the other hand, I’ve got dark hair and eyes, light tan skin and I’m pretty muscular. I joined Crossfit after I gained my freshman thirty. Now I’ve got muscles and I’m fucking strong. Molly assures me all of the time that my body is still girly.”
This book is details overload! I hate that! That always feels like filler to me. To eat up more space. Every little thing is said in this book. Down to brushing your teeth and putting deodorant on! I hate that.
A quick going upstairs to change would’ve been better. Then coming back down to say she has a red bikini on would have been better. Then this.
- “Upstairs I change into my red bikini and slip on black knit shorts and a white tank top on over it. In the bathroom, I throw my hair into a ponytail, brush my teeth, and slap some deodorant on. I slip into a pair of flip-flops and then head downstairs.”
- “Let me get rid of this.” I climb out of bed and step into the bathroom, getting rid of the condom, taking a leak, and then washing my hands. Back in my bedroom, I find Lani looking like a vision."
I mean... did we really need to know he took a leak? Taking care of the condom pretty much says he’s doing stuff in the bathroom!
Overlooking the overload of details and writing... I tried focusing on the story itself. I wasn’t feeling it at all!
Molly... “the best friend” was no friend at all! She was a horrible person! I would not forgive her. But I would tolerate her because she would be my daughter’s sister. I hated how she treated Lani. And after seeing her 3 years later! To still talk and act like the way she did was way over the top.
“I was a little surprised to see you here. I just wanted to let you know I won’t tell anyone that you’re a daddy fucker.”
I mean what! Get over it! She slept with your dad!! It’s not the end of the world!
Damon.... oh boy! Where do I start! He was the worst! He’s making out with a women in front of Lani to rid his mind of her. Because she’s his daughter’s best friend. Then he’s standing naked eating chips in the dark in the kitchen. And of course Lani walks in to see all that. Then he starts to masturbate while she walks back to her room. And she looks back to see it happening.
Maybe if the girl Damon was making out with earlier... I would’ve been into this scene. But all I Kept thinking was. He was fooling around with another girl before all that.
Girl one-
“I need—fuck Jenna until the desire I feel for Lani goes away. I lean down and kiss her plump, juicy lips.”
Girl two- after sleeping with Lani 3 years later.
“I roll over, panting for breath before hugging April into my side. Her hair smells like coconut as I bury my nose in her blonde locks. We’ve been dating on and off for the past six months. It’s not super serious and we have an open relationship—it works.”
After meeting up with Lani and his daughter for the first time.
“When April and I get back to the hotel, she’s back to her normal self. On the elevator I pull her to me, wrapping her in my arms. I kiss her slowly and thoroughly, but guilt plagues me because all I see is Lani. What I wouldn’t give to hold her in my arms and to kiss the lips that I grew to love in such a short period of time. I pull back as the elevator doors open and then drag her toward our room where I attempt to fuck Lani out of my thoughts.”
For me in this book. I hated how he was with other women before and after being with Lani.
Ok... so now this is the part of the book that really got me. After Lani found out about being pregnant with Damon’s baby. Lani called and called. He never returned her calls.
She left him a message about being pregnant. Nothing.
So... 3 years later... she’s living her life.
Surprise! Damon finds out he’s a daddy again. Now... this had me so upset!! And I almost DNF this book. But I’m already in this far! So might as well keep going!
Why did the author feel the need to add this little bomb. It brought absolutely nothing to the book for me. Only to hate Damon. Because I was ok with him just finding out that he had a child with Lani. It was a shock.
But when he said that his secret would be hard for her to forgive him. And then found out!
Yeah... no! I would not forgive!!!
“I grab my phone and pull up my phone app and go to my voicemails. I hit the button for the one I’ve saved all this time. “H-Hey Damon it’s me… again. This is the last time I’ll bother you, but I just wanted to let you know that I’m pregnant. It’s yours, obviously, but I thought you should know I-I’m keeping it.” There’s a pause. “I’m sorry things went down the way they did.” No one knows that I knew that Lani was pregnant and I made the decision to stay away. I hate myself every time I look at Lani or Sophie. I hate that Lani struggled financially while I was trying to move on with my life. It makes no sense that I assumed that she’d be better off without me. I had convinced myself that since she didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
This right here! Was a BIG wtf!!!
“I had convinced myself that since she didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
There’s nothing you can or could say for me to forgive him. It’s unforgivable! Especially when he say something like this!
“It sickens me that I almost missed out on her and her mother and the joy they’ve brought into my life. I’m running out of time to tell Lani the truth and the longer I wait, the more it could backfire on me.
And when she find out! This is what he tells Lani!
