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Letting Go
Sexy, handsome men like Grant Whittaker rarely walked through the doors of the middle school where Dr. Kelly Riley worked as an Asst. Principal. In her mind, staring at him was justified. When she learns that he’s a local politician running for office and practicing his oratory skills on her students she’s interested. But when she discovers her son is gay and her lover is running on a conservative ticket, she makes the only decision she feels she can and leaves Grant behind.
Former professional football player Grant Whittaker wasn’t accustomed to women correcting him or dismissing him either. Both things happen within five minutes of meeting the stunning Dr. Riley. After she agrees to go on a date with him, he knows she is the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But she disappears without explanation. The next time he sees her, his emotions churn out of control and he says hurtful things, pushing them further apart.
Grant and Kelly are both thrown mega-sized curve balls and must come to grips with a new way of looking at life if they are to hold their families together. Sometimes accepting what you cannot change is more than a poem, or a few scattered words, it’s a decree. There comes a time when Letting Go is all you can do, to free yourself to love.
Former professional football player Grant Whittaker wasn’t accustomed to women correcting him or dismissing him either. Both things happen within five minutes of meeting the stunning Dr. Riley. After she agrees to go on a date with him, he knows she is the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But she disappears without explanation. The next time he sees her, his emotions churn out of control and he says hurtful things, pushing them further apart.
Grant and Kelly are both thrown mega-sized curve balls and must come to grips with a new way of looking at life if they are to hold their families together. Sometimes accepting what you cannot change is more than a poem, or a few scattered words, it’s a decree. There comes a time when Letting Go is all you can do, to free yourself to love.
124 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 19, 2014
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About the author
Erosa Knowles
57 books191 followers"Hello,I'm a self-proclaimed read-a-holic. I love most genres and would rather read than do most things. Stands to reason, that I'd have this inexplicable love affair with the written word!
Reading was the balm that soothed me during tough times as a single mother, working two jobs. As things leveled out, I found I enjoyed the places books took me, there was a certain solace learning about various times and cultures. When I began traveling, many of the places I visited felt like old friends. I could envision the characters from the books walking the cobbled streets, or running along the swift moving streams.
After twenty years of reading and collecting my favorite authors, I decided to indulge my passion for storytelling. I took classes, invested in seminars and sat nervously across the table from editors. It was a lengthy process, Finally, I got the courage to allow the market to judge my work. The market can be a brutal, but I think fair, mistress. Hard work is rewarded and appreciated. Slackers don't stand a chance. :-)."
Reading was the balm that soothed me during tough times as a single mother, working two jobs. As things leveled out, I found I enjoyed the places books took me, there was a certain solace learning about various times and cultures. When I began traveling, many of the places I visited felt like old friends. I could envision the characters from the books walking the cobbled streets, or running along the swift moving streams.
After twenty years of reading and collecting my favorite authors, I decided to indulge my passion for storytelling. I took classes, invested in seminars and sat nervously across the table from editors. It was a lengthy process, Finally, I got the courage to allow the market to judge my work. The market can be a brutal, but I think fair, mistress. Hard work is rewarded and appreciated. Slackers don't stand a chance. :-)."
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August 25, 2014
This is another of my favourite authors and she did it to me again with this story!
This is Grant and Kelly’s story as well as Robin and BJ’s story. This story deals with a difficult issue of parents’ acceptance of their children when they choose to walk down a path alien to their parents’ wishes and desires for them. As a mother myself I have often pondered on what I would say to my child if they came home and told me they loved or was dating someone of the same sex. Would I disown my child because I found it hard to relate to their choice or would I choose to love my child and try to understand what was happening in their lives?
Well this story explores this theme of unconditional love and two parents struggle to come to terms with their children’s choice. They have to make a decision to love their children and try to understand their issues or lose their children.
This is a love story between Grant and Kelly but it is a love story about their children too. I found the story riveting and totally thought provoking. It caused me to stop and thinking. It also gave me ideas about how to handle the situation if I ever found myself in this position.
