“Top 2019 Reads List!” -Guide To Romance Novels Just Ten SecondsThat’s all it took for my life to change forever.I left my posh life in Manhattan and escaped to the Hudson Valley in hopes of a fresh start. It wasn’t until I happened upon a bereavement group when I finally found a place I felt understood. I told them my husband was dead when, really, I was the one who had died inside. It was also … the one who had died inside. It was also where I saw the smoldering gaze of Dean Delgado, the single father whom I’d helped just days before.
Just Ten Seconds
That’s all he wishes he had with his late wife.
Despite Dean’s widowed status, he has a robust thirst for life. He’s a protector and a giver. A man who fixes things with his hands, is devoted to his child, and wants to spend his days with me. I try to avoid him, knowing a woman with my past has no business being in this man’s life. With every run-in, he makes me laugh. With every touch, he ignites me. And with every second, he makes me feel like myself again.
Just Ten Seconds
That’s all it took for me to fall in love with Dean Delgado.
I’m in too deep and my secrets are about to be exposed. I only hope he can forgive me for the lies I never meant to tell.
This is a second-chance-at-love romantic standalone.
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I really wasn’t sure what to expect with this story. I didn’t read a blurb because I just love Jeannine Colette and I’d read anything she wrote in any case. The last story I read was a bit on the lighter side so for some reason, I expected this to be more along those lines. I was not surprised of course because Jeannine can absolutely do deep and emotional stories. This story…from the very first quote from a popular soap opera to the very last line had me hooked. All the little things you take for granted in your own life, become just MORE when you read her words, her poetry. From the lighter moments, “Just add a pea size of happiness a day and see what happens” to the deeper “Time stops when you’re in love. There is no hourglass spilling the seconds. The looks are long, the heartbeats are quick. A touch lingers for a lifetime. And the feeling is something that rests in your heart forever.” This quote is absolute poetry and beauty. Just Ten Seconds is sometimes all it takes to change your life forever, to alter your course. It seems it would go in the blink of an eye but sometimes that blink is the flapping of butterflies wings that will cause a tsunami in your life. Mara has a history…she has a past…she doesn’t feel deserving of a future. Dean has had his true love in his life and lives only for making a life for himself and his daughter. Neither of them ever see the other coming and both will have to release preconceived notions in order to make a future that they both deserve. A supremely well written book that I’d easily give more than 5 stars to if I could!
Just 10 seconds – so much can happen in that short time frame….lives lost, lives destroyed and relationships can end. I can honestly say it took less than 10 seconds to fall in love with this book and get sucked into a storyline filled with high emotion. Mara and Dean’s story is not pretty. They both have had their own version of – just 10 seconds. But honestly when they come together in the book the level of intensity is mind blowing. New beginnings and letting go of the past was so beautifully intertwined in the book. Jeannine Colette – this deserves so much more than 5 stars!!
Mara suffered a tragedy that effected her whole life until she meets Dean. Dean is a single father, dealing with loss of his wife and mother of his daughter. Dean’s daughter hurts herself and that’s how they meet. They aren’t looking for anything but is attraction too much to ignore? Mara has a past but what will happen when Dean learns about it?
This book will touch your heart. Deeply!
Author created perfect characters which had to face terrible losses in their lives. Dean and Mara went through so much pain. My heart bled for them. So when they met and the feelings started to develop, I cheered them on with all my heart. It was a pleasure to watch their journey to happiness. Jeannine gave me so many feelings while reading her book. I cried, I laughed, I felt everything Mara felt. This story was absolutely fantastic!
Wow! Just Ten Seconds was a heartbreakingly beautiful book. Jeannine Colette writes a story that has you so caught up and in the feels of the lives of Dean and Mara. Unfortunate circumstances with chance meetings bring the two together. The author nailed it with this one. You will be in all the feels as both struggle with different hurts and losses in their lives. Two broken souls find solace in each other filling the cracks and taking the leap of faith together. The journey to Dean and Mara’s happily ever after was epic! This is a must read!!
JUST TEN SECONDS WAS ALL IT TOOK TO MOVE ME DEEPLY — A MUST-READ OF 2019!
Be still my pounding heart. This is the kind of beautiful writing, mesmerizing characters, and evocative storytelling that Jeannine Colette is known for … and boy, did she wrap me up in an emotional tearjerker. All it takes is 10 seconds to change a life. Time has never been so riveting. Mara, Dean, and his adorable daughter Amanda are beyond compelling in a story of love and loss, but there is so much unsaid between them about sorrow, grief and secrets. It will take everything there is to survive the fallout once the truth is revealed. I laughed, wept, cheered, raged and was left heartbroken before being uplifted by hope and love. This book was nothing I expected and everything I needed.