“I was scared. I was afraid that it would ruin my relationship with Molly and things were already strained.
He picked his first daughter feelings over the baby! Just straight up ignored it all. And acted like nothing was going on.
Lani... she needed more of a backbone.she sleeps with Damon immediately after going back to Florida for a visit. So Damon could spend time with his daughter. She just jumps right in with him. I was so aggravated and annoyed with her. I mean! Play hard to get! Something! But nope. They are both rolling around like he never ghosted her for 3 years!
I was shocked that the mother so easily ambushed her daughter the way she did. Just bringing Damon to her without even talking to her first! My jaw dropping. Why do that to her and then just go to her. She’s at a friends house too! I was so upset about that!
Then her mother says this!
“Oh honey.” Mom grabs some tissue and starts wiping my face like when I was a little girl. “Damon called me a lot until I heard him out and he pled his case. He showed up at the house. We talked—well at first I yelled and he listened. Then I listened and baby you should really give him a chance to talk to you.” “Why? He knew I was pregnant and he didn’t care.” My voice cracks. “He’s her dad, but I’m not going to let him hurt me again.” “Just talk to him, okay
Everything that came out of Damon’s mouth was horrible. His reasoning too!!!
“How was I supposed to prove to her that I love her so fucking much and that I want us to be a family—that I’ll live with the regret of not calling Lani after I got her message for the rest of my life?
Again... Lani just up and leaves with him. Like nothing. But the reason why he never contacted her was unbelievable! His relationship with his first daughter was rocky. So he didn’t bother!!! I mean! WTF!!!! That’s just crazy!!!! And since she never contacted him! He automatically thought she had an abortion or lost the baby!
Omg!!! Seriously!!
“I got your message, but it was at least two weeks before I actually listened to it. Molly was barely talking to me and I had to deal with her mom a lot because I hurt our daughter.” “Anyway, I heard your message and I was honestly terrified. What was I going to do? I wanted to call you right away, but I kept chickening out. Then it was because I figured you were better off without me. You scare me Lani, and you always have. I didn’t expect to have such strong feelings for you, but after we met that all changed. Time kept passing and when you never tried to contact me I thought maybe you had not gone through with the pregnancy or that maybe you lost her…Then I was scared what it would do to the shaky relationship that Molly and I had, which is all on me, not her.
After all that and not hearing from him for 2 weeks. She forgave him like nothing happened. She in fact jumps right into bed with him! For getting everything because she missed him!!!
“Lani surprises me by grabbing my face the way I am hers. “I was so mad and so hurt, but I missed you so freaking much. Every night Sophie asked for her daddy and I didn’t know what to t-tell her.” “If you forgive me, I’ll never leave you again and I’ll spend the rest of our lives making my girls happy.” Lani leans forward, pressing her lips against mine. The moment I deepen the kiss Lani begins to cry against my lips. Her salty tears mix with her sweet flavor on my tongue. I maneuver until I’m on my ass and she’s straddling my lap and we kiss for a long time. I manage to get us off the floor and with her wrapped around me I carry her down the hall to her bedroom.
Man... I thought the last book I read had everything I hate in books! But nope! This book takes the cake! This book absolutely has EVERYTHING I hate in books.
*ARC provided for an honest review.*
But.... I knew right away once I started this book, I was going to have a hard time with it. The writing....The way the story was unfolding. Just wasn’t working for me.
The way Lani was describe right off the bat... I picture her with a Ronda Rousey boxing type of body. The "pretty muscular" was throwing me off. I was just picturing one of those girls that does those body building competition.
“Me, on the other hand, I’ve got dark hair and eyes, light tan skin and I’m pretty muscular. I joined Crossfit after I gained my freshman thirty. Now I’ve got muscles and I’m fucking strong. Molly assures me all of the time that my body is still girly.”
This book is details overload! I hate that! That always feels like filler to me. To eat up more space. Every little thing is said in this book. Down to brushing your teeth and putting deodorant on! I hate that.
A quick going upstairs to change would’ve been better. Then coming back down to say she has a red bikini on would have been better. Then this.
- “Upstairs I change into my red bikini and slip on black knit shorts and a white tank top on over it. In the bathroom, I throw my hair into a ponytail, brush my teeth, and slap some deodorant on. I slip into a pair of flip-flops and then head downstairs.”
- “Let me get rid of this.” I climb out of bed and step into the bathroom, getting rid of the condom, taking a leak, and then washing my hands. Back in my bedroom, I find Lani looking like a vision."
I mean... did we really need to know he took a leak? Taking care of the condom pretty much says he’s doing stuff in the bathroom!
Overlooking the overload of details and writing... I tried focusing on the story itself. I wasn’t feeling it at all!
