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The Day We Met (Jersey Strong Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Barbara Bretton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 6,941 ratings
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Was it a fling . . . or was it forever?

Another unforgettable love story from USA Today Bestselling Author Barbara Bretton

It's 7:08 on the morning of Maggy O'Brien's thirty-fifth birthday and she's driving carpool in her pajamas and bunny slippers. She can't remember the last time she shaved her legs. She's hasn't slept past dawn since her kids were born and one of them is now a teenager.

Can life possibly get any worse?

The second she sees her sisters waiting impatiently at the foot of her driveway, she knows the answer to that question. Claire and Ellie are staging a makeover intervention and no amount of protest can save Maggy from being cut and colored and waxed to within an inch of her life. And as if that's not enough, they announce she's being banished to Atlantic City for an all-expenses-paid getaway weekend for one.

Maggy isn't a sequins-and-stilettos kind of woman. She's a single mom who is more comfortable pushing a shopping cart through Stop & Shop than sipping champagne in the backseat of a stretch limo headed toward Vegas on the Jersey Shore. Still even Maggy isn't immune to playing Cinderella for a weekend, even if it only means room service lobster and trying her hand at the penny slots.

But when she locks eyes a few hours later with ruggedly handsome police detective Conor Riley, she discovers there's more to Cinderella's story than dancing until midnight.

They agree it's just a fling. A weekend of magic with no strings attached. They'd say goodbye on Sunday night and return to their everyday lives with sweet memories and no regrets.

But Maggy and Conor are about to discover that maybe some flings are meant to last forever . . .

˃˃˃ 4.5 Stars - RT Top Pick!

Bretton is a monumental talent who targets her audience with intelligence and inspiration. In her story you'll find no condescension or a stereotypical portrayal of a reluctant heroine forced into situations where she'd rather not be. This author respects her fans and deserves praise for never losing control of her characters just to keep the plot motivated. -- Affaire de Coeur

Consistent winner Barbara Bretton returns with a powerhouse novel that is both touching and emotionally intense. Terrific reading! -- Jill M. Smith for Romantic Times - a 4 1/2 Star Romantic Times Top Pick

THE DAY WE MET is a beautiful love story . . . an extraordinary novel. Highly Recommended. -- Under the Covers

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Bretton is a monumental talent who targets her audience with intelligence and inspiration. In her story you'll find no condescension or a stereotypical portrayal of a reluctant heroine forced into situations where she'd rather not be. This author respects her fans and deserves praise for never losing control of her characters just to keep the plot motivated. -- Affaire de Coeur, 11/11/99, sseven@msn.com

Consistent winner Barbara Bretton returns with a powerhouse novel that is both touching and emotionally intense. Terrific reading! -- Jill M. Smith for Romantic Times - a 4 1/2 Star Romantic Times Top Pick

THE DAY WE MET is a beautiful love story . . . an extraordinary novel. Highly Recommended. -- Harriet Klausner for Under the Covers 9/4/99

About the Author

Barbara Bretton is the award-winning, best-selling author of more than 40 books. She currently has over ten million copies in print around the world. Her works have been translated into twelve languages in over twenty countries.

She has been featured in articles in The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Romantic Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Herald News, Home News, Somerset Gazette, among others, and has been interviewed by Independent Network News Television, appeared on the Susan Stamberg Show on NPR, and been featured in an interview with Charles Osgood of WCBS, among others.

Her awards include both Reviewer's Choice and Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times; Gold and Silver certificates from Affaire de Coeur; the RWA Region 1 Golden Leaf; and several sales awards from Bookrak. Ms. Bretton was included in a recent edition of Contemporary Authors (Gale).

Her current release from Berkley, The Day We Met, will be published in November 1999.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KKTTQZQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Free Spirit Press (May 25, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 25, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1306 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 324 pages
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In the month of February 1982 I wrote and sold my first novel. And no, I wouldn't believe it either if it hadn't happened to me. I sent in my manuscript on Thursday February 21, 1982 and four days later the telephone rang and I heard the amazing words, "We want to buy your book." How I wish you could have seen me. I was standing by the kitchen door of our North Babylon house, the picture of cool sophistication, as I listened to Vivian Stephens explain the terms of the deal to me. You would have thought I'd sold a first book every single day of my life. Yes, I said. Sounds wonderful. Thank you so much for calling. I look forward to our association. That cool sophistication hung on until I hung up the phone, took a deep breath, then promptly threw up on my shoes.

I was thirty-one years old, unagented, unschooled, unfamiliar with anything to do with the business of publishing. To put it mildly, I was in shock. My husband was working in Manhattan at the time (and finishing up his degree at night) so it would be hours until I could break the news to him. This was too exciting to waste on a phone call. I wanted to see his face when I told him that my dream had finally come true -- and came with a $6000 advance!

He pulled into the driveway at midnight. I was waiting in the doorway, holding a bottle of champagne and two glasses. I didn't have to say a word. He knew right away and the look of joy and pride in his eyes warms me now, years later, long after the advance faded into memory.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well done
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022
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Barbara Bretton has constructed a beautifully written, evocative, real love story. Maggy and Conor have baggage that sometimes presents as lack of confidence combined with messy and meddlesome families; the journey in navigating these pitfalls toward their HEA provides the reader with an authentic and satisfying experience.
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Tapsandtomes
4.0 out of 5 stars I Lay Reading--More than your average bra snapper
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
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As a fellow divorcee, I totally related to Maggy’s need to feel content with her life, the need to feel comfortable in your own, new skin. Bretton hits all those emotions dead on. How scary it is, to meet someone and feel that instant connection, and second guess every single bit of chemistry! And then to have everyone else question it too?

