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You and Me
The only person standing between Alice and Machu Picchu, Haight Ashbury and the Great Barrier Reef just dumped her for someone else.
But with her ticket booked, her backpack overstuffed and her Lonely Planet underlined, Alice gets news of her mother’s stroke.
Returning home to look after her, Alice meets Kerry, the nurse assigned to care for her mum. Frustrated, heartbroken and caught in the headlights, the last thing Alice needs is another relationship, but there’s something about Kerry which draws her in. As time passes, professional ethics are tested and lines blur as Alice and Kerry grow closer.
However, when Alice discovers Kerry’s secret, she decides that fate may have brought them together… but fate, it appears, has a mind of its own…
But with her ticket booked, her backpack overstuffed and her Lonely Planet underlined, Alice gets news of her mother’s stroke.
Returning home to look after her, Alice meets Kerry, the nurse assigned to care for her mum. Frustrated, heartbroken and caught in the headlights, the last thing Alice needs is another relationship, but there’s something about Kerry which draws her in. As time passes, professional ethics are tested and lines blur as Alice and Kerry grow closer.
However, when Alice discovers Kerry’s secret, she decides that fate may have brought them together… but fate, it appears, has a mind of its own…
282 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2021
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Jade Winters
119 books215 followersWhile Jade Winters has been putting words together since she was a child, it wasn’t until 2010 that she became a serious writer. Today, as a full-time author, she has published four novels in the lesbian fiction genre as well as several short stories. Jade was born and educated in London where she studied journalism for three years at a London University. She is the youngest of 6 children born to a Nigerian father and English mother and blames her love of spicy food on her African heritage. Jade now makes her home in Dorset in the South of England with her partner and furry companions Zorro, Buttons and Zeus.
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January 16, 2021
This book is a slow burn romance.
Alice has just been dumped by her girlfriend Izzy, & fired from her job. She's been given the short end of the stick. She reaches out to her twin sister Emily. They've been semi- estranged since shortly after their parents divorce. During this hard time, their mother also has a minor stroke.
Alice takes up the reins to help her mom. She ends up hiring Kerry as a night nurse. Kerry is dealing with the loss of her wife. Kerry's caring ways are a welcome to Alice.
Each main character is given a thorough back story & allowed to evolve at their own pace.This slow burn romance is full of love & loss but ultimately redemption.
This is one of the better stories I've read recently.
I was given an early copy of the novel, for an honest review.
Alice has just been dumped by her girlfriend Izzy, & fired from her job. She's been given the short end of the stick. She reaches out to her twin sister Emily. They've been semi- estranged since shortly after their parents divorce. During this hard time, their mother also has a minor stroke.
Alice takes up the reins to help her mom. She ends up hiring Kerry as a night nurse. Kerry is dealing with the loss of her wife. Kerry's caring ways are a welcome to Alice.
Each main character is given a thorough back story & allowed to evolve at their own pace.This slow burn romance is full of love & loss but ultimately redemption.
This is one of the better stories I've read recently.
I was given an early copy of the novel, for an honest review.
April 1, 2021
Winters has created characters in the story You and Me that I admire and others that are just toxic. Toxic in the sense that they were not strong women, just cruel. She did a great job of making me honestly loathe them. As far as the character of Alice, I wasn’t fond of how others stomped on her heart and she sat back and accepted it. But that was also a huge part of her character, and I don’t know about you, but I think many of us are like that at some time in our lives.
But this is a story of two, well actually, three women whose hearts have been broken in entirely different ways. One has known love, only to have it ripped away. The other two, sisters, have felt betrayal and loss on another level. It struck me that it was about accepting the good that life offers you and refusing to let the negative take control.
Winters weaves such interesting stories and just when you think you have it figured out, she tosses a wrench in the mix. This one will give your emotions a tug at every blockade that the MCs face. Just sayin’.
But this is a story of two, well actually, three women whose hearts have been broken in entirely different ways. One has known love, only to have it ripped away. The other two, sisters, have felt betrayal and loss on another level. It struck me that it was about accepting the good that life offers you and refusing to let the negative take control.
Winters weaves such interesting stories and just when you think you have it figured out, she tosses a wrench in the mix. This one will give your emotions a tug at every blockade that the MCs face. Just sayin’.