Wowza….how do I start reviewing this fantastic story!
First off, read it slowly, so slowly….you have to savor the words like fine wine. You will thank me later.
This story is about how long ten seconds really is. This is the story of Mara and Dean. This is a story of heartbreaking loss and the healing power of hope and forgiveness…
Both Mara and Dean have had some devastating losses in their life. They are both struggling in their own way. Their relationship is tentative and slow but it’s what they both needed.
There is a helluva twist in this story…I was guessing and jumping to conclusions and Ms. Collette completely blew me away when all the truths and secrets were revealed. So much so that I had to go back and see that she subtly leaves clues to the truth the whole time!
I got all the feels with this story! I cried, I swooned and I fell in love hard with all the characters in this story! I couldn’t put this story down until the end and then I still wanted more.
Do yourself a favor and read this story!
WOW!! Jeannine Colette has just blown me away with her stellar writing!! Riveting, unputdownable, captivating, and so touching. Just Ten Seconds is filled with every feeling.
Mara Williams is a changed, barely functioning woman. Her life not really her own. Just Ten Seconds is going to break your heart and mend it back together over and over again. This much I can tell you.
If you’ve ever had loss in your life and pondered the questions; What will I do? How will I go on? Where can I seek solace? These are the same questions along with many others the characters in this story talk about. Very real, healing questions that are part of life and a part of any grieving process.
The relationship that grew between Mara and Dean was so organic it was almost impossible to get frustrated with any push and pull that you might feel while reading another story because you felt Mara’s loss, her guilt, the emptiness and pain of just moving on.
Get ready to fall in love with lots of secondary characters. Colette brings this world to life with a loving, supportive cast. Dean’s daughter, Amanda, is one of the cutest kids as well. You won’t be able to help yourself with falling in love with this child.
Have you guessed yet how much I love this amazing book?! Add it to your TBR now because you won’t want to miss all the feels!
Like Sands Through the Hourglass
Time is such an elusive thing. Sometimes it feels like forever and the next it feels like it has gone by in a blink of an eye. For someone that has more yesterdays than tomorrows, this feeling has given me a reason to pause of late. Yet, in all of that pondering, NOTHING could have prepared me for this book. From the opening line of the book, I was taken back to my childhood and hearing those words, and even the voice that it was said in, and I was taken to a moment that was heartwarming and bittersweet. One of the best first chapters that I have ever read and I have read a lot.
One of the most beautiful things about this story is that it not only put time into a new perspective but also how not everything is black and white. There is power in a good book. It can make a person laugh, cry, smile, remember, forget, fall in love, or just feel. It is one of the plethora of reasons that I love to read. This book did all of the above and then some. My heart hurt but it also felt joy. I never wanted the book to end. There is a message here that I think everyone needs to remember.
The author knocked me on my behind with this story. The twist in this story I did not see coming. I speculated on certain parts of it but there were many facets of the twist and they were doozies. She created characters that I felt everything they did from grief to awkwardness, to butterfly feelings and twitterpated hearts. The journey for these amazing characters is poignant. It is painful. It is joy and hope. It is forgiveness and love. Bottom line, both the characters and the story were everything. I had to pause a few times because the openness and vulnerability at times were brutal because it made my heart HURT but I trudged on because those moments I watched the characters speak, with words and without them, had me invested in the outcome. It only took ten seconds of reading to make me fall in love with this amazing story.
Hands down my favorite of this author. Definitely one of the best of 2019.
I have just finished this book and need to say immediately that it is just so beautiful, heart-rending and heart warming, and I have loved every single word!
Using time as a linking image throughout, Just Ten Seconds captures heart stopping events that change lives in an instant, the cruelty of time allocated to life cut short, the way in which our hearts and minds respond to life changing events, how ten seconds can have an impact that resonates for years. But while it deals with impact from shocking, instant events, it also shows how another ten seconds can bring the wind of change for something new and wonderful, “Because, in ten seconds, the most beautiful things can happen. You just have to be in the moment to experience them.”
