Karen Wiesner

Oh man, do these books keep getting better and better as I finish with the last Angelfire II Quartet story, PROMISES IN THE DARK! With each one, I have to remind myself these people aren’t real. I liked that, when Sapphire decided she needed to be a role model for her teenage daughter by not bring anyone home with her, she acknowledge that she had needs and the hero, William “Deck” Decker, knew exactly what buttons to push. She’s scared she’ll make the same mistakes and marry a show more loser like her criminal violent and obsessive ex-, who was a drunk. For that reason, she’s convinced she and Deck should part ways. They both work at the same bar, and she doesn’t have the skills for another job that will get her the same benefits. How do you go back to being friends once you’ve crossed the line into lovers? I admired Deck when he saw that Sapphire was the only woman for him and he refused to back down. Come hell or high water, he has no intention of letting her go show less

It’s very true that sometimes love can be so blind it doesn’t live in the same realm as logic and rationale. The heart knows what it wants and it won’t be denied. In those cases, the people on the outside usually can’t make them see reason because they only know they can’t live without this other person--regardless of how impossible the situation is. DESTINY, with its three-way love triangle, is proof of that. I feared none of them would get a happily ever after. After all they show more went through, I wanted that for them. If you love characters so realistic, you actually feel like you know them inside and out and can’t be satisfied until each one is in a good place, you’ll want to read DESTINY. show less

Almost 40 years old, Brenda Bennett can’t get Mitch Taylor out of her mind. Their on and off relationship was destroyed by many things, including his arrest and imprisonment for drug dealing. I loved that Brenda tried to redeem Mitch and never really gave up on him. When he gets out of prison, she goes to see him, telling herself it’ll provide the closure she needs with their broken relationship.



“I fell hard for the big brute that was Mitch Taylor. Mitch knew he could never be good show more enough for Brenda. He believed his sins were almost as unforgivable as his father’s. Mitch tried so hard take care of his younger sister Julia when his father never cared for them and only wanted his next fix. After his old man sold Julia to a drug dealer, Mitch searched high and low for her, ultimately believing she was dead.



I’ll never forget this story. It had such passion, love, determination, and hope. show less

Some couples should not have children! I was so angry with Brayla's folks. I wanted to do them harm. How could Brayla's mom lie on the sofa all day and ignore her baby's cries? It is AMAZING Brayla reached the age of thirty and hid in her deceased Dad's home to play video games all day! Her two best friends, Lena Young and Shaun Levi, tried get her out more. At a party, she slept with Shaun when they were drunk. I was impressed with Shaun, as it was clear he wanted to take their relationship show more further, but Brayla was clueless given that she’d never known about love. Even her parents and aunt never gave her any. I am glad Shaun stuck by her even when she took off for a small town in Alaska in hopes of meeting a Prince Charming. I loved how Brayla FINALLY stood up for herself after she realized that what her two best friends tried to tell her for almost thirty years that she WAS loved by her friends and that she was accepted when none of her family cared about her. show less