Review: Reluctant

Reluctant by Marla Josephs
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

•••I listened to the Audible Audio Edition of this book•••



Jaime Lamchick's performance brings this poignant and uplifting romance to life illustrating both the reluctance and excitement of the characters very well. Between grief and awe and every emotion in between you are drawn into the characters' lives for the whole rollercoaster ride of ups and downs as they work through their issues and expectations until they find a stable reality. I really enjoyed the listen and will probably listen again before I listen to the next one when it comes out!



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Finding Life Through The Grief



This series must be read in order. This is the first book. I can't wait to listen to Forbidden!




Fallon has spent the past two years of her life helping her exMarine father fight cancer. The last year of which she pretty much was just taking care of him and helping him die.with dignity. She has nothing left to give. Shelton (her pseudo brother/cousin) won't let her be alone now that her father is gone. And neither will her adopted brother and sister Nick and Alexa... So she has finally caved to pressure and is taking a trip to stay with them for the foreseeable future. She can take care of herself! But with the grief from losing her father and whatever this stomach thing she has going on... She is tired of fighting. Finding a sexy as sin man servicing a woman on the kitchen counter in Alexa's house is soo not what she signed up for! Who is he? Why is he there? Why won't he leave? Why does he look so familiar?


Doing Nick a favor and stocking Alexa's house with food for her imminent guest seems like the perfect time to have a little harmless fun with one of his groupie girls. That way she can't find him later. And it has been quite a while. After Reid's last relationship turned out to be with a heartless lossdigger he is not looking for anything but casual sex with a woman who wants nothing else. But he also doesn't want any surprises! Seeing Fallon, he at first thinks she is some groupie who has followed him. Too bad he's totally wrong... And totally intrigued! She is the last person he could ever have something casual with, being part of the family! Why is he so drawn to her? Can he resist their mutual attraction? Should he even try? Why does she have such a hold over him? Why is she so determined to not give them a chance?


***This series is suitable for adult readers who enjoy chicklit contemporary romances with a poignant back story and an uplifting message of healing after loss as well as strong independent people learning how to be everything to each other while still remaining themselves and part of a loving cohesive group :)



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