Series: Return to the Double C (Book 13)
"I do. Wait…did I?"
Hometown girl Penny Garner is having a Vegas moment:
waking up in bed with her teenage crush, a ring on her finger. Then there's the
matter of the marriage certificate. How did that happen? The jury's out on
whether it's Penny's dream come true or worst nightmare.
Quinn Templeton has to wonder what they actually did that night, too. And when they get
back to Weaver, Wyoming, the air force pararescueman can't just ignore the real
feelings for his fake bride -- especially if Penny's pregnant. Will they
remember what brought them to the altar in the first place…and maybe sign up for a repeat performance?
Good book. Penny and Quinn were confused when they woke
up in bed together. Neither could remember how they got there nor could they remember the circumstances leading up to the
marriage certificate they also discovered. Penny desperately wants to believe
that it is fake, a joke played on them by someone. Quinn is pretty sure it's
real. Penny is desperate to keep the marriage quiet until they can arrange a
divorce, but Quinn doesn't seem to be all that worried, as they head back home
to Wyoming.
I liked Quinn. He's home on leave, recovering from
injuries received during one of his PJ missions and trying to get back into
fighting condition. He doesn't want to think about what will happen if he isn't
able to go back to the job he loves. Quinn is also getting to know his
grandmother, Vivian, a very wealthy and very eccentric woman. I really liked the way that he was so calm
compared to Penny's drama. I loved his calm in a crisis personality and his sensitivity
to Penny and her issues.
I had a harder time liking Penny. I understood her
initial panic, but her constant refusal to acknowledge their marriage began to
irritate me. Penny had a lot of issues that influenced her. Her childhood in
and out of foster homes, thanks to her mother's alcoholism, made her
superconscious of being the subject of gossip. She fell in love with a man who
had also been a foster child with her. Unfortunately, he was killed in the war
just a week before their wedding, causing her to lock down her emotions. She
also had self-esteem issues, believing that it was easy for people to walk away
from her.
I liked the development of Penny and Quinn's
relationship. They had a history together, though not one that Penny liked to
remember. She'd had a crush on him when she was fifteen, and he shot her down
when she tried to make advances to him. She didn't know that he had noticed her
even back then, but he was an adult, and
she was just a kid, so he kept himself under control. Thanks to their
unexpected marriage, those old feelings have been stirred back up again. Penny
panics because Quinn makes her feel things she hasn't felt since Andy's death.
She's afraid to get involved with Quinn because, especially with his job, she
can't handle the idea of losing again, so she keeps pushing him away. I liked how
Quinn realizes that he'd like to keep Penny in his life. I ached for him the
morning after her birthday when her fears got the best of her. I liked his big moment at the end as he made another attempt to
show Penny how he felt. His words are so
heartfelt and emotional. I loved her surprise and shock when she finally
accepted the truth.
Penny's boss and Quinn's grandmother, Vivian, was quite a
character. She is blunt and outrageous with some of the things she does, but
deep down, I think she just wants to be accepted by her family. I enjoyed her
run at politics and attempts to get the incumbent to debate her. I also loved
the part with her sons and the paintings - clever! I get the feeling that she
has a lot of love to give, she just doesn't know how.
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