Really disappointed in this story. I think I set my expectations way too high. I loved The Unwanted Wife. I actually love stories about asshole husbands/boyfriends/fiancées, who redeem themselves by the end with tons of groveling. I didn't feel I really got that with this story. And LOTS of hot, steamy make up sex. Well, I didn't feel I got that either.
First off Bronwyn gets kicked out of the house by her husband for doing the unthinkable (gasp!), she got pregnant accidentally. Bryce is a total dickhead about it, talking shit to her, blaming her for doing it intentionally and throwing around a whole bunch of accusations at her before kicking her ass out. Angst? Yeah, so far loving it. He's gonna grovel SO MUCH!!! Well....he doesn't. I was sorely disappointed in the lack of ass kissing that I thought was definitely necessary to make amends by the end of this story. But, I digress, back to the story....
Bronwyn goes out on her own, getting a job and finding a dump that she can afford to live in with her baby. She barely scrapes by, starving herself from lack of funds, and getting deathly sick in the process. When they finally see each other face to face again TWO YEARS LATER, we find out that uber rich Bryce had people out looking for her, paying private detectives to track her down. Apparently they weren't very good private detectives, because they can't find a trace of her. Not a one. Hmmm. Just ridiculous. Not only that, Bronwyn tried to contact him, calling him at his office where his people told her to fuck off (not really those exact words, but pretty much the same meaning), and she tries to call him at home, but apparently uber rich Bryce cannot afford an answering machine and nobody was home to take the call, DOH!! And it went downhill for me from there. Now that they've found each other again, they still don't like each other because of the hurt of the past, but they decide to live together for the sake of their child. They decide they will still date other people, Bronwyn will go back to school and get a job, and Bryce will finally get to watch the kid for a change. We get to constantly hear Bryce tear Brownwyn down and talk shit to her for most of the rest of the story, and boy is that ever fun. He's a total dick, and why she doesn't pack up her shit and move out again is beyond me. He finally pulls his head out towards the end, but by then I couldn't have cared less if they actually got back together, and couldn't wait to get to the end of the story. I was so tired of reading how much the loved each other and didn't want to divorce, but had to, so they could make each other happy. Just stupid. If you want a lot of angst to your story, this one has it in spades. The story wasn't all that brilliant though. The characters act so stupidly so many times, I was finally to the point of wishing they'd both just get divorced and find some different partners that they could actually be happy with. Oh, and what sex there was with this story, was kind of pathetic. Felt to me like the Author had lost some of her Mojo since her first book came out. This one didn't compare at all.