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No Longer Mine
One woman, one man, and a love that won’t let either of them go. Born on the wrong side of the tracks and dealt a fair share of hardship, Nikki Kline never gives up a fight. Even when her reason to keep going is ripped from her, Nikki tries desperately to hang on. But when the man who broke Nikki’s heart comes back into her life she doesn’t know how much she can take. Especially since that man seems determined to win back her damaged heart. Wade Lightfoot is a man who knows he’s made more mistakes than most. As much as he would like to repair the damage he’s done to those he loves, Wade also knows there is no going back. But when he sets out to put things right the last thing he’s prepared to find out is that he had a son. A son he’ll never get the chance to meet. When the truth is out and all the old wounds are bared, it seems impossible that Nikki and Wade will find their way back to each other. But true love is an undeniable force that even past hurts can’t destroy. This title contains heartbreaking tragedy, lies and deception, and a scorching passion that nothing can deny.
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First published January 1, 2005
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My other me.... J.C. Daniels
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Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
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Thank you!
My other me.... J.C. Daniels
And an experimental me that I put to sleep. J. Dallas
Bio...
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
To contact the author, please visit her website!
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cheater scumbag + weak heroine + Ogro + asshole alert
He was engaged to heroine and had sex with another woman, leaving her pregnant. Kicked to the curb our heroine and married another woman.
Our heroine is left pregnant and alone while he builds a new life with another woman.
I've never felt such hatred for a hero in this way, he is despicable.
She deserved a better man and he was so selfish and hypocritical. When he found out that she had lost her son in an accident and almost died, he just thought she had sex with another man and was furious and jealous. But he dumped her for another woman that he got her pregnant and got married to her for years and when he finds again the heroine and she left town he soon got a nurse to date and replace the heroine. He is a miserable bastard.
He is not worthy.
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cheater scumbag + weak heroine + Ogro + asshole alert
He was engaged to heroine and had sex with another woman, leaving her pregnant. Kicked to the curb our heroine and married another woman.
Our heroine is left pregnant and alone while he builds a new life with another woman.
I've never felt such hatred for a hero in this way, he is despicable.
She deserved a better man and he was so selfish and hypocritical. When he found out that she had lost her son in an accident and almost died, he just thought she had sex with another man and was furious and jealous. But he dumped her for another woman that he got her pregnant and got married to her for years and when he finds again the heroine and she left town he soon got a nurse to date and replace the heroine. He is a miserable bastard.
He is not worthy.
They said time healed all wounds, but three years after she’d had her heart shredded, she was still bleeding out. Her little boy…
Wade Lightfoot. At one time, that man had meant the entire world to her. He had been everything to her.
And then he had gotten another woman pregnant. She’d survived that, and she’d even managed to be happy eventually…because of Jason.
She had left the hospital in better shape than she had entered it. Jason had left it in a body bag.
But even after three years, she wasn’t ready to let go of her grief.
“Wade,” she whispered. Her eyes, stricken, then landed on the child’s face. A little girl, a little mirror of her father. And of Nikki’s son.
He’d been holding a pregnancy test in his hand. A positive one. And Nikki hadn’t taken any pregnancy test.
“Who in the hell is she?” Raising his head, Wade stared at her from black eyes. Those eyes, always so warm and full of life, looked cold and lifeless. Before he even said it, she knew. “Jamie Sayer,” he said, his voice almost soundless.
Positioning himself between her legs, Wade whispered, “I’m sorry, but I can’t wait. God, I need you so bad.” Then he arched her hips up and drove into her, burying himself to the hilt.
So while they had gotten married and lived in the house Nikki and Wade had picked out, Nikki had hidden away like the interloper. But only for a few more months.
“What do you mean, what are you going to tell Nikki?” Jamie shouted. “It’s none of her damn business. You’re mine now!”
He hadn’t seen either of them in five years.
But if she hadn’t been pregnant, you never would have known.” His eyes met hers straight on, unblinking and steady.
“Don’t say that, Wade. We ended the night you told me she was pregnant.” Jerking her face away from his touch, Nikki gave a harsh laugh. “Hell. We were over the night you spent with her. I just didn’t know it.”
Harshly, she said, “You turned out to be everything I hate in people. You betrayed me. You lied to me.”
An uphill battle didn’t quite describe it. She went nearly a month overdue, delivering at forty-three and half weeks. Jason was small, but he was perfect. Alive, healthy and hers.
Harshly, Nikki said, “You don’t know what you did to me. You destroyed me. You tore out my heart and soul and I still haven’t recovered from it.” The pain spread throughout her entire body, leaving her weak and trembling, throat tight, hands shaking from the raging emotions. “Nikki—”
“Me?” she repeated, her voice rising with shock and anger. “Learn to bend? This is my fault? You son of a bitch. You knocked up some bimbo and I’m supposed to bend?” “You’re supposed to let it go—hell, even if you can’t forgive me, at least get over it. It’s over.”
“Don’t ever speak of my child’s mother that way, Nik. Don’t ever do it,” he repeated, his voice low and hard, his eyes glinting like shards of broken black glass.
“Well, I’ll say whatever I want against the bitch,” she coldly said, whipping past him to stand her ground in the middle of the porch. She didn’t back away as he advanced, just took out the one weapon she had left. “Like a dog in heat, she went chasing after you, no matter how many times you told her you weren’t interested. She did everything to catch your eye except strip naked and plant herself in front of you.”
Damn it all, he was done begging. He was done crawling. No more. Making his own face as cruel as hers had been, he continued, “Hell, I’m starting to wonder about a lot of things. But one thing is certain—” moving closer until he was nose to nose with her, he whispered harshly, “—you ain’t worth it.”
Leanne was sweet, gentle and unassuming. She looked at Wade as though she thought he was some type of god and made him feel like he wasn’t a walking disaster. And Abby liked her. She hardly even mentioned Nikki anymore. The past three weeks had been easier, but he didn’t know if that was because Leanne was there or because he was adjusting to the fact that Nikki was gone.
He sent a silent prayer heavenward and thanked Leanne for letting him know. “Are we still on for Christmas Eve?” she asked softly. “Yeah. And don’t forget you’re welcome to come by Christmas night when you get done working your shift.”
Leanne wasn’t Nikki. She was the exact opposite, which was why he was dating her.
Shawn had told her yesterday that he’d seen Wade going out with a woman he vaguely knew from the hospital. A pretty young nurse Nikki remembered all too well. Leanne Winslow had been the one holding her hand when she woke up briefly in the ER after her accident.
“I’m not that far gone. I’m still perfectly healthy—” “Bullshit,” Kirsten said succinctly, her voice hard, sharp as shards of broken glass. “You’re a damned mess. Over him, a jackass that slept around on you, had two women knocked up at the same time. He got some woman pregnant one night, drunk out of his mind, angry over a fight he started.
“I can’t believe you waste your time and your love on such a pathetic bastard, Nicole. Not just once, but twice. You’re letting him put you through hell all over again. I can’t help but wonder how many others he’s got on the sly while he’s been chasing you. Why do you even bother with him?”
She wanted him out of her life and he needed to let her go. He needed to move on with his life so she could move on with hers. That was his resolution. Leanne was a part of it.
Leanne listened in silence as he told her about Jamie, how his wife had slipped away and how he hadn’t been able to help her, hadn’t been able to care enough to do it. “She killed herself, you know.” His voice was conversational, his eyes bland, showing little emotion.
Bitterly, Wade replied, “Not soon enough. She didn’t wait very long though, a month at most.” She had gone straight to another man and yet she had been punishing him all this time. “Bitch,” he breathed out, hands clenching and unclenching, a vein throbbing at his right temple.
But Nikki wasn’t still hurting over him. She was mourning a child…and using him as her fucking punching bag. Him, and Abby too. She would pay, damn it. For every time she had twisted his heart inside his chest, for every time she had put even a flicker of hurt or disappointment in Abby’s eyes, for every slur she had made against his wife.
“You cold-hearted bastard. That little boy was her reason for living. I took care of her after the accident. She was in a coma for nearly a week. And when she woke up, she was empty inside. There was nothing there.
He didn’t tell her he didn’t want to be in that house. A house where she had raised her son. A house where she might have welcomed her son’s father, her lover. A house where he had never been welcomed.
He would use that sleek body until he had her out of his system. And then he was going to walk away.
Nikki’s eyes fluttered open, locked on his intent face. His eyes glittered fiercely, his jaw tight. And she shivered. She recognized his touch. Her body recognized his, but she didn’t know this man, this hard-faced, grim stranger. Something cold settled low in her belly, warring with the heat. A flash of fear fluttered in her chest. She was deeply aware of the feeling that something wasn’t right, something was off.
With one heavy thrust, he buried himself inside her. She flinched, arching up against him with a weak whimper, her eyes wide and dark as the sharp discomfort bordered on pain. Her body recoiled from the rough, sudden invasion.
What in the hell am I doing out here? he wondered. His shattered heart and bruised pride were calling out for something. She had played him for a fool. She’d misled him, all but lied to him—that knife she’d twisted in his gut. Many times she’d thrown his past mistakes at him and let him think that was why she was so miserable, but it wasn’t him… It was the loss of her son. Shit. Her son.