January 10, 2021
I always love it when Jade Winters releases a new book. This one casts Alice and Kerry as the main characters. Alice had been beaten down by her mother for years and at the lowest point in her life must cancel a worldwide tour to care for said mother. Alice hired Kerry, a nurse to look after her mom in the evenings.
Alice and Kerry were wonderful main characters who felt an immediate connection upon meeting. I found their romance to be very sweet.
This book, as with all of Jade Winters's other books, has a lot of drama. There's a drama with the mother (who is quite awful) Alice's twin sister Emily, Alice's cheating ex-girlfriend Izzy, and with the deceased father. Some of it I found to be a bit much, but fortunately, the book is fast-moving and overall a good read!
I received an ARC copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
Alice and Kerry were wonderful main characters who felt an immediate connection upon meeting. I found their romance to be very sweet.
This book, as with all of Jade Winters's other books, has a lot of drama. There's a drama with the mother (who is quite awful) Alice's twin sister Emily, Alice's cheating ex-girlfriend Izzy, and with the deceased father. Some of it I found to be a bit much, but fortunately, the book is fast-moving and overall a good read!
I received an ARC copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
April 27, 2021
I really enjoyed this book but it was incredibly busy - no down periods, so lurched from crisis to crisis, each more dramatic than the last, which meant no relaxing. And Don't be fooled by your kindle - as I was - last 10% of book extracts from other books....
March 7, 2021
You and Me is a heartfelt slice of life, bringing us back to the ancestral dilemma: “the sins of the fathers are to be laid upon the children”. Is this true or not?
Alice has just lost her girlfriend, her job and feels like everything in her life is slipping away. She’s forced to stay for a while with her twin sister, Emily, with whom she has a troubled relationship. When their mother has a mild stroke and Alice decides to hire a private nurse, Kerry, to look after her mother, all her world will be shaken to the core, and together with hers, also Kerry’s and Emily’s.
This book made me think so much to how as children we long for our parents validation, for those simple but so important words “I’m proud of you”. Not all of us can say that they grew up in a safe environment, where you as a child have felt “protected” and “encouraged” to follow your own path, making errors or celebrating victories, leading you to grow and become an adult yourself. Some of us never really felt that “love” and carried on to adulthood thinking that trusting and counting on someonelse or showing who you really are just a sign of weakness.
It’s better to believe that you don’t need anyone, rather than being rejected and feeling “not-wanted”.
It’s better to run away from everyone and everything, rather than feel all the pain, all the hurting in your soul.
Since a very young age, Alice has learnt to push back her own happiness in order to “please” her mother, only because she believed that that was the only way her mother would be able to “love her”.
Alice is one of those persons who can never say “No”, because saying it would lead to “Confrontation” and this to “Fear of being judged”, of “Not being enough”. How difficult is it to say “No”? To stand up for yourself, to make yourself worth in the eyes of the others. How many of us are guilty of always saying “Yes”.
But what if that love never comes? What if the same person you are asking to be loved by, has in turn, never be loved?
If you have never been loved, can you learn to love someonelse?
What happens when your eyes meet other eyes who feel your pain and overwhelm you with compassion, want and the warm feeling of being protected?
I loved this quote from the book: “Sometimes people are put in our paths from Fate and you are left wondering why you met them.”
Is there a reason, one that we cannot understand, (because maybe there’s a plan already decided for us when we are born and we are not allowed to know it), if our path crosses sometimes with the one from another human soul? Is there such a thing called “Fate”? I want to believe so, because sometimes, believing is the only thing that makes you carry on with your daily routine. Thinking that some things happen, because they had to, because you had to go through that learning journey, because you were meant to meet that person, because you two were destined to meet.
Alice, Kerry and even Emily learn from their mistakes, from their false beliefs, from their past, from their fears, from their hopes, from whatever their upbringing made them believe. They have the courage to break the walls they built to protect themselves from the rest of the world. They accept that it is okay to feel weak, to be needed, to need someonelse, to be loved, to say you’re sorry, to say you were wrong, to say you miss someone, to say you need that person in your life more than ever, because without them, you wouldn’t be a “whole”.