Molly... “the best friend” was no friend at all! She was a horrible person! I would not forgive her. But I would tolerate her because she would be my daughter’s sister. I hated how she treated Lani. And after seeing her 3 years later! To still talk and act like the way she did was way over the top.
“I was a little surprised to see you here. I just wanted to let you know I won’t tell anyone that you’re a daddy fucker.”
I mean what! Get over it! She slept with your dad!! It’s not the end of the world!
Damon.... oh boy! Where do I start! He was the worst! He’s making out with a women in front of Lani to rid his mind of her. Because she’s his daughter’s best friend. Then he’s standing naked eating chips in the dark in the kitchen. And of course Lani walks in to see all that. Then he starts to masturbate while she walks back to her room. And she looks back to see it happening.
Maybe if the girl Damon was making out with earlier... I would’ve been into this scene. But all I Kept thinking was. He was fooling around with another girl before all that.
Girl one-
“I need—fuck Jenna until the desire I feel for Lani goes away. I lean down and kiss her plump, juicy lips.”
Girl two- after sleeping with Lani 3 years later.
“I roll over, panting for breath before hugging April into my side. Her hair smells like coconut as I bury my nose in her blonde locks. We’ve been dating on and off for the past six months. It’s not super serious and we have an open relationship—it works.”
After meeting up with Lani and his daughter for the first time.
“When April and I get back to the hotel, she’s back to her normal self. On the elevator I pull her to me, wrapping her in my arms. I kiss her slowly and thoroughly, but guilt plagues me because all I see is Lani. What I wouldn’t give to hold her in my arms and to kiss the lips that I grew to love in such a short period of time. I pull back as the elevator doors open and then drag her toward our room where I attempt to fuck Lani out of my thoughts.”
For me in this book. I hated how he was with other women before and after being with Lani.
Ok... so now this is the part of the book that really got me. After Lani found out about being pregnant with Damon’s baby. Lani called and called. He never returned her calls.
She left him a message about being pregnant. Nothing.
So... 3 years later... she’s living her life.
Surprise! Damon finds out he’s a daddy again. Now... this had me so upset!! And I almost DNF this book. But I’m already in this far! So might as well keep going!
Why did the author feel the need to add this little bomb. It brought absolutely nothing to the book for me. Only to hate Damon. Because I was ok with him just finding out that he had a child with Lani. It was a shock.
But when he said that his secret would be hard for her to forgive him. And then found out!
Yeah... no! I would not forgive!!!
“I grab my phone and pull up my phone app and go to my voicemails. I hit the button for the one I’ve saved all this time. “H-Hey Damon it’s me… again. This is the last time I’ll bother you, but I just wanted to let you know that I’m pregnant. It’s yours, obviously, but I thought you should know I-I’m keeping it.” There’s a pause. “I’m sorry things went down the way they did.” No one knows that I knew that Lani was pregnant and I made the decision to stay away. I hate myself every time I look at Lani or Sophie. I hate that Lani struggled financially while I was trying to move on with my life. It makes no sense that I assumed that she’d be better off without me. I had convinced myself that since she didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
This right here! Was a BIG wtf!!!
“I had convinced myself that since she didn’t try to contact me again that she didn’t have the baby or she lost it, which is terrible, I know and I hate that I even considered that.
There’s nothing you can or could say for me to forgive him. It’s unforgivable! Especially when he say something like this!
“It sickens me that I almost missed out on her and her mother and the joy they’ve brought into my life. I’m running out of time to tell Lani the truth and the longer I wait, the more it could backfire on me.
And when she find out! This is what he tells Lani!
“I was scared. I was afraid that it would ruin my relationship with Molly and things were already strained.
He picked his first daughter feelings over the baby! Just straight up ignored it all. And acted like nothing was going on.
Lani... she needed more of a backbone.she sleeps with Damon immediately after going back to Florida for a visit. So Damon could spend time with his daughter. She just jumps right in with him. I was so aggravated and annoyed with her. I mean! Play hard to get! Something! But nope. They are both rolling around like he never ghosted her for 3 years!
I was shocked that the mother so easily ambushed her daughter the way she did. Just bringing Damon to her without even talking to her first! My jaw dropping. Why do that to her and then just go to her. She’s at a friends house too! I was so upset about that!
Then her mother says this!
“Oh honey.” Mom grabs some tissue and starts wiping my face like when I was a little girl. “Damon called me a lot until I heard him out and he pled his case. He showed up at the house. We talked—well at first I yelled and he listened. Then I listened and baby you should really give him a chance to talk to you.” “Why? He knew I was pregnant and he didn’t care.” My voice cracks. “He’s her dad, but I’m not going to let him hurt me again.” “Just talk to him, okay
Everything that came out of Damon’s mouth was horrible. His reasoning too!!!
