I was going to review THOSE OF MY BLOOD by Jacqueline Lichtenberg for you this week for Halloween, but I had a bout of Postpartum Depression and had to switch to something more lighthearted. Probably the biggest benefit of an author writing one kind of story for a while is a reader can count on her for certain things in a story. I know I can count Karen Templeton, in this series, for a lighthearted story full of living, breathing, sweating characters all wrapped up in a believable happy ending I'm so into I can cheer for. When I really needed her, Karen Templeton was there for me. Thank you!
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Some people find their true love soulmates in high school. They get married and live happily ever after. Other people find their true love soulmates in high school, but screw it all up. Sometimes, they screw up the rest of their lives too. But, sometimes, they grow up and fix things later, and that's what happens in this story.
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Tess would tell you Eli was an immature, arrogant jerk-asaurus at the story's start, but, you know, any girl who chases her boyfriend down the street with a sponge mop isn't exactly the most grown up teenager around either. Big blow-up and then they got on with their adult lives. Tess married, had a little sex, and popped out a couple of kids. Eli never married, had a lot of sex, and went into business with his dad. They say when some people fall in love it's like getting struck by lightning.
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Tess got struck by a car, or was it a truck?
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Eli was in the truck and Tess was on an adreneline escape from the finalization of her divorce. Eli takes her home to clean up the ouie on her leg and then Tess decides she wants him to kiss it and make it feel better too. The morning after he did a lot more than that, she feels stupid and her ex-husband, a military dude, calls because he's brought the kids home early because, he says, they missed her, but, really, it's because he can't handle them.
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Charging into battle is much easier than raising children, you know.
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Tess is glad for an excuse to flee the Eli Scene. It was just sex, you know, a little therapeutic nookie. Who's kiddin' who? She never had it so good! Plus, she was really in love with him a long time ago and that never went away. Try as she may, getting on with her day is not easy.
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Eli's more than a little shaken by the experience too. He's done some major growing up since the last time Tess was in his life and he'll be darned if he'll mess it up again. So, he calls her, but she's too befuddled to really have a conversation. So, he just says he's sorry.
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Well, Tess is a bigshot Real Estate lady now and she suddenly gets a 'money pit' to sell. She needs it fixed up NOW. She has no place to go but to Eli's dad, but he's booked solid because, hey, he's the best. That leaves her with Eli and nowhere else to run. Of course, she doesn't really want to run. She's just scared of another broken heart. That's why she shows up to discuss the deal with Eli's dad in a sexy sweater, except, as she subconsciously hoped, Eli's dad ain't there. Eli is.
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Karen Templeton just sends me her books. She knows I'm a sucker for 'em. She doesn't need to ask and I'm glad I don't have to beg. They just show up like chocolate chips from Heaven. Learn more about this one and her vast backlist too at-
http://www.karentempleton.com/
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