Only accepting the pain and admitting to yourself that you’ve been hurt and that you probably will be hurt again in life, you can go further and open your heart to someonelse. Even if you have never been loved, you are still worthy of love and capable of loving.
Alice and Kerry are each other’s keys to live a new life: Kerry has opened Alice’s door, the one of a child who had never loved, by showing her what true and unconditional love really is, and making Alice understand that she’s perfect just the way she is. While Alice has broken Kerry’s curse of feeling that she was not allowed to feel “happy again”, that she can let go of her past and walk together with Alice, hand in hand, into the future.
Kerry is like a “shadow in the darkness” and her eyes are magnetic, always searching for a “connection”.
Alice’s eyes, instead, are so blue, almost translucent and they seem to be penetrating into Kerry’s soul, with desire and want.
I loved how Jade Winters depicted how after all the running, you can finally find yourself at home, free from all the demons, from all the sins you inherited from your parents, like a curse that finally has been broken. And how all of us, as children, are all born “innocent”, it’s only later on in life that adults corrupt that “perfection”.
“It was the adults that polluted their pure minds. Turned them into distrusting people with low self-esteem and a lack of self-worth”.
It brings me back to William Blake's Songs of Innocence.
Spoiler alert:
I never do it, but I wanted to quote the very end of the book, because it is beautiful:
“True love doesn’t have a happy ending. True love has no ending.”
Ps. If you noticed, I haven’t said a word about the parents, because I refuse to recognize them as such. And the sad truth is that sometimes people are allowed to have children and to be called “mom” or “dad”, but there’s nothing in them to make them worthy of such terms.
Alice has just lost her girlfriend, her job and feels like everything in her life is slipping away. She’s forced to stay for a while with her twin sister, Emily, with whom she has a troubled relationship. When their mother has a mild stroke and Alice decides to hire a private nurse, Kerry, to look after her mother, all her world will be shaken to the core, and together with hers, also Kerry’s and Emily’s.
This book made me think so much to how as children we long for our parents validation, for those simple but so important words “I’m proud of you”. Not all of us can say that they grew up in a safe environment, where you as a child have felt “protected” and “encouraged” to follow your own path, making errors or celebrating victories, leading you to grow and become an adult yourself. Some of us never really felt that “love” and carried on to adulthood thinking that trusting and counting on someonelse or showing who you really are just a sign of weakness.
It’s better to believe that you don’t need anyone, rather than being rejected and feeling “not-wanted”.
It’s better to run away from everyone and everything, rather than feel all the pain, all the hurting in your soul.
Since a very young age, Alice has learnt to push back her own happiness in order to “please” her mother, only because she believed that that was the only way her mother would be able to “love her”.
Alice is one of those persons who can never say “No”, because saying it would lead to “Confrontation” and this to “Fear of being judged”, of “Not being enough”. How difficult is it to say “No”? To stand up for yourself, to make yourself worth in the eyes of the others. How many of us are guilty of always saying “Yes”.
But what if that love never comes? What if the same person you are asking to be loved by, has in turn, never be loved?
If you have never been loved, can you learn to love someonelse?
What happens when your eyes meet other eyes who feel your pain and overwhelm you with compassion, want and the warm feeling of being protected?
I loved this quote from the book: “Sometimes people are put in our paths from Fate and you are left wondering why you met them.”
Is there a reason, one that we cannot understand, (because maybe there’s a plan already decided for us when we are born and we are not allowed to know it), if our path crosses sometimes with the one from another human soul? Is there such a thing called “Fate”? I want to believe so, because sometimes, believing is the only thing that makes you carry on with your daily routine. Thinking that some things happen, because they had to, because you had to go through that learning journey, because you were meant to meet that person, because you two were destined to meet.
Alice, Kerry and even Emily learn from their mistakes, from their false beliefs, from their past, from their fears, from their hopes, from whatever their upbringing made them believe. They have the courage to break the walls they built to protect themselves from the rest of the world. They accept that it is okay to feel weak, to be needed, to need someonelse, to be loved, to say you’re sorry, to say you were wrong, to say you miss someone, to say you need that person in your life more than ever, because without them, you wouldn’t be a “whole”.
Only accepting the pain and admitting to yourself that you’ve been hurt and that you probably will be hurt again in life, you can go further and open your heart to someonelse. Even if you have never been loved, you are still worthy of love and capable of loving.
