Time Served by Julianna Keyes
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Time Served by Julianna Keyes
Time Served by Julianna Keyes is the first book in the Time Served Series. Each book tells a different couple's story.
This book features a dominating ex-con, a miss independent lawyer, and a reunion 10 years in the making.
When a client interview takes Rachel back to the rundown town of Camden, she comes face to face with all the reasons she left in the first place, particularly one bad boy named Dean. Ten years ago, she disappeared in the middle of the night, leaving her mom, their mobile home, and her boyfriend, Dean. Since then, she’s worked her way through college and her law degree and is now in the running to become second-chair at her law firm. Dean, on the other hand, has spent eight of those ten years in jail for a violent armed robbery, leaving him a very much hardened version of the boy Rachel once knew. Neither of them quite resemble the teenagers they were when they last saw each other, but the chemistry between them is burning hotter than ever.
The over-arching conflict of the story is the case Rachel is working on for her firm, the one that takes her to Camden on a daily basis to interview potential victims that worked at the factory her firm is building a case against. At some point in the story, the conflict shifts, though. When the case hits a very large speed bump, Rachel and her evil co-worker begin the race to break the case, and with it, win the second chair at the law firm.
I enjoyed how detailed the case was and how in depth the author went with this conflict. The story definitely needed it because there wasn’t a whole lot of conflict with Rachel and Dean’s relationship. Lots of tension in their scenes together, but no real over-arching conflict to carry the reader through the story. They’re attracted to each other, need each other in a physical sense, but neither of them are really able to get over the past. Over the course of the book, they grow as characters, but even in doing so they never really seem to be able to move on from what happened 10 years before.
They’re comfortable with each other and the chemistry is hot, but… I never really feel the love. There’s no real romance. At points they’re possessive and there’s definitely something between them even if neither of them see it. But in love?
The story is told in first-person from Rachel’s point of view and is written in the present tense, which normally takes me a while to get into. However, the writing is so smooth and each scene has just enough tension to carry the reader though, so I barely even noticed what tense it was written in.
If you’re looking for a lovey-dovey happily ever after (though there is an HEA) kind of romance, this book isn’t for you. If you’re looking for a down to earth realistic relationship with hot chemistry and rough power-play sex, I would say this book is definitely worth reading.
Has anyone else read this book? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
This book features a dominating ex-con, a miss independent lawyer, and a reunion 10 years in the making.
When a client interview takes Rachel back to the rundown town of Camden, she comes face to face with all the reasons she left in the first place, particularly one bad boy named Dean. Ten years ago, she disappeared in the middle of the night, leaving her mom, their mobile home, and her boyfriend, Dean. Since then, she’s worked her way through college and her law degree and is now in the running to become second-chair at her law firm. Dean, on the other hand, has spent eight of those ten years in jail for a violent armed robbery, leaving him a very much hardened version of the boy Rachel once knew. Neither of them quite resemble the teenagers they were when they last saw each other, but the chemistry between them is burning hotter than ever.
The over-arching conflict of the story is the case Rachel is working on for her firm, the one that takes her to Camden on a daily basis to interview potential victims that worked at the factory her firm is building a case against. At some point in the story, the conflict shifts, though. When the case hits a very large speed bump, Rachel and her evil co-worker begin the race to break the case, and with it, win the second chair at the law firm.
I enjoyed how detailed the case was and how in depth the author went with this conflict. The story definitely needed it because there wasn’t a whole lot of conflict with Rachel and Dean’s relationship. Lots of tension in their scenes together, but no real over-arching conflict to carry the reader through the story. They’re attracted to each other, need each other in a physical sense, but neither of them are really able to get over the past. Over the course of the book, they grow as characters, but even in doing so they never really seem to be able to move on from what happened 10 years before.
They’re comfortable with each other and the chemistry is hot, but… I never really feel the love. There’s no real romance. At points they’re possessive and there’s definitely something between them even if neither of them see it. But in love?
The story is told in first-person from Rachel’s point of view and is written in the present tense, which normally takes me a while to get into. However, the writing is so smooth and each scene has just enough tension to carry the reader though, so I barely even noticed what tense it was written in.
If you’re looking for a lovey-dovey happily ever after (though there is an HEA) kind of romance, this book isn’t for you. If you’re looking for a down to earth realistic relationship with hot chemistry and rough power-play sex, I would say this book is definitely worth reading.
Has anyone else read this book? I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