Another story outside the box for me which I absolutely enjoyed! I love it when an author uses real life issues and creates a story around that issue that impacts your life and the way you view that issue. I was enthralled by the journey that the story took me on and the impact on other family members and how they react to the issue that the parents are grappling with!
Well done Ms Knowles a powerful and most engrossing story. I would highly recommend this book!
August 29, 2014
I enjoyed this book. It started of as your regular IR read, but developed into a great story with a wonderful message....well done.
November 22, 2023
The Candidate & The Principal
This book gave you something to think about,like everything else even when you sympathize or empathize you never truly nor fully understand until it’s in your own home …
Kelly was more understanding and receptive, even when she was dying inside , well her sister kind of prepping her, anyway she found a way to accept and nurtured her son instead of letting the outside influences destroyed him. 👏👏 . As for Grant that was really a struggle, he just couldn’t fathom or accept it… until it was almost too late.
What Kip did … I don’t know if I would be as “ merciful “ in a way people closest to you are the one who usually do “ things “ like that. No Spoilers!!
Lots of unforeseen twists and turns … get your own copy!! 😜
By the way, Grant was running for office, however it was vague… what was he running for?
This book gave you something to think about,like everything else even when you sympathize or empathize you never truly nor fully understand until it’s in your own home …
Kelly was more understanding and receptive, even when she was dying inside , well her sister kind of prepping her, anyway she found a way to accept and nurtured her son instead of letting the outside influences destroyed him. 👏👏 . As for Grant that was really a struggle, he just couldn’t fathom or accept it… until it was almost too late.
What Kip did … I don’t know if I would be as “ merciful “ in a way people closest to you are the one who usually do “ things “ like that. No Spoilers!!
Lots of unforeseen twists and turns … get your own copy!! 😜
By the way, Grant was running for office, however it was vague… what was he running for?
October 17, 2014
It's easy to give advice when you're not emotionally involved. The view on what's right and what's wrong, what you should do and say is so much clearer when you don't have any personal emotional investment in the picture. But what happens when you do? What happens when the advice that you give to everyone else suddenly turns into the advice that you have to give yourself? When you have to exchange the knowledge that you learned in books to practical use? From words to actions? And what happens when you can't afford to get it wrong because the price is too high to pay?
This is the situation that Dr. Kelly Riley finds herself in. As a divorced mother raising a teenaged son Kelly is an assistant principal at the local high school. In her position she finds herself dealing with students on a variety of topics. One of these issues is homosexuality. Kelly is aware of all of the signs to look for that clue you in on homosexuality in teens as well as the obstacles that young people face when recognizing their sexuality during their teen years. She knows all of this. At least she thought that she did. So how does she miss the fact that her own son is participating in a homosexual relationship and she had no idea? And now that she knows what comes next?
Grant Whittaker is a single father and a former pro football player who has decided, at the pushing of his family, to move into the world of politics. Grant is running on a very conservative and traditional platform. In an effort to practice public speaking Grant gives a speech to the students at a local school. He's hoping to find more ease in his abilities but what he actually finds is Kelly. A woman unlike any woman he has dated in the past but one that piques his interest immediately.
Despite their political views being on opposite sides of the fence Kelly and Grant decide to begin seeing each other. Just as Kelly and Grant begin to date and entertain the idea of growing closer in their relationship Kelly quickly vanishes with no explanation to Grant as to why. Frustrated, Grant would like to continue to pursue Kelly but is angry and hurt behind her disappearing act. Before he can finish puzzling out what has happened he finds that his own personal and family issues reveal themselves and escalate so that his attention is refocused.
So what happens that these two find themselves crossing paths again after Kelly runs scared? How will they face their own demons and pull themselves and their families through the fire with minimal to no damage? All of the answers are in Letting Go and you all you have to do is pick up this book to get those questions answered.
