Luellen is a married woman who discovers that her husband is already married. As she pursues a divorce, she jumps at the opportunity to go to school and get her teaching certificate. Once she's there, she is so determined to finish school that she won't let anything get in her way. When she finds out that she is pregnant, she needs to find a way to hide it from the school.
I won't say much about the plot, I don't want to give too much away should you decide to read it. I just felt like this woman was the most selfish character I have read about in a long time. She doesn't seem to care about anyone but herself. Her parents are ill, and she wonders about being able to return to school. When I was reading about how she was ignoring symptoms related to her baby, I was disgusted with her.
I held out a hope that she would come around, but I didn't hear her even mention being selfish until about 86% in. She acts like the world revolves around her and when things don't go her way, she wallows in self-pity. The way she treats her friend makes me wonder why the woman was nice to her. If she's not hiding something, then Luellen is trying to boss her around and tell her what's best for her. The "happy" ending didn't strike me as happy, because I felt bad for Wade being stuck with such a selfish manipulative woman.
Yes, it's fiction, but I want to enjoy my time reading. I made sure I didn't have the other book in that series on my watch list, because if I didn't enjoy the first or third, I'd probably not enjoy the second one either. I'm not giving up on this author, I still have the second book in the Sisters at Heart series, When the Heart Heals, on my watch list. The third book, Love's Sweet Beginning, is scheduled to come out in February. This one is definitely a pass for me.
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