My Thoughts
This part of Paul's story begins with the birth of his child. He wants things to be different for his son than what he had with his father. Unfortunately things are working between he and Carmen, so he leaves for home. This is when Suzy comes back into his life. Well after some man whoring around with his brother. Now he just has to convince Suzy that the past is where it should be...behind him. Their story is a roller coaster ride with passion and betrayal and heartache and joy.
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I give Father & Son 4 hearts!
About the Book
What has happened to Paul Jensen?
He’s growing up fast, handling the challenges of his
situation with the skill of a man twice his age.
He will never fit in, why should he? He’s special. Now it’s
time to show the world.
With his unstoppable ambition he is taking steps to secure
his financial future for himself and those around him but he struggles to do
the same with the emotional side of his life.
There’s only one woman he really wants. He just has to be
man enough to step up and prove to her how much he’s changed.
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Excerpt
Deep, regular breathing interrupted by movement as he turned
over. A noise, persistent and loud was cutting through his slumber. He kicked
at the sheet tangled around his legs as he turned again. Nearly awake now as
the noise irritated him, he rubbed a hand over his face and pushed his hair
away as he moved the cover from over his head and slowly opened his eyes.
Although the sky outside the window was dark, his room was
lit by the hall light beaming through his open bedroom door which explained why
he could hear the phone ringing, the noise that had woken him.
Raising his head from the pillow, he listened to the still
ringing instrument, annoyed that someone hadn’t picked it up yet, sighing, he
heaved his weary body into a sitting position and reached for his jeans, still
the ringing persisted “Someone get the phone!” he shouted and within seconds
the ringing stopped. Leaving his room en route to the bathroom, the ringing
started again; he paused on the landing, waiting to see if one of his siblings
would answer.
Realizing that answering the annoying ringing was down to
him, he glanced towards his father’s study, the only phone upstairs was in
there but getting caught in that room without permission was a fate worse than
death, deciding against invoking the wrath of the older man, he sprinted down
the stairs, goose bumps rising on his naked torso as he approached the
telephone stand in the unheated hallway.
“Hello?”
“About bloody time you picked up the phone Paul Jensen, why
the hell aren’t you here?”
“Helen? Is everything alright?”
“Oh for God’s sake, don’t pretend you don’t know, I called
hours ago to let you know, you could easily have been here by now.” Helen Novak
hissed down the phone.
“Carmen’s in labor?” He asked.
“Was, not anymore, congratulations, you’re a Dad.” She
answered her voice thick with sarcasm.
Prodigal Son - Book 1
Synopsis
Michael Jensen knows from the second Monica Paloma
challenges him at the summer ball that he has to have her. Tall, handsome blond
haired and blue eyed only child and heir to the Jensen fortune, he is used to
getting what he wants by any means possible and is as shocked when she resists
his usual tried and tested methods as he is to his actual attraction to her. He
tended to be attracted to stick thin blond haired, blue eyed girls with the
intent of keeping the Jensen gene pool alive and kicking when the time came to
breed. Monica’s dark eyes, hair and curvaceous figure captured his imagination
and wetted his appetite. His sights set firmly on her; he wouldn't stop until
she wore his wedding ring and took his last name.
Of Spanish decent, Monica lives at home with her parents and
older brother. Strong willed but kind and loving, she detests the way her
classmate Michael Jensen treats women as if they were mere playthings put on
this earth solely for his amusement and is appalled that she finds herself
attracted to him, even more startling had been the glint in his eyes when she
stood up to him, looked him squarely in the eyes whilst putting him firmly in
his place. While his efforts to capture her attention after the ball amused
her, she steeled herself against the thoughtful gifts that arrived on her
doorstep with regularity, if he wanted her as much as he professed, he’d damn
well have to work harder to get her.By the end of the following summer, the unlikely
pair are married and expecting their first child.
Tessa Jensen is born, the apple of her father’s eye if only
for the fact that her appearance made her every bit a Jensen. Michael proved
himself an attentive husband and father, surprising both his parents and hers
with his loving manner towards his wife and daughter. Two and a half years on
after a difficult pregnancy which put her on bed rest, Monica gave birth to twin
boys Matthew and Paul. Both boys were healthy, taking characteristics and coloring
from each parent. Although Michael was in raptures that he now had sons and
professed his love for his wife and the beautiful, blond haired baby that was
Matthew, his joy soon turned sour when he turned his attention to the younger
of the twins. Having taken on his mothers’ coloring of olive skin and dark
hair, Paul was nothing like the son Michael had expected his wife to produce,
his dislike for the darker baby only heightened by the fact that he would
squall each and every time Michael approached his crib. It was only a matter of
hours after the birth that Michael announced his rejection of the child based
solely on the fact that he wasn't a true Jensen due to his coloring.
After only four years of marriage, where his children were
concerned Michael returned to being the stubborn, hard headed man he had been
at school and Monica knew she had a battle on her hands. She didn't count on
the battle being a lifelong thing for as Paul grew he began to exhibit her own
stubborn nature and would challenge his father at every available instance
leading to violent clashes between the pair. Monica guided her children through
their childhood and was proud of them as they progressed into adulthood. All
three showed kind and thoughtful tendencies and although Tessa had given her
relatively few problems, her sons Matthew and Paul more than made up for it.
Her sons were stunning in appearance and used their looks to their full
advantage with Matthew being the more subtle of the two, she only ever got to
hear of Paul’s exploits which would put him directly in the firing line of his
father’s temper. Not one to back down and severely lacking the skills to bring
his better judgment into play, Paul used the legendary Jensen temper to full
advantage against the man he considered his sperm donor and would proceed to do
things that put him firmly in the public’s eye. His affair with his teacher and
the subsequent pregnancy was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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About the Author
Writing is my hobby. It is the thing I do with all the ideas
in my head. I work full-time and fit it in around work, mostly. The second book
of the Jensen Family Series, Father & Son has been a labor of love and I am
so happy to finally have finished it.
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