Forget Me Not by J.M. MaddenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Chad Lowell is a partner in Lost And Found, a security company staffed by veterans. Chad himself has lost a leg and has facial scarring and one arm which has been badly damaged. He is engaged to Lora O'Neil, a former client whose abusive ex-husband tried to steal their daughter Mercy from her. This is all set out in Embattled Home.
Lora's ex-husband is dead and she has taken over the running of his (very wealthy) family's investment business on behalf of Mercy. Between trying to make back the money her ex-husband embezzled, learn about the investment business AND finish her degree Lora is so busy she has kind of overlooked Chad and Mercy.
Now I'll be honest here, Chad came across as a little bit of a whiner. By my count Lora has three 'jobs' plus looking after her fiance and child. Chad has one job, plus looking after his fiancee and her child. Yet he seems to think he is helping Lora out by picking Mercy up from school when one of her business calls runs over. Similarly, he throws a bit of a strop when her phone rings while they are talking - its not like she interrupted him to make a business call, they called her! Anyway, although Chad loves Lora dearly he is feeling a bit unloved and worries that Lora is putting business above family.
But before Chad and Lora can sit down and talk about things Chad gets a call that his father has had a heart attack.
This book is clearly a segue novella between the Lost And Found series and a new series based on Chad's family who are cattle farmers from Texas. I liked the set-up, it seems pretty obvious who each of the brothers and sisters are going to end up in subsequent books - although I might be completely off-base.
Anyway, an interesting peek behind the scenes at what happens after the HEA and an intriguing preview of a new series about cowboys - yee ha!
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