He couldn’t get past it. Did he want it to go unpunished, all the times he had seen the light in Abby’s eyes extinguished by a cool word or look? Nikki hadn’t ever been cruel, but Abby’s sweet, childish attempts to befriend Nikki had all been ignored, and Abby had sensed in her heart that Nikki rejected her.
He insisted to himself once more that he had nothing to feel guilty about. He was simply settling the score. She was the one who had lied and betrayed.
They were finished. He knew that. There was no way they could have a life together, not with all the anger and resentment that swirled in him, despite all his attempts to drown them. She may not know it, would not be expecting it because he had just told her in graphic detail that he wanted her back. But there was no way he could stay.
But it would eat him alive to stay here, trying to make it work, knowing she had been with another man.
“He would have been just four months younger than Abby,” she whispered. “Would have started school next year.”
===>WTF - PIECE OF SHIT <===
And beneath it all, the anger, the grief, the confusion and the guilt, he felt relief. It hadn’t been another man. He wouldn’t have to let her go in order to save her from his own anger.
===> WTF - SOB <===
...had lost a son he had never known existed. But he would be able to keep her. They could make more children, other sons. He’d never know this one. There can be others though, he thought, his mind racing from one thought to the next.
“Why didn’t you tell me before now?” he asked quietly, keeping tight control of his own anger. It was, after all, rather poetic justice. He had come seeking retribution and had ended up finding out he was his own worst enemy. He was the nameless, faceless bastard that had haunted his dreams.
“Did you really? Legally, yes, you did. But I have to wonder, if I had told you from the beginning, what would have happened? You would have insisted on having rights, visiting privileges. I would have been forced to see you with your wife and your daughter. I was already in bad shape. How right would it have been to put me through that, especially when I did nothing wrong, nothing to deserve what happened to me? I lost everything, Wade. He was all I had. Why should I have shared him with you?” “Because he was mine,” Wade rasped, his eyes narrowing as he moved closer.
===> WTF <===
“Yeah, well, if you had been forced to share your son, maybe you wouldn’t have left Louisville, and maybe he’d still be alive,” Wade snapped, catching hold of her and jerking her up against him.
Now her eyes rose, locked on his. Hot, angry. Softly, she asked, “Tell me something, Wade, what have you lost?” “I lost you,” he whispered, his own eyes dark and haunted.
“Through nobody’s fault but your own,” she reminded. “That was your doing, nobody else’s. I think I’ve had more than my fair share of heartache.
“I’m moving back to Indiana. Abby’s not happy here. I’m not happy.” His answer fanned the hot flames that were spreading to engulf her body. “So,” she said coldly, glaring at him. “This was…what? One last trip down memory lane?” “More or less,” he replied.
Hell, if I’d wanted some quick and easy sex, I could have gotten that there. I come back here. I give in, against my better judgment, only to find out you just wanted a private farewell party.”
“Because you proved to me it would be a waste of my time, Wade. You’re not worth wasting any more time on. You were right about that, after all. You are not worth it. No man who does what you just did is.”
“I love you. I always did. Sometimes I hated myself because I couldn’t stop. But it’s a part of me, like breathing, like writing. I can’t live without you. I can live with you not wanting me, but I can’t do it unless you’re out there somewhere.”
avoid
February 4, 2012Wow.
In a good way.
In a bad way.
In a way that made me cry.
In a way that made me unhappy.
In a way that ripped my heart right out of my chest.
The rating for this book is 3 stars for writing. 1 star for the hero. 5 for the heroine. 1 for the ending…so I will not rate it. It's like a big rainbow of feelings that I could not, can not, place.
Maybe I was supposed to feel sorry for the hero because Jamie manipulated him.
Maybe I should have felt sorry for his kid because Nikkie was cold to her.
A lot of maybe-s.
I have wrote the same about one other book, but it is still true:
This book is not about second chances. It is not about love. It is not about family.
Maybe it was supposed to be.
But to me it was a book about one woman.
It was a book about a woman that was strong enough to survive anything. But not strong enough to not love the wrong man.
Again I start with the maybe-es:
Maybe the fact that the hero was besotted was supposed to make me like him.
Maybe I should have pitied Jamie for killing herself.
Maybe, maybe, maybe.
But also again-I did not.
Wade was a creepy and untrustworthy young man. After all, he cheated on his fiancé, the woman he loved because of his uncontrolled jealousy. The jealousy that was a result of something that happened before she even met him!
But he turned out in to a full fledged psychopath later.
At times, it was not really seen because of all the love he showed for his little girl.
But it was still there, hidden under the surface, shown in the way he pursues the heroine, never leaving her be, never letting her live on.
But his loony toonynes got its own super freak category when he wanted to get back at Nikkie for having a kid. He suspected it was not his because of the date of birth….and this rattled him so much he has gone to crazy lengths to ‘get back’ at her. He frightened L to not tell her. He seduced Nikkie when she was vulnerable and broken down.
All this to get back at her…for?
Because he believed she was with an other man?
‘Giving him what was his?’
Really? After he married Jamie and Jamie had his kid?
He wanted to get back at her because now it was not ok for her to call Jamie a whore?
Even thou Jamie was not only a whore but a fellow crazy sole?
Never mind Nikki-es hurt over her child.
Never mind it all.
She is going to pay.
But then she tells him the child was his.
And he lashes out because she did not tell him.
Maybe the kid would not have died if she told him.
I was shivering while reading these final scenes.
The emotional abuse. The way he kicked her when she was down.
Always kicking her when she was down, all of her life.
After she told him how she almost died when he married Jamie. When they broke up.
How she became anorexic and fought it only to stay pregnant. Pregnant with a part of him because she loved him, loves him, will always love him?
But he still kicks.
And I say…God. He is right. Love is sometimes cancer. But the cancer in this is him. He is her cancer. And he is ugly. He is just plain ugly on the inside. Evil . Malicious. Cruel.
The torture. I can not imagine…I could not…I just cried for her like a moron . For all she had to survive.
His anger.
His betrayal.
His child with an other woman.
His marriage.
Her child's death.
His pursuit.
His rage.
Him.Just him. And the ugly karma that brought him to her.
I had high hopes that Wade would die in that coma. It was kismet, was it not, for him to now have a car accident?
Maybe his kid could have turned out good if Nikkie raised her on her own. She did have pshio genetics fro both mother and father.
SO I wanted him dead.
Because Wade was a bastard.
He just was.
And he deserved Jamie and Jamie's fate as well.
Maybe not in the beginning.
But they were cut form the same cloth. I saw this as I read.
She molested him while drunk, pretending to be his girlfriend, and she did not have an abortion so she could have him even thou she hated her child (because it did not bring her him, not really),and she told him trough a letter to his fiancé.
So yes, she was evil before him.
A slow petty small minded kind of evil.
But he was pure evil.
A big angry animal on the loose ,hunting for his pray.
And he was, like Jamie, angry because of the way thing were. This that were like that because of him. Them. Their own actions.
The hypocrisy!
But he did not die and the author gave us a so called happy ending for him and the heroine.
After reading this book I just kind of continued to look at the final page an thought how the heroine was going to have a very dark future indeed.
I could already imagine all the cruel stuff that would be her punishment for little things-not loving his kid this or that way, not taking care of him then and then, and most of all for looking at that cash register dude a bit to freely.
And you know, these things just had to end up in abuse. I have no idea how she was not already black and blue with all of his unnatural rages.
So….all in all-very disturbing. Very not my cup of tea- because for me, love is always a bit broken when people cheat. And a very anti-hero indeed.
I still loved Nikkie with all my heart. She was a very hopeful young woman that would have given Wade all that she had. He made his bed and was unhappy with it, but she was the one that had to live with all the pain. Pain that she did not deserve.
I just…I wanted to take her out of this book, hug her , erase her memory and give her to Dale. The Dale that was a normal human being that wanted her in a non crazy stalker way.
Maybe you should try it out and see for your self. But I personally think you should spare yourself the unnecessary angst. Really.
In a good way.
In a bad way.
In a way that made me cry.
In a way that made me unhappy.
In a way that ripped my heart right out of my chest.
The rating for this book is 3 stars for writing. 1 star for the hero. 5 for the heroine. 1 for the ending…so I will not rate it. It's like a big rainbow of feelings that I could not, can not, place.
Maybe I was supposed to feel sorry for the hero because Jamie manipulated him.
Maybe I should have felt sorry for his kid because Nikkie was cold to her.
A lot of maybe-s.
I have wrote the same about one other book, but it is still true:
This book is not about second chances. It is not about love. It is not about family.
Maybe it was supposed to be.
But to me it was a book about one woman.
It was a book about a woman that was strong enough to survive anything. But not strong enough to not love the wrong man.
Again I start with the maybe-es:
Maybe the fact that the hero was besotted was supposed to make me like him.
Maybe I should have pitied Jamie for killing herself.
Maybe, maybe, maybe.
But also again-I did not.
Wade was a creepy and untrustworthy young man. After all, he cheated on his fiancé, the woman he loved because of his uncontrolled jealousy. The jealousy that was a result of something that happened before she even met him!
But he turned out in to a full fledged psychopath later.
At times, it was not really seen because of all the love he showed for his little girl.
But it was still there, hidden under the surface, shown in the way he pursues the heroine, never leaving her be, never letting her live on.
But his loony toonynes got its own super freak category when he wanted to get back at Nikkie for having a kid. He suspected it was not his because of the date of birth….and this rattled him so much he has gone to crazy lengths to ‘get back’ at her. He frightened L to not tell her. He seduced Nikkie when she was vulnerable and broken down.