“How was I supposed to prove to her that I love her so fucking much and that I want us to be a family—that I’ll live with the regret of not calling Lani after I got her message for the rest of my life?
Again... Lani just up and leaves with him. Like nothing. But the reason why he never contacted her was unbelievable! His relationship with his first daughter was rocky. So he didn’t bother!!! I mean! WTF!!!! That’s just crazy!!!! And since she never contacted him! He automatically thought she had an abortion or lost the baby!
Omg!!! Seriously!!
“I got your message, but it was at least two weeks before I actually listened to it. Molly was barely talking to me and I had to deal with her mom a lot because I hurt our daughter.” “Anyway, I heard your message and I was honestly terrified. What was I going to do? I wanted to call you right away, but I kept chickening out. Then it was because I figured you were better off without me. You scare me Lani, and you always have. I didn’t expect to have such strong feelings for you, but after we met that all changed. Time kept passing and when you never tried to contact me I thought maybe you had not gone through with the pregnancy or that maybe you lost her…Then I was scared what it would do to the shaky relationship that Molly and I had, which is all on me, not her.
After all that and not hearing from him for 2 weeks. She forgave him like nothing happened. She in fact jumps right into bed with him! For getting everything because she missed him!!!
“Lani surprises me by grabbing my face the way I am hers. “I was so mad and so hurt, but I missed you so freaking much. Every night Sophie asked for her daddy and I didn’t know what to t-tell her.” “If you forgive me, I’ll never leave you again and I’ll spend the rest of our lives making my girls happy.” Lani leans forward, pressing her lips against mine. The moment I deepen the kiss Lani begins to cry against my lips. Her salty tears mix with her sweet flavor on my tongue. I maneuver until I’m on my ass and she’s straddling my lap and we kiss for a long time. I manage to get us off the floor and with her wrapped around me I carry her down the hall to her bedroom.
Man... I thought the last book I read had everything I hate in books! But nope! This book takes the cake! This book absolutely has EVERYTHING I hate in books.
*ARC provided for an honest review.*
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August 30, 2019
I’m vacillating between 2 and 3 stars. Today it’s 3, tomorrow its likely to be 2. The author’s ability to write kicks this up, but can’t redeem a loser hero. It was a great story until it wasn’t. His inner monologues tell you he’s done something bad, and I’m thinking how bad can it be, what wouldn’t she be able to forgive??
**SPOILER**
At 70% we find out. He knew she was pregnant and abandoned her to fix his relationship with his adult daughter. He’s supposed to be an adult, he acts like a child. If that daughter hadn’t accidentally come back into the heroine’s orbit, he would have continued his life—never caring enough to check on her or his child.
Nope, just nope.
**SPOILER**
At 70% we find out. He knew she was pregnant and abandoned her to fix his relationship with his adult daughter. He’s supposed to be an adult, he acts like a child. If that daughter hadn’t accidentally come back into the heroine’s orbit, he would have continued his life—never caring enough to check on her or his child.
Nope, just nope.
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October 9, 2020
Second book I tried from this author. The heroes she writes aren’t what I would call men. This author is obviously not for me.
October 6, 2020
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ???
I'm almost convinced there's a secret author club where they get together and plan to write this trope to see who can come up with the worst of the worst
because they KNOW their work is going to sell, because lets face it, we buy this stuff
so, hats off, authors...
this is the 5th book I've read where the hero rejects the heroine and their baby
it'll never get easier to deal with
this fucker is the worst
this h is the neediest
the reason for his rejection:
he loves his grown daughter too much to damage their relationship by acknowledging the pregnant h
the reason for acknowledging them now:
guilt
& cos his ass is getting old & he needs to settle down & who better than with the young convenient mother of his kid. plus she's so devoted to him so he might as bloody well
what makes him even worse of a person is that he lets his daughter take the blame for keeping them apart all these years when HE made the deliberate decision to not acknowledge the pregnant h. he reads her messages and ignores them, knowing she's young and poor
bastard
not only does she easily forgive his weak old ass, she forgives his spoilt daughter (her ex bff) for treating her like crap 3.5 years ago and presently
and of course he moves on with his life and his lovers and now has a gf, a woman he finally "clicks" with, after not clicking with any of his other lovers, since the h and he clicked
and no, she doesn't move on at all...
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September 14, 2019Oh my God this author must only think that women are really pathetic and stupid beings who would accept a poor excuse of a man like him in their lives! This MMC is the epitome of the loser cowards and her doormat of the year! There should be a celebration for that! Ridiculous!!
