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Twilight, Texas #1
The Sweethearts' Knitting Club
The first book in Lori Wilde’s new series set in small-town Twilight, Texas, The Sweethearts’ Knitting Club is the story of Flynn McGregor, a young woman who’s always done exactly what her friends, family, and fellow knitters have told her to do—until Jesse Calloway, her bad-boy high school sweetheart, roars back into town.
400 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 4, 2009
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Lori Wilde
398 books2,262 followersLori Wilde can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write.
She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.
Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.
She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.
She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.
Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.
She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.
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November 8, 2012
Flynn (the main character) and I just didn't get along.
She started getting on my nerves from the start. She's been dating the sheriff, Bo, for ten years now, but keeps turning him down when he asks her to marry him. I find this behavior to be selfish in the extreme. He gives her an ultimatum in the first chapter -- marry me or break up -- that should probably have come years ago, but since he's not the romantic hero I could forgive him for his spinelessness in not forcing the issue sooner. Flynn, as the heroine, does have to answer to me for stringing along a man she thinks very highly of. It doesn't take ten years to decide if you love someone enough to marry them. It just doesn't. It stinks of neediness and of not wanting to end a comfortable relationship before finding a better one.
Though this irked me, it wasn't my put-down moment. I pushed away those feelings and tried to find something to like about Flynn. I think I was supposed to like the self-sacrificing way she put her own life on hold to take care of her family, but actually, that annoyed me too. I'm not wild about martyrs -- they work for me sometimes -- but there was something very dishonest about Flynn's martyrdom. Well, that's obvious -- her mother wanted to start a knitting store, and on her deathbed asked Flynn to start it. Flynn can't even knit! She lied to her mother for years, passing off her sister's work as her own. The underlying deceitfulness of the whole thing drove me crazy.
I didn't like Flynn when she cheated on Bo -- and she did cheat, even if she tried to split hairs about the whole thing. She was cheating in her heart for most of those ten years they were together, since she never stopped loving Jesse, her childhood sweetheart who went to prison for a crime he didn't commit. He's out now, and as soon as she sees him again she's kissing him. Then she has the nerve to get upset at Bo for getting upset with Jesse for kissing his fiance. Okay, so maybe punching the guy was low, but when she flung his ring back at Bo as if the whole thing were HIS fault, I had just about had enough of her.
My put-down moment came when Jesse was accused of another crime. Flynn knows he didn't do it because she was intimately involved with him at the time, but she doesn't stand up for him because if the town knows she's with Jesse, a bad boy, they'll think less of her for it.
That was it. I don't know what happened after that so I can't spoil the ending for you, but I'd really had enough of the lying, cheating, deceitful, self-righteous little martyr.
She started getting on my nerves from the start. She's been dating the sheriff, Bo, for ten years now, but keeps turning him down when he asks her to marry him. I find this behavior to be selfish in the extreme. He gives her an ultimatum in the first chapter -- marry me or break up -- that should probably have come years ago, but since he's not the romantic hero I could forgive him for his spinelessness in not forcing the issue sooner. Flynn, as the heroine, does have to answer to me for stringing along a man she thinks very highly of. It doesn't take ten years to decide if you love someone enough to marry them. It just doesn't. It stinks of neediness and of not wanting to end a comfortable relationship before finding a better one.
Though this irked me, it wasn't my put-down moment. I pushed away those feelings and tried to find something to like about Flynn. I think I was supposed to like the self-sacrificing way she put her own life on hold to take care of her family, but actually, that annoyed me too. I'm not wild about martyrs -- they work for me sometimes -- but there was something very dishonest about Flynn's martyrdom. Well, that's obvious -- her mother wanted to start a knitting store, and on her deathbed asked Flynn to start it. Flynn can't even knit! She lied to her mother for years, passing off her sister's work as her own. The underlying deceitfulness of the whole thing drove me crazy.
I didn't like Flynn when she cheated on Bo -- and she did cheat, even if she tried to split hairs about the whole thing. She was cheating in her heart for most of those ten years they were together, since she never stopped loving Jesse, her childhood sweetheart who went to prison for a crime he didn't commit. He's out now, and as soon as she sees him again she's kissing him. Then she has the nerve to get upset at Bo for getting upset with Jesse for kissing his fiance. Okay, so maybe punching the guy was low, but when she flung his ring back at Bo as if the whole thing were HIS fault, I had just about had enough of her.