All this to get back at her…for?
Because he believed she was with an other man?
‘Giving him what was his?’
Really? After he married Jamie and Jamie had his kid?
He wanted to get back at her because now it was not ok for her to call Jamie a whore?
Even thou Jamie was not only a whore but a fellow crazy sole?
Never mind Nikki-es hurt over her child.
Never mind it all.
She is going to pay.
But then she tells him the child was his.
And he lashes out because she did not tell him.
Maybe the kid would not have died if she told him.
I was shivering while reading these final scenes.
The emotional abuse. The way he kicked her when she was down.
Always kicking her when she was down, all of her life.
After she told him how she almost died when he married Jamie. When they broke up.
How she became anorexic and fought it only to stay pregnant. Pregnant with a part of him because she loved him, loves him, will always love him?
But he still kicks.
And I say…God. He is right. Love is sometimes cancer. But the cancer in this is him. He is her cancer. And he is ugly. He is just plain ugly on the inside. Evil . Malicious. Cruel.
The torture. I can not imagine…I could not…I just cried for her like a moron . For all she had to survive.
His anger.
His betrayal.
His child with an other woman.
His marriage.
Her child's death.
His pursuit.
His rage.
Him.Just him. And the ugly karma that brought him to her.
I had high hopes that Wade would die in that coma. It was kismet, was it not, for him to now have a car accident?
Maybe his kid could have turned out good if Nikkie raised her on her own. She did have pshio genetics fro both mother and father.
SO I wanted him dead.
Because Wade was a bastard.
He just was.
And he deserved Jamie and Jamie's fate as well.
Maybe not in the beginning.
But they were cut form the same cloth. I saw this as I read.
She molested him while drunk, pretending to be his girlfriend, and she did not have an abortion so she could have him even thou she hated her child (because it did not bring her him, not really),and she told him trough a letter to his fiancé.
So yes, she was evil before him.
A slow petty small minded kind of evil.
But he was pure evil.
A big angry animal on the loose ,hunting for his pray.
And he was, like Jamie, angry because of the way thing were. This that were like that because of him. Them. Their own actions.
The hypocrisy!
But he did not die and the author gave us a so called happy ending for him and the heroine.
After reading this book I just kind of continued to look at the final page an thought how the heroine was going to have a very dark future indeed.
I could already imagine all the cruel stuff that would be her punishment for little things-not loving his kid this or that way, not taking care of him then and then, and most of all for looking at that cash register dude a bit to freely.
And you know, these things just had to end up in abuse. I have no idea how she was not already black and blue with all of his unnatural rages.
So….all in all-very disturbing. Very not my cup of tea- because for me, love is always a bit broken when people cheat. And a very anti-hero indeed.
I still loved Nikkie with all my heart. She was a very hopeful young woman that would have given Wade all that she had. He made his bed and was unhappy with it, but she was the one that had to live with all the pain. Pain that she did not deserve.
I just…I wanted to take her out of this book, hug her , erase her memory and give her to Dale. The Dale that was a normal human being that wanted her in a non crazy stalker way.
Maybe you should try it out and see for your self. But I personally think you should spare yourself the unnecessary angst. Really.
June 22, 2016
This was the author's first book and, as such, in the fore notes she admits to some problems with polish and overly dramatic characters. This is the edition where she went in and added a bit of polish, but she didn't want to change history by altering the story. I understand and respect that. This is the first book I've read by her, but I would definitely be willing to try another and give her a break on the first book.
The opening scene is horrific. Seriously, horrific. It's not graphic in a blood and gore sort of way, but the realism of the happy baby babbling to himself and chewing on his toys right before the accident that kills him is hard to read. It is effectively written though.
The rest. I don't know. The H was incredibly self involved and a pig about something that made no freaking sense unless you are living in HPLandia. Maybe they were. He was just one of the working class heroes we don't typically see there.
SPOILERS BELOW
In a nutshell. The heroine loses her child in that first scene. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that the baby was the hero's but he never knew about him. The two had been together since she was a teen and were going to get married when he threw a jealous fit over nothing and the two got into an argument. Wade slinks off and gets drunk and whiny. He ends up sleeping with a girl who has been chasing him for years, but was so drunk he doesn't remember it.
The other girl turns up pregnant and he has to tell the h. She has sex with him one more time - cuz that's exactly what I'd do if a guy just announced he got another chick pregnant. Afterwards she leaves his engagement ring behind and leaves town (I think. All the flashbacks confused me). He decides to marry the OW since she's pregnant and the h ditched him. They leave town too.
Five years later they've moved to the same town. He's a widower (wife committed suicide because he still loved the h). The heroine is a famous writer who has been understandably depressed and shut down in the 3 years since the loss of her child.
The H is determined to get the h back and doesn't understand why she's so adamant about shutting him out. I can sort of see his point. She tells him more than once that he ruined her life. They were kids essentially when this happened and the h has gone on to have a great career and moved out of poverty. He on the other hand screwed up his life with a ONS and endured an unhappy marriage. I guess he feels he's suffered for his sin. He can understand the mistrust and the unwillingness to give him another chance, but the out-and-out venom/hatred seems a bit OTT after so many years. Of course, he doesn't know about the baby.
He finds out and based on the child's date of birth, decides she went to another man shortly after the breakup. Now he's pissed! How dare she sleep with another man. I mean, he married another chick and had a kid with her, but the heroine was supposed to go in deep freeze. How dare she be such a bitch to him and refuse to befriend his 4 yr old daughter, blaming everything on him when she is mourning another man's child. He'll show her!!
This is where the insane HP tycoon logic comes in. I'm gonna have to tag him even though this isn't a HP and he's not a tycoon.
He decides to move away and puts his house up for sale, then he goes and picks up the h (who has decided to give him a chance). She thinks they'll drive around and talk or go somewhere close, but he instead spirits her away to an isolated cabin in Gatlinburg (the redneck equivalent of the private Greek island. I'm from TN and I've been to Gatlinburg 1000s of times, I can say that).
His master plan-o-revenge? Sleep with her for the weekend and then drop the bomb that he's leaving town and she's a bitch for snubbing him and his child by the OW over her grief for another man's baby. He finds out the truth before pulling the trigger on his plan, but the h figures it out anyway and shuts him down. Wade slinks away with his daughter to another town.
A year later, he's in a coma after a car accident (the h was in a coma in the beginning. So, bonus, 2 comas). His last words before lapsing into unconsciousness were to ask for the h. His family contacts her, she goes and sits by the bedside and talks to him with the little girl. After he comes out of the coma they decide to get married. Not sure why - aside from her blinding lurve - she wants him.
The opening scene is horrific. Seriously, horrific. It's not graphic in a blood and gore sort of way, but the realism of the happy baby babbling to himself and chewing on his toys right before the accident that kills him is hard to read. It is effectively written though.
The rest. I don't know. The H was incredibly self involved and a pig about something that made no freaking sense unless you are living in HPLandia. Maybe they were. He was just one of the working class heroes we don't typically see there.
SPOILERS BELOW
In a nutshell. The heroine loses her child in that first scene. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that the baby was the hero's but he never knew about him. The two had been together since she was a teen and were going to get married when he threw a jealous fit over nothing and the two got into an argument. Wade slinks off and gets drunk and whiny. He ends up sleeping with a girl who has been chasing him for years, but was so drunk he doesn't remember it.
The other girl turns up pregnant and he has to tell the h. She has sex with him one more time - cuz that's exactly what I'd do if a guy just announced he got another chick pregnant. Afterwards she leaves his engagement ring behind and leaves town (I think. All the flashbacks confused me). He decides to marry the OW since she's pregnant and the h ditched him. They leave town too.
Five years later they've moved to the same town. He's a widower (wife committed suicide because he still loved the h). The heroine is a famous writer who has been understandably depressed and shut down in the 3 years since the loss of her child.
The H is determined to get the h back and doesn't understand why she's so adamant about shutting him out. I can sort of see his point. She tells him more than once that he ruined her life. They were kids essentially when this happened and the h has gone on to have a great career and moved out of poverty. He on the other hand screwed up his life with a ONS and endured an unhappy marriage. I guess he feels he's suffered for his sin. He can understand the mistrust and the unwillingness to give him another chance, but the out-and-out venom/hatred seems a bit OTT after so many years. Of course, he doesn't know about the baby.
He finds out and based on the child's date of birth, decides she went to another man shortly after the breakup. Now he's pissed! How dare she sleep with another man. I mean, he married another chick and had a kid with her, but the heroine was supposed to go in deep freeze. How dare she be such a bitch to him and refuse to befriend his 4 yr old daughter, blaming everything on him when she is mourning another man's child. He'll show her!!
This is where the insane HP tycoon logic comes in. I'm gonna have to tag him even though this isn't a HP and he's not a tycoon.
He decides to move away and puts his house up for sale, then he goes and picks up the h (who has decided to give him a chance). She thinks they'll drive around and talk or go somewhere close, but he instead spirits her away to an isolated cabin in Gatlinburg (the redneck equivalent of the private Greek island. I'm from TN and I've been to Gatlinburg 1000s of times, I can say that).
