Kat Cavanaugh's first sixteen years of her life in
Persuasion, West Virginia weren't exactly what fairy tales
are made up of. She lived in an abusive home her whole
life and it's never been easy for her growing up. After
becoming pregnant with her boyfriend's baby at only
sixteen, Kat didn't know what to do.
It didn't help that before she could even tell her
boyfriend the news, he dumped her. Instead of having two
loving parents to run to, Kat's father was too busy having
sex with the governor's wife and Kat's mother kicked her
out onto the street.
Somehow Kat came upon a kind man while hitchhiking who set
her up in a nice home with a woman named Phyllis who took
Kat in, no questions asked. Kat raised her son Aiden with
the help of Phyllis and if it wasn't for her maybe Kat
wouldn't have turned out as great as she has.
Now the time has come for Kat to return home to West
Virginia and to face the father of her child, Riley
Bohland. There's just one little problem. It's been twenty
years and Riley has no idea that he even has a child! Kat
is trying to be open and honest about everything in her
life and the first step is introducing her now twenty year
old son to the father he never knew.
What will happen when Kat and Riley meet for the first time
again after being apart for so long? Will Riley hate Kat
for what she's done by keeping Aiden a secret or will their
love reignite and pick up right where they left off?
THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO Is a heart warming, emotional,
extremely well written, romance novel that does not read
like your typical romance. After reading the back cover
and discovering this was another ''small town girl returns
to her home town to win back the guy and show him how great
she is now'' type story, I wasn't exactly thrilled. But
upon reading a couple chapters into the book I quickly
realized this is not anything like those other stories that
I've read.
The main character isn't back in town because she wants to
show off her new skinny body. She's there to tell her ex
boyfriend that she had his baby twenty years ago and that
he's a father. The moral dilemmas of whether Kat did the
right thing by not returning to town sooner to tell Riley
about his son are what gives this book so much depth. At
first I hated Kat for what she did but upon learning about
her childhood and what Aiden would be exposed to, I
understood and felt she made the right decision.
Kat's past is slowly uncovered piece by piece as she
remembers all of the details of her childhood. With so
much trauma she has shut the memories out of her mind, but
with returning to her old home, everything is coming back
to her and it's not pleasant.
I think Susan Donovan did an excellent job with balancing
the emotional trauma, the romance, the heart break and
everything. The story reads more like women's fiction then
a regular romance novel so be aware that this isn't a
funny, laugh your ass off kind of book. Overall I was
deeply moved by Donovan's writing and would highly
recommend this book to all readers who enjoy a great story.
Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of
Persuasion, West Virginia and vowed never to return. Who
could blame her? She’d just stumbled upon her father’s
adulterous affair, found out she was pregnant, got dumped by
her boyfriend, and kicked out of her house and school . . .
all in a single afternoon. Twenty years have gone by and
Kat’s back—gorgeous, rich, and looking for an apology from
everyone who’d turned their backs on her. First on that list
is Riley Bohland, the boy who broke her heart before she
could tell him about the baby.
But Kat didn’t count on
Riley having his own axe to grind, or that he’d be just as
delicious as he was at sixteen. She also didn’t count on
her heart opening at the sight of him. When their anger
ignites a passion intense enough to burn through two decades
of secrets and lies, Kat must question everything she
thought she knew about her past. And what about her future?
The only place to find the answers may be in Riley’s
arms…
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