Alice and Kerry are each other’s keys to live a new life: Kerry has opened Alice’s door, the one of a child who had never loved, by showing her what true and unconditional love really is, and making Alice understand that she’s perfect just the way she is. While Alice has broken Kerry’s curse of feeling that she was not allowed to feel “happy again”, that she can let go of her past and walk together with Alice, hand in hand, into the future.
Kerry is like a “shadow in the darkness” and her eyes are magnetic, always searching for a “connection”.
Alice’s eyes, instead, are so blue, almost translucent and they seem to be penetrating into Kerry’s soul, with desire and want.
I loved how Jade Winters depicted how after all the running, you can finally find yourself at home, free from all the demons, from all the sins you inherited from your parents, like a curse that finally has been broken. And how all of us, as children, are all born “innocent”, it’s only later on in life that adults corrupt that “perfection”.
“It was the adults that polluted their pure minds. Turned them into distrusting people with low self-esteem and a lack of self-worth”.
It brings me back to William Blake's Songs of Innocence.
Spoiler alert:
I never do it, but I wanted to quote the very end of the book, because it is beautiful:
“True love doesn’t have a happy ending. True love has no ending.”
Ps. If you noticed, I haven’t said a word about the parents, because I refuse to recognize them as such. And the sad truth is that sometimes people are allowed to have children and to be called “mom” or “dad”, but there’s nothing in them to make them worthy of such terms.
August 3, 2021
This was quite a cute story but was let down by the bad line editing. The characters were very sweet and the plot was ok although some bits felt a bit rushed.
January 11, 2021
I enjoyed the initial chapters as the mains separate background stories were established. I did find myself wondering how they would meet but all the pieces, set up subtly, fell into place.
There was instant attraction between the mains when they did meet.
The mother is unlikable.
The situation that led to them sharing a bed seemed contrived and not particularly organic. The descent into sex for me was not enjoyable. The wording a bit eye rolling. Some conversational language at times seemed a bit stilted. I had a few background queries, including at the end, how were they financing the resolution? How did Kerry have savings but went into her overdraft every month? How did Kerry go without sleep or rest when she took on the second job? It's a four week post but would enable her to forge ahead with plans. Minor queries but distracting to me. Easily clarified with a couple of sentences I think.
This is not a happy book. No-one in it is really happy for 99% of the book. There is no real humour. However that is not to say this isn't a good book or that I regret reading it. Unusually
there is a third main character and their story arc although related to one of the other main characters (her sister and about their father) seems totally unrelated to the rest of the book and style. This gives the book an unusual dimension. Having said all that, I was anxious to see how the second plot would pan out. I wasn't actually sure there would be a happy ending. (There is!). To ask if I enjoyed this book is a tough question to answer. If asked while reading it no. (I think all the unhappiness and struggles got to me,) but once I finished it and could look at it as a complete work yes. It fluctuated from 3 to 4 stars. I think the unresolved niggles I noted earlier keep it at 3 rather than 4 stars. The second arc would push it to 4, I really wanted the whole story! 3.5 is probably more accurate.
There was instant attraction between the mains when they did meet.
The mother is unlikable.
The situation that led to them sharing a bed seemed contrived and not particularly organic. The descent into sex for me was not enjoyable. The wording a bit eye rolling. Some conversational language at times seemed a bit stilted. I had a few background queries, including at the end, how were they financing the resolution? How did Kerry have savings but went into her overdraft every month? How did Kerry go without sleep or rest when she took on the second job? It's a four week post but would enable her to forge ahead with plans. Minor queries but distracting to me. Easily clarified with a couple of sentences I think.
This is not a happy book. No-one in it is really happy for 99% of the book. There is no real humour. However that is not to say this isn't a good book or that I regret reading it. Unusually
there is a third main character and their story arc although related to one of the other main characters (her sister and about their father) seems totally unrelated to the rest of the book and style. This gives the book an unusual dimension. Having said all that, I was anxious to see how the second plot would pan out. I wasn't actually sure there would be a happy ending. (There is!). To ask if I enjoyed this book is a tough question to answer. If asked while reading it no. (I think all the unhappiness and struggles got to me,) but once I finished it and could look at it as a complete work yes. It fluctuated from 3 to 4 stars. I think the unresolved niggles I noted earlier keep it at 3 rather than 4 stars. The second arc would push it to 4, I really wanted the whole story! 3.5 is probably more accurate.