My put-down moment came when Jesse was accused of another crime. Flynn knows he didn't do it because she was intimately involved with him at the time, but she doesn't stand up for him because if the town knows she's with Jesse, a bad boy, they'll think less of her for it.
That was it. I don't know what happened after that so I can't spoil the ending for you, but I'd really had enough of the lying, cheating, deceitful, self-righteous little martyr.
June 28, 2010
You can actually read this book without ever engaging your brain. I know, it sounds impossible, right? I can't believe I actually finished it. I would have given it two stars instead of one except for that incredibly disgusting initial sex scene. I have nothing against raunchy, awesome sex scenes unless the entire thing involves her feasting on his bodily fluids. I think I'll go throw up now. I'll make sure to hit the "spoiler" button -- wouldn't want a bunch of her fans accusing me of spoiling anything for them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 1, 2021
Not my typical genre but I found it enjoyable to read overall. Some mistakes and the use of the word “supercrap” threw me off (lol) but generally speaking I kept wanting to read this book when I had the time and finished reading it rather quickly.
January 16, 2010
I’m pretty surprised by the amount of knitting plots found in contemporary romances lately. The latest in this trend is by Lori Wilde who has a new series for Avon. The first book, The Sweetheart’s Knitting Club takes place in the small town of Twilight, Texas. Ten years ago Jesse Calloway was arrested for cocaine and gun possession and sent to prison. He gets a reduced sentence for saving a fellow inmate and stopping a prison riot. He’s released and heads back to Twilight where the girl he left behind is waiting. Jesse has never forgotten Flynn McGregor, the girl who saw through his bad boy attitude and embraced the wonderful person he really is. Jesse also wants payback because he knows who set him up. Twilight’s richest citizen and sheriff, Beau Trainer hates Jesse with a passion. Beau was Flynn’s boyfriend at the time Jesse arrived in Twilight. Now Jesse will open his motorcycle shop there and steal Flynn away from Beau.
Flynn works at her father’s café, Froggy’s Marina Bar and Grill. She’s also involved in the town’s Sweetheart’s Knitting club. Flynn can’t knit for anything. That’s her dirty little secret. She also has another one, where after ten years she still can’t get Jesse Calloway out of her head. She knows they can’t have a future together and should only think about her high school boyfriend, Beau, who has asked her four times to marry him. Now Beau has asked a fifth time and wants a final answer. He’s tired of Flynn holding him off. He even sweetens the deal because he knows Flynn wants to open a yarn store, which was her mother’s dream. The Lynn Yarn Barn will be in memory of Flynn’s mother. Beau will co-sign the loan as long as she agrees to marry him. And Beau is pushing hard for this because he knows that Jesse is out of prison. He’s afraid that Flynn will walk out on him, but since she doesn’t take commitment lightly, as long as she’s engaged to him, he knows she won’t cheat on him. He’ll have everything he always wanted.
Flynn feels guilty because she does care for Beau, but he is just too perfect, a goody two shoes. So much so that Beau wants them both to be celibate until their wedding night (pretty convenient if you ask me seeing as Jesse is back in town. God forbid we have a heroine fooling around with two guys at the same time. Can’t have that now, can we?) Flynn is relived and thinks that it’s going to take awhile for the Yarn Barn to get up and running. And even though Beau is a great upstanding guy, her feelings for him are more fizzle that pop. Flynn had the pop or rather fireworks with Jesse.
And those fireworks are as strong now as they were when they were teenagers. The moment Jesse and Flynn see each other, there’s no doubt in their minds that they belong together. But Flynn belongs to Beau and Jesse is a convict. Can Flynn really be that cruel to Beau and run back to Jesse?
There’s a great deal of temptation in Twilight. Jesse wants Flynn, Flynn wants Jesse, Beau wants Flynn and the respect of the people around him. These three are in a no-holds-barred love triangle and it comes down to Flynn choosing the lucky man she’ll end up with, while the other will feel like the ultimate loser.
I don’t think it’s hard to figure out who Flynn chooses. On one hand she has this wonderful man who is willing to give her everything even though he is dull. Beau doesn’t ring her bell as Jesse did. Jesse was her teenage crush, where they had one moment in time together. It’s one thing to feel such passion but to build a life and future upon it is a gamble.
