More Than Memories: A Second Chance Standalone

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Nel primo romanzo ero stata particolarmente infastidita dalla troppa narrazione, mentre in questo romanzo l'autrice ha sfoltito parecchio – brava! La storia di Shane e Whitney è stata profonda e toccante – e alla fine c'è stato anche quel pizzico di suspense che non ha guastato e mi ha fatto stare sulle spine :D I'm giving it a 5* because I can honestly say I don't think it needed anything more adding or there was nothing that detracted from the story and was pointless. The characters emotions and views came across so naturally and the ending gave closure. The romance was a slow burn, and deliciously angsty. I really loved Shane and Whitney together. They were memorable and highly developed characters with plenty of layers. Admittedly, while I love angst, there were some twists that were thrown in that felt a little OTT on the drama department and read almost like a soap. Don't get me wrong, I typically gobble that shit up with a spoon and beg for more. But with the way things unravel at the end, it just felt like a bit much. A little less drama and a little more angst and emotion would have sufficed for me. But obviously you can't please every reader. SHANE BRADENMemories are never forgotten. Or so it’s said, but she did. She forgot herself, me—us. She forgot everything. One day I woke up and there was only pain. This pain so fierce that I can’t overcome it alone. My heart was ripped out of my chest. I’m surviving, but barely. Not even the physical outlet I seek, to purge the torment of remembering the one I can’t let go, helps anymore.In all of his agony, what if the worst of his pain has yet to be expelled? A secret that could have changed everything . . . had he known.WHITNEY LANEEvery day that I wake up I’m in a fog. Before ten years ago I feel like I didn’t exist. Everything I knew had been erased. Some days I wish I had bad memories because even those would be better than none at all. Instead, I feel like I’m a character in a storybook, merely acting a role. I don’t know why, but none of it feels real. That’s crazy. Right? Still, I can’t shake the feeling that everyone is hiding something from me. Even the man that lies next to me at night feels like a stranger. I just want to feel like I belong in my own skin.Everything in her life feels borrowed, but that’s a secret better left unspoken.

Dinner was spectacular, as it is every year. My mother outdid herself though. Between the Christmas decor that’s always up by the last week in November and the food that could’ve fed at least twenty more people, I’m still stuffed from eating earlier, and now I feel settled. Being in my parents’ house has had a tarnished feel until I walked through the doors two nights ago. I’ve never been able to get the images from the night I was told Whitney was gone forever out of my head. So it’s a relief to be able to be at my parents’ and enjoy being here with them. Wait a minute,” I pause, looking down at her. “Whitney. Your mother knows that you know I’m your father?” I was instantly hooked on their story and fully invested from the prologue alone. This was a powerful and highly emotional second chance romance.If you’re my real dad, shouldn’t I call you that and not your name?” Her words stop every thought in my head, and I stare. I stare at her, knowing I heard exactly what I did but not believing them. She knows I’m her father. She finally knows after almost a month of wanting to tell her. She knows. But how does she know? “I don’t have to,” she says way too fast. How the hell did she find out? And why isn’t she freaking out? If I’d just found out my dad wasn’t my dad and someone else was, I’d lose it. Nine, Ten, Twenty, doesn’t matter. I’d lose my shit. Yes, but”—She starts shaking her head, vigorously—“I wasn’t supposed to say anything. I’m sorry. I just never know what to call you and . . .” Her words start to get rushed as my blood pressure starts to rise. “I don’t know. I just- I just . . .” More Than Memories is a steamy, dream-come-true, second chance romance. I fell in love with Shane in More Than Lies and have been waiting, rather impatiently, for his story.

And now having my own family here, it’s another feeling entirely. Whitney may not be my wife yet, and one day she will be, but she is my family—the girls too. I couldn’t imagine what it would feel like if I were to lose them after just gaining them. My voice is a lot calmer than the emotions running through me. When she acted like she was about to get in trouble for doing something I went into doctor mode. Kids are all too often scared and nervous when they come in the ER injured. Half the time, they’re fearful they’ll get in trouble for their own injuries. As sad as the thought is, I was a kid too once, and it’s a normal feeling. Especially when you hurt yourself doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing. Ev, it’s okay.” I let her know, reaching over and squeezing her shoulder. “Calm down. You don’t have to be scared. You’re not in trouble. And yeah, I am your dad and you can call me that. You can call me whatever you’re comfortable calling me. But Ev, how did you find out?” In addition to its chart-topping debut, the song was Brooks' first number one single on Billboard since " To Make You Feel My Love" in 1998 (see 1998 in country music), and was also his last number one single, until " Ask Me How I Know" hit number one on the Country Airplay chart in December 2017. After its debut week, "More Than a Memory" fell to number 8, and after slipping to number 10, it began to climb, eventually rebounding to number 2 for the chart weeks of December 8 and 15 before falling out of the top 10. The song spent a total of 20 weeks on Hot Country Songs. The song also debuted at number 73 on the Hot 100 for the chart week of September 15, 2007, [1] peaking at number 53. Everly.” I grab her gently by the shoulders, doing everything possible to reign in my anger so that she doesn’t see it. “Slow down. It’s fine.” It’s not, but she doesn’t need to know that. “You are not in trouble whatsoever. Okay?” She just looks at me. “Okay?” I say again.Of course, the two lost soulmates aren't being kept away by fate, but rather by intervening parents and a man who hides his obsession a little too well. It's a story about wealth and expectations and neither has room for true love. Whitney and Shane have an unlikely opportunity to be together every day, but it's driven by Whitney's obsessive husband and the need to protect Whitney and her children rather than by romance. The reader can feel the connection between the two, but we're gifted with a view of the dark and suspenseful reality thanks to Henderson's writing. We get to see that things aren't just happy, as Whitney's husband's texts increase and as one of her daughters begins to fear her visits. Henderson makes the story feel real, like you too are constantly on the look out for when someone will burst in and take the dream away.

I read this book in under 24 hours whilst running a house with 5 children, the the youngest being 10 months! I really enjoyed this story and loved they way it captured my imagination. I found myself imagining that I was in both Whitney's (Love's) position and Shane's and found I wanted to keep reading to find out the answers both Whitney & Shane were looking for.Just work stuff,” I say, being vague because I really don’t want to get deep into this conversation. In fact, what I really want is to spend time with my daughter. Between my mom and Shawn, I haven’t seen either of the girls. Now is a perfect time to let Everly practice on the guitar. “Hop up.” I pat Whitney on the hip, indicating I want her to get off my lap. “I’m going to go find Everly and see if she wants to practice the guitar.” I love you.” I’ve never been shy or uncomfortable telling her those words, and since her memory has returned, I can’t stop them from flowing out of my mouth. I know you do.” She shoots to her toes to kiss me once more. “Now, go. I need to go find the other kid and dump her in a tub or maybe just the bed and bathe her tomorrow.” Man sollte meinen, dass die sich nach 10 Jahren und Gedächtnisverlust annähern müssten oder erstmals wieder kennenlernen…. Nope. Die 2 machen dort weiter wo sie aufgehört haben. Egal, dass sie verheiratet ist und zwei Kinder hat. When she takes the instrument, I grin proudly as she positions it on her lap and her hands on the guitar just as I’ve taught her.