Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #450994 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 352 pages

From Booklist
Not only are the three Stepp sisters dirt-poor, reason enough to suffer taunting and rejection at their high school in the small Maine town of Millbrook, each has her own mockery-inducing peculiarity: one is a super-intelligent geek, another is on the wrong side of chubby, and the third is six feet tall. In the first installment in a planned trilogy about the sisters, Love focuses on the brainiac, Abby, who leaves Millbrook as quickly as her college scholarship allows. She becomes a well-respected researcher, leads a respectable life, and has a dull but respectable boyfriend. Then a choice research position opens up in Millbrook. Ignoring the conventional warning that you can't go home again, Abby returns, only to face the same crowd that made her life hell in high school. Worse yet, she's attracted to former high-school bad boy Chase Jordan. With an enjoyable blend of humor and pathos, Love transforms her heroine from someone emotionally trapped in her past to someone embracing her present. Shelley Mosley
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Customer Reviews

A Sweet Romance
Ms. Love's first story in her Stepp Sister trilogy is a heartwarming read that will touch the reader with its sentiment and heart.

Abby Stepp has returned home for the first time since she graduated high school. Millbrook, Maine holds nothing but painful memories for Abby. She and her sisters were tormented by the popular kids, laughed at and ridiculed at every turn. But, she's back thanks to work and now she's not the geeky brainy, Stepp sister. She's grown and changed and has a boyfriend...well, Nelson's a comfort in any event, a fulfilling job, and the love of her sisters. She doesn't need anything else. So why is it when she catches a glimpse of bad boy Chase Jordan for the first time in fifteen years does her heart speed up? Thinking there is no way in the world this man will remember the girl she once had been...she's shocked when Chase does remember her. What can this mean?

Chase Jordan used to be the popular guy in the class. He's made something of his life and he thinks he's happy...or at least mildly content until he sees Abby Stepp. She haunts him and no matter what he tries he can't stay away from her. They are not right for each other. She has a deep wounds from her past and he did play a part in the hurt she experienced. Still they can't stay away from each other. Does this relationship have a chance of surviving? Will Abby put her past to rest and grab a chance of happiness?

Ms. Love tackles the concept of how are past truly shape the adults we become. This was a very entertaining and enjoyable read. This read will pull on all of your emotions but leave you truly satisfied by the final page. Ms. Love is an incredible talent and one I highly recommend.

Memories of small town life
I just finished reading "Getting What You Want" - I loved it! I can not wait to read the next one!

Kathy's gift of writing shines through in this book. She described small time life in Maine perfectly. Her description of characters were reminiscent of characters in my own small town. I laughed, I cried.

Kathy's book stirred up emotions that many people feel in their young school days. SHe described vividly how it is sometimes hard to forget how kids are treated in school. Most people do change and others, well, they never change.

HOT, STEAMY, SEXY
The love between Chase and Abby was incredible. YOu knew that they loved each other like no other. It wsn't just sex and you knew it from the start.

WAY TO GO KATHY!

This small time girl & Old friend is so proud of you!!!
SMD

Memories of small town life
I just finished reading "Getting What You Want" - I loved it! I can not wait to read the next one!

Kathy's gift of writing shines through in this book. She described small time life in Maine perfectly. Her description of characters were reminiscent of characters in my own small town. I laughed, I cried.
Kathy's book stirred up emotions that many people feel in their young school days. SHe described vividly how it is sometimes hard to forget how kids are treated in school. Most people do change and others, well, they never change.

HOT, STEAMY, SEXY
The love between Chase and Abby was incredible. YOu knew that they loved each other like no other. It wsn't just sex and you knew it from the start.

WAY TO GO KATHY!

This small time girl & Old friend is so proud of you!!!
SMD