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Not A Side Chick by Lani Lynn Vale Series: Don't Date Him #3
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Edith “Eddy” Wheeler was having a bad day.
A no good, very bad day.
It’s understandable, really. I mean, there didn’t seem to be anything worse than walking in on your elderly parents doing things no child should ever see. Add into that their proclivities, and Eddy is disgusted and disturbed.
So of course, after seeing the atrocious things her parents—the pastor and pastor’s wife that are supposed to be holy and a teacher of faith—are into, she makes it her life goal to expose them to their masses. The cult-like following her father has will see him for the man he is—an abuser who gets a sick thrill at seeing his girls suffer.
She will no longer allow the people of Sawtooth, Montana, to think that they’re safe when they’re anything but.
That’s where Weaver Grant comes in.
A sexy lineman who climbs poles for a living, has forearms that can break a woman in mind, body, and soul, and a smile that does things deep inside of her that she refuses to acknowledge just yet.
She has a plan.
A really good one, too.
But that plan dies a thousand deaths when she’s attacked by a bear on a hike that she was using to cleanse her soul. She thought she was supposed to be afraid of men, but that rabid bear showed her a new side of herself.
She spends weeks in the hospital, and a certain hot lineman takes it upon himself to see her healthy again. He never leaves her side. He solves all her problems. And he shows her how a real man treats a woman.
But once she’s healed and her world is once again righted, will he have a reason to stay since she no longer needs saving?
Vale’s characters always draw you in quickly and take you on the ride of a lifetime! The next book in the Don’t Date Him series brings us Eddy and Weaver. She’s a soccer coach/teacher and he’s a lineman/electrician. He is another of the escaped/thought to be dead convicts and has quite the back story. She’s stumbled across a horror she needs help uncovering. Both characters are very likable and the connection they get upon meeting is instant and sweet. His back story was very emotional and I loved seeing him get to have his life back again. Her drama plays out throughout the book and is very addictive. Well developed characters, lots of angst and so much love and passion.
I highly recommend this book as well as the entire series to anyone who enjoys a redemption story with a guy who deserved better than he got and is making his way into a new life that plans on delivering just that. The storylines are gritty, emotional and heartfelt. Looking forward to more to come in the series!