His master plan-o-revenge? Sleep with her for the weekend and then drop the bomb that he's leaving town and she's a bitch for snubbing him and his child by the OW over her grief for another man's baby. He finds out the truth before pulling the trigger on his plan, but the h figures it out anyway and shuts him down. Wade slinks away with his daughter to another town.
A year later, he's in a coma after a car accident (the h was in a coma in the beginning. So, bonus, 2 comas). His last words before lapsing into unconsciousness were to ask for the h. His family contacts her, she goes and sits by the bedside and talks to him with the little girl. After he comes out of the coma they decide to get married. Not sure why - aside from her blinding lurve - she wants him.
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August 24, 2022Holy moly.
And I am done.
And I am done.
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March 6, 2017Read this years ago and I hated it, I actually hate thinking about this book because I loathed Wade. Deleted this years back I wish i didn't get reminded of it now!
April 23, 2010
This story had loads of promise, but for me it was just too angsty, depressing, and was marred by a rather unlikable hero and heroine. There was no joy at all in this book. I felt like I went fifteen rounds in a boxing match while reading this one, and I was relieved when I finally finished it.
Best friends Nikki and Wade had a three year courtship and were all set to marry. Wade worked as a paramedic and Nikki was studying to become a nurse. A few days before the wedding Wade hit Nikki with a huge bombshell that destroyed both their lives. They broke up and went their separate ways, both miserable without the other. Years later Wade comes back into Nikki's life, and wants another chance at love with her. But Nikki's not the same girl that Wade remembers. A terrible tragedy has happened to her in the years since they were engaged, and although Nikki never stopped loving Wade, she's not ready to risk getting hurt again. But stubborn Wade won't give up--he must have Nikki again. But Nikki has a secret of her own that she must reveal to Wade before they can ever think of a reconciliation.
I enjoyed the premise of this book. The characters were written very realistically--they were flawed and had problems and seemed like people that you would know in real life. But what I didn't like was that besides being flawed (which is okay), the H/h were just unlikable to me. The hero especially was too jealous, made too many stupid assumptions, got angry and said hurtful things to the heroine, and spent a lot of time apologizing. The heroine had some tragic things happen to her, but she fell apart one too many times for me. She suffered from depression which led to anorexia, and she (and the hero) continually flip-flopped over whether they wanted to try again. It drove me crazy! No matter how good the writing is, if I can't connect with/like the H/h, I'm not going to enjoy the book much. And I struggled with this one. But I kept on reading, because I was curious to see if these two could overcome their boatload of problems and work things out.
A word of warning about this edition of No Longer Mine--it was filled with typos, missed words, and confusing editing (Nikki started out as a nurse in training and all of a sudden she was a writer; it took more than a few chapters to finally figure out that Wade was an EMT). I understand that there's going to be a revised edition coming out soon, so I'd urge anyone interested in reading this story to wait for that one. Perhaps Ms. Walker will somehow make the hero a little more likable in the new edition and some upgraded editing will make the story flow a little better and be less confusing.
If you enjoy a story with tons of angst and don't mind a hero who sometimes speaks before he thinks and has a big jealous streak, and a heroine who really should be treated for depression, then you'll probably enjoy this one. I don't really enjoy a story where the H/h continually hurt each other, so this one didn't quite work for me. 3 stars.
Best friends Nikki and Wade had a three year courtship and were all set to marry. Wade worked as a paramedic and Nikki was studying to become a nurse. A few days before the wedding Wade hit Nikki with a huge bombshell that destroyed both their lives. They broke up and went their separate ways, both miserable without the other. Years later Wade comes back into Nikki's life, and wants another chance at love with her. But Nikki's not the same girl that Wade remembers. A terrible tragedy has happened to her in the years since they were engaged, and although Nikki never stopped loving Wade, she's not ready to risk getting hurt again. But stubborn Wade won't give up--he must have Nikki again. But Nikki has a secret of her own that she must reveal to Wade before they can ever think of a reconciliation.
I enjoyed the premise of this book. The characters were written very realistically--they were flawed and had problems and seemed like people that you would know in real life. But what I didn't like was that besides being flawed (which is okay), the H/h were just unlikable to me. The hero especially was too jealous, made too many stupid assumptions, got angry and said hurtful things to the heroine, and spent a lot of time apologizing. The heroine had some tragic things happen to her, but she fell apart one too many times for me. She suffered from depression which led to anorexia, and she (and the hero) continually flip-flopped over whether they wanted to try again. It drove me crazy! No matter how good the writing is, if I can't connect with/like the H/h, I'm not going to enjoy the book much. And I struggled with this one. But I kept on reading, because I was curious to see if these two could overcome their boatload of problems and work things out.
A word of warning about this edition of No Longer Mine--it was filled with typos, missed words, and confusing editing (Nikki started out as a nurse in training and all of a sudden she was a writer; it took more than a few chapters to finally figure out that Wade was an EMT). I understand that there's going to be a revised edition coming out soon, so I'd urge anyone interested in reading this story to wait for that one. Perhaps Ms. Walker will somehow make the hero a little more likable in the new edition and some upgraded editing will make the story flow a little better and be less confusing.
If you enjoy a story with tons of angst and don't mind a hero who sometimes speaks before he thinks and has a big jealous streak, and a heroine who really should be treated for depression, then you'll probably enjoy this one. I don't really enjoy a story where the H/h continually hurt each other, so this one didn't quite work for me. 3 stars.
February 3, 2012
This book was a mess! I am so disappointed, I thought I was going to love it because this story line usually appeals to me... fall in love when they are young and then are torn apart. Well it didn't work for me here. The whole book the H&h were apart, it made me feel awful. I kept hoping for a happy vibe, waiting, searching for it. It never came for me. The only positive I can say about it besides the heroine was somewhat likable was I read it quickly trying to get to the HEA. Also there were so many holes in the story that at times I was questioning if I read something right. At one point the author made a big deal about the noise of the hero's vintage mustang coming up the road, then she had the hero get out of a truck. I also had trouble with the timeline and trying to figure out the ages of the characters. At one point I think the heroine was a twin then later she had 2 brothers, one older and one younger.
What really killed this book for me was the hero. Wade was absolutely horrible. I love a good jerk, I don't even mind cheaters, hoping eventually they will redeem themselves and make it up to the heroine. Not Happening Here! Wade was delusional, he turned psycho instead of better. I thought I was going to explode by the end.
I don't usually slam books, at least not this hard, but this one did not work for me.
What really killed this book for me was the hero. Wade was absolutely horrible. I love a good jerk, I don't even mind cheaters, hoping eventually they will redeem themselves and make it up to the heroine. Not Happening Here! Wade was delusional, he turned psycho instead of better. I thought I was going to explode by the end.
I don't usually slam books, at least not this hard, but this one did not work for me.
October 29, 2021
2.5 Messy Stars
I picked this up on scribd after reading Her Best Friend's Lover where that H, Dale was in love with this h, Nikki… which if I’m honest felt like a stretch because Dale is hardly in this book at all, and pretty much declares his love, is denied, then moves away. So, I’m glad I read this second because I wouldn’t have understood his epic heartbreak that lasted 5 years, and would’ve thought his h, Lauren, was being a total bitch when she talked such shit about Nikki now knowing what she’d been through. I struggled a bit how to rate this one. It’s pretty emotional, and tackles some big issues (cheating, anorexia, death of child, suicide) which generated some heavy feels, but the execution could've been better. **this is not a safe read**
I knew going in that they were childhood sweethearts, and that he was going to drunk cheat when they were engaged and knock up the OW. My issue, was that (IMO) she didn’t do a great job of laying the foundation for this. She jumps around a lot in the first several chapters from present to past. (present, 3-yrs earlier, present, 5-yrs earlier, etc.) which was choppy and confusing. Everything comes in little random pieces that needs to be sorted and stored, and IMHO it would have been easier, and worked better to just follow the path. For example, the reader knows what’s coming, we’ve seen the effect (where both mc’s are now), but we need the cause. When we finally get to the cheating/breakup, we’re given the basics, and it’s brutal, BUT we’re spoon-fed details (Like… his POV, or how her home situation was awful, and that Wade was her anchor- the only person who cared for her. And, that the OW made her insecure because her and Wade were rich, and Nikki was “trashy”. Or, how the OW was a bit crazy, and was convinced her and Wade were destined, so she slunk around until she had an opportunity to take advantage of him.) over the next chapters that I would’ve preferred all together.
That aside my biggest issue was Wade, and his inability to convince me that a) she was the love of his life and b) that he was redeemable/remorseful which was an epic fail for me. Pushing aside that he’d been widowed for 3-years, and never attempted to find her, a best-selling author, his attitude/method of getting his girl back SUCKED… big time. He doesn’t grovel, barely says he’s sorry, he isn’t understanding, and is completely confused that she doesn’t just instantly forgive him. He’s tenacious, but more in a pushy HULKsmash sort of way… and has MAJOR anger issues. For example, before he knows the boy is his son (in blurb) he thinks she slept with someone else right after they broke up, and this something he can’t get over… he's so jealous...like there’s no coming through that when it never would've happened had HE NOT HAD SEX AND KNOCKED UP AND MARRIED AN OW!!
