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Fortune has smiled on Kat Turner. From a highly dysfunctional
childhood, she has risen from the misfortunes that formed her life.
Twenty years after she left, she wants to return to her hometown and rub
her success in the faces of all the people who had a part in her painful
childhood, starting with the boy who kicked her to the curb when they
were sixteen before she ever got the chance to tell him she was
pregnant. Riley Bohlund has loved Kat all his life. He nursed her
through the troubles she endured in her home life and knew from the time
they were 12 that there would be no other woman for him. They were
meant to be together. When he discovers from Kat’s mom 19 years after
Kat’s abrupt departure from Persuasion, WV, that he has a son, he’s
angry. Mad for all the time he’s lost with a son he never knew he had.
How could the woman be so cold?
The Girl Most Likely To . . . is a story about forgiveness and
acceptance. From Kat’s abusive childhood, her wife-beating father, her
seemingly uncaring mother, to the final blow – Riley breaking up with
her the same day she went to tell him she was pregnant, Kat’s life
changed completely. Chance (or is it chance?) supplies her with a way
out of town, away from the horrors of her young life in the person of an
over the road truck driver who takes pity on her and takes her home to
his sister. From there, Kat finds true family in the caring woman who
helps Kat raise her son. Twenty years later, after her surrogate mother
dies, Kat’s return home unleashes all the frightening and bitter
memories of her childhood, but one thing remains - her love for Riley
Bohlund. It is possible to resurrect the one good thing from her
childhood? Can she put aside the bitterness and anger that has kept her
away for 20 years?
This book was an easy read that I thoroughly enjoyed. The cast of
characters were engaging and readily jumped off the page to entertain.
This heartwarming tale reminds us that good intentions are sometimes
hidden beneath a web of lies designed to protect people that we love.
Reviewed by Karla Brandenburg for The Road to Romance
April 2, 2009 |
