Jilted Book Feature
Series: Hqn
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Harlequin HQN; Revised edition (September 30, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373779364
ISBN-13: 978-0373779369
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
Jilted Book Synopsis
She left him at the altar, but her heart was always his...
After more than ten years away, Australian soap star Ellie Hughes returns to the small country town of Hope Junction, determined to remain anonymous while caring for her injured godmother, Matilda.
But word spreads fast in the tight-knit community. It isn’t long before the people of Hope’s are gossiping about the real reason for Ellie’s visit and why she broke the heart of golden boy Flynn Quartermaine all those years ago.
Soon Ellie and Flynn are thrown back together again, forced to deal with the unresolved emotions between them. For Ellie is not the only one with secrets. Flynn has his own demons to battle, and Matilda is hiding something from her much-loved goddaughter.
When all is uncovered, can the ill-fated lovers overcome the wounds of their past? Or is Flynn destined to be jilted again.
Jilted Book Review
Jilted is a deeply emotional reunion love story. Flynn and Ellie meet each other ten long years after she jilted him at the altar. Ten long years in which Flynn went to hell and back and in which Ellie rose to the heights of fame as a television soap star. Can this pair say hello to each other? Can they ever be friends again? It's a moot point. But why did Ellie leave the man she loved so cruelly? The compulsion to discover why will keep you reading and reading.
Rachael Johns is a sensitive and compassionate writer who objectively shows what's going on inside the heads of the main characters without being judgmental. She shows us Flynn's hurt, which won't go away and his fighting against the love and attraction he still can't help feeling for Ellie. She shows Ellie's love for Flynn, her shame at having wronged him and the mortification she feels as the barbs of Flynn's protective circle of friends hit home. We come to admire her courage at coming home to nurse her sick guardian in the face of the community which doesn't feel like welcoming her. In this novel the life of a small town is laid bare - the good, the bad and the frustrating. There are some memorable characters thronging the pages too. Ellie's bohemian aunt Matilda, one of the 'characters' of the town and the bitchy nurse Flynn dates to try to get over Ellie. I was particularly charmed by the Australian lingo which is peppered throughout the book. I would classify this story as emotional rather than sexy, yet there are frank love scenes (although admittedly not many) and I was surprised at the way a certain four letter word made it's appearance at times, right out of the blue! Get online Jilted today.
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