Jesse is that righteous thinking hero who illuminates that bad boy persona. I think it has to do with his skull tattoo, wearing black and riding a motorcycle. Nothing in his personality screams he’s the type who walks too far on the wild side. He’s more of a bad boy light. Light beer comes to mind with Jesse. Beau is a sad sap, a pathetic man who has so much but feels he should have more. He was more of an annoyance because he came across as whiny and acts in such a way where Flynn would find him lacking. Flynn has the weight of the world on her shoulders from a father who is a recovering alcoholic, to living a small town life that has almost smothered her. She feels that with Jesse she can have that larger than life experience. I really couldn’t see why she felt her sense of fulfillment and freedom was with Jesse.
The Sweetheart’s Knitting Club is another fluffy read for those who enjoy love triangles with a bad boy light hero, the oh so precious golden girl who has sacrificed most her life to make others happy and the man who will do whatever he can, no matter how wrong to get what he wants.
Flynn works at her father’s café, Froggy’s Marina Bar and Grill. She’s also involved in the town’s Sweetheart’s Knitting club. Flynn can’t knit for anything. That’s her dirty little secret. She also has another one, where after ten years she still can’t get Jesse Calloway out of her head. She knows they can’t have a future together and should only think about her high school boyfriend, Beau, who has asked her four times to marry him. Now Beau has asked a fifth time and wants a final answer. He’s tired of Flynn holding him off. He even sweetens the deal because he knows Flynn wants to open a yarn store, which was her mother’s dream. The Lynn Yarn Barn will be in memory of Flynn’s mother. Beau will co-sign the loan as long as she agrees to marry him. And Beau is pushing hard for this because he knows that Jesse is out of prison. He’s afraid that Flynn will walk out on him, but since she doesn’t take commitment lightly, as long as she’s engaged to him, he knows she won’t cheat on him. He’ll have everything he always wanted.
Flynn feels guilty because she does care for Beau, but he is just too perfect, a goody two shoes. So much so that Beau wants them both to be celibate until their wedding night (pretty convenient if you ask me seeing as Jesse is back in town. God forbid we have a heroine fooling around with two guys at the same time. Can’t have that now, can we?) Flynn is relived and thinks that it’s going to take awhile for the Yarn Barn to get up and running. And even though Beau is a great upstanding guy, her feelings for him are more fizzle that pop. Flynn had the pop or rather fireworks with Jesse.
And those fireworks are as strong now as they were when they were teenagers. The moment Jesse and Flynn see each other, there’s no doubt in their minds that they belong together. But Flynn belongs to Beau and Jesse is a convict. Can Flynn really be that cruel to Beau and run back to Jesse?
There’s a great deal of temptation in Twilight. Jesse wants Flynn, Flynn wants Jesse, Beau wants Flynn and the respect of the people around him. These three are in a no-holds-barred love triangle and it comes down to Flynn choosing the lucky man she’ll end up with, while the other will feel like the ultimate loser.
I don’t think it’s hard to figure out who Flynn chooses. On one hand she has this wonderful man who is willing to give her everything even though he is dull. Beau doesn’t ring her bell as Jesse did. Jesse was her teenage crush, where they had one moment in time together. It’s one thing to feel such passion but to build a life and future upon it is a gamble.
Jesse is that righteous thinking hero who illuminates that bad boy persona. I think it has to do with his skull tattoo, wearing black and riding a motorcycle. Nothing in his personality screams he’s the type who walks too far on the wild side. He’s more of a bad boy light. Light beer comes to mind with Jesse. Beau is a sad sap, a pathetic man who has so much but feels he should have more. He was more of an annoyance because he came across as whiny and acts in such a way where Flynn would find him lacking. Flynn has the weight of the world on her shoulders from a father who is a recovering alcoholic, to living a small town life that has almost smothered her. She feels that with Jesse she can have that larger than life experience. I really couldn’t see why she felt her sense of fulfillment and freedom was with Jesse.
The Sweetheart’s Knitting Club is another fluffy read for those who enjoy love triangles with a bad boy light hero, the oh so precious golden girl who has sacrificed most her life to make others happy and the man who will do whatever he can, no matter how wrong to get what he wants.
January 12, 2021
I did not enjoy this book, and I think it is a testament to how far romance novels have come in the past decade. I expected more from my bodice ripper.
