The Life of Riley

by Lenora Worth

Georgia socialite Riley Sinclair is finally embracing the life she wants. But the news of her successful embryo implant pregnancy—her second chance at motherhood—brings her face-to-face with her ex-husband, Jackson. Fine. She knows how to handle him...most of the time. Too bad the unresolved passion is complicating matters. Worse, the problems that pulled them apart are back, too!

Sure, he seems to be handling their relationship differently. But with all that's gone on between them, can Riley really believe he's changed his run-when-things-get-tough habits? Some impressive proof is certainly required. And when Jackson delivers exactly that...well, Riley might have to say yes!

Genres: Category Romance, Harlequin, Contemporary, Romance

284 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Lenora Worth has written 75 books for three different publishers. She reached a milestone when she received her 50th book pin from Harlequin. Her books have won both regional and national awards and she now has millions of books in print and is a NY Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author. Currently she is writing both Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense and Tule Publishing. Married to her childhood sweetheart, Lenora has two grown children and lives in Florida.

Pen name: Lenora Nazworth

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. After five years, the death of her newborn son and her divorce, Riley is pregnant. She is determined to do this on her own, with no help from anyone. She did not expect her ex-husband to show up back in town. He claims to have changed and wants to be back in her life, but she doesn't trust him to stay. I liked Riley and Jackson fairly well. Jackson had left town after his divorce and spent the time traveling the world. He has finally accepted his share of the responsibility of the end of his marriage, but really wants to try again. He is stunned to find out that Riley has used one of their embryos to get pregnant again. This brings back memories of the problems they had before. He had never felt good enough to be a father, and the problems that they'd had did a number on his self-confidence. Now he wants to be a part of their lives, but doesn't know how to show Riley how he has changed. He still has trouble sharing his feelings and this is still causing problems. He has to come to terms with his grief before he can move on. Riley is a woman who is big on planning and self control. When they were first married she had felt she needed to live up to the Sinclair name and tended to try to make everything perfect. When she had difficulty getting pregnant she went into planning overkill and had their attempts planned to the minute. She was so focused she didn't realize what it was doing to her marriage until she found herself spending more time alone as Jackson pulled further away from her. When the baby died, it caused further distance until the marriage ended. Now that Jackson is back, Riley is afraid to trust that he will stick around. She tries to keep him at a distance to protect herself, but that doesn't work too well. With more maturity she also realizes that their problems weren't all Jackson's fault, but she is afraid to try again. I liked the way that they tried to spend time together and get to know each other as they are now. I had problems with Riley's frequent changes from wanting to try to not wanting him near her. I was glad to see how everything worked at the end.

[Georgina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful, awful story basically because
*plot - well there isn't much of one. Heroine gets pregnant using previously created fertilised eggs made from her and her husband before the divorce. Determined to raise the child as a single parent despite the 19th Century Greek chorus who provide appropriate background encouragement when, surprise, surprise, X husband turns up.
*characters- SHE is supposed to be spoiled. vivacious, spirited and independent - but prances around town doing what everyone wants her to do and turns into an indecisive puddle when the X turns up. HE is supposed to be a Mills and Boon hero but appears indecisive, weak, manipulative and a bully until the final pages where the AUTHOR actually calls him 'masculine'...almost as if she realised that she had forgotten to do so in the course of the book!!!!
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, (aka Greek chorus) WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE on her side take a PRO JACKSON (yes, that's his name) stance are usually with the heroine, stating, "Yes, but every baby needs a father and Jackson really has changed...."
Quick conversation at the end of the book. and lo and behold, Jackson has changed......
Could Goodreads come up with a negative scoring 'minus number' for these sorts of books???

[Darlene Torday · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those stories that once you start reading you don't want to put it down. Lots of sexual tension keeps the reader on their toes waiting to see what happens next. Good characters, nice plot with lot's of twists and turns as you hope they will find their happy ending with no more heartbreak.

[Phylis Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with any book by this author you know it will be a good one. This one won't disappoint you. I couldn't put it down.

Riley and her exp husband Jackson seem to fight all the time after they lost their first child together. Which is why they divorced.

Riley started her own boutique and fixed up Jackson's parents house. She is proving she doesn't need him

Check out the book I really enjoyed it

[Harlequin Books]

Category: Heart & Home

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so sad, but it had a wonderful ending.

[Bukcrz · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was not a book I would have chosen to read (predictable, hard to like heroine) but the plot and writing was great.

[Tia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was way too long, the characters were way too stubborn. It was fricken crazy!

[Shireen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Felt like the same chapter was repeated 30 times.... characters kept arguing the same issues with no progress or resolution...