January 11, 2021
Nothing is as it seems, finding you clears the view to me.
Alice and Kerry are woman somewhat locked in their past. Alice has struggled for her Mothers love her whole life losing herself. Kerry lost her wife and happiness seemed to leave with her. Alice's mom Carol's poor health brings Kerry the nurse to Alice world. When they meet sparks fly with a light of something more. Jade Winters give us an in-depth look at how the past holds the future hostage till we can see everything more clearly. The characters are not strong but growing potential for a different life. There are so many twist and unknowns about Alice and her sister Emily's childhood the pages just turned. As the story unfolds they learn more about themselves bringing a closeness. All of these women make some difficult choices but love could be the connection that saves. This story had such twists and turns that I found it hard to put down. The strong bond with the main characters was breathtaking. It was a stark contrast to the their family story. I enjoyed the intrigue of unfolding family history even as the truth came out. This was a difficult love story made more real by all the wrong reasons each could not accept happiness. Be prepared for the unfolding of two strong women and theirs lives as love binds you and me!
Alice and Kerry are woman somewhat locked in their past. Alice has struggled for her Mothers love her whole life losing herself. Kerry lost her wife and happiness seemed to leave with her. Alice's mom Carol's poor health brings Kerry the nurse to Alice world. When they meet sparks fly with a light of something more. Jade Winters give us an in-depth look at how the past holds the future hostage till we can see everything more clearly. The characters are not strong but growing potential for a different life. There are so many twist and unknowns about Alice and her sister Emily's childhood the pages just turned. As the story unfolds they learn more about themselves bringing a closeness. All of these women make some difficult choices but love could be the connection that saves. This story had such twists and turns that I found it hard to put down. The strong bond with the main characters was breathtaking. It was a stark contrast to the their family story. I enjoyed the intrigue of unfolding family history even as the truth came out. This was a difficult love story made more real by all the wrong reasons each could not accept happiness. Be prepared for the unfolding of two strong women and theirs lives as love binds you and me!
January 13, 2021
Good story; well written. A little slow in places but the ending made up for that nicely.
February 4, 2021
This romance is full of high angst, family drama, complicated situations, and a tender love story.
Winters writes amazing drama stories. Her plots are always super engaging and easy to get sucked into. The complex family drama is where most of the problems in this story stem from and it was fun watching the characters untangle all the lies and emotions.
Kerry was by far the best character of the story. She is sweet, genuine, and completely lovable. Alice is also great and I loved watching these two fall in love while surrounded by all of the chaos and drama. Their romance while messy at times is definitely my favorite part of this story.
I had a bit of trouble connecting to most of the characters and a couple of the plot points making it hard for me to completely fall in love with the story but it is so well written and full of twists and turns that it griped me from start to finish.
This is a pretty heavy story and Winters does a fantastic job eliciting all of the emotions throughout. There are laughs and tears, but best of all I was left with a warm content feeling by the end.
This is an all around great story that I personally didn’t fully connect with but would bet is most readers cup of tea. Winters is a fantastic weaver of stories.
Winters writes amazing drama stories. Her plots are always super engaging and easy to get sucked into. The complex family drama is where most of the problems in this story stem from and it was fun watching the characters untangle all the lies and emotions.
Kerry was by far the best character of the story. She is sweet, genuine, and completely lovable. Alice is also great and I loved watching these two fall in love while surrounded by all of the chaos and drama. Their romance while messy at times is definitely my favorite part of this story.
I had a bit of trouble connecting to most of the characters and a couple of the plot points making it hard for me to completely fall in love with the story but it is so well written and full of twists and turns that it griped me from start to finish.
This is a pretty heavy story and Winters does a fantastic job eliciting all of the emotions throughout. There are laughs and tears, but best of all I was left with a warm content feeling by the end.
This is an all around great story that I personally didn’t fully connect with but would bet is most readers cup of tea. Winters is a fantastic weaver of stories.
