Second Chances (Mass Market Paperback)

Billie and Matt have a chance meeting on one stormy New Years Eve and shared a kiss that was one for the record books. Matt walks away from her and does not look back but they both remember that snowy night at the airport. Although they exchange kisses they don't exchange names.

Two years later Billie comes home with Scott (Matt's son)for a visit. She is shocked by seeing the one man she has not been able to forget. Matt is equally stunned and makes a promise to himself that if there is nothing between his son and this girl he will do whatever it takes to keep her this time. Of course this is not what happens and just when you think Billie is going to allow herself a happy ending something else happens. In the end Billie leaves and goes home to her dad. This is a second part of the story and does explain how and why Billie acts the way she does. See her dad has been emotionally abusing her for years. She does not know how to trust. Oh yes, she crys a lot.

One thing leads to another and Matt and Billie have a third shot at happiness but of course Billie is her worst own enemy agian but fear not the story does end with a happy ending.

This book is full of emotions but happiness is rare and I must agree with the views of another reviewer I don't highly that there are men out there like Matt and Scott. These guys are more then story book hero's. A couple of times the book dragged but eventually got back on track. Have patience when reading and make sure to have Kleenex handy since tears are almost a guarantee.

Two years later, Matt's son Scott arrives home from college for the summer with 3 friends in tow, and Matt is shocked to see that one of them is Billie Jean. Matt and Billie don't share with Scott and his friends that they have previously met. Although Scott has never been more than good friends with Billie, things become a bit awkward when he feels he must compete with his father for Billie's attention. Billie has a lot of baggage that neither Scott or Matt are aware of, so after a few weeks she heads home to confront her evil father Jarrod, who has emotionally abused her her entire life, and try to settle matters at hand. Months later, mentally and physically exhausted, she returns to Matt's ranch, and here's where things get really convoluted...just when I think this girl knows what she's doing and a good man when she sees it....well, you get the picture!

Having missed this book the first time around, and reading all the great reviews about it, I could hardly wait to read it. And it was good, but so, so sad....will Billie Jean ever get it right? Will she ever stop crying? Will she ever tell anyone, especially the man who loves her, the whole truth? And do men like Matt (and Scott) really exist? I doubt most have the patience, or the financial means, to do all the things Matt does for Billie, which is where the book borders on unbelievable. I love most of Sharon Sala's books, the Gambler's Daughters being some of the best I have ever read. Halfway through this book, it became too bogged down with sad emotions and tears, with too few happy pages at the end for my liking.