Bottom Line- The only way you’re probably going to get anything from this book is if you focus on the feels. I felt tears several times…BUT I completely disconnected from the characters. In other words, I rode the roller coaster, but kept my eyes closed. If you like to immerse yourself with the characters, and can’t shut off your rage for an asshole… then you might want to read a review or 10 before spending the $$ on the book. It’s not romantic, they don’t do a ton of heavy lifting/deep conversations to heal, and the ending is rushed without an epilogue. It could’ve been a lot better (especially the ending) if the author would’ve had them put in the work, but it did make me cry… and kept me up late... and it was much better than Her Best Friend's Lover which I rated a 2…so I went with the 2.5 ⭐roundup.
I picked this up on scribd after reading Her Best Friend's Lover where that H, Dale was in love with this h, Nikki… which if I’m honest felt like a stretch because Dale is hardly in this book at all, and pretty much declares his love, is denied, then moves away. So, I’m glad I read this second because I wouldn’t have understood his epic heartbreak that lasted 5 years, and would’ve thought his h, Lauren, was being a total bitch when she talked such shit about Nikki now knowing what she’d been through. I struggled a bit how to rate this one. It’s pretty emotional, and tackles some big issues (cheating, anorexia, death of child, suicide) which generated some heavy feels, but the execution could've been better. **this is not a safe read**
I knew going in that they were childhood sweethearts, and that he was going to drunk cheat when they were engaged and knock up the OW. My issue, was that (IMO) she didn’t do a great job of laying the foundation for this. She jumps around a lot in the first several chapters from present to past. (present, 3-yrs earlier, present, 5-yrs earlier, etc.) which was choppy and confusing. Everything comes in little random pieces that needs to be sorted and stored, and IMHO it would have been easier, and worked better to just follow the path. For example, the reader knows what’s coming, we’ve seen the effect (where both mc’s are now), but we need the cause. When we finally get to the cheating/breakup, we’re given the basics, and it’s brutal, BUT we’re spoon-fed details (Like… his POV, or how her home situation was awful, and that Wade was her anchor- the only person who cared for her. And, that the OW made her insecure because her and Wade were rich, and Nikki was “trashy”. Or, how the OW was a bit crazy, and was convinced her and Wade were destined, so she slunk around until she had an opportunity to take advantage of him.) over the next chapters that I would’ve preferred all together.
That aside my biggest issue was Wade, and his inability to convince me that a) she was the love of his life and b) that he was redeemable/remorseful which was an epic fail for me. Pushing aside that he’d been widowed for 3-years, and never attempted to find her, a best-selling author, his attitude/method of getting his girl back SUCKED… big time. He doesn’t grovel, barely says he’s sorry, he isn’t understanding, and is completely confused that she doesn’t just instantly forgive him. He’s tenacious, but more in a pushy HULKsmash sort of way… and has MAJOR anger issues. For example, before he knows the boy is his son (in blurb) he thinks she slept with someone else right after they broke up, and this something he can’t get over… he's so jealous...like there’s no coming through that when it never would've happened had HE NOT HAD SEX AND KNOCKED UP AND MARRIED AN OW!!
Bottom Line- The only way you’re probably going to get anything from this book is if you focus on the feels. I felt tears several times…BUT I completely disconnected from the characters. In other words, I rode the roller coaster, but kept my eyes closed. If you like to immerse yourself with the characters, and can’t shut off your rage for an asshole… then you might want to read a review or 10 before spending the $$ on the book. It’s not romantic, they don’t do a ton of heavy lifting/deep conversations to heal, and the ending is rushed without an epilogue. It could’ve been a lot better (especially the ending) if the author would’ve had them put in the work, but it did make me cry… and kept me up late... and it was much better than Her Best Friend's Lover which I rated a 2…so I went with the 2.5 ⭐roundup.
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September 22, 2015
I wanted to like this book because I love reading books about a-hole heroes that find ways to redeem themselves. I live for grovel scenes. In saying that, this book had no grovel scene whatsoever and I feel cheated!
Wade (hero) was a fucking asshat who had no redeemable qualities at all. Don't get me wrong i love jerk heroes, but ONLY if a whole lotta grovelling is promised. But nope, not in this book. Fuck. That. I get that the author tried to make him look like an almighty alpha male or some shit, but he ended up just looking like a spoilt stalker who doesn't comprehend the word "No".
Let me just point out a few things that pissed me the hell off in this book:
- He cheated and had the audacity to play the "drunk" card instead of just manning up and owning that shit. Fuck off.
- If he hadn't gotten O.W pregnant, he would never have told Nikki (heroine) that he'd cheated on her.
- When Nikki left him after finding out he cheated and got O.W pregnant, he fucked her 2 minutes later AND SHE LET HIM! (That's some unrealistic bullshit right there. Most women wouldn't have let him get close enough to touch, let alone fuck.)
- Wade not taking no for an answer. Borderline psycho.
- Wade acting as if he has the right to be possessive over Nikki. Oh hell no! Who the fuck does he think he is!? He has no right to act as if she is not allowed to date anyone but him, especially with his history. Eat shit.
- (Watch out, 'cause this next one's a doozy) When he found out that Nikki had a son and that he died, Wade didn't give a shit. All he cared about was that Nikki had gotten herself knocked up by someone else. Even when he was standing at the poor kid's grave, he didn't care that a child had lost his life, instead he was doing math in his head and coming to his own conclusions that Nikki had moved on quickly after they'd broken up and that she was a heartless bitch. He even stood attheir her son's grave and uttered the word "Bitch" aloud. He didn't care that Nikki had suffered through the pain of losing a child, he only cared that somebody (who was not him) had put their dick inside her. THIS coming from a married guy? Hey Wade, go fuck yourself buddy :)
- I hate that Nikki let herself waste away after their break up. I understand her reasons, but it still sucks.
- There was a lot of fucking suicide talk for a book that isn't that long, damn. First Nikki's mom then O.W, even Nikki's self-destruction seemed like an unconscious form of a slow suicide.
There were other things that had me gritting my teeth through this book and I found myself flicking through the last 4 chapters because when I realised that Wade's sorry ass was going to be doing no grovelling, I gave up.
I don't know maybe after a few days I may change my mind about this review but for now, I'm leaving it at that.
Wade (hero) was a fucking asshat who had no redeemable qualities at all. Don't get me wrong i love jerk heroes, but ONLY if a whole lotta grovelling is promised. But nope, not in this book. Fuck. That. I get that the author tried to make him look like an almighty alpha male or some shit, but he ended up just looking like a spoilt stalker who doesn't comprehend the word "No".
Let me just point out a few things that pissed me the hell off in this book:
- He cheated and had the audacity to play the "drunk" card instead of just manning up and owning that shit. Fuck off.
- If he hadn't gotten O.W pregnant, he would never have told Nikki (heroine) that he'd cheated on her.
- When Nikki left him after finding out he cheated and got O.W pregnant, he fucked her 2 minutes later AND SHE LET HIM! (That's some unrealistic bullshit right there. Most women wouldn't have let him get close enough to touch, let alone fuck.)
- Wade not taking no for an answer. Borderline psycho.
- Wade acting as if he has the right to be possessive over Nikki. Oh hell no! Who the fuck does he think he is!? He has no right to act as if she is not allowed to date anyone but him, especially with his history. Eat shit.
- (Watch out, 'cause this next one's a doozy) When he found out that Nikki had a son and that he died, Wade didn't give a shit. All he cared about was that Nikki had gotten herself knocked up by someone else. Even when he was standing at the poor kid's grave, he didn't care that a child had lost his life, instead he was doing math in his head and coming to his own conclusions that Nikki had moved on quickly after they'd broken up and that she was a heartless bitch. He even stood at
- I hate that Nikki let herself waste away after their break up. I understand her reasons, but it still sucks.
- There was a lot of fucking suicide talk for a book that isn't that long, damn. First Nikki's mom then O.W, even Nikki's self-destruction seemed like an unconscious form of a slow suicide.
There were other things that had me gritting my teeth through this book and I found myself flicking through the last 4 chapters because when I realised that Wade's sorry ass was going to be doing no grovelling, I gave up.
I don't know maybe after a few days I may change my mind about this review but for now, I'm leaving it at that.
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July 6, 2017
love this author usually but this book not so much or should i say H in this book! The storyline of young love etc was very sweet and love those but this because very bitter when the Zhero (after fight with h) went and slept with skank, then went and slept with h right after, did not tell her he cheated and they both ended up pregnant - he chose to marry the OW not knowing h was pregnant - still he chose OW over h who he was set to marry! The really sad part is that h lost her child (was killed in accident) H was a real douche not enough grovelling, pushed her to reconcile, his whole attitude was grap to me, pushing her to accept him back etc. so was not impressed, overall fail but the emotions from the h that was very touching, felt very authentic the H 's actions/behavior not so much
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September 23, 2024
uh.... I'm reading it while listening to a homicide crime documentary and trust me this obsessive behavior of creepy stalker H totally rub me in the wrong way
August 30, 2013
Authors please note: Alpha Male does NOT equal to A**hole
The blurb was promising. He cheats on her one night when he's drunk and then when the woman turns up pregnant, he marries her. Now she's dead and he's back to pick up where he left off with the heroine. Predictably, she wants none of it.
I don't have a problem with cheating heroes in romances because it takes exceptional writing skills to determine how much groveling is enough. The redemption of the cheater and his transition from someone the reader detests to someone likable is how I judge these novels.
