4.5 stars

After reading this author’s Blood Brothers series, I couldn’t wait to go back and read this series. The Sin Brothers series comes first, but I hadn’t realized that when I discovered this author. I said in my review of Deadly Silence that I didn’t think it really took away from that story. Well, I really enjoyed this story but wish I had read this series first. There are things I know about certain characters, from even just seeing snippets of some of them in the Blood Brothers series, that took some of the mystery away from what was going on in this book. Again, I really like this story a lot…I just wish I had read it first.

Daisy is a great heroine. She definitely is a soft and feminine woman, but at the core she is one tough lady. Regardless of what it looks like to the outside world, she is not a pushover. She may grapple with a lot of decisions of the heart (after all, her husband disappeared out of her life 2 years ago only to reappear mysteriously), but she’s strong of spirit and does not let anyone walk all over her.

Shane is always in protection mode with Daisy. It’s easy to see that he wouldn’t have left her if not for concerns for her safety. Since his reappearance is only because he has amnesia and the authorities call her, it’s easy to wonder if he had ever planned on popping back up in her life. Although there are a lot of things going on that point, with big neon signs, to Daisy being in danger, it never seems to me that the danger is coming from Shane. He only wants her safe and happy.

See my full review at https://allingoodtimeblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/forgotten-sins-book-review/

This book had A LOT going on in it. Probably a bit too much. And it had a lot of elements that I like in it, but for some reason it didn't quite work for me. It was a good romantic suspense. Lots of action. Lots of romance. But for some reason, I couldn't really like the couple too much. Maybe because they had too many doubts themselves and they took the concept of on again/off again to the extreme. It was just a lot.

But, the story as a whole is pretty interesting. So I'll see how the next book works. This book may have been the one to set up the rest of the series. It was the one to introduce the brothers, explain who and what they were, and gave us a little hint as to what to expect down the line. And maybe I'll like the other brothers stories more than Josie and Shane. I mean, I like them now after all's been said and done. But it was such a tumultuous story that it's going to take me awhile to trust these two will stick.

I had gotten this title through NetGalley.

I really liked Josie's character. She was a very strong female lead. Shane is very complex and as you read through the book you get in tune with why he acts and reacts to a lot of things. Throughout the book, events just keep happening to pull you through it and you want to continue to read more. Rebecca Zanetti throws in a few plot twists and I personally can't wait for book two to come out about Delaney and Matt.