Where Are The REAL Mountain Men?
Chris was always after the ‘next female’ he could have even as a teenager but once he met Molly, that all stopped and everyone thought he had found The One and that he was really in love. he took her virginity and then left Nome, the only home she had ever known. She was devastated when he left but he obviously didn’t love her to leave like that without a goodbye. I felt so very sorry or Molly who had , quite obviously, been used by Chris. He was just falling back into his pattern as a womaniser. Eight years later Molly has proven to be a resourceful and good business woman with a thriving business and she is held in high esteem by the community. Then Chris comes back to Nome and very much the wealthy billionaire playboy. True to type he has spent the last eight years chasing and having women one after the other with no relationships nor responsibilities for someone else but his selfish self. I tried but I do not like Chris as he comes across as a major jerk and I’m not the least bit interested in all his ‘conquests’ – the probably most important question for Molly was whether had had been checked officially to ensure that he was not carrying any sexually transmitted disease after his mass seductions over the years. I know that this fiction but I’m not impressed with womanisers as they don’t tend to change their pattern of behaviour at all. I normally LOVE Lauren Wood’s stories but he grated on me about his lack of caring for Molly and just using her to get what he wanted – i.e. the land, money and her in the sack again. he never even thought about what it would mean to Molly him starting a relationship with her again and then, as true to type, he left her for a second time broken hearted. His behaviour was cruel and Molly was a woman who was vulnerable and still in love with who she thought he was [but who, sadly, he wasn’t]. It is very well written by Lauren whose writing style I enjoy very much. I have never had anything like this happen to me but if I had been Molly I would have closed the door on his face when he returned after eight years and left it double bolted shut to him. He didn’t love her eight years ago and this time, supposedly eight years more mature [chasing skirt habitually] he plays her again and leaves again having used her and got what he wanted. I honestly don’t see how she could trust him when he left for a second time. The ending in the book was lovely and well written but I found it to be totally unbelievable on Chris’s part. Sorry – just didn’t like Chris’s character. I give 3.5 stars for the great writing style and characters [with the exception of Chris]. I am, however, looking forward to Lauren’s next Mountain Man’s story.
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