January 24, 2021
The author's latest romance takes us through many levels of emotions before the end. Main characters are Alice, cast aside by her partner Izzy, reluctantly reaches out to her estranged twin sister Emily for help and Kerry, a nurse who longs for a child of her own but lacks financial resources to go through with the process. Secondary characters in Carol, Emily, Stella and Debbie flesh out the storyline. I experienced frustration, anger, relief and hope as I read about Alice and Kerry, each hungry in their own way for true love. Sub-plots are nicely intertwined with the main storyline which kept me reading through the night. Ms. Winters succeeds in wrapping heavy topics such as mental abuse and child abandonment into a slow beautiful romance. I easily recommend with 5 stars.
February 18, 2021
Sad at times
Emily and Alice are twins who were raised by their ruthless and conniving mother. Kerry was the nurse who took care of their mother for a short time. She and Alice fell in love and were given a hard time by Alice mother and ex. In the end all turned out great. Nice ending.
Emily and Alice are twins who were raised by their ruthless and conniving mother. Kerry was the nurse who took care of their mother for a short time. She and Alice fell in love and were given a hard time by Alice mother and ex. In the end all turned out great. Nice ending.
January 23, 2021
At first it seems as if this story is about broken families, failed parenting and heartbreaking loss. Those factors most certainly drive this emotional tale, but that isn’t what it’s truly about. This story is about hope. It’s what binds this story together. Without it, there isn’t a story. Readers long for these lovely characters to find understanding, acceptance, happiness and, most importantly, love. Readers hope for it just as much as the characters, making You and Me a compelling read.
Both Kerry and Alice are likable characters. Readers are drawn to them. They have splendid chemistry and work well together. Their backstories are a bit heartbreaking, making them very sympathetic characters. Their love story, though, is very tender and sweet. Readers feel their pain and joy; they want them to be together.
Final remarks…
Winters has definitely created a very endearing story with You and Me. Readers easily connect with Kerry and Alice. They are believable and relatable; they’re the type of characters one would keep as friends. The supporting characters help carry the story in purposeful and creative ways. The family drama is compelling and engaging. Overall, You and Me is an entertaining read. Contemporary romance readers won’t be disappointed with this one.
Strengths…
Easy to get into
Likable characters
Nicely written
Emotional and heartfelt
Both Kerry and Alice are likable characters. Readers are drawn to them. They have splendid chemistry and work well together. Their backstories are a bit heartbreaking, making them very sympathetic characters. Their love story, though, is very tender and sweet. Readers feel their pain and joy; they want them to be together.
Final remarks…
Winters has definitely created a very endearing story with You and Me. Readers easily connect with Kerry and Alice. They are believable and relatable; they’re the type of characters one would keep as friends. The supporting characters help carry the story in purposeful and creative ways. The family drama is compelling and engaging. Overall, You and Me is an entertaining read. Contemporary romance readers won’t be disappointed with this one.
Strengths…
Easy to get into
Likable characters
Nicely written
Emotional and heartfelt
January 18, 2021
This new romance is about Alice, a mentally abused by her mother woman, and Kerry a nurse who lost her wive to cancer. Both main characters are brought together when Alice her mother gets a stroke and hires Kerry as her night nurse. From the start the two of them hit is off but the complex situation between Alice and her mom, and also her twin sister and ex-lover prevent them from fully realising their attraction. In this slow burn romance Alice has to learn to stand up to her mother and stop the abuse (also from her ex-lover). Kerry has come to terms that she maybe has a real chance at love again without feeling guilty to her diseased wive.
I loved how the writer slowly let Alice come to terms with the way she is being treated and that only she herself can stop the abuse. Sometimes I found it a bit to much complexity with the storylines about Alice and Emily, Alice and Izzy, Alice and her father. I think maybe it would have been even better when the story about her mother's abuse and the guilt Kerry is feeling were being deepened instead of more storylines.
All in all I really enjoyed reading this book, lost myself this rainy afternoon in the book with a nice warm cup of tea.
*I received an ARC for an honest review by the auther.
I loved how the writer slowly let Alice come to terms with the way she is being treated and that only she herself can stop the abuse. Sometimes I found it a bit to much complexity with the storylines about Alice and Emily, Alice and Izzy, Alice and her father. I think maybe it would have been even better when the story about her mother's abuse and the guilt Kerry is feeling were being deepened instead of more storylines.
