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Second Time Around

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I loved the basis for the story of a loved up couple with twins and then suddenly he is a widow after a tragic accident. This is about how family comes together and how he manages his grief, and how it effects any new possible relationship whilst juggling work and being a father.
At times the book was slow. Part of me got lost when the timeline jumped around by substantial years (you are told about this, but I just couldn’t adjust my head around it).
Please don’t let this put you off. It was possibly just the style did not suit me. But I wouldn’t be put off reading another story by this author as the basis for the story was fab.
Will Jaxson have his happy ever after?
This is my voluntary unbiased review of the book. Please make your own judgement 😁

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You’ll fall in love with the Brentwood family. With traditions as old as time, open arms and hearts. It would be hard pressed to find a family who are so kind and generous. Grief is a bitter pill to swallow and there are many emotional stages. While some seem to cope easier others do not and this family were hit with a triple whammy. With six young babies life had to go on and they put their own life on hold. I laughed and cried as I read this beautiful story.

Circumstances bought about a Chance meeting in Mainstreet for Jaxson and Kellie. They were drawn into a clouded moment of lust, that turned into regret. Kellie chipped away at the walls Jaxson built around his heart and tugged on his heartstrings. Although it felt like her role was never defined, even as time past she was an expectation. If you love someone, set them free, if they return they were meant to be yours, if not....

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It wasnt as second chance trope as I would like and it was a little too angsty for my taste but the writing was amazing and the characters were very easy to sympathize for and root for. I THINK I would read more of the author depending on the trope.

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This is a story about four brothers who progress through their lives from teenagers to fathers with graduating kids. Jaxson had the world. His wife who loved him and their perfect twin daughters. All of that changes when his wife and his brother’s wives are all killed in a car wreck. They are now all single dads raising twins. The three of them decide to move into their childhood home and raise the six twins together. As the years go by they start to find new relationships and they move on from the tragedy that marked their young lives. Kellie is determined to move on and try to enjoy her life to the fullest. She runs into Jaxson one night and they have an instant connection. You get to see relationships come and go and all of the twins grow up. There is heartbreak and so much love in the family. Will Jaxson and Kellie be able to make it through some very hard times to see that their love is the forever kind?

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This is the type of review I hate having to write, From the first page I knew I had made a huge mistake but hoped that once I became engrossed in the story it all be better. That never happened due to frequent random time jumps and the lack of a cohesive story. I struggled to finish it. I don't want to just list the things that I did not like about this as that would just come across as mean spirited. Suffice it to say that plenty of readers loved this one but it was very much not for me.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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