Populated by a cast of wonderful ‘support’ characters, the book is also witty and fun, brining that sense of the richness of life and the love that true friendship brings to even our darkest days
Written with skill, thoughtfulness, insight and tenderness, Just Ten Seconds is, for me, one of the outstanding books of this year. I rarely cry when reading, or avoid any book that elicits those reactions, but I was hooked on this story from the start and became so invested that, on a couple of occasions I was reading through mist and at no point did I resent that. The sentiments felt real, life affirming and completely relatable. This is a book of hope, redemption, love and courage. I loved it.
How to write the words for a beautifully written book by a wonderful author? This story is raw, emotional (cue the need for tissues because the tears will flow), funny, and loving. Ten seconds can be a short amount of time, a long amount of time, or just enough time to do or say what is needed and while reading this book you will understand all aspects of this time reference. Dean and Mara are broken people trying to get back on track and the path they take together is one that has me smiling from ear to ear because they are so perfect for each other. And all of the additional characters – Amanda, Jackie, Nick, and the others just round out this story to one you do not want to miss or pass up on reading. I loved every second of reading this book!
This is a wonderful, gentle and moving story of love, loss and grief. I smiled, laughed, was sad and at times even had tears in my eyes.
Mara and Dean are so endearing together, Both have gone through loss and even though its in different ways, they connect and find solace in eachother.
I loved all the character’s, Jackie and Amanda made me giggle.
Beautifully written and can’t wait to read more by Jeannine.
“Just Ten Seconds, that’s all it took for my life to change forever” this says so much about what this book is about. Ten seconds for Mara’s ex-husband to change her life and ten seconds for her to fall in love with Dean and his daughter Amanda. Both Dean and Mara are broken but when they meet, they feel a little less broken. They really help each other heal. This book has it all, heartache, loss, secrets and love. Jeannine writes it so good. Definitely a page turner here. Absolutely loved it and highly recommended.
Some Moments Change Everything
Get ready for tears and a thought provoking second chance romance. Grab the tissues and let love fill your heart.
Mara’s life was torn apart three years ago. She left that all behind and moved somewhere new. Starting over was never easy, but when you can’t let go of the past it’s near impossible.
Dean is a single dad doing his best to raise his daughter. Losing his wife was devastating, but he’s moving on and finding happiness with his little girl, Amanda.
Neither was ready for the other, but love finds you when you least expect it.
This was a story that brought me to tears, yet it gave me hope for second chances. I cried…more than once. The author tugged at the heart strings and made me feel the pain and heartache. She also reminds you that even when you think you have lost everything, there is hope.
The story took a turn I never expected and I was completely wrapped up in these characters. You will get all the feels! Dean is a good man and a great father. He is everything that Mara needed when she needed it. Mara is strong and resilient even though she feels lost and broken. She doesn’t always make the best decisions, but she is kind and caring.
This is a story that stays with you and has you believing in forgiveness. Life can change in a matter of seconds. Hold onto the moments. Don’t waste time not being happy!
This story is soooooooo lovely. Loss is tragic and hard to deal with. It doesn’t matter what type of loss it is. It is hard for these characters to mourn at the same time as they continue living. But they have people around them that care enough to give them a push. Dean can’t stop moving and providing for his daughter. He is a protector and a hell of strong man. Extremely patient too since he waits for Mara to be ready to feel deserving of his love. He guides her little by little and it is heartwarming. Mara has a value beyond her understanding but he sees it. And with his honesty, selflessness and a charming little spunky princess, he works on on showing Mara that they can have a new future they didn’t think of before.
This book is very realistic. It makes you feel THAT reality of taking time to heal. It is a sad story that transforms into hope and family. It shows growth and love. It will give you a good feeling of a full healed heart.
This book was amazing! One act of kindness for a little girl and her dad changes everything!
After her life went away, dead, gone, Mara moves from the city. She is just broken and living but not really.
After his wife died, and he pulled himself out of his depressed state, Dean moves for his daughter and business.
These two are beautiful together. The push and pull between them is perfect. The life events that are shared are OMG! What I thought was, turned out wasn’t. I loved it all. The love, the hurt, the heartache, the advice. Perfectly and well written. Thank you Ms. Colette!
Just ten seconds!
That’s how long before you get hooked on this story!
Pain, Loss, Friendship, Desire, and Love!
It’s all in there, and so much more!
Mara and Dean’s story is one you will Love!
A second chance romance with a twist!
Having to Love again after loss is not easy, but Jeannine Colette has made the impossible-possible!
This is now my Favorite Jeannine Colette story!
Epilogue and Bonus included!
Five Love filled stars!