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October 10, 2022No fucking way.
It sounds horrible.
A "hero" who fucks chicks left and right while being so "in love" and so "connected" with the heroine?
R u fucking kidding me now?
No way in hell am I gonna read this now.
It screams TOXIC & STUPID from miles away.
Pity since I have it on audio.
But do I really wanna risk my sanity and waste my time?
It sounds horrible.
A "hero" who fucks chicks left and right while being so "in love" and so "connected" with the heroine?
R u fucking kidding me now?
No way in hell am I gonna read this now.
It screams TOXIC & STUPID from miles away.
Pity since I have it on audio.
But do I really wanna risk my sanity and waste my time?
September 3, 2019
A história é legal mas achei fraquinho. Faltou conexão entre todos os personagens e também uma emoção maior, uma luta maior. A mocinha perdoa fácil demais qualquer um, tudo é imediato...Molly é ainda uma vaca 3 anos depois e do nada ela muda também...
O que Damon fez, bem uma atitude de moleque... 😒
O que Damon fez, bem uma atitude de moleque... 😒
August 13, 2019
Who knew that angry, nasty, immature Molly would end up becoming Lani’s biggest ally and defender once push came to shove? Not me, that’s for sure! After all, she was so nasty in the beginning, but she proved that the pain of knowing that she tossed her best friend out on her ear makes for an interesting turnabout in her attitude.
Lani has raised her daughter, Sophie, on her own without Damon because he couldn’t be bothered responding to her pleas for a chance to talk years ago. Imagine both Lani’s and Damon’s shock at seeing each other again in a not-really-chance meeting, courtesy of pre-nice-girl Molly. Lani’s shock is more painful, knowing that Damon so easily moved on and lived his best life (as evidenced by his girlfriend being with him), while Damon’s entire world is rocked upon seeing his daughter. The daughter he never knew about.
Lani and Damon manage to spend time together and find their way back to each other and all looks good on the horizon...and then Damon’s duplicity comes to light. Heartbroken by his lie, Lani and Sophie head back to their own life, with Molly the savior at the helm to guide them back to safety and the loving home they know.
Damon needs to fix his mess and re-earn the trust of the three most important people in his world, but first he needs to get himself together to figure out his plan of action. And once he maps it out, his plan is a darn good one. He, Lani, Sophie, Molly, and all of the important people in their lives manage to find their way to true happiness, but the road to get there is full of bumps and roadblocks and potholes, mainly of Damon’s own stubborn making. But it sure makes for an angsty, grabs-you-and-won’t-let-go read!
Lani has raised her daughter, Sophie, on her own without Damon because he couldn’t be bothered responding to her pleas for a chance to talk years ago. Imagine both Lani’s and Damon’s shock at seeing each other again in a not-really-chance meeting, courtesy of pre-nice-girl Molly. Lani’s shock is more painful, knowing that Damon so easily moved on and lived his best life (as evidenced by his girlfriend being with him), while Damon’s entire world is rocked upon seeing his daughter. The daughter he never knew about.
Lani and Damon manage to spend time together and find their way back to each other and all looks good on the horizon...and then Damon’s duplicity comes to light. Heartbroken by his lie, Lani and Sophie head back to their own life, with Molly the savior at the helm to guide them back to safety and the loving home they know.
Damon needs to fix his mess and re-earn the trust of the three most important people in his world, but first he needs to get himself together to figure out his plan of action. And once he maps it out, his plan is a darn good one. He, Lani, Sophie, Molly, and all of the important people in their lives manage to find their way to true happiness, but the road to get there is full of bumps and roadblocks and potholes, mainly of Damon’s own stubborn making. But it sure makes for an angsty, grabs-you-and-won’t-let-go read!
August 30, 2019
The guy is an immature 40-year old. He abandoned her knowing she's pregnant and went on with his life. While she struggled, he was enjoying his single life. The middle part of the book was a detailed description of him fucking another woman multiple times. He did not even say sorry and tried to make excuses for his decision not to take responsibility for his child.
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September 6, 2019
October 31, 2020
What is wrong with some of these authors? Scum hero, idiot heroine.
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August 29, 2019
Let me begin stating I really did enjoy this story. It was a great story, but was all over the place & needed more development. So much potential & fell short is truly the best way to describe it. I knew going in it was a taboo or borderline taboo, but I enjoyed that part of the story a lot. Damon was so immature & I just couldn’t like his character like I wanted. I didn’t like how he was 0 to everything so quickly. Told in dual POV.
