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Sandee is Reading
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“Unfortunately, the world moves on, and then it just becomes punishing yourself.”


Majority of the time, this book game me a headache. Not saying I didn’t enjoy it, but the characters, and their decisions, really frustrated me.

HOW IT STARTS:

It’s strange. The tire swing in the yard is the only thing that makes it look like a kid lives here. There were never any drawings in the house. None of the fridge or walls. No children’s books on the shelve
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Doris
Feb 18, 2020 rated it liked it
While I have read other books by Ms Douglas and really enjoyed them, this one not so much.
There were many people that read it and gave it 5 stars, I am being grateful by giving it 2.5 stars.
I was unable to connect with the heroine and definitely could not connect with any of the male characters. The beginning gave me hope that it was going to be a good read but as the story progressed it became a bit far fetched.
Michelle
Apr 24, 2021 rated it liked it
⭐️3.4⭐️ Very difficult book to rate. It is well written, and also taboo as all heck. I just don’t know what I’m feeling right now. It wasn’t necessarily the sheer “messed upedness” that this family engaged in that’s the problem... but more, the romance was just so great without it. I feel like it was just a gratuitous story line that could have worked just as well without the entanglements. The themes of abandonment, loneliness and neglect were clear without the reverse harem situation. I would ...more
Mary Fazzi
Feb 22, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
what a great book

What a good book. This broken family finds love in the girl who’s family. Tiernan is a lost girl at 17 who lost her mom and dad to death. The thing is she was never loved by them. She was just a thing they had but didn’t know how to care for her. She was ship to her uncle and cousins to live till she’s 18. The fact is she looks for love in others but when she finds it in someone who is silent she gets pulled into living like she did until they pushed her out of her comfort zone
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Jeanine Levy
Dec 28, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Anjanette
Jan 16, 2020 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Tessa
Feb 02, 2020 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
Tracy
Feb 07, 2020 marked it as to-read
Denae
Feb 15, 2020 marked it as to-read
Kymberly
Mar 17, 2021 marked it as to-read
Jessica Miller
Nov 10, 2021 rated it really liked it
Kim Sowards
Mar 13, 2022 marked it as to-read
Bourbon N Books
Dec 23, 2023 marked it as morally-dark-romance  ·  review of another edition
Wynne
Jul 25, 2024 marked it as to-read
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