September 9, 2021
Well,.. you really f*cked up if I can't finish your book. Because I always truly try.
But the book's title was very misleading. It seems to be a lot about knitting, but it's not.
In fact, the leading lady in the book can't even knit, and lies about it. (I hate lies!).
Then there's this jack*ss she's dating, Bo.
Someone else called him spineless in her review.
Well I call him a misogynist!
He may be in love with Flynn, but he's very domineering in my opinion. And he treats her very disrespectful and belittling if you ask me. And I'm not even the tiniest bit feminist! So, this coming from me, is saying something!
Then there is the leading lady again, Flynn.
Who is still crushing on a guy she loved 10 years ago, when she was 16 or something.
They barely dated, she hasn't seen him for 10 years(!!!!), yet she still thinks about him, loves him, and pines for him. (Pathetic much?!).
Then when she sees him again after 10 years (when he has grown up from a teenager to an adult man), she instantly recognises him (Yeah, right!?!?!), and get's Instantly weak in the knees!!!
Oh Come Oooonn!!!!!
Am I the only one who thinks this is beyond believable?!
I'd sooner believe that pigs actually fly. Seriously.
What a load of cr*p.
But the book's title was very misleading. It seems to be a lot about knitting, but it's not.
In fact, the leading lady in the book can't even knit, and lies about it. (I hate lies!).
Then there's this jack*ss she's dating, Bo.
Someone else called him spineless in her review.
Well I call him a misogynist!
He may be in love with Flynn, but he's very domineering in my opinion. And he treats her very disrespectful and belittling if you ask me. And I'm not even the tiniest bit feminist! So, this coming from me, is saying something!
Then there is the leading lady again, Flynn.
Who is still crushing on a guy she loved 10 years ago, when she was 16 or something.
They barely dated, she hasn't seen him for 10 years(!!!!), yet she still thinks about him, loves him, and pines for him. (Pathetic much?!).
Then when she sees him again after 10 years (when he has grown up from a teenager to an adult man), she instantly recognises him (Yeah, right!?!?!), and get's Instantly weak in the knees!!!
Oh Come Oooonn!!!!!
Am I the only one who thinks this is beyond believable?!
I'd sooner believe that pigs actually fly. Seriously.
What a load of cr*p.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2024
This is the first book from the Twilight, Texas series.
Not my genre but since I won a book in the series and I am very anal in regards to what I read, I decided to start with the first book in the series.
There were two softcore porn chapters but if you take out those it was a pretty good story. Flynn McGregor is a young lady in Twilight, Texas who is dating the Sheriff, Beau Trainer. They have always dated since high school. Beau wants to get married but Flynn always has an excuse. In her heart, she can't get over Jesse Calloway, whom she had a makeout session with on the famous town bridge in high school. Jesse is sent away to prison for possession of cocaine and intent to distribute. Jesse has been released and is back in town.
This is a good girl/bad boy love story with side plots thrown in. The Sweethearts Knitting Club is a group of ladies that Flynn hangs out with from time to time. They aren't the focus of the story and play only a minor part in the book.
Not my genre but since I won a book in the series and I am very anal in regards to what I read, I decided to start with the first book in the series.
There were two softcore porn chapters but if you take out those it was a pretty good story. Flynn McGregor is a young lady in Twilight, Texas who is dating the Sheriff, Beau Trainer. They have always dated since high school. Beau wants to get married but Flynn always has an excuse. In her heart, she can't get over Jesse Calloway, whom she had a makeout session with on the famous town bridge in high school. Jesse is sent away to prison for possession of cocaine and intent to distribute. Jesse has been released and is back in town.
This is a good girl/bad boy love story with side plots thrown in. The Sweethearts Knitting Club is a group of ladies that Flynn hangs out with from time to time. They aren't the focus of the story and play only a minor part in the book.
August 14, 2022
3.5
Out of prison after ten years for a crime he didn't commit (drugs possession), Jesse Calloway is trying to keep a low profile in town. But not an easy task when the woman (who were a teenager like him at the time) he couldn't stop thinking about all these years is engaged to the rival who framed him. Jesse will have to choose what he wants more. Revenge or Flynn MacGregor?