August 29, 2019
After We Met was a great read. It had a my emotions all over the place. I loved the taboo element of Lani falling for best friend’s dad, Damon. They met when Molly took Lani with her on spring break. He made Lani feel special and things that no one ever had before. She was falling for him, hard and fast. Until the day it all fell apart. Three years later and Lani thought she had moved on but what happens when he walks back into her life? This is where this story really takes off.
I loved this story so much. It had all of the drama, angst, and emotions that I love to read about. I love an emotional read and this story left me with all the feels. I loved Lani, she was strong, kind, loving and everything else you’d expect from a great heroine. Molly and her dad, Damon I had a love/hate reaction to. When it was good it was great with them and when it went south they were at times awful but in the end they redeemed themselves. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.
I loved this story so much. It had all of the drama, angst, and emotions that I love to read about. I love an emotional read and this story left me with all the feels. I loved Lani, she was strong, kind, loving and everything else you’d expect from a great heroine. Molly and her dad, Damon I had a love/hate reaction to. When it was good it was great with them and when it went south they were at times awful but in the end they redeemed themselves. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.
August 20, 2019
Evan has always been one of my favorite authors from day #1. A taboo, twists and turns, beautiful, older man, younger woman book. My best friend's Dad, to be exact type of book but, so good.
September 22, 2020
My first mistake was reading reviews on goodreads for this book. There are some nasty people over there. And one review was so bad, the reviewer kept calling Damon the wrong name throughout. So why should I take their word that this was a 1 star read? I decided to find out for myself.
Anyhow, I really enjoyed the story. It has the age gap I love so much and the romance was exactly what I love. Sure, Damon gave a lame excuse for his horrible mess up. But fear is terrible thing and makes even the strongest weak sometimes.
I rated this book 4.5 stars, not because of the excuses thrown around, but because of some repetition throughout the story and how the author would go into a bit too much details at time. Other than that, it would have been a solid 5 stars.
Anyhow, I really enjoyed the story. It has the age gap I love so much and the romance was exactly what I love. Sure, Damon gave a lame excuse for his horrible mess up. But fear is terrible thing and makes even the strongest weak sometimes.
I rated this book 4.5 stars, not because of the excuses thrown around, but because of some repetition throughout the story and how the author would go into a bit too much details at time. Other than that, it would have been a solid 5 stars.
August 29, 2019
This book is rollercoaster of emotions. Lani never intended to fall for her best friend's dad. When everything is exposed, hearts are broken and friendships are ruined. This book will have you feeling everything and this author did an amazing job on this book. I hope everyone gets a chance to read this.
September 2, 2019
Received an ARC in exchange for honest review
I wanted to love the taboo story of a young woman who fell in love with her best friend’s dad.....but this didn’t do it for me☹️
Lani started off as a soon to be kindergarten teacher who went on a vacation with her bestie (Molly) and bestie’s dad (Damon). We automatically get the cliche personalities I have come to expect in this kind of romance. Lani seems to be the more “mature” friend while Molly is the free spirited brat. Damon is a bit of a playboy who had a close relationship with his daughter even though he was not around much???? Lani and Damon eventually do the dirty and Molly throws a fit🙄
3 YEARS PASS with no communication !!!!
Lani and Molly end up working at the same school and Molly is still a b****! Damon is just a cowardly POS. After Damon and Molly find out something to do with Lani they both do a 180???? Molly even tries to convince her dad to go after what he wants and told him that “I was so immature with how I acted”. B**** ......you were still an immature brat 2 pages ago! Nothing changed in those 3 years!🤬
Damon made unforgivable decisions. After the revelation at the end, I knew there was no way he could be redeemed for me.
Molly should have gotten shipwrecked on Gilligan’s Island
Lani should have moved on and found love with someone else.
Tony and 🤭.....WTF!!!? Just NO.
The sex scenes were ok but I just never felt like the main characters loved each other. Lani deserved better.
I would still be curious to see what this author does in the future.
I wanted to love the taboo story of a young woman who fell in love with her best friend’s dad.....but this didn’t do it for me☹️
Lani started off as a soon to be kindergarten teacher who went on a vacation with her bestie (Molly) and bestie’s dad (Damon). We automatically get the cliche personalities I have come to expect in this kind of romance. Lani seems to be the more “mature” friend while Molly is the free spirited brat. Damon is a bit of a playboy who had a close relationship with his daughter even though he was not around much???? Lani and Damon eventually do the dirty and Molly throws a fit🙄
3 YEARS PASS with no communication !!!!
Lani and Molly end up working at the same school and Molly is still a b****! Damon is just a cowardly POS. After Damon and Molly find out something to do with Lani they both do a 180???? Molly even tries to convince her dad to go after what he wants and told him that “I was so immature with how I acted”. B**** ......you were still an immature brat 2 pages ago! Nothing changed in those 3 years!🤬
Damon made unforgivable decisions. After the revelation at the end, I knew there was no way he could be redeemed for me.
