Backlog #5
In the previous book there was a scene with Winter (Summer's sister) and Theo (Rhett's protege) that hinted the next couple on the agenda. At this point when all books since long been released it is pretty obvious that they are protags of Reckless, but imagine the excitement. I would be excited if I found out, despite the fact that Winter seemed like a total b-word in the first book, such characters intrigued me.
Theo had a bit of head over hills moment with Winter in this small episode. And who knew it was actually the very trigger of their journey.
Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies’ man. Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package.And he’s looking at me like I might be his next meal.But I’m almost free of my toxic marriage and have sworn off men entirely. So all I see when I look back is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak.The man is hard to trust—and even harder to resist.Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard I try to freeze him out, he melts my icy exterior and pulls apart all my defenses.Over a drink in a small town bar, I blurt out my deepest, darkest secrets. Then I spend the singular hottest night of my life with him.He worships my body. He makes me blush. I come alive beneath his hands.Then I tell him to forget it ever happened. I want simple, and with him it all feels complicated.It was supposed to be a one-time thing.A secret.But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.
Chestnut Springs. Book 4
Their parents had a lot of fun calling them Summer and Winter, yeah I was surprised too.
I actually really wanted to find out more about their dynamics and this book kinda leans into it too.
I won't be able to imagine how does it feel to end up in a situation like theirs, that they're half-sisters, one is a result of an affair. But relationships of people are coplex and so it happens that Summer longed for her sister and in a way wanted to protect her (her marriage) by keeping her silence, but Winter too had been keeping her own vengeful mother away from Summer. And even if she was instilled with all type of malicious words her mother had to say about Summer, it never really corrupted her, but deinitely influenced some of her temperament.
Others say that she is a cold-ass queen, but not many know that she is much softer inside.
The revelation of her own husband grooming her own sister before their marriage totally broke this marriage apart. She couldn't be with such a person and forgiving him was out of the question. While dealing with her own shit she travelled to Chestut Springs, one of Eaton house family dinners where she met Theo on the road. This led them to have drinks later on in town and the next thing you know they roll into sheets and have sex.
One-night stand resulting into Winter becoming pregnant. For her it was a blessing, she really wanted children and never got pregnant in marriage. When the revelations happened she lost the baby she was carrying. Partially, even if it sounded cruel, she was glad she lost it, she didn't want to be blood-tied to someone like her ex-husband.
Of course she wanted to keep the child, but she had no idea how to contact Theo, she only figured one way, finding his info in the gym database owned by Summer. But the communication failed (although to a reader it feels obvious the one answering isn't Theo).
We have a time skip and now Winter is a single mom living in Chestnut Springs, she is on maternity leave, her work is transferred into this town.
When one day Theo comes into town. And things change.
Theo is devastated not because he has a daughter, he is too happy to have a daughter, but because he thinks of everything he missed during this time, he realized that the number he left with the gym was actually left with someone in his agency and they did not think it was important to report while he was on a road.
He wanted to be in life of Winter and his daughter and showed with actions his support, love and reliability.
The two had to re-navigate their lives and slowly come together as partners.
It felt so unfortunate that Theo missed so much of his daughter growing up, but now he would never miss her future.
Winter was finally happy with her life. She did not bother with her mother who could even justify her ex-husband. She kinda reconnected with her father. Deepened her relationship with Summer, had new friends surrounding her, had the help of the Eaton family, which really felt like real family. Also Theo's mom has an appearance in this one and she is such a nice lady.
The final conflict I don't think is anything big. More like - again this annoying ex.
Also Winter decides to be a doctor on the road along with Theo so they could be together.
But by this time I had a feeling Elsie Silver has some sort of jar or just uses a roulette and picks up random stuff from it.
RATE: 4/5. There is something about good young dads.