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Allie Ross is not living the life she once dreamed. Her law
career ended before it ever started, her parents landed in jail for
running a Ponzi scheme, and she just inherited her grandmother’s
B&B—which is nice, even if it is full of extra-toed cats. As for her love life…she’d rather not talk about it.
When Jack Carpenter reaches out to reconnect with Allie, the girl who broke his heart in college, his plan is to impress her with the adult he’s become. Sure, he was a deadbeat then, but life has forced him to grow up. And it’s a relief to find out that things didn’t necessarily go the way Allie expected either.
As Allie and Jack get reacquainted, they rediscover the things they loved—and hated—about each other. But who they are now isn’t who they were then, and secrets—old and new—will test whether they have a future together, or if the past is destined to repeat itself.
When Jack Carpenter reaches out to reconnect with Allie, the girl who broke his heart in college, his plan is to impress her with the adult he’s become. Sure, he was a deadbeat then, but life has forced him to grow up. And it’s a relief to find out that things didn’t necessarily go the way Allie expected either.
As Allie and Jack get reacquainted, they rediscover the things they loved—and hated—about each other. But who they are now isn’t who they were then, and secrets—old and new—will test whether they have a future together, or if the past is destined to repeat itself.
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: April 2017
Mature content: yes
Review: After reading Frisky Business and loving it, I decided to give This Time Around a try. It's a good book, but in my opinion not as good as Frisky Business.
The idea behind the plot is interesting and fairly original, but halfway through the book the story starts to be a bit repetitive. There's just too much deception going around - from Allie, from Allie's parents, from Allie and Jack's past. While Jack seems to be able to be reasonably honest about his life and his feelings, Allie always carries around one more secret.
So This Time Around is a nice, entertaining romance, but definitely not the best I've read by this author.
Happy readings,
The idea behind the plot is interesting and fairly original, but halfway through the book the story starts to be a bit repetitive. There's just too much deception going around - from Allie, from Allie's parents, from Allie and Jack's past. While Jack seems to be able to be reasonably honest about his life and his feelings, Allie always carries around one more secret.
So This Time Around is a nice, entertaining romance, but definitely not the best I've read by this author.
Happy readings,
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