Molly should have gotten shipwrecked on Gilligan’s Island
Lani should have moved on and found love with someone else.
Tony and 🤭.....WTF!!!? Just NO.
The sex scenes were ok but I just never felt like the main characters loved each other. Lani deserved better.
I would still be curious to see what this author does in the future.
August 22, 2019
This book gave me serious whiplash, but not necessarily in a bad way. I started out not really liking Lani. Although I couldn't pinpoint exactly why, she seemed immature (duh, she's a college kid) and a little too timid for an affair with an older man. After Sophie is born she's like another person (another duh, parenthood does that), protective and completely in love with her daughter. Molly was just as immature in the beginning, if not more. I get being upset at finding your dad involved with your best friend. But the hypocrisy was too much, as she was also seeing an older man. Molly definitely redeemed herself and went above and beyond to try and right an all around mess of a situation.
Now Damon. I loved him at first, age gaps have never bothered me. Then I hated him for not stepping up, but I thought I got over it when he initially explained himself. Turns out I didn't get over it. I guess I just don't understand his course of action. He worried more about his daughter's feelings than stepping up and facing the consequences of his actions. Even though he did the right thing in the end and I genuinely felt he loved Lani and Sophie, I just can't wrap my head around his choices. I love how this book kept my interest, there were more than a few unexpected twists and the HEA I was rooting for from the beginning.
Now Damon. I loved him at first, age gaps have never bothered me. Then I hated him for not stepping up, but I thought I got over it when he initially explained himself. Turns out I didn't get over it. I guess I just don't understand his course of action. He worried more about his daughter's feelings than stepping up and facing the consequences of his actions. Even though he did the right thing in the end and I genuinely felt he loved Lani and Sophie, I just can't wrap my head around his choices. I love how this book kept my interest, there were more than a few unexpected twists and the HEA I was rooting for from the beginning.
December 6, 2019
I really, really wanted to love this book but ended up just liking it. And that is not a bad thing! The storyline was oh so good and I was so excited because it was taboo but then....yeah, then I wasn't so excited. I had questions without answers and I wanted to punch characters and I live in Florida and locations and traveling times just did not do it for me.
Damon pissed me off so much that I'm not even sure I like him right now even after the story is finished. Nope. He's still on my bad list. But at the same time, I like him. (yep, crazy lady here.) And Lani..... I felt for her and cheered for her and wanted so, so much for her and what she went through. She deserved soooooo much and to be treated like she was just makes me grrrrr.
That's all I'm going to say because I do not want to spoil anything for anyone.
I will read more from this author because this book had so much potential and I can't wait to see the growth this author has.
Damon pissed me off so much that I'm not even sure I like him right now even after the story is finished. Nope. He's still on my bad list. But at the same time, I like him. (yep, crazy lady here.) And Lani..... I felt for her and cheered for her and wanted so, so much for her and what she went through. She deserved soooooo much and to be treated like she was just makes me grrrrr.
That's all I'm going to say because I do not want to spoil anything for anyone.
I will read more from this author because this book had so much potential and I can't wait to see the growth this author has.
August 24, 2019
Okay so this book has all the feels so get ready to cry and fall in love with a man that you will both want to beat the crap out of and swoon over. This is an age gap romance with Damon being 20 years older than out Lani at 20.
An instant attraction, that unfurls in the most unexpected way. Evan Grace, shows how relationships that have such large age gaps suffer and struggle to be strong. How it can affect others and destroy bonds. There are a lot of topics covered in this book that will have you yelling an fighting along with the characters, taking sides and championing one or the other.
Damon and Lani share a romance that will break you and then fill you up again with hope.
An emotional read from beginning to end.
An instant attraction, that unfurls in the most unexpected way. Evan Grace, shows how relationships that have such large age gaps suffer and struggle to be strong. How it can affect others and destroy bonds. There are a lot of topics covered in this book that will have you yelling an fighting along with the characters, taking sides and championing one or the other.
Damon and Lani share a romance that will break you and then fill you up again with hope.
An emotional read from beginning to end.
January 1, 2022
Horrible hero. First of all he fell in love with his adult daughter's best friend who should be like a daughter to him too and then he abandoned her for his whinny daughter. He knew all along that he had a daughter with h somewhere and he didnt care.
