Series: Small Town Secrets #5
Author: Jade C. Jamison
Publisher: Jade C. Jamison
Publish Date: 02.23.2021
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Received from: Jade C. Jamison (as an ARC gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Love and Sorrow
Date completed: 02.20.2021
Description from the publisher:
Fight, flight, or f*ck up
Randi’s surviving the school of hard knocks with barely passing grades. Her entire life is imploding, which puts notions of love on the backburner. Justin, her best friend with benefits, could change her mind, but he’s even more commitment-phobic than she is. When Randi’s walls come crashing down and her family needs her undivided attention, she tries to deny what she feels for him. But can she make it through her ordeals without him by her side?
Curl up by the fire with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate and settle into Winchester, Colorado—where the nights are cold…but steamy!
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I read this many years ago when it had the unfortunate name of LAID BARE. The truth is, I almost didn't read it back then. Even though I am probably Jade's biggest fan (no Kathy Bates jokes, please), I was intimidated. This was truly a case of judging a book by its cover. I have known enough trailer trash in my life, that I just didn't see the merit in reading something about them....... There is no trailer trash in this story!
Instead, this is the story of one mother's search for the reason behind her daughter's depression. Every mother – even June Cleaver – has had that moment of doubt when she thought she was doing it all wrong and must be failing her child.
This story absolutely tears at your heart strings. I felt for Randi (the mother). She is a single mother doing everything in her power to make sure her children are thriving, while juggling work, college, and the attention of the men around her. Her world crumbles when she knows that one of her children is hurting. How she and her children deal with the twists and turns of life and the evil that has invaded their peace is what makes this a great story.
After finishing this story, - which I read in one day because I absolutely could NOT put it down - I had a nice little cry, and then I read the prologue. As I contemplated it, I realized that "happily ever after" doesn't mean you have had a fairy tale life, it just means you learned to smile again after the tears...and isn't that what we all want?
Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Small Town Secrets Series:
1. Love and Lies (previously Then Kiss Me)
2. Love and Lust (previously Crossing the Line)
3. Love and Music (previously MADversary )
4. Love and Deceit (previously Picture Perfect)
5. Love and Sorrow (previously Worst Mother)
6. Love and Romance (releases 03.09.2021)
7. Love and Darkness (releases Aug. 2021)
8. Love and Redemption (releases Sept. 2021)
9. Love and Christmas (releases Nov. 2021)
Also from Jade C. Jamison:
· All I Want for Christmas is the Hot Guy in the Santa Suit
· Dream Guy
· Fabric of Night
· Finger Bang
· Heat (released in four parts)
· Laid Bare (formerly Worst Mother)
· My Boyfriend’s Dad
· Old House
· Punctured, Bruised, and Barely Tattooed
· Savage
· Stripped (releases December 2021)
· Substitute Boyfriend
· To Save Him
Bullet Series:
1. Bullet
2. Rock Bottom
3. Feverish
4. Fully Automatic
4.5 Christmas Stalkings
5. Slash & Burn
6. Locked & Loaded
Codie Snow Series:
1. Fool Me Once
Feverish Series:
1. Feverish
1.5 Boiling Point
2. Scorched
3. Inferno
4. Slow Burn
Matchmaker Series:
1. Looking for Love
2. Steamy Kisses
3. First Comes Love
4. Then Comes Marriage
Nicki Sosebee Series:
Bad Ass (releases May, .2021)
1. Got the Life
2. Dead
3. No Place to Hide
4. Right Now
5. One More Time
6. Lost
7. Innocent Bystander
8. Blind
9. Fake
10. Lies
11. Dead Bodies Everywhere
12. Bearer of Bad News
13. Front Page News
Pretense and Promises Series:
1. Charade
2. Shenanigans
Rock Stars on the Rise Series:
1. Shake Me (releases March 2021)
Tangled Web Series:
1. Tangled Web
2. Everything But
3. Seal All Exits
The Vagabonds Series:
1. On the Run
2. On the Road
3. On the Rocks
Wishes Series:
1. Be Careful What You Wish For
2. Secret Wishes (not yet released)
3. Carnal Wishes (not yet released)
4. Dangerous Wishes (not yet released)
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