Product Description

"Throw a penny in the fountain of the Twilight town square, and you'll be married to your first love . . . "

For ten years, pretty Flynn MacGregor has been turning down the same solid, upright man's marriage proposal. Her friends at the Sweethearts' Knitting Club tell her they're a match made in heaven, but Flynn knows there's only one dangerous reason why she keeps saying no: high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway. She was just sixteen when Jesse was forced out of town under a cloud of suspicion . . . but he's never left her heart.

Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he's there—gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he's made it clear that he's not going to now. And Flynn, who's always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10426 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-01
• Released on: 2009-11-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780061808890
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"Delicious details, a small town full of memorable characters, great dialogue, and humor all combine to make this a highly enjoyable tale about two people who find healing--and each other." (Booklist (starred review) on All of Me )

Lori Wilde has created a rich and wonderful story about the charm of small town life combined with the power and passion of first love. Delicious! (New York Times Bestselling author Robyn Carr )

"[T]heir personal development forms the heart and soul of the novel, a delicately revealing in-depth character study. Wilde's clever combination of humor, sorrow and love brings a deeply appealing sense of realism." (Publishers Weekly on All of Me )

Customer Reviews

Breathtaking
At first I thought this was going to be about a bunch of old ladies sitting in a circle knitting. True, there are old ladies and knitting involved but that is just a piece of the story. Flynn is not old and she doesn't know how to knit. Beau is her fiance, and he does not knit either. Jesse is an ex-con and Flynn's true love and trust me, knitting is not how he passed the time in prison.


I found myself drawn to the romance between Flynn and Jesse. I thought Beau was a pushy cop who thought he could have whatever he wanted. He is constantly pushing Flynn to marry him and always backing her in a corner. I wanted to jump in the book and knock the crap out of him. Jesse was a pure Southern gentleman who may have been recently released from prison, but wanted to make a fresh start with Flynn. Whenever Jesse's dialogue came up, I could just picture him in my head with his southern accent.


When a writer can describe a character with just what he is speaking, you know you have a new Bestselling Author! The author kept me glued to the pages, consumed by the passion and story that I never wanted it to end. It flowed great and was detailed perfectly.


A new author for me that I will keep an eye on for new releases. Once again, BREATHTAKING!

sweet contemporary romance
The members of the Sweethearts' Knitting Club reside in Twilight, Texas. All of the knitters married their high school sweetheart except for Flynn MacGregor who has been engaged to the town sheriff Beau Trainer but is not ready to marry him. Her high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway spent a decade behind bars so she has no interest in following the knitting club crowd although she still loves him.

Just released from prison Jesse has come home to Twilight. He wants his beloved Flynn at his side, but besides seeing the sheriff and the encouragement of everyone to stay with Beau, she is too busy taking care of everyone else. She is more a prisoner than he was, but can he liberate his Flynn to marry him.

This is a sweet hearted of a contemporary romance that fans will enjoy as Flynn must decide between the bad boy who heats her blood and the prime sheriff who leaves her temperature at 98.6. The story line is character driven with strong leads and super support. Fans will enjoy a stop in Twilight, Texas home of second chance in love for former high school sweethearts.

Harriet Klausner

Fluffy Romance with Bad Boy Light Hero (B- Grade)
I'm pretty surprised by the amount of knitting plots found in contemporary romances lately. The latest in this trend is by Lori Wilde who has a new series for Avon. The first book, The Sweetheart's Knitting Club takes place in the small town of Twilight, Texas. Ten years ago Jesse Calloway was arrested for cocaine and gun possession and sent to prison. He gets a reduced sentence for saving a fellow inmate and stopping a prison riot. He's released and heads back to Twilight where the girl he left behind is waiting. Jesse has never forgotten Flynn McGregor, the girl who saw through his bad boy attitude and embraced the wonderful person he really is. Jesse also wants payback because he knows who set him up. Twilight's richest citizen and sheriff, Beau Trainer hates Jesse with a passion. Beau was Flynn's boyfriend at the time Jesse arrived in Twilight. Now Jesse will open his motorcycle shop there and steal Flynn away from Beau.

Flynn works at her father's café, Froggy's Marina Bar and Grill. She's also involved in the town's Sweetheart's Knitting club. Flynn can't knit for anything. That's her dirty little secret. She also has another one, where after ten years she still can't get Jesse Calloway out of her head. She knows they can't have a future together and should only think about her high school boyfriend, Beau, who has asked her four times to marry him. Now Beau has asked a fifth time and wants a final answer. He's tired of Flynn holding him off. He even sweetens the deal because he knows Flynn wants to open a yarn store, which was her mother's dream. The Lynn Yarn Barn will be in memory of Flynn's mother. Beau will co-sign the loan as long as she agrees to marry him. And Beau is pushing hard for this because he knows that Jesse is out of prison. He's afraid that Flynn will walk out on him, but since she doesn't take commitment lightly, as long as she's engaged to him, he knows she won't cheat on him. He'll have everything he always wanted.

Flynn feels guilty because she does care for Beau, but he is just too perfect, a goody two shoes. So much so that Beau wants them both to be celibate until their wedding night (pretty convenient if you ask me seeing as Jesse is back in town. God forbid we have a heroine fooling around with two guys at the same time. Can't have that now, can we?) Flynn is relived and thinks that it's going to take awhile for the Yarn Barn to get up and running. And even though Beau is a great upstanding guy, her feelings for him are more fizzle that pop. Flynn had the pop or rather fireworks with Jesse.

And those fireworks are as strong now as they were when they were teenagers. The moment Jesse and Flynn see each other, there's not doubt in their minds that they belong together. But Flynn belongs to Beau and Jesse is a convict. Can Flynn really be that cruel to Beau and run back to Jesse?

There's a great deal of temptation in Twilight. Jesse wants Flynn, Flynn wants Jesse, Beau wants Flynn and the respect of the people around him. These three are in a holds no bar love triangle and it comes down to Flynn choosing the lucky man she'll end up with, while the other will feel like the ultimate loser.

I don't think it's hard to figure out who Flynn chooses. On one hand she has this wonderful man who is willing to give her everything even though he is dull. Beau doesn't ring her bell as Jesse did. Jesse was her teenage crush, where they had one moment in time together. It's one thing to feel such passion but to build a life and future upon it is a gamble.

Jesse is that righteous thinking hero who illuminates that bad boy persona. I think it has to do with his skull tattoo, wearing black and riding a motorcycle. Nothing in his personality screams he's the type who walks too far on the wild side. He's more of a bad boy light. Light beer comes to mind with Jesse. Beau is a sad sap, a pathetic man who has so much but feels he should have more. He was more of an annoyance because he came across as whiny and acts in such a way where Flynn would find him lacking. Flynn has the weight of the world on her shoulders from a father who is a recovering alcoholic, to living a small town life that has almost smothered her. She feels that with Jesse she can have that larger than life experience. I really couldn't see why she felt her sense of fulfillment and freedom was with Jesse.

The Sweetheart's Knitting Club is another fluffy read for those who enjoy love triangles with a bad boy light hero, the oh so precious golden girl who has sacrificed most her life to make others happy and the man who will do whatever he can, no matter how wrong to get what he wants.

Katiebabs