GRR Reviews Kissing Jessie (Return to Redemption Boo by Laurie Kellogg

Kissing Jessie is another "sisters after the same man" romance from the author who manages to setup some interesting pairings and conflicts while adding liberal doses of humor.

Mike Danvers is a building contractor in limbo. He grew up with a crack mom who refused to give him up but cannot provide for him. He's also extremely mature, as he can pass for adult at 15, which led to some... "adult situations". He's almost thirty-eight now, successful, and wanting a family. His current girlfriend Tracy didn't really want kids, but Mike felt his time was running out... and proposed marriage anyway, hoping to change Tracy's mind. He didn't count on meeting Tracy's younger sister, Jessie... Jessie's 24, a culinary school graduate. Jessie wanted to turn her inherited Victorian into a B&B, but she was forever getting snide comments from her older sister Tracy, who's thinner and prettier... and always jealous. Jessie knew that she can't be coveting the hunky guy who's her sister's fiancee, but she needed his help to get the Victorian converted. When Tracy broke off the engagement upon the children issue, Mike wondered if he proposed to the wrong sister, even as Jessie dropped pounds and became sexually active... But Mike sees the 13 year age gap between them as an insurmountable issue, and refuse to commit his heart... when Tracy decided she's not over Mike, this sister love triangle can get REALLY messy...

This is not the first sister love triangle the author used, but I felt some of the issues didn't quite fold back to the main plot, such as the B-plot about Mike's secret baby. It's still a solid 4/5.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Contractor wonder if he proposed to the wrong sister when the fiancee broke up because she wanted no children

Tropes: sibling triangle, handy man, chef, secret baby, May / September, no good for you

Overall Rating: 4/5