This was book made me think. Evaluate. Then reevaluate. It's so easy to say what you would and wouldn't do when you're not the one that is really going through something. It's always harder to walk the walk then it is to talk the talk. What better topic hits this nail on the head and drive this point home than by involving our children?
For many of us our children are our weak spots. Our Achilles' heel. We want the best for them. We help mold them and shape them and want them to succeed. We try to shelter them from the ugliness and the hurt that is in the world because of our protective natures. But what happens when their own choices disagree with what we want? What happens when the choices that they make or the actions that they have to take because they have no choice disagree with what we want for them? What happens when we see that the path that they either want or have to go down is one that we know will be challenging for them? Dangerous? Hard? When that path is not what WE pictured when we envisioned what their lives would be like when they grew up and became adults. What if the characters in this book were you and your child? What then?
Overall I really enjoyed this book. There are the questions raised by teenage homosexuality as well as a mystery and element of suspense thrown in there as well that keeps you on your toes.
I was emotionally vested each of the main characters individually. I was vested in their children. I was vested in their challenges and obstacles. I was vested in a lot of things. Unfortunately, what I was not vested in or connected to was the romantic or relationship element between the two main characters. This being classified as an interracial romantic read this was a huge blip on the radar for me. As happens in many cases in real life it felt as if the situation with their children and their own personal issues and lives overshadowed them as a couple. I felt as if most of the time and attention was spent on everything but them. I would have loved spending a little more time devoted to them and their relationship even if it was their feelings about being or not being together during the time that they were apart.
This is a RECOMMEND to for me. This is a topic that you don't see every day in this genre. The only warning that comes with this one is that this is not your typical interracial romance. If you're looking for an easy read with the boy meets girl, falls in love and rides off into the sunset formula this is not the book for you. This is more the book that takes you away because it redirects and challenges your thinking. While there are some romantic elements in the book it doesn't feel like a romance to me. Maybe that's because with so many other things going on the romance doesn't take center stage. That being said that doesn't stop this from being a REALLY good book.
This is the situation that Dr. Kelly Riley finds herself in. As a divorced mother raising a teenaged son Kelly is an assistant principal at the local high school. In her position she finds herself dealing with students on a variety of topics. One of these issues is homosexuality. Kelly is aware of all of the signs to look for that clue you in on homosexuality in teens as well as the obstacles that young people face when recognizing their sexuality during their teen years. She knows all of this. At least she thought that she did. So how does she miss the fact that her own son is participating in a homosexual relationship and she had no idea? And now that she knows what comes next?
Grant Whittaker is a single father and a former pro football player who has decided, at the pushing of his family, to move into the world of politics. Grant is running on a very conservative and traditional platform. In an effort to practice public speaking Grant gives a speech to the students at a local school. He's hoping to find more ease in his abilities but what he actually finds is Kelly. A woman unlike any woman he has dated in the past but one that piques his interest immediately.
Despite their political views being on opposite sides of the fence Kelly and Grant decide to begin seeing each other. Just as Kelly and Grant begin to date and entertain the idea of growing closer in their relationship Kelly quickly vanishes with no explanation to Grant as to why. Frustrated, Grant would like to continue to pursue Kelly but is angry and hurt behind her disappearing act. Before he can finish puzzling out what has happened he finds that his own personal and family issues reveal themselves and escalate so that his attention is refocused.
So what happens that these two find themselves crossing paths again after Kelly runs scared? How will they face their own demons and pull themselves and their families through the fire with minimal to no damage? All of the answers are in Letting Go and you all you have to do is pick up this book to get those questions answered.
This was book made me think. Evaluate. Then reevaluate. It's so easy to say what you would and wouldn't do when you're not the one that is really going through something. It's always harder to walk the walk then it is to talk the talk. What better topic hits this nail on the head and drive this point home than by involving our children?