At times, this book was a 4 and at others, it was a 3. The connection between Jesse and Flynn was palpable and demonstrate perfectly that some people are made to be together, no matter what. But even if the fiancé was the bad guy, I don't like when a character get involve with someone, while being in a relationship with someone else. And something wasn't quite believable to me about Beau's behavior or how he doesn't really get to pay for all he did.
Out of prison after ten years for a crime he didn't commit (drugs possession), Jesse Calloway is trying to keep a low profile in town. But not an easy task when the woman (who were a teenager like him at the time) he couldn't stop thinking about all these years is engaged to the rival who framed him. Jesse will have to choose what he wants more. Revenge or Flynn MacGregor?
At times, this book was a 4 and at others, it was a 3. The connection between Jesse and Flynn was palpable and demonstrate perfectly that some people are made to be together, no matter what. But even if the fiancé was the bad guy, I don't like when a character get involve with someone, while being in a relationship with someone else. And something wasn't quite believable to me about Beau's behavior or how he doesn't really get to pay for all he did.
March 1, 2022
Not the story line I was looking for. Characters are weak and annoying. Couldn't even finish it.
September 21, 2014
Jesse Calloway, has spent the past ten years in prison, for a crime he didn't commit. When he saved a kid and prevented a prison riot, he was granted release two years early. Jesse already has a plan...go back and and get justice, and the find the one woman who has always held his heart...Flynn MacGregor. Flynn, has always had a secret love for Jesse, but has never had hope to make a future with him. She has just accepted the proposal of the chief of police, one who she has dated since high school. Everyone seems to think they are perfect for each other. Flynn is determined to set up a 'yarn barn' in memory of her mother, she is part of the Sweethearts Knitting Club, even though she feels like a liar and not worthy of that title and belonging to that club. For one she can't knit worth a darn, but has tried most of her life and still can't even do one proper stitch. When she bumps into Jesse after ten years, she is overwhelmed with feelings of desire and love she has always held for him. But she is engaged, and her commitment is to him. But when Jesse starts to romance her again, and show her the woman she truly is, how to get wild and crazy and have fun with life....she begins to realize she will have to decide between being proper and marrying a man with prestige and a good name in the community or choose a man who knows her inside and out and sees the true Flynn...who will she decide to be the man she does marry?
Ever since last year when I was introduce to Lori Wilde a couple years ago, I was hooked on her stories. She is one of those authors, that got me addicted to Contemporary romances again. For quite some time I just couldn't sink my teeth into this genre for a while, I was really into historical and paranormal (and I still am just added another sub genre I am beginning to love again). So when I was introduced into the series when I read Christmas At Twilight, so I was very intrigued with the setting of Twilight Texas, and wanted more. So I picked this one up at the library, and definitely couldn't get enough.
This story is a bit of a triangle romance but not really. Its more about a young woman who loves two men, but one is unavailable at the time, and the other proposes and she feels he is safe. But right after she accepts that proposal where she hesitated agreeing too...her high school sweetheart comes strolling back into her life, and is fighting for a chance with her. The man she is engaged to is really the villain of the story, and that is evident from the start. His character always seemed to perfect but Jesse...now that is one sexy hero. He has a bad reputation, grew up around drugs and made mistakes. Then he comes to Twilight as a teen and meets Flynn who changes his life. He was such a great character to get to know. Even though he has this bad boy image, he is anything but a sweet and kind man that only wants justice and to get his girl. (oh sigh) he was lovely, and sexy in every way. The kind that is swoon worthy. Flynn could have had more backbone, her character was a bit flawed in some ways I liked but in others I couldn't stand. I felt like she could have fought more for Jesse, especially when she knows he needs it. And Jesse won't take it, he will fight for her, but demands the same. It is the wake up call Flynn needs to realize what is really important. Then we see her get her backbone...and then she becomes a great heroine instead of average.
This story was pretty intense...as in the way the story line turns out. Its the type of story that is pure intense in the love story, and really puts you at the edge of your seat needing to know what happens next. It was quite a adventure seeing these two characters really find their happy ending, and after finishing it...I knew I couldn't wait to get the second book of the series. There was such satisfaction in reading a romance that puts you on edge, stimulates the senses, intrigues you with each sensual scene and gives you a romance worth reading...GUARANTEED!! A HEART STOPPER!!