All in all I really enjoyed reading this book, lost myself this rainy afternoon in the book with a nice warm cup of tea.
*I received an ARC for an honest review by the auther.
January 30, 2021
From dysfunction to hope!
Alice and twin sister Emily grew up in a very loveless family always blaming their dad for its demise. Except, for some reason, Alice has always been beaten down by her mother and this story is full of a dysfunctional parent/child relationship. Nothing she does is ever good enough. While Emily is an author, Alice is getting ready to travel the world, but just before she leaves, her mother has a stroke and Alice drops everything to help. She even hires a nurse when her mom is able to return home.
Kerry, the nurse, is a beautiful character, who despite her own losses, continues to cherish the people around her and bring hope and possibilities to those she loves. She's perfect for Alice and their story is tender and beautiful to watch unfold. You and Me is such a nicely written romance which I heartily recommend!
Alice and twin sister Emily grew up in a very loveless family always blaming their dad for its demise. Except, for some reason, Alice has always been beaten down by her mother and this story is full of a dysfunctional parent/child relationship. Nothing she does is ever good enough. While Emily is an author, Alice is getting ready to travel the world, but just before she leaves, her mother has a stroke and Alice drops everything to help. She even hires a nurse when her mom is able to return home.
Kerry, the nurse, is a beautiful character, who despite her own losses, continues to cherish the people around her and bring hope and possibilities to those she loves. She's perfect for Alice and their story is tender and beautiful to watch unfold. You and Me is such a nicely written romance which I heartily recommend!
January 19, 2021
Brilliant!!!
Beautifully written story of a broken family and love lost. However, this journey had painful triggers for me. I have a mother like Carol who added beatings to her verbal assaults. It took so many years of therapy and my chosen family/friends to realize I’m ok. The characters and plot were well developed and the secondary characters were valuable to our couples’ new family. I appreciate and heartily recommend this and any other works by this author. Thank you Peace
Beautifully written story of a broken family and love lost. However, this journey had painful triggers for me. I have a mother like Carol who added beatings to her verbal assaults. It took so many years of therapy and my chosen family/friends to realize I’m ok. The characters and plot were well developed and the secondary characters were valuable to our couples’ new family. I appreciate and heartily recommend this and any other works by this author. Thank you Peace
January 10, 2022
Such a good example of how LGBT romance fiction can be done right. Lesbian relationships portrayed in a normal, non-toxic manner with the same struggles and obstacles as heterosexual relationships. The book covered a lot of other issues that readers of all sexualities would be able to relate to: infidelity, redundancy, strained sibling relationships, strained parental relationships, IVF, illness and bereavement.
Characters were all very well written, particularly the ones you came to loathe.
I will definitely be reading more by Jade Winters.
Characters were all very well written, particularly the ones you came to loathe.
I will definitely be reading more by Jade Winters.
January 28, 2021
Interesting
Good story of Alice and Kerry.
I really disliked Alice and Emily’s mother, Carol. Carol was very mean spirited and I felt that she was somewhat hateful towards Emily and Alice. Loved the premise for the book and how it all came together.
Alice is an inspirational character that had rose colored glasses on how her mother treated her and Emily. I’m glad that Emily and Alice found a way to keep in contact. Enjoyable read.
Good story of Alice and Kerry.
I really disliked Alice and Emily’s mother, Carol. Carol was very mean spirited and I felt that she was somewhat hateful towards Emily and Alice. Loved the premise for the book and how it all came together.
Alice is an inspirational character that had rose colored glasses on how her mother treated her and Emily. I’m glad that Emily and Alice found a way to keep in contact. Enjoyable read.
