This one didn’t make me cry quite as hard as the first in the series, but daaaaMmmmn.

CW: miscarriage, grief, the hero was adopting a baby when the birth mother changed her mind, hero’s marriage ended after his wife cheated, heroine experienced teenage pregnancy and miscarriage, terrible emotionally abusive parents. Heroine was the villain in book 1 and 2, and Naïma Simone had a difficult redemption journey to write.

Jenna Landon is the small town bitch on wheels, but pretty quickly reading her POV here we learn why. The hero, Issac, is the only one to see the cracks in her armor. Isaac is “Mr Right” WWF wrestling legend, retired from the business. They end up neighbors and off to a rocky start. But Issac is intrigued by Jenna and kinda gets off on her snarky attitude.

I HATED Jenna’s parents. She eventually does stand up for herself but it takes the whole damn book.

I loved the secret pen name story line for Jenna!