Ever since last year when I was introduce to Lori Wilde a couple years ago, I was hooked on her stories. She is one of those authors, that got me addicted to Contemporary romances again. For quite some time I just couldn't sink my teeth into this genre for a while, I was really into historical and paranormal (and I still am just added another sub genre I am beginning to love again). So when I was introduced into the series when I read Christmas At Twilight, so I was very intrigued with the setting of Twilight Texas, and wanted more. So I picked this one up at the library, and definitely couldn't get enough.
This story is a bit of a triangle romance but not really. Its more about a young woman who loves two men, but one is unavailable at the time, and the other proposes and she feels he is safe. But right after she accepts that proposal where she hesitated agreeing too...her high school sweetheart comes strolling back into her life, and is fighting for a chance with her. The man she is engaged to is really the villain of the story, and that is evident from the start. His character always seemed to perfect but Jesse...now that is one sexy hero. He has a bad reputation, grew up around drugs and made mistakes. Then he comes to Twilight as a teen and meets Flynn who changes his life. He was such a great character to get to know. Even though he has this bad boy image, he is anything but a sweet and kind man that only wants justice and to get his girl. (oh sigh) he was lovely, and sexy in every way. The kind that is swoon worthy. Flynn could have had more backbone, her character was a bit flawed in some ways I liked but in others I couldn't stand. I felt like she could have fought more for Jesse, especially when she knows he needs it. And Jesse won't take it, he will fight for her, but demands the same. It is the wake up call Flynn needs to realize what is really important. Then we see her get her backbone...and then she becomes a great heroine instead of average.
This story was pretty intense...as in the way the story line turns out. Its the type of story that is pure intense in the love story, and really puts you at the edge of your seat needing to know what happens next. It was quite a adventure seeing these two characters really find their happy ending, and after finishing it...I knew I couldn't wait to get the second book of the series. There was such satisfaction in reading a romance that puts you on edge, stimulates the senses, intrigues you with each sensual scene and gives you a romance worth reading...GUARANTEED!! A HEART STOPPER!!
April 12, 2016
Picked this up because knitting + romance = awesome, right? Nope!!!!!
Flynn was such a wishy-washy heroine who was faking her way through life. She puts everyone's desires and needs before hers and has managed to convince herself that she wants to open a yarn store, a promise she made to her dying mother, except she can't knit!!!! As the manager of a yarn store, I find that offensive. What happens when someone comes to the store looking for help with a project and she doesn't know how to fix a problem? How is she going to fake her way through yarn estimations for a project? A lot of stores get income through teaching, so I hope she was planning to hire someone else to do that part! And don't even get me started on how easy it was for her to finance store fixtures and get inventory.
Beau is Flynn's on-again, off-again high school sweetheart who is a total controlling dick. He doesn't listen to anything "Flynnie" says, (though she won't grow the balls to tell him she hates that name), physically manhandles her around in public, and uses his position as sheriff for sex games. Yes, he has a controlling father and a distant mother, and he recognizes that he doesn't want to be a drunk like his father, but he swings too far in the other direction and becomes a rigid rule-follower with no room for grey areas.
Jesse is Flynn's secret crush from high school who has spent 10 years in prison for something he didn't do. From the beginning we know he has a "heart of gold" and comes back to town with the intention of winning Flynn and getting his revenge on Beau. He wasn't so bad a character, just too much of a cliche.
The most interesting part for me, romance-wise, was the secondary story of Jesse's Aunt Patsy and Hondo, the local EMT chief. They have quite a history together and I was way more interested in their happy ending than Jesse and Flynn's.
Two stars because I was engaged enough to skim my way to the ending, and I liked the cat.
Flynn was such a wishy-washy heroine who was faking her way through life. She puts everyone's desires and needs before hers and has managed to convince herself that she wants to open a yarn store, a promise she made to her dying mother, except she can't knit!!!! As the manager of a yarn store, I find that offensive. What happens when someone comes to the store looking for help with a project and she doesn't know how to fix a problem? How is she going to fake her way through yarn estimations for a project? A lot of stores get income through teaching, so I hope she was planning to hire someone else to do that part! And don't even get me started on how easy it was for her to finance store fixtures and get inventory.