For many of us our children are our weak spots. Our Achilles' heel. We want the best for them. We help mold them and shape them and want them to succeed. We try to shelter them from the ugliness and the hurt that is in the world because of our protective natures. But what happens when their own choices disagree with what we want? What happens when the choices that they make or the actions that they have to take because they have no choice disagree with what we want for them? What happens when we see that the path that they either want or have to go down is one that we know will be challenging for them? Dangerous? Hard? When that path is not what WE pictured when we envisioned what their lives would be like when they grew up and became adults. What if the characters in this book were you and your child? What then?
Overall I really enjoyed this book. There are the questions raised by teenage homosexuality as well as a mystery and element of suspense thrown in there as well that keeps you on your toes.
I was emotionally vested each of the main characters individually. I was vested in their children. I was vested in their challenges and obstacles. I was vested in a lot of things. Unfortunately, what I was not vested in or connected to was the romantic or relationship element between the two main characters. This being classified as an interracial romantic read this was a huge blip on the radar for me. As happens in many cases in real life it felt as if the situation with their children and their own personal issues and lives overshadowed them as a couple. I felt as if most of the time and attention was spent on everything but them. I would have loved spending a little more time devoted to them and their relationship even if it was their feelings about being or not being together during the time that they were apart.
This is a RECOMMEND to for me. This is a topic that you don't see every day in this genre. The only warning that comes with this one is that this is not your typical interracial romance. If you're looking for an easy read with the boy meets girl, falls in love and rides off into the sunset formula this is not the book for you. This is more the book that takes you away because it redirects and challenges your thinking. While there are some romantic elements in the book it doesn't feel like a romance to me. Maybe that's because with so many other things going on the romance doesn't take center stage. That being said that doesn't stop this from being a REALLY good book.
March 12, 2024
Secrets and lies...
...Will definitely ruin families and relationships. This was a very thought provoking story. What it shows is that love prevails in relationships once you let go and drop all preconceived notions of life and sexuality. Dr. Kelly Riley and Grant Whittaker had to come to the terms with their relationship with each other and their sons. What ended up happening was that love prevailed because it was the most important relationship with each other and their sons.
All kinds of secrets came out in Grant's family. It must be hard having a self absorbed father like Grant's.
...Will definitely ruin families and relationships. This was a very thought provoking story. What it shows is that love prevails in relationships once you let go and drop all preconceived notions of life and sexuality. Dr. Kelly Riley and Grant Whittaker had to come to the terms with their relationship with each other and their sons. What ended up happening was that love prevailed because it was the most important relationship with each other and their sons.
All kinds of secrets came out in Grant's family. It must be hard having a self absorbed father like Grant's.
January 27, 2015
I thought this would be different but no, true to form another so called intelligent woman dropping her panties for a handsome man on the first date. She is a Vice Principle.
I guess because they spoke for a little while before sex, she feels she knows him. I sure wouldn't want this woman having even a small part of teaching any child i know about morals.
I wish there was a smut warning,since there was none I thought there would be more substance to this story. I was very wrong.
you know with the language used I don't see how this could be called romance. It's porn plain and simple.
I would recommend, The Politics of Love, for anyone looking for this kind of couple but without the smut and fowl language, that too has a heroine in the teaching profession and a political candidate, it actual has a story, a little suspense and true romance. It doesn't drag the couple through the gutters to prove they're hot together.
Oh, that first date thing? I would call that more of a booty call.Being a woman I have no interest of reading about a another woman's private parts, how it acts or gets wet when turned on or what happens and what it does during sex, not just no but hell no!!!!
I guess because they spoke for a little while before sex, she feels she knows him. I sure wouldn't want this woman having even a small part of teaching any child i know about morals.
I wish there was a smut warning,since there was none I thought there would be more substance to this story. I was very wrong.
you know with the language used I don't see how this could be called romance. It's porn plain and simple.
I would recommend, The Politics of Love, for anyone looking for this kind of couple but without the smut and fowl language, that too has a heroine in the teaching profession and a political candidate, it actual has a story, a little suspense and true romance. It doesn't drag the couple through the gutters to prove they're hot together.
