Review: Tattered

Tattered by Devney Perry

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Reading the book THE CLOVER CHAPEL in which we know the hero as the boyfriend of the heroine who is most concerned with work and partying in high society, I had a hard time liking him in this story.
I imagined him different.
I separated some highlights from that book so we could have an idea of what I felt when reading.

“Do you want to call me when you get home?” I asked hopefully.
“It’ll be late,” he said.
“I’m two hours earlier than you are. I’ll be awake. You could tell me good night. We could talk for a while. Catch up.”
“Uh, maybe, but don’t wait up.” Papers shuffled in the background. “I might put in a long night and crash here on the couch.”

Logan and I had been together for the last five years. We’d met at a fundraising gala where I had been working for my father and he had attended as a guest, representing the extraordinarily wealthy Kendrick family.
I had been dancing with my father when Logan approached and asked to cut in. My father had gladly handed me over after telling me that I “wasn’t to fuck up his setup.”
I’d felt so confused at that moment. I hadn’t wanted to be with someone because he’d passed my father’s criteria as suitable boyfriend material, but I also hadn’t been able to walk away from Logan.

“It’s okay. Where are you?”
“A cocktail party in Midtown benefitting the Kohlberg Foundation. I ran into your friend Alice today at lunch. She’s working for them and invited me to come along with her.”
“Alice Leys?” I asked.
“Yes, that Alice,” he said. “She’s been inviting me for years to her events. We always had conflicts in our schedules. But now that you’re in Montana, I was available.”

In this book we learned that 6 months before he met Emmy he had a night of sex with our heroine and that night they did not exchange surnames or other personal information. 👀
But they supposedly felt a special connection. 💞
She became pregnant 🍼 and without any possibility of finding him, she having to seek support from friends in another city. He got involved with his work and the hectic social life when he remembered to look for her, it was late.
Each one moved with life. She raising her daughter 👧🏼 and him a serious relationship 💍 with another woman.
Surely if they had not met again he would not even remember her.
When he discovers that he has a daughter he compartmentalizes and thinks that in a week he solves everything and returns to his normal life.
I confess that I find him a moron to think that he will meet his daughter and form a bond with the child in a week and that all is settled. 😂
He ends up discovering that life can not always be controlled and that nothing else will be as before.
Throughout history we get to know our heroes and their lives better. I liked them and how they sought a better version of themselves throughout the book.
She came from a terrible childhood where abandonment marked her forever and he from a rich and seemingly normal family. But each with its own issues.
I started the reading without waiting too long and I ended up hooked from start to finish.
I noticed that in all stories the author puts a stalker to give a touch of mystery 🕵️ and action to the plot.

I recommend.

“I’m Logan.” I placed my hand in his, already lost in the fairy tale. “Thea.”

I’d come to Montana to surprise Emmeline for a Thanksgiving weekend. The ring I’d bought for her had been in my coat pocket. My plan had been to propose and convince her to move home after she finished a year teaching kindergarten. Instead, I ended a five-year relationship when I learned she was still in love with a man from her past. Her husband.

—I’d been busy with work. Then life had moved on. Not long after I’d tried to find Thea again, I’d met Emmeline.

My phone vibrated in my pocket, interrupting my thoughts. I dug it out of my jeans, assuming it was Nolan, but frowned when I saw the name Alice Leys.

I’d spend this week in Montana and then things would go back to normal.

I have one week. One week to get to know my daughter and build something of a relationship with her. Then I need to wrap this up and get my life back to normal.”

Logan would regret a kiss with me. Maybe he regretted ever stepping into that hotel bar.

The last time a woman had told me she’d needed some time away to think, she’d moved to Montana and found a husband. There was no way I was going to lose Thea like I’d lost Emmeline.

“I like to take the tattered and lost and make it shine. Garbage doesn’t have to stay garbage. Things just need to find their right place.”

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