A love story with strong characters

I liked the strong characters personalities. The way they fight to be together. I had read the book a few years ago which I enjoyed and wanted to listen to the story. My only recommendation is that I feel the Friessen men should have a male narrator.

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Second Relationships are Better?

I enjoyed a lot about this story. The challenges of dealing with a special-needs child added an interesting element to the story, and picking up the pieces after a marriage ends always makes for a sympathetic read. My problem was that I didn't much like the characters.
The heroine is definitely the best of the lot, but after having finally found the courage to leave her husband, she walks into a relationship with a man who is domineering and has a temperament that runs hot and cold. Maybe he was intended to be an alpha male - I suspect he was intended to fill that role but for me, he comes off as the kind of man who would have running in the opposite direction.
As the story unfolds, we find he has a history that at least partially mitigates his behavior and attitudes but that relationship itself is hard to believe. Why would such a strong, decisive man have let so many critical elements in his own life slide for so long.
Both exes are classic villains - over the top and easy to hate which does help to make the story more fun and provide some entertaining interactions, and the love scenes are steamy enough to satisfy most contemporary romance fans.
In all, it's a pretty good story, as long as you're willing to not look too closely at the hero and just accept him as the moody, controlling alpha I suspect he was intended to be.

Great book

The Narrator Melissa Moran is really good . I like the characters and the narrator I like the book alot I am going to get the rest of the books also

A good story

This book is the first in new series, The Outsiders, .
The story centers around rancher Brad Friessen, his young son Trevor, recently separated, Emily , her daughter Katy, and Brad’s estranged wife, Crystal.
Emily answers an ad for a nanny and cook in a rancher and encounters a child that appears to have autism, and an overwhelmed man.
Brad was a tad taciturn and at first not acknowledging his child’s problems.
As a friendship develops between Brad and Emily, Brad’s wife, Crystal comes back into the picture.
For me, it was an a 3.5 star story. I did appreciate that the author shone a light on autism.

The Forgotten Child

I liked this story. There are a few sex scenes and a little language. However I enjoyed the narrator very much.

WOW!

The Forgotten Child is made up of heartache and tears. The first time I read Brad and Emily's story I kept a tissue box close at hand. The second time, I felt tingles in my heart. The third time I listened to it in audio and my soul may never recover. Eckhart and Moran bring three powerful characters to life. Brad and Emily are caught in the middle of an emotional love affair, but it's the bond between Emily and Brad's autistic son, Trevor that steals the breath from your lungs. In the face of beauty, ugliness tries to find it's way in, but there is nothing more powerful than a mother's love. Whether by blood or from the heart. That bond is not easily broken. WOW!

Good book

I have liked all the books in the series the characters are great the stories are great a must read

I enjoyed this one a lot.

I'm a bit of a latecomer to Ms. Eckhart's books and I didn't start reading her Friessen saga with the first story. I've listened to several of the later books in this vast series and enjoyed all of them. As a recent subscriber to the Audible Romance Package I've taken advantage of the fact that many, if not all, of her books are available in the RP and finally started at the beginning.

I really enjoyed this story but did keep in mind that it was written several years ago and I lot of things have changed in the world of romance writing. Emily was just a bit naive in places and Brad was a real jerk at times. That being said, I really loved the book and enjoyed the narrator.

I'm pretty picky about narrators and some of the ones for other books in this series weren't always great in my opinion. I thought Melissa Moran did a good job and got the inflections for the words right nearly all of the time. A couple of reviewers commented that her voice was robotic and I guess I can see where they're coming from but… She did a good job of distinguishing between characters and didn't make her voice go up and down when it shouldn't like a lot of narrators do. I would definitely listen to more books that she narrates.

Warning: A few mild spoilers in my review.

Narrator seemed a bit robotic but that wasn't my problem with this story. In fact, I didn't lose patience with this book until Chapter 31 according to the print but the narrator started by saying "Chapter 30". By then, I felt the plot was not making sense. Brad was so unnecessarily cruel, weak and cowardly to Emily prior to her leaving his house. I didn't find that loving at all. Furthermore, the stupidity of not filing for divorce knowing his estranged wife's failings and all he had to lose makes no sense. Add on top of that, why he didn't just explain to Emily what was going on with his estranged wife before Emily left as he did 3 weeks later? And if he was so concerned about custody of his son that he intentionally hurt Emily and allowed Emily to be hurt by his estranged wife before, then why did he go into Emily's house even though he was told emphatically by his lawyer to stay away from her. Furthermore, Emily was looking like a well trodden doormat by this time. Because the tale seemed to be disintegrating into a nonsensical plot, I lost any investment in the characters and no longer cared about the ending. Too many good books, too little time, can't get back the time I have wasted on this so have moved on in some degree of irritation and disgust. Sorry but not willing to take any more chances on this author's books in the future.

The Forgotten Chilx

Really goodbook. I nD trouble putting it down. I wanted to know what tricks his wife would pull next!