H's older daughter (h best friend) was a horrible character too IMO. She was almost an adult herself who should have not needed her father to hurt her best friend to stand by her. She basically emotionally blackmailed her father to choose and he choose her which I get but wrong on both ends. What h did with H (sleeping with him
) who was her best friend's father was wrong but no decent human being does what her best friend did to her ; taunting and being cruel is just wrong and she had audacity to taunt her when she herself slept with her father's best friend. WOW.
The hero was beta. The heroine took stand for a while and the forgiveness came naturally of course and was not forced or anything but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth.
H's older daughter (h best friend) was a horrible character too IMO. She was almost an adult herself who should have not needed her father to hurt her best friend to stand by her. She basically emotionally blackmailed her father to choose and he choose her which I get but wrong on both ends. What h did with H (sleeping with him
) who was her best friend's father was wrong but no decent human being does what her best friend did to her ; taunting and being cruel is just wrong and she had audacity to taunt her when she herself slept with her father's best friend. WOW.
The hero was beta. The heroine took stand for a while and the forgiveness came naturally of course and was not forced or anything but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth.
August 20, 2019
For me this was a book about love and loss and then love again, how could you not love a second/third chance romance. what do you do when you go on vacation with your best friend and fall inlove with her father, both Lani and Damen knew it would not end well, but how you not fall head over heals with someone you are so attracted to. For lani she knew the risk but was willing to take it. Damen wasn't looking for anything serious, just a night or two of fun, or will fate have a way of screwing it up for them. Molly finds herself walking in on her Dad and Lani and has the biggest fit. could they realationship be more straned, after going their seprate ways and three years could they have a shot at happiness? could they put the past in the past and move on to the present? I don't want to give spoilers away and it's so hard for me not to say what happened with the three of them. but omg I couldn't put this book down. I read it in a day. Loved that it did have a HEA and i would say give it a chance you will love it also.
January 27, 2021
What was supposed to be a vacation away from the daily grind becomes so much more when Lani and her best friend's father Damon become closer than they should. Trying to keep their romance under wraps only works for so long until Molly finds out and blows a gasket. So this leave Damon needing to choose between a possible soulmate and the love of his daughter. His choice not only leaves Lani out in the cold but she walks away from their short romance with a secret all of her own. Can a freak reunion bring the two back together? Or will the secret Lani has been hiding be too much to overcome. Filled with heavy emotion and loads of angst this was definitely a page turner. While I loved Lani and tolerates Damon it was Molly that I wanted to reach into the book and slap upside the head.
August 15, 2019
Okay here I go....I strongly dislike Damon!!! There I said it. This man made 18 year old immature boy's decisions look smarter. Really, at one point I wanted to throw my kindle AND throat punch the guy.......and that is why this is getting 5 stars for me.
I loved Lani and how she was doing the best that she could with the hand she'd been dealt. After the way her supposed best friend and Damon treated her she could have been mad at the world and made different choices than she did. Her mom Lisa was always in her corner and I loved the relationship they had. BTW I think Lisa's story deserves a novella at least. The biggest surprise for me (and another reason the author deserves 5 stars) is the way she changed my opinion about a character. I ended up loving the one I expected to hate and hating the one I usually love!
This author gave me another great read.
I loved Lani and how she was doing the best that she could with the hand she'd been dealt. After the way her supposed best friend and Damon treated her she could have been mad at the world and made different choices than she did. Her mom Lisa was always in her corner and I loved the relationship they had. BTW I think Lisa's story deserves a novella at least. The biggest surprise for me (and another reason the author deserves 5 stars) is the way she changed my opinion about a character. I ended up loving the one I expected to hate and hating the one I usually love!
This author gave me another great read.
August 29, 2019
4 star
I was pulled right into this story. The story has laughs, secrets, and heartbreak.
This is Lani and Damon’s story. Lani is with her best friend when she meets her dad and Lani falls hard. The have a small affair that lasts really only a few days before he sends her on her way. Now years later they meet and they both have secrets. He moved on but she has his daughter. When all the secrets come out Lani walks away. Can Damon get her back? Or will he lose not only Lani but also his daughter.
There were times I wanted to smack all of these characters but in the end, I guess they kind of get there act together. I felt I could connect with the characters.
I recommend this book.
I was pulled right into this story. The story has laughs, secrets, and heartbreak.
This is Lani and Damon’s story. Lani is with her best friend when she meets her dad and Lani falls hard. The have a small affair that lasts really only a few days before he sends her on her way. Now years later they meet and they both have secrets. He moved on but she has his daughter. When all the secrets come out Lani walks away. Can Damon get her back? Or will he lose not only Lani but also his daughter.
There were times I wanted to smack all of these characters but in the end, I guess they kind of get there act together. I felt I could connect with the characters.
I recommend this book.
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