GRR Reviews After the Fall by Tamara Hart Heiner

Luce divorced her husband who ruined her financially due to his gambling addiction. She had to give up her passion, ceramics, and be forced into a career as a nurse back home in an Arkansas town. Then she found out Connor is there... // Connor cannot get his mom to take him seriously on how to keep the family store running. Instead, his mom is on one BF after another. Connor blamed his lying and cheating father (turns out they are the "side family", when he went back to his "real" family). He didn't expect Luce, the girl from high school, back in town as a nurse, even as he found out that his GF, Regina, also a nurse at the clinic, had been lying to him... // Connor and Luce got together, but Luce can't tell Connor about her evil ex, Brian, who was still scheming about extracting more money from her, and his latest tactic is to sue her, claiming she didn't disclose all her assets, even though it was her own trust fund, not community property. When Connor finally learned Luce had been married, he turned away, treating that "neglect to mention" as lying. But when his mom fell ill, and wanted to see him settled before she goes, Connor will pretend to marry Luce, but was it just an act?

WAY too much angst. Luce runs away from everything. After divorcing Brian she ran to her hometown. After getting sued she hides rather than hire a lawyer. After fake-marrying Connor she ran off to Europe. Connor's "brutal honesty" is cliche. When you combine the two, you got a lot of forced angst, as he won't listen, and she just wanted to run away. At least the extra characters, like Regina and others seem okay. ARGH!

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Woman ran away from her problems (and evil ex) found her high school sweetheart is in town, who may want her back...

Overall Rating: 2/5

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