Now Betsy is now left to sit alone when the family watch TV together. Crazy, eh?īut… Tara does not believe that this kind of touch is normal or natural or proper for a father and teenage daughter. Simple, loving human contact is the end-game. He’s unlike all the other men she’s been in relationships with - he loves to touch and to be touched and doesn’t expect that touch to lead to sex. Ironically, one thing that Tara adores about this man is how tactile he is. Tara, who was raised in a family that did not cuddle or hug or hold hands or say, “I love you.” Ever. Besty had Dad’s full attention for fourteen years. But then I took a minute to think about the situation teen Betsy found herself in with the addition of Tara to her family unit.īetsy was raised dominantly by her work-from-home, single dad who is a very cuddly man and an incredibly loving, compassionate human being.

I’ll admit that my first reaction was to almost agree with her. Tara is appalled - even disgusted - but she can’t explain why, other than to say, “It’s just not right.” Who’s her? They were driving to Mark’s homeĪmanda reaching out and ran a hand down his arm, needing to touch him.I’ve been thinking about the power of touch a lot lately since I have a close friend (Tara) who has recently married a man with a daughter (Betsy) who became sexually active at fourteen years old, with her bio-mom’s blessing. 'No, you'll see a photo of them at her place'. DUDE!Ī blush stole over her cheeks at the implication that he wanted me that much.

She had to assume he liked what she looked like or he wouldn't be taking me home. 'What's wrong?' He asked, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling me into his hard chest. Natalie nudged her in the side and she towards her friend. The attraction she felt sizzling in the air and down her spine made her spine. From words missing, to switching between third and first person, to misspelled words (eye brow, out right, over night, un wound, free lance-I don’t know if the author is Australian, or if Australians separate the words eyebrow, outright, overnight, unwound and freelance for that matter, but it was super odd for me). There were SO many examples-granted, this is the longest story I’ve read so far, but it was also the one with the most SPaG errors. And when I say this story could have done with a few more rounds of editing and correcting, I’m not joking.

If you’ve picked up on a word missing on the blurb, that wasn’t my mistake, that’s how it’s written on my copy of the book. I’m not gonna lie, this one was an editing mess.

First In by Danika Bloom