Not Quite Mine: Library Edition (Not Quite, #2)

by Catherine Bybee

Amy McFadden (Narrator)

• ISBN10: 1480504025
• ISBN13: 9781480504028
• Publish Date: 7 May 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Brilliance Audio
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Audiobook (CD)
• Duration: 8 hours and 10 minutes
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Katie was known to be shallow, attention-seeking and frivolous, but all that changes when a little bundle of joy is dropped on her doorstep. Besides the new responsibility of child-rearing, she is also trying to uncover the mother's identity, start the interior design for her brother's hotels and re-kindle an old romance, AND keep it all a secret.

Another adorable addition to the Not Quite series. This is not a simple love story, because we witness Katie dealing with so much more than just your standard romance. She is dealing with the love between a man and a woman as well as that between a woman and a child as well as her love for her own mother. She is growing up and changing and coming to terms with so many big issues that have hampered her life and driven her in the wrong directions. She is discovering her strengths, her weaknesses and watching her talents evolve. AND, my reason for reading these books, she gets her HEA.

[Cocktails and Books]

This is an erotic romance featuring a brother's best friend and his sister. I will admit I am an absolute sucker for these kinds of stories having grown up with several brothers and crushed on many of their friends. This one is no different. Katie Morrison is a rich girl and former reality TV drama queen. She and Dean, her brother's best friend, begin a passionate secret love affair that ends after a tragedy. They are together again in Jack's, Katie's brother, wedding. I fell in love with both characters from the beginning. They were both honest about wanting to be together and had off the charts chemistry.

Dean was determined to win Katie back. I was frustrated with Katie's character because she was so challenged in her ability to communicate and made emotionally charged decisions based on abandonment issues from her past. This fit with her issues but I wish she would have opened up more often and sooner rather than later. Her fear of rejection was at the heart of the relationship problems. A beautiful baby girl left by her door complicates everything. Determined that this time would be different Dean's perseverance pays off and they journey together to their happily ever after.

The plot had several twists on the predictable ""baby left at the door"" scenario. It kept my attention and the characters were very well- written and realistic. They weren't perfect people with perfect families but they had strong bonds and the emotions were raw and real. I can't wait for the next book in the series, but each book can easily be read as a standalone.

Reviewed by Michelle for Cocktails and Books