Beau is Flynn's on-again, off-again high school sweetheart who is a total controlling dick. He doesn't listen to anything "Flynnie" says, (though she won't grow the balls to tell him she hates that name), physically manhandles her around in public, and uses his position as sheriff for sex games. Yes, he has a controlling father and a distant mother, and he recognizes that he doesn't want to be a drunk like his father, but he swings too far in the other direction and becomes a rigid rule-follower with no room for grey areas.
Jesse is Flynn's secret crush from high school who has spent 10 years in prison for something he didn't do. From the beginning we know he has a "heart of gold" and comes back to town with the intention of winning Flynn and getting his revenge on Beau. He wasn't so bad a character, just too much of a cliche.
The most interesting part for me, romance-wise, was the secondary story of Jesse's Aunt Patsy and Hondo, the local EMT chief. They have quite a history together and I was way more interested in their happy ending than Jesse and Flynn's.
Two stars because I was engaged enough to skim my way to the ending, and I liked the cat.
November 18, 2012
Kapak ismini yazmak ve hatırlamak bile güç :) Nora Roberts hayranları bu kitaba bayılacak..! şeklinde yazılan not , bana göre alakası yok diyebilirim..Kitabın temposu ve kurgusu bana yavaş geldi nedense..Konuyu özetlemem gerekirse , Twilight kasabasının ele avuca sığmayan, kuralsız ve hırçın çocuğu Jesse uğradığı bir haksızlık sonucu sevdiği kız Flynn den istemeyerekte olsa ayrılmak zorunda kalır..Yıllar sonra şartlı tahliye ile cezasını tamamlayıp kendisine yapılanların intikamını almak için kasabaya ve sevdiği kadına geri döner ve hikayede bundan sonra başlar ama ben aynı duyguyu bu kitapta yaşayamadım..Jesse nin affediciliği , aşkı güzeldi ama Flynn nedense beni okurken sinir etti..Tamam kendisini ailesine adamıştı , ama sevdiğini de kitabın neredeyse sonunda söyledi..Ya bende, yada okuduklarımda sorun olduğunu düşünmeye başladım..Bu yüzden bir hazine gibi elimde duran Susan Elizabeth Philips ile bu durağanlıktan kurtulmayı planlıyorum...Dediğim gibi kitap bana bunu hissettirdi belki siz sevebilirsiniz...Şimdiden keyifli okumalar diliyorum :)
June 6, 2014
The one star is for the sweet ending. The knitting club ladies had seemed like just a bunch of gossips but in the end they showed that they were very sweet to keep Flynn's secret a secret.
As for the antagonists. ..Flynn tries too hard to come across as a strong woman holding it all tog. but when it comes to her love life she's a total wimp. Fact is she has been two-timing Beau since high school! Beau is pretty twisted but having caught Jesse and Flynn I was surprised he did not kill them both :O Then there is the sexy bits. Instead of being hot those bits were jaring to the point of crude. It's like reading a sweet romance and suddenly the hero gets horny and a few crude words were thrown in. Turned me off totally and I like my raunchy sexy scenes when they are well-written! Now I know why the book is only $1.
BTW super unrealistic resolution to the Beau issue...
As for the antagonists. ..Flynn tries too hard to come across as a strong woman holding it all tog. but when it comes to her love life she's a total wimp. Fact is she has been two-timing Beau since high school! Beau is pretty twisted but having caught Jesse and Flynn I was surprised he did not kill them both :O Then there is the sexy bits. Instead of being hot those bits were jaring to the point of crude. It's like reading a sweet romance and suddenly the hero gets horny and a few crude words were thrown in. Turned me off totally and I like my raunchy sexy scenes when they are well-written! Now I know why the book is only $1.
BTW super unrealistic resolution to the Beau issue...
December 6, 2011
I have to say i was disappointed. I think the biggest problem was i just didn't like the heroine. I couldn't understand why she persisted with the thoughts and feelings she persisted with and this left me asking why the hero, Jessie, would put up with her? Because I couldn't connect with Flynn, I did not feel emotionally involved in the story and found it to be melodramatic and over done, particularly the chemistry that the author tried to create but in my opinion failed to generate. The sex scenes were also way too melodramatic for my taste. I love a good sex scene as much as the next person but the two in this book were not the best and certainly not the best i have read from this author. Usually Lori Wilde is a great but I think she dropped the ball with this one.
