Secrets of a Good Girl

Most Likely To... #5

by Jen Safrey, Jennifer Safrey

Saunders sound-off. Where are they now?
Saunders University keeps track of its notable alumni.

Cassidy Maxwell
At Saunders, Cassidy had it all: brains, beauty and the attention of every man on campus -- including the secret crush who was also a professor! Now she's living the glamorous life in jolly old England as the U.S. Ambassador's right-hand woman. We just wonder where she disappeared to at the end of senior year...

Eric Barnes
When brilliant Eric Barnes left Saunders, he didn't let a lost love get in the way of a successful career. But he's never been able to fully shed the memory of the only woman who'd captured his heart. Maybe it's time to travel across the world to rediscover her....

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Hey, friend! I’m Jen Safrey (aka Jennifer Safrey) and—I still get a thrill every time I say this!—I’m an author. I write contemporary romance, and I also write fantasy novels that feature modern, feminist versions of characters we loved from fairy stories.

I’ve written four novels for Silhouette Special Edition (now Harlequin Special Edition)—all featuring smart, sassy, accomplished heroines and heroes you love to love. Themes in my romance novels have included all my faves: friends-to-lovers, marriage of convenience, and urban settings. I just finished writing a manuscript featuring a rivals-to-lovers story, which I can’t wait to tell you about. I promise to update you on its progress. I’ve also written one fantasy novel, Tooth and Nail (Skyhorse Publishing), about a tough boxer in Washington DC who discovers she is a half faerie—and not just any kind of faerie; these fae collect teeth, and they need her help to stop a threat.

My home is just south of Boston, and I live with the love of my life and our two lovable but definitely weird cats.

Reviews

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars! ~ Eric Barnes grew up beside Cassidy Maxwell; and when they were kids, he was like her big brother. That changed when Cassidy turned 16 and Eric gave her her first real kiss. Eric went off to Saunders patiently waiting for Cassidy to grow up. And then Cassidy went to Saunders too. They promised that on the day Cassidy graduated they would become engaged. Only Cassidy didn't show up for her graduation and Eric was left standing waiting. When he sought her out, she was no where to be found. Cassidy ran away to England to work for the US Ambassador. Now ten years later, Eric uses the excuse of helping Prof. Harrison to travel to England to find her. He still loves Cassidy and he wants more than anything to understand why she left.

Cassidy's tortured by some horrible choices she made in her senior year. So horrible that she just couldn't fact Eric then, and has trouble facing him ten years later. Eric had always been a black and white sort, but time has shown him that there can be grey too. And it's this maturity that allows Cassidy to finally confess and bring them back together.

[Vampire-lk · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING BOOK!!!! A true gift of an author to emerge the reader in their story that it stays with them days/months/years from finishing the novel!! This review is coming later from when I read the book so can attest to its strength of story & character depth!! :) love the story, great points made of we can make bad choices, but we are human so the ability of righting a wrong & doing today what matters most don't put that off because tomorrow is not promised kinda concepts!!!! :)