Oh, that first date thing? I would call that more of a booty call.Being a woman I have no interest of reading about a another woman's private parts, how it acts or gets wet when turned on or what happens and what it does during sex, not just no but hell no!!!!
November 16, 2014
When Grant Whittaker met Dr. Kelly Riley, there was instant attraction on his part. That quickly changed when they dated briefly, but circumstances got in the way that kept them apart.
I love stories that even though romance between two adults is the main theme; another underlying story that deals with relatable social issues play a prominent role.
Grant had a lot of issues while running for political office, including being a single father to his son. Kelly was also a single mother of a son, and while on vacation she found out her son had a secret.
The story got even more interesting when both boy's secret were revealed; both families found that their connection ran even deeper. The topic of gay teenagers struggling with identity and acceptance was addressed in a delicate manner.
There were other unexpected occurrences with other members of Grant's family that made this an interesting read.
I loved this story.
I love stories that even though romance between two adults is the main theme; another underlying story that deals with relatable social issues play a prominent role.
Grant had a lot of issues while running for political office, including being a single father to his son. Kelly was also a single mother of a son, and while on vacation she found out her son had a secret.
The story got even more interesting when both boy's secret were revealed; both families found that their connection ran even deeper. The topic of gay teenagers struggling with identity and acceptance was addressed in a delicate manner.
There were other unexpected occurrences with other members of Grant's family that made this an interesting read.
I loved this story.
September 17, 2014
Profound
This book made me put myself in the lead character's shoes; how would I react if my son or daughter told me they were gay? I hope my love would far outweigh my dismay but I have a feeling I would go through some of the same emotions Kelly & Grant went through.
Above all else, this is a book about grown folks falling in love and going through grown up situations. I wish Kip was sent to jail though I'm happy he got his butt handed to him (spoiler). Kelly and Grant needed each other to prove love exists and someone would always have their back.
This book made me put myself in the lead character's shoes; how would I react if my son or daughter told me they were gay? I hope my love would far outweigh my dismay but I have a feeling I would go through some of the same emotions Kelly & Grant went through.
Above all else, this is a book about grown folks falling in love and going through grown up situations. I wish Kip was sent to jail though I'm happy he got his butt handed to him (spoiler). Kelly and Grant needed each other to prove love exists and someone would always have their back.
October 28, 2014
I enjoyed this book and how it dealt with real life issues. I also loved how Kelly and Grant finally got together, and what brought them closer. Although things didn't seem to be moving along at the beginning of the relationship, their children brought them together to face their own inner demons. That's what I think relationships are about, bringing up the things we don't want to see in ourselves, to finally love, accept and let go.
January 29, 2015
Ms. Knowles has done it again. She wrote a book that not only was romantic, but it was inspiring! It is not easy to tackle the subject of parenting gay children and all the issues involved, but this book did so with class and respect. This book gave a glimpse of what children and parents experience when coming out. The inclusion of PFLAG and its support was wonderful. The other family dynamics that were included from both Grant and Kelly's families added more depth to the story. Kudos.
August 26, 2014
This is a work of fiction but it is also a great life story. The events in this book happen everyday and so Erinyes I ask myself how would I handle it if it were my son. Erosa Knowles takes us on a whole new romantic journey in this book. This is a romance book but so much more. I absolutely loved this story and would recommend it to other readers especially parents.
April 26, 2015
I really enjoyed this story. It touched on and gave some insight on a topics our kids deal with on daily basis. Not only did it touch o how the kids cope but the story touch on how family members are effected. This story was insightful without being too preachy.
August 23, 2014
I really enjoyed how this read focused on true life trials. Truly full of intense moments, Let Go had its nice cheerful moments to balance this short story out.
August 25, 2014
I really enjoyed this book, I'm a fan of this author work. But now I really appreciate the massage in this book, other then the story.
April 21, 2015
One of my favorite authors because she puts a lot of emotions in her stories.
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