And having said that, No Longer Mine fails completely there. I did not like Wade. At all. There isn't enough from his loving relationship before the cheating and break up to compensate for the appallingly bad behavior that follows. Bad enough that he cheated, he was also a Grade I certified Jerk. He claims to love Nikki to the point of insanity but nothing he does proves it. At one point he slams Nikki up against the wall for calling the woman he cheated on her with a slut. Honey, if I were her, there's a lot more that I'd be calling that ho'bag and you'd best be listening with your mouth shut!
I have mixed feelings about Nikki too. While she does tell him off from time to time, he just has to touch her tits or kiss her and she's all over him.
I have no real problem with the writing or any of that. My low rating owes itself solely to my inability to like the main protagonists. I just didn't sense any real relationship between the two. And that is not something you want to say about a romance novel!
The blurb was promising. He cheats on her one night when he's drunk and then when the woman turns up pregnant, he marries her. Now she's dead and he's back to pick up where he left off with the heroine. Predictably, she wants none of it.
I don't have a problem with cheating heroes in romances because it takes exceptional writing skills to determine how much groveling is enough. The redemption of the cheater and his transition from someone the reader detests to someone likable is how I judge these novels.
And having said that, No Longer Mine fails completely there. I did not like Wade. At all. There isn't enough from his loving relationship before the cheating and break up to compensate for the appallingly bad behavior that follows. Bad enough that he cheated, he was also a Grade I certified Jerk. He claims to love Nikki to the point of insanity but nothing he does proves it. At one point he slams Nikki up against the wall for calling the woman he cheated on her with a slut. Honey, if I were her, there's a lot more that I'd be calling that ho'bag and you'd best be listening with your mouth shut!
I have mixed feelings about Nikki too. While she does tell him off from time to time, he just has to touch her tits or kiss her and she's all over him.
I have no real problem with the writing or any of that. My low rating owes itself solely to my inability to like the main protagonists. I just didn't sense any real relationship between the two. And that is not something you want to say about a romance novel!
November 18, 2011
What a book,dear god the hero really what to say such a GFN disgusting pitiful excuse for a manhood
i gave 2 stars only for heroin cause she was strong n went through so much hurt n pain but i really disagree with her decision when she decided to be back with hero specially after blaming her for child's death
story was strong had potentials but author truned it into abusing-painful read
Ignore it
i gave 2 stars only for heroin cause she was strong n went through so much hurt n pain but i really disagree with her decision when she decided to be back with hero specially after blaming her for child's death
story was strong had potentials but author truned it into abusing-painful read
Ignore it
June 14, 2015
i am sorry i read this book. The guy cheats on the girl when he is so drunk he doesn't remember anything, then years later after much heartache, he is awful to her but its okay cos they have their HEA together. Think he would have been better leaving her alone and she needs psychiatric treatment.
May 18, 2014
THIS WAS JUST TOO DEPRESSING FOR ME
Maybe other readers might not mind the plot with all it's accompanying angst and tension and drama. But I just couldn't like this. I realise in the forward the author states that this is a very early book she wrote, and she's smoothed it out. Even so the story just doesn't flow well, it jumps about a lot, there's no depth to it. The characters are so self serving, shallow and unpleasant. The hero Wade is particularly nasty. I began to wish that the heroine had found someone else and moved on. Overall this just wasn't for me.
Maybe other readers might not mind the plot with all it's accompanying angst and tension and drama. But I just couldn't like this. I realise in the forward the author states that this is a very early book she wrote, and she's smoothed it out. Even so the story just doesn't flow well, it jumps about a lot, there's no depth to it. The characters are so self serving, shallow and unpleasant. The hero Wade is particularly nasty. I began to wish that the heroine had found someone else and moved on. Overall this just wasn't for me.
January 7, 2019
Scum bag hero who never fought for heroine or redeemed himself!
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August 25, 2021
This was a hard book to read because it talks about child loss and about betrayal.
Wade and Nikki were engaged but after a fight, he got drunk and found himself the next morning, in bed with another woman, Jamie, a girl that tried to get in his pants for years. He is stressed about this because he doesn't want to lose Nikki and he hides what happened until one day when the OW gives I'm a pregnancy test. He is broken because he knows that he just lost Nikki.
When Nikki goes to his apartment to tell him some good news regarding her career, he sees him crying with the test in his hand, and she realizes that he cheated. She leaves him days before their wedding, and after some weeks she finds out that she is also pregnant, but there is nothing left to do because Wade is already married to OW.
She decides to have the baby and leave the city. One year and a half, tragedy strikes, and Nikki is left again heartbroken, this time irremediably. She writes, sleeps, and dreams, and sometimes eats, and that is her life for almost 4 years until she sees in town, Wade and his daughter.
Wade wants to be friends but Nikki wants nothing to do with him. Wade acts like a j**k when he finds out some things about her past and in my opinion, she forgave him too fast . Also, I hated him for the moment when he defended Jamie, the OW that slept with him with the intention of trapping him, only because she was his daughter's mom.
Wade and Nikki were engaged but after a fight, he got drunk and found himself the next morning, in bed with another woman, Jamie, a girl that tried to get in his pants for years. He is stressed about this because he doesn't want to lose Nikki and he hides what happened until one day when the OW gives I'm a pregnancy test. He is broken because he knows that he just lost Nikki.
When Nikki goes to his apartment to tell him some good news regarding her career, he sees him crying with the test in his hand, and she realizes that he cheated. She leaves him days before their wedding, and after some weeks she finds out that she is also pregnant, but there is nothing left to do because Wade is already married to OW.
She decides to have the baby and leave the city. One year and a half, tragedy strikes, and Nikki is left again heartbroken, this time irremediably. She writes, sleeps, and dreams, and sometimes eats, and that is her life for almost 4 years until she sees in town, Wade and his daughter.
Wade wants to be friends but Nikki wants nothing to do with him. Wade acts like a j**k when he finds out some things about her past and in my opinion, she forgave him too fast . Also, I hated him for the moment when he defended Jamie, the OW that slept with him with the intention of trapping him, only because she was his daughter's mom.
May 13, 2010
I had to wait a week before I could at least stand the thought of reviewing this book. Not cuz I didn't like it but more because I was so touched by it that I always started crying only thinking about it. The warning at the end of the Blurb really is true: No Longer Mine is a heartbreaking tragedy that won't leave you untouched.
The story starts in a dramatic way. We join Nikki, her little son and her brother in a bumpy ride through a storm. We see how much they care for each other and bam everything is over. We find ourselves again in the hospital with Nikki barely living and conscious just long enough to get the news that her boy died in the accident. At this moment I first thought that I wouldn't be able to read this book. I was so touched and felt so much for Nikki I was afraid I couldn't stand all the emotion and heartbreak that had to follow. I took a break and during this time I thought about what would happen next and what should not. I started to think about all the possible ways Shiloh could ruin this book and I thought perhaps it wouldn't be that emotional the whole time. I was wrong.
Nikki is broken but she tries to stay strong. Her life was nothing you would wish even your worst enemy. She was hurt by Wade big time and when she discovers that she's pregnant she just knows one thing- she wants that child. The boy gave her life a sense again. She had something to live for and when he is ripped out of her life she thinks that nothing is left that's worth living for. I can hardly imagine how it must feel to be in that kind of a situation but I have to say Ms. Walker made me believe I got what it would feel like. My heart broke so often for Nikki and I admired her for her strength. When she sees Wade in her life again all the old emotions surface again and she has no idea how to handle it. Can she live with the constant reminder of her boy and the heartbreak Wade caused her? I think I couldn't stand that.
Wade is clueless that he had a boy. He thinks that Nikki is just angry cuz of his past mistakes and the way he indirectly ended their engagement. He wants her back cuz he never stopped loving her and he tries to find a way to sneak back into her heart. He knows he was wrong in the past and he knows that it is hard for Nikki to forget that but he underestimates the situation. He has no idea that he was a father and that Nikki lived through hell cuz of losing that child.
As you can imagine the whole situation seemed hopeless from the start. But I just couldn't stop wishing for a HEA. But what kind of HEA can that be? The boy is dead after all? I learned to accept that together with Nikki in small baby steps and at the end I could see a future for them again. It was a hard and heart-wrenching story. No longer Mine is no story you can read fast and be satisfied with. I cried so much, even after I finished this book. It just makes you think about life and death and the unfairness of life. It was really depressing from time to time.
A few times the book was too angsty for my taste and some things seemed a bit off but it is a book I will never forget.
All in all No Longer Mine was a captivating read. I had to put it down from time to time but my thoughts never left it. It was just so emotionally intense, heart breaking and lovely at the same time. I loved the characters and was sucked into the story right away. I highly recommend this book.
The story starts in a dramatic way. We join Nikki, her little son and her brother in a bumpy ride through a storm. We see how much they care for each other and bam everything is over. We find ourselves again in the hospital with Nikki barely living and conscious just long enough to get the news that her boy died in the accident. At this moment I first thought that I wouldn't be able to read this book. I was so touched and felt so much for Nikki I was afraid I couldn't stand all the emotion and heartbreak that had to follow. I took a break and during this time I thought about what would happen next and what should not. I started to think about all the possible ways Shiloh could ruin this book and I thought perhaps it wouldn't be that emotional the whole time. I was wrong.
