Steadfast by Sarina Bowen

Steadfast (True North, #2)

by Sarina Bowen

She’s the only one who ever loved him—and the only one he can never have.

Jude lost everything one spring day when he crashed his car into an apple tree on the side of the road. A man is dead, and there's no way he can ever right that wrong. He’d steer clear of Colebury, Vermont forever if he could. But an ex-con in recovery for his drug addiction can’t find a job just anywhere.

Sophie Haines is stunned by his reappearance. After a three year absence, the man who killed her brother and broke her heart is suddenly everywhere she turns. It’s hard not to stare at how much he’s changed. The bad boy who used to love her didn’t have big biceps and sun-kissed hair. And he’d never volunteer in the church kitchen.

No one wants to see Sophie and Jude back together, least of all Sophie's police chief father. But it's a small town. And forbidden love is a law unto itself.

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I really liked Jude and I'm glad he got his HEA. But I felt like there was something missing with this story. Maybe it was full closure to everything he'd been through. Considering what Sophie' father had done and what Jude lost, I wanted a little bit more to that part of the story other than the quick side note at the end.

I'm glad Sophie and Jude were able to get their relationship back on track, but that also felt a little off. They never really hashed out what happened. The secret that Jude kept from her. I think if we had gotten that, Sophie would have trust Jude when they went to the opening of Alex's bar rather than question him like they did.

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