S.E.X. Review~ Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

High school sweethearts Mia and Luke get a second chance at love in this brand-new contemporary romance from award-winning author Garrett Leigh.

When Mia Amour returns to England to open a florist shop, all she wants to do is put her lousy ex behind her and never look back. But getting a fresh start is easier said than done when her first love, the boy who once broke her teenage heart, strolls back into her life. He’s every bit as sexy as she remembers, and the urge to melt back into his arms almost makes her forget how devastated she was when he took off without a word. Almost.

Left with no choice, Luke Daley did what he had to do, leaving town to earn enough money to save his broken family, though it just about broke him, too. But now he’s back, running his uncle’s business and trying desperately to forget about Mia, the girl he left behind all those years ago. When he runs into her in town, the shock of seeing her again brings an intense rush of emotions: love, guilt…and an overwhelming urge to find out if it’s still as amazing between them as it used to be.

It doesn’t take either of them long to give in to desire and discover the fiery passion they once shared burns hotter than ever. With each new touch, each moment of forgiveness, old hurts heal and the future they’d hoped for ten years ago becomes possible again. But their fragile connection is tested by a threat neither of them saw coming—a threat that could end their second chance before it even gets started.

This reader is an adoring fan of Garrett Leigh and all her works but Forgiven did not do it for me. The writing, as always, was well done and developed, but the premise and the characters were not there.

Sweethearts as teens, Mia and Luke were supposedly hot and heavy- right there the mere idea turned me off. You were teenagers and sure you can fall in love, but the kind of love they professed just didn’t work if it was to believe they were each other’s everything. The entire story was based on Mia’s anger for Luke leaving and joining the Navy and never saying goodbye. She knew he joined the Navy, and I would assume a leave date- you do not join the military from one day to the next without knowing weeks to months in advance when you are leaving. I guess I didn’t buy the story that he slinked off in the night.

Mia’s anger resonated throughout the story and by God woman, give it a rest! No, she chose to harp and never let it go. Additionally, I found Luke a sniveling personality.

Unfortunately, I never felt forgiveness in this story and as much as I love a Ms. Leigh tale, this one did not do it for this reader.

Frisky but Nothing too Kinky

A three handcuff review

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