Nikki is broken but she tries to stay strong. Her life was nothing you would wish even your worst enemy. She was hurt by Wade big time and when she discovers that she's pregnant she just knows one thing- she wants that child. The boy gave her life a sense again. She had something to live for and when he is ripped out of her life she thinks that nothing is left that's worth living for. I can hardly imagine how it must feel to be in that kind of a situation but I have to say Ms. Walker made me believe I got what it would feel like. My heart broke so often for Nikki and I admired her for her strength. When she sees Wade in her life again all the old emotions surface again and she has no idea how to handle it. Can she live with the constant reminder of her boy and the heartbreak Wade caused her? I think I couldn't stand that.
Wade is clueless that he had a boy. He thinks that Nikki is just angry cuz of his past mistakes and the way he indirectly ended their engagement. He wants her back cuz he never stopped loving her and he tries to find a way to sneak back into her heart. He knows he was wrong in the past and he knows that it is hard for Nikki to forget that but he underestimates the situation. He has no idea that he was a father and that Nikki lived through hell cuz of losing that child.
As you can imagine the whole situation seemed hopeless from the start. But I just couldn't stop wishing for a HEA. But what kind of HEA can that be? The boy is dead after all? I learned to accept that together with Nikki in small baby steps and at the end I could see a future for them again. It was a hard and heart-wrenching story. No longer Mine is no story you can read fast and be satisfied with. I cried so much, even after I finished this book. It just makes you think about life and death and the unfairness of life. It was really depressing from time to time.
A few times the book was too angsty for my taste and some things seemed a bit off but it is a book I will never forget.
All in all No Longer Mine was a captivating read. I had to put it down from time to time but my thoughts never left it. It was just so emotionally intense, heart breaking and lovely at the same time. I loved the characters and was sucked into the story right away. I highly recommend this book.
May 18, 2012
"The love he had wanted her to give to Abby, she gave to another child while refusing them" - douchebag Wade
ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? She's not suppose to love her own child but instead your brat you had when you cheated on her with some skank! God I hated this book but loved the heroine. Instead of a HEA it's more like a nightmare for that poor woman.
ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY? She's not suppose to love her own child but instead your brat you had when you cheated on her with some skank! God I hated this book but loved the heroine. Instead of a HEA it's more like a nightmare for that poor woman.
May 8, 2012
(May) 3.5* I was iffy about this book - it has some really bad reviews, but I figured I'd give it a shot. For the most part, I liked it, which surprised me since it has a lot of tropes I don't like -the idea of getting married to someone you barely know (and don't like) just because of a pregnancy (reminds me of a comedian I once heard who said getting married just because you are pregnant is like burning down the house just because you spilled juice on the carpet!); a contemporary heroine who, at around 18 or 19 years old (had a very hard time following the time line in this book, she might have been in her early 20's) goes into an absolute Victorian decline due to a broken heart; a secret baby (I get why she didn't tell Wade, but it was still not ok and kind of selfish); an overly precocious child who speaks way too grown up and is too wise for a 5 year old; and an overall Harlequin feel, complete with an overbearing jealous revengy type of hero, etc. That said, I found myself liking the book for the most part - until the end, which was a cop out. Nothing was really resolved, nothing was finalized - there should have been a graveside scene between Nikki and Wade where he shares her tears, there should have been a bit more conversation between the two of them trying to heal old wounds and seriously - are all the family members going to be taken out by drunk drivers at one point or another?! The ending was just too abrupt and flat for me - otherwise, I would have given this a 4*. I was also expecting it to be a bit more sexy, as many of SW's books are. But still, overall not a bad read.
Huh - just saw in another review this was SW's first romance book - ok, now I can be a bit more forgiving of the book!
Huh - just saw in another review this was SW's first romance book - ok, now I can be a bit more forgiving of the book!
Want to read
June 26, 2009from SW's blog in jan, 2010:
No Longer Mine is going back into print. It will be out from Samhain later this year, I think in April. It’s be revised-quite a bit, although not rewritten-rewriting that story would require changing too much of it, and although the story is rougher than I like, I’m not willing to change much of the story-I don’t view my stories as my kids, but still, it was my first serious attempt at romance and because of that, it’s pretty special. I don’t want to change too much of the story.
It will be in ebook initially and then later, it will be back in print.
Seton: please note that this is SW's first book
No Longer Mine is going back into print. It will be out from Samhain later this year, I think in April. It’s be revised-quite a bit, although not rewritten-rewriting that story would require changing too much of it, and although the story is rougher than I like, I’m not willing to change much of the story-I don’t view my stories as my kids, but still, it was my first serious attempt at romance and because of that, it’s pretty special. I don’t want to change too much of the story.
It will be in ebook initially and then later, it will be back in print.
Seton: please note that this is SW's first book
April 23, 2017
This book is so angsty and was so painful for me to read. I don't think the Hero fully redeemed himself but I'm giving this book a two star because I liked the fact that heroine actually made him work for it.
I liked that she actually lashed out, like a normal person would, instead of succumbing to sexual desire like most characters I've read about would do. Especially loved the part when she said that she didn't want his hands on her because they're "dirty". My heart literally soared.
Also I would like to thank the author as well, for sharing this story with us, despite it being so incredibly hard for her. That took a lot of courage.
I liked that she actually lashed out, like a normal person would, instead of succumbing to sexual desire like most characters I've read about would do. Especially loved the part when she said that she didn't want his hands on her because they're "dirty". My heart literally soared.
Also I would like to thank the author as well, for sharing this story with us, despite it being so incredibly hard for her. That took a lot of courage.
May 2, 2022
3 the hero deserves a super kick to the nuts stars🙄
March 31, 2014
SPOILERS throughout!!!!! I enjoyed this book, Nikki was one of the most heartbreaking heroine I have read, Wade is no doubt one of my least favorite. They were longtime loves, who had a fight and he took to bed a woman who was chasing after him for years... he hid it until right before their wedding where the virgin ow tells that she is pregnant.... Nikki walks away...but she too is pregnant.... he marries the other woman and has a daughter... Nikki crawls away destroyed and despite not caring for herself she manages to give birth herself to a baby boy that gives her a reason to live.... they end up in the same town many years later...the hero thinks it's his lucky day... he is free she is not married...he dismisses his treatment and betrayal of her and pursues her relentlessly destroying her fragile piece of mine over and over again... he was relentless and obsessive...once again there is another perfect child born of a cheater and a whore (virgin or not) he uses his child trying to seduce her into his life.. (yeah buddy I like looking at the child who technically destroyed my world and yes I would love to look at her everyday)... then somewhere down the line she manages to get away from town...away from him and he discoveres her secret about the child...but this idiot assumes she has been busting his chops for cheating on her and she must have left his bed for another immediately after she left him the first time...(uh you dork you cheated...you broke your word...and you dare to say a word about it (even if it was not true) after your no longer together.... The child was his, she was so underweight the baby was late as he was very small and they allowed her to go over.... he sets up a diabolical plan to use her to his fill and walk away.... and he does...after she comes home ready to try to accept him and his daughter... and during his sex fest he is ashamed but our heroine is not an idiot(except in caring at all about him) she is once again devastated by him and she confronts him.... (he also threatens a woman he is dating a nurse who let it slip that she was with the heroine when she lost her child, he threatens to tell things she told him in confidence to the hospital to keep her quiet to not warn the heroine as she saw him as he was... a vile man)... the hero leaves and is in a accident... unfortunately he lives...his family who never liked her call everyone trying to get her to come and she does a(after he is hurt).... never redeemed the hero...could not imagine that awesome heroine wasted on that loser and the constant reminder of his betrayal and the loss of her child... she would be better off walking away and getting a whole new life as one with him and his family would be a fate worse than I could imagine.
August 30, 2013
4 1/2*
I had a feeling while reading the begining of this book that it was going to make me cry,be a real tear jerker but I didn't shed a tear. It does tug at the heart strings and would probably have many people reaching for the nearest kleenex box but it didn't quite make it for me. Though I do have to say that to make me cry is not an easy job for an author to do. lol
Nicki (h) comes from the wrong side of the tracks, her mother commited suiside years ago, her father is a drunk and her brothers are going down a bad road and will probably end up in jail. The ONLY good in her life is Wade (H) and her writing.
They have three weeks to go before their wedding and she has big news to tell Wade, she finally got a contract to write a book and she can't wait to share that news with him. When she gets to his house she can tell something is very wrong and what he has to tell her just destroyed her.
Wade (H) thought he had everything until a horrible mistake made during a drunken night after a fight with Nicki comes back to haunt him. Now he's lost Nicki and doing what he thinks is best, he marries the woman he got pregnant.
Years later Wade is a single father and moves to a small town to get away from the violence of the big city and to have a better place to raise his 4 year old daughter Abby. When a chance encounter at a supermarket has him coming face to face with Nicki, the woman he never got over. He knows that she is a successful authour, he's bought all of her books, but what he can't understand is why she runs from him the moment that she realizes who she ran into. He decides to track her down and make amends for the past, after all they were really close once.
Nicki is one of the most broken, depressed character that I have ever read about. I really liked her brothers, or at least the brief look we get at them. I hope there is a book for each of them. There are a few things in this story that if people wanted to poke holes through ,it they could. Wade is one of them. He is so possesive over Nicki the moment he meets her at her house that when he sees any other male touching what he still considers his he goes into complete mental rage. Even though he was the one to cheat on her and it has been years since they were in a realtionship. Also Wade's daughter Abby seems a bit too tuned into adult situations and unspoken emotions. However I enjoyed the story the way it was. The authors note at the end of the book was really good too.