February 18, 2021
A different love story
This is a love story but also a story about relationships. Alice is separated from her girlfriend Izzy , trying to have a relationship with her mother was not successful in any part of her life. Kerry comes into the picture when I was his mother has a stroke. There are a lot of emotional ups and downs in this book. The relationship between the characters really works for me. I recommend this book for those who like lesbian romance
This is a love story but also a story about relationships. Alice is separated from her girlfriend Izzy , trying to have a relationship with her mother was not successful in any part of her life. Kerry comes into the picture when I was his mother has a stroke. There are a lot of emotional ups and downs in this book. The relationship between the characters really works for me. I recommend this book for those who like lesbian romance
July 5, 2021
An Enthralling Story
Alice was dropped by her cheating girlfriend and fired on the same day. Moving in with her twin sister, Emily, was a necessity and when her mother had a stroke she hired a nurse to help. Alice is immediately drawn to Kerry and vice versa. This story of loving growing while Emily’s research for her father’s biography reveals their mother’s lies and abusive behavior. A masterpiece on dysfunctional relationships.
Alice was dropped by her cheating girlfriend and fired on the same day. Moving in with her twin sister, Emily, was a necessity and when her mother had a stroke she hired a nurse to help. Alice is immediately drawn to Kerry and vice versa. This story of loving growing while Emily’s research for her father’s biography reveals their mother’s lies and abusive behavior. A masterpiece on dysfunctional relationships.
March 8, 2021
Love Prevails...
Alice has a girlfriend who cheats on her.She finds out her Mom has a stroke and hires a nurse,Kerry to take care of her at night.Alice's Mom Carol is a nasty piece of work. When Alice and Kerry start dating,Mom and Alice's ex Izzy cause problems. But Alice and Emily her Sister find family secrets that Mom has been hiding....
Alice has a girlfriend who cheats on her.She finds out her Mom has a stroke and hires a nurse,Kerry to take care of her at night.Alice's Mom Carol is a nasty piece of work. When Alice and Kerry start dating,Mom and Alice's ex Izzy cause problems. But Alice and Emily her Sister find family secrets that Mom has been hiding....
March 11, 2021
A lot going on in this
There is an awful lot going on in this story. As in, you really can’t catch your breath before something else happens.
That’s not a bad thing, just something to note.
I had been thinking that some of it was unrealistic, but really, I don’t think that’s true.
Not my favorite book by this author, at all, but I do really love the ending.
There is an awful lot going on in this story. As in, you really can’t catch your breath before something else happens.
That’s not a bad thing, just something to note.
I had been thinking that some of it was unrealistic, but really, I don’t think that’s true.
Not my favorite book by this author, at all, but I do really love the ending.
June 6, 2025
Woah. The emotions, man.
Dang. Jade Winters always writes some powerful, moving, anxiety riddled books. I enjoy them, but they stress me out.
You and me was very touching and a rollacoaster of different emotions from how Alice felt about her mother and Kerry. Also, what Emily was dealing with, too. It all connected very nicely.
Dang. Jade Winters always writes some powerful, moving, anxiety riddled books. I enjoy them, but they stress me out.
You and me was very touching and a rollacoaster of different emotions from how Alice felt about her mother and Kerry. Also, what Emily was dealing with, too. It all connected very nicely.
November 21, 2023
Really Good.
I'm a sucker for these romance stories, ones like this one where women who believe they will never find or find again the love of their life.
The mother's part in the story was disturbing, but I'm still confused on the ex's motivation.
I'm a sucker for these romance stories, ones like this one where women who believe they will never find or find again the love of their life.
The mother's part in the story was disturbing, but I'm still confused on the ex's motivation.
January 22, 2021
Good read.
January 25, 2021
Fabulous
A truly brilliant book , I loved it from the first few pages until the end. Another best seller no doubt.
A truly brilliant book , I loved it from the first few pages until the end. Another best seller no doubt.
January 28, 2021
Wonderful
A set of twins, a nurse and a controlling mother is this story about. Intriguing and suspenseful and highly recommended.
A set of twins, a nurse and a controlling mother is this story about. Intriguing and suspenseful and highly recommended.
February 6, 2021
I didn’t want to stop reading
Jade Winters does it again. The author has a way of pulling me into her stories and making me want to stay there. I didn’t want to put the book down.
Jade Winters does it again. The author has a way of pulling me into her stories and making me want to stay there. I didn’t want to put the book down.
March 15, 2021
I love Jade Winters writing. Interesting take on how a narcissistic mother affects her children, even into adulthood.
April 3, 2021
Wonderful
Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot and all its twists and turns make a good read. My first Jade Winters book won’t be my last!
Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot and all its twists and turns make a good read. My first Jade Winters book won’t be my last!
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