February 5, 2017
Evet bugün arkadaşımın tavsiyesi üzerine başladım ve bayıldım
Öyle hoş dokunaklı ve minik dokunuşlu bir kitaptı
Ve jesse ah harika adam
Bir yalan suçlama ile kaç yılını hapiste geçiriyor ve orada bile iyilik yapıyor ve düşürüyor çıkma durumunu tm düşündüğü tek kişi flynn
Ve kızımız ya oy aklında tek kişi var oda Köprüde öptügü adam
Ama bir engel hemde en büyüğü
Aşk öyleydi ki insan böyle masumca titreşimleri hissediyor
Kıza çoğu yerde kızdım gerçekten nasıl herkes gibi inandı diye
Ve jesse her zaman ki mükemmeldi
Bir yeri vardı özelikle okuyan olursa hemen bu yazdığımı hatırlasin omuzlarına çıkarıp kızın görmesini sağladığı şey
Öyle güzeldi ki
Ve öyle acı boşu boşuna geçen yıllar
Neyse hafif güzel yüreğe dokunan bir kitap
Öyle hoş dokunaklı ve minik dokunuşlu bir kitaptı
Ve jesse ah harika adam
Bir yalan suçlama ile kaç yılını hapiste geçiriyor ve orada bile iyilik yapıyor ve düşürüyor çıkma durumunu tm düşündüğü tek kişi flynn
Ve kızımız ya oy aklında tek kişi var oda Köprüde öptügü adam
Ama bir engel hemde en büyüğü
Aşk öyleydi ki insan böyle masumca titreşimleri hissediyor
Kıza çoğu yerde kızdım gerçekten nasıl herkes gibi inandı diye
Ve jesse her zaman ki mükemmeldi
Bir yeri vardı özelikle okuyan olursa hemen bu yazdığımı hatırlasin omuzlarına çıkarıp kızın görmesini sağladığı şey
Öyle güzeldi ki
Ve öyle acı boşu boşuna geçen yıllar
Neyse hafif güzel yüreğe dokunan bir kitap
March 9, 2011
This book is very cliched, with stereotypical characters and plot. I read alot of guilty pleasures, but with this one, I felt more guilt than pleasure. Some of the writing reads more like a parady of romance novels than anything else. The cover and artwork is totally misplaced--there should be a cheesy photo of a man wearing boots, jeans, and a hat (with 6-pack abs, of course) rather than the cozy porch scene. Ditto for the title--love of knitting is not part of this book, although NOT being able to knit is a theme.
March 1, 2010
Every character was a cliched stereotype--the good ol' boy sheriff with too much power, the good girl with a secret wild side, the bad boy wrongly accused. It was like a bad "Lifetime Original Movie". (And really aren't all Lifetime Original Movies bad??) I didn't feel like any of the characters were all that like-able.
Predictable and poorly written.
Predictable and poorly written.
December 4, 2018
Fluffy, cute, predictable. Am I glad I read it? Yup. I love to knit and any story that appeals to my romantic side and my love for knitting, is okay with me. Plus there is one scene in there that had my heart beating a little wildly and I couldn't put it down. This is definitely entertainment reading, and it definitely entertained me!
January 30, 2015
I was teetering on the edge of this one, barely hanging in on the question of finish/don't finish. Halfway through, I got pushed over the edge. At that point, I didn't believe the characters and therefore I didn't believe the story.
December 18, 2016
Awe, another knitting story. I would have liked to hear more from the sweetheart knitters the self. And wrong was done to Jessie,but word on the punishment for the sheriff. I didn't like the ending.
April 23, 2010
Had never read this author. Got it because of knitting title. It held my interest and hard to put it down. Could have done without the raunch scenes though.
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July 17, 2012I was excited to read a book about knitting. However, I could not get
past the first chapter. Why do authors have to use such foul language.
That is a big turn off to me.
past the first chapter. Why do authors have to use such foul language.
That is a big turn off to me.
September 18, 2013
Not my kind of book - very shallow.
July 13, 2015
I just can't.
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January 10, 2015I can't even give it one star....unbelievably bad. I can't believe I actually finished it
June 1, 2015
Could not stand Flynn (H).
January 2, 2016
Just don't. Misogynistic crap.
February 11, 2020
Such a waste of time!
January 31, 2021
This was a great story and I'm already loving the small town vibe. I can't wait to get to know the other people around town.
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