I had a feeling while reading the begining of this book that it was going to make me cry,be a real tear jerker but I didn't shed a tear. It does tug at the heart strings and would probably have many people reaching for the nearest kleenex box but it didn't quite make it for me. Though I do have to say that to make me cry is not an easy job for an author to do. lol
Nicki (h) comes from the wrong side of the tracks, her mother commited suiside years ago, her father is a drunk and her brothers are going down a bad road and will probably end up in jail. The ONLY good in her life is Wade (H) and her writing.
They have three weeks to go before their wedding and she has big news to tell Wade, she finally got a contract to write a book and she can't wait to share that news with him. When she gets to his house she can tell something is very wrong and what he has to tell her just destroyed her.
Wade (H) thought he had everything until a horrible mistake made during a drunken night after a fight with Nicki comes back to haunt him. Now he's lost Nicki and doing what he thinks is best, he marries the woman he got pregnant.
Years later Wade is a single father and moves to a small town to get away from the violence of the big city and to have a better place to raise his 4 year old daughter Abby. When a chance encounter at a supermarket has him coming face to face with Nicki, the woman he never got over. He knows that she is a successful authour, he's bought all of her books, but what he can't understand is why she runs from him the moment that she realizes who she ran into. He decides to track her down and make amends for the past, after all they were really close once.
Nicki is one of the most broken, depressed character that I have ever read about. I really liked her brothers, or at least the brief look we get at them. I hope there is a book for each of them. There are a few things in this story that if people wanted to poke holes through ,it they could. Wade is one of them. He is so possesive over Nicki the moment he meets her at her house that when he sees any other male touching what he still considers his he goes into complete mental rage. Even though he was the one to cheat on her and it has been years since they were in a realtionship. Also Wade's daughter Abby seems a bit too tuned into adult situations and unspoken emotions. However I enjoyed the story the way it was. The authors note at the end of the book was really good too.
March 14, 2014
I really do not know how to express myself about this one.
If you have not read the book yet pls. do not continue reading the review.
It was a hell of writing in a good way. I felt everything with the heroine, but the hero’s part was vey blurry for me.
Do all the alpha male jerk heros have some code of conduct that they have to ditch the woman we made to believe that they love (!) as soon as they learn the woman they cheated is pregnant?
And become a full time loving, adoring etc. father for the unwanted child.
Hello, which century are we living now? Have you heard the term sharing responsibility but not getting married or getting a divorce after the baby was born?
In this book the jerk who supposed to be a hero continued the marriage until the other woman committed suicide.
Also we do not know whether he had sexual relationship with his name only wife? Besides he really got mad with the heroine calling the woman w… mother of his child!!!!!!!!!
Or else when he found out heroine had a baby, or might have had a relationship after him!!!! Speechless.
And for his wife, committing suicide for a man who you slept and had a child but who did not love you a little bit?
Are you idiot or else? Why could not you get a divorce? Is he the only jerk that can make you happy?
I hate reading about the cheating and all the drama after that but I like groveling part. There was no groveling in this book.
Just the drama, hero behaving like a biggest jerk to the heroine and lots of pain.
I totally understand the heroine’s behavior to the hero’s daughter. I would not like to be even in the same room with her.
The thing I could not accept in these books that it always being drummed in women’s head that we can only love once in a lifetime and no other man can make us happy.
So when the hero stops being jerk and decides coming back or the circumstances lets him, in nature’s way, the heroine should torment him a bit and accept him with HEA.
Pardon my french but b…s…!
From my point of view HEA: the hero continues to live with his daughter and does whatever he likes. The heroine falls in love with a better man and lives with him happily ever after!
February 26, 2015
all i can say is.. save yourself from one of the most depressing romance (i doubt that i can clasified this in "romance"..yucks) ever.
oh, i need box of chocolate to digest this book. i meant it.
avoid this while u still able, but if you want to try to figured out how maso can you be, then read this. i need weeks to forgeting the story, as it still cant make sense. hw can there's a girl THAT silly to accepted this man who betrayed her?? he cheat on her, sleeping w/ow, got the ow pregnant, married her, having their kid, then the heroine is devastated. she should be walk the altar w/this socalled scum-hero. but he betrayed her and boy, he said he loved her. ALOT. eat shit! and then the h was pregnant w/his child but the H was already doing his "reponsibility" to marry the ow that he got pregnant too. then they met again, then he as jerk as he always been, she still falling in love again w/him, can someone check this girl brain? im willing to pay for her bills.
all in all, it was, ofc, HEA. and im throwing up. ughh....
do, read if you love the over the top angst, the over stupid h, the abusive H, and the stupid love story (what love???) i'll be damned.
oh, i need box of chocolate to digest this book. i meant it.
avoid this while u still able, but if you want to try to figured out how maso can you be, then read this. i need weeks to forgeting the story, as it still cant make sense. hw can there's a girl THAT silly to accepted this man who betrayed her?? he cheat on her, sleeping w/ow, got the ow pregnant, married her, having their kid, then the heroine is devastated. she should be walk the altar w/this socalled scum-hero. but he betrayed her and boy, he said he loved her. ALOT. eat shit! and then the h was pregnant w/his child but the H was already doing his "reponsibility" to marry the ow that he got pregnant too. then they met again, then he as jerk as he always been, she still falling in love again w/him, can someone check this girl brain? im willing to pay for her bills.
all in all, it was, ofc, HEA. and im throwing up. ughh....
do, read if you love the over the top angst, the over stupid h, the abusive H, and the stupid love story (what love???) i'll be damned.
November 7, 2020
Very depressing book ends 47%
I wanted to like it but how much does one person have to go through? Nikki from the wrong side of tracks has had everything bad happen. Her mother committed suicide, her fiance Wade was a cheater who got Jamie pregnant, not only that he has one more romp with Nikki in the woods. Then he married Jamie and lives his life until she kills herself.
Meanwhile Nikki has his child and then loses him in a car accident due to a drink driver. That is A LOT of depressing stuff.
Wade comes back into Nikki's life sleeps with her and him and his daughter moves away. He gets in bad accident and is in coma. Nikki comes he wakes up and says their getting married. Book ends at 47%
Um... Really?
I wanted to like it but how much does one person have to go through? Nikki from the wrong side of tracks has had everything bad happen. Her mother committed suicide, her fiance Wade was a cheater who got Jamie pregnant, not only that he has one more romp with Nikki in the woods. Then he married Jamie and lives his life until she kills herself.
Meanwhile Nikki has his child and then loses him in a car accident due to a drink driver. That is A LOT of depressing stuff.
Wade comes back into Nikki's life sleeps with her and him and his daughter moves away. He gets in bad accident and is in coma. Nikki comes he wakes up and says their getting married. Book ends at 47%
Um... Really?
May 2, 2022
I use GR to keep track of what I read. And since I have the memory of a gnat, I need it. Pls ignore my run on sentences.
So this is the one where they’re high school bf/gf, he gets her and bff preggers so she moves away from that cheater! And he marries the bff…BECAUSE OF COURSE HE MARRIED THE SECOND WOMAN HE KNOCKS UP! 🤦🏻♀️ Conveniently, years later bff unalives herself, so H & their daughter just happen to move the same town as the h. The h is living by herself, in eternal mourning ala Bella Swan, in a mansion cabin since she’s a successful author. Just remember that the H is immature judgmental vengeful dick. And the h actually gave herself a lifetime health issue before she knew she was pregnant by not eating, sleeping, drinking, etc. see? Bella Swan.
So this is the one where they’re high school bf/gf, he gets her and bff preggers so she moves away from that cheater! And he marries the bff…BECAUSE OF COURSE HE MARRIED THE SECOND WOMAN HE KNOCKS UP! 🤦🏻♀️ Conveniently, years later bff unalives herself, so H & their daughter just happen to move the same town as the h. The h is living by herself, in eternal mourning ala Bella Swan, in a mansion cabin since she’s a successful author. Just remember that the H is immature judgmental vengeful dick. And the h actually gave herself a lifetime health issue before she knew she was pregnant by not eating, sleeping, drinking, etc. see? Bella Swan.
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August 26, 2012
I think that I must have read a rough draft copy of this book,
it was filled with typos and misused words.
When I read a story,
I like character development and growth to be gradual, and
I like realistic conflict resolutions at the end of the story.
There was no growth for these characters, they remained the same, Stunted.
And, there was no conflict resolution,
they both seemed 'Content' with
ignoring the Pink Elephant in the room.
They were just not right for each other.
I did not like the female lead, Nikki, nor the male lead, Wade.
There were no redeeming qualities about Wade.
I tried and tried to find something good to say about him, but
I could not find anything remotely nice to say about him.
He was an AzzHole.
Nikki was not any better
I know that some breakups can be bad
but she just went way into left field.
Her CONSTANT self neglect throughout the story quickly became annoying and I could not muster any sympathy for her.
I like flawed characters, but
the author took it a bit too far with this story.
I read it because I wanted to know how the story ended,
but I was not wishing for the two main characters to be together.
Some people should not be together and this was the case in this book.
I gave the story Two Stars instead of One because it held my attention but I could not muster anymore points.
There really was no "Happily Ever After" and
I cannot pretend that there should be with this couple.
- Disappointed
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