Don’t worry, there’s a lot of hotness going on in this romance novel. Of course there is. She’s a petite pretty little thing in a family full of tall amazons, and he’s a red-blooded Irish cop from Jersey. I like to call these modern bodice-rippers “bra snappers.” Instead of corsets we get garters.

I like this book though because so often in bra snappers, the women can fit a certain “strong but can’t do anything without her new beau” profile, and the men can be very macho macho macho. Maggy is clearly a fighter, but even without Conor, she’s going to keep on fighting. He’s certainly macho enough, but Conor is almost more vulnerable than she is.

It’s a bra snapper, sure, but it’s a very well written one. And the characters are pretty well thought out. Bretton will be going on my list for whenever I want a book like this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars loved the hero,
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2015
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Maggie is the divorced mother of two, 9 year old Charlie and 15 year old Nicole. She was an Army wife until she and her husband came to realize that they no longer had that loving feeling. they divorced. Charlie was adjusting. Nicole not so much. She is one teen that really needed a dose of reality. Maggie's two younger sisters decide she needs a week-end away from the family and a complete make-over so they fix her up and send her off to Atlantic City. She doesn't really want to go.

It just so happens that the hero of this story is also in A.C. for the same week-end. Their eyes meet across the parking lot and that is the start of it all. There is a lot to this story. Conor is fighting a lot of demons himself. Maggie is dealing with a mother and two sisters that really needed to butt out of her life, all giving her instructions on how to live and pointing out her mistakes when NONE of them were in a position to do so. The daughter was a case of the tail wagging the dog. She was a little witch and she was allowed to get away with it all because mommy feels guilty about divorcing the dad. And of course, where is good ole dad? Well, being an Army guy he is off somewhere having alone time with his new wife!! So it is a mess of things going on. And it gets worse as Nic acts out, almost gets herself and Conor killed and she seems to get away with that as well.

I really didn't like this girl or her aunts. I was really wishing that Maggie would grow a spine and put these people in their place rather than allow them to run all over her. But, that being said, it was a really good story and I would definitely recommend it. A good read, very entertaining.
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Karen Talley
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2016
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I'm really on the fence with this one. There is a lot that I really like about this book. Barbara Bretton has a great writing style. The plot was good and the difficulties faced by many parents with troubled teens was well portrayed. ************SPOILER ALERT********** For the life of me I couldn't understand why the heroine's sisters would give her a makeover, sexy new clothes and then send her for a weekend to a casino ALONE and then be upset because she met a man and *gasp, horror* actually had sex with him! What did they expect her to do there for crying out loud? The reactions of the mother and sisters because she was actually dating just didn't make any sense. I was also bothered by the fact that she worked in the rectory for a Catholic priest. She was a divorced woman. I am not Catholic and am not sure how things are today. Is this a usual thing? But the 'biggie' for me was the reaction she had to Conor's story of his partner's shooting. Instead of being supportive and reassuring, she basically told him she had other things to do and left him to deal with it on his own. ******END OF SPOILER********* Although there were things that bothered me about the book, they are apparently not problems for other readers. I will probably try another Barbara Bretton book in the future.
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CINDY F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Really intense and emotional, but it was really fantastic story.
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2016
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This book was so fantastic! The author really delves deeply into some major intense situations. Divorce is hard enough on it's own, but dealing with a rebeling teenager while trying to put your own life back on track is not easy. Although...I don't think a lot of people know just how much a divorce affects the lives of their children, until it's almost to far gone to fix, especially when those children are already teenagers.. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an advocate of people staying together just for the sake of the children. Believe me; I've personally been through that.... and it's not a good thing. I just think the parents should sit down and address all the major changes the divorce will make to their lives, and make sure that both parents pay closer attention to their children until they are sure that they aren't harboring some deep seeded affects.

I do like the fact that Maggy was on her own for 2 yrs with her children, before jumping into another relationship. Maggy and Conor were great together, and the author made me feel the love and deep emotions they were going through, even when their families kept trying to tear them apart. Very believable characters, with your everyday kind of problems to solve.

Great story! I was sort of sad when it ended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book is absolutely breathe taking and amazing. I would strongly recommended this book to anyone, it really is amazing in ev
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2016
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This book is absolutely breathe taking and amazing, once you start you won't want to put it down. I would highly recommend this to anyone it truly is amazing in every way, a strong eye opener. It makes you realise that out there is true love, but not only that , life is to short to take the shortcut around situations, if it is meant to be let it don't fight it. It is immense, the words make you imagine it happening. Its a beautiful romance story.
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robsam
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in Australia on June 4, 2016
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A book that kept me interested all the way through. Unexpected story line with several storylines all coming together with a happy ending
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Bonnie
4.0 out of 5 stars good read
Reviewed in Canada on August 18, 2016
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The cast of characters were believable,the plot refreshing,I would recommend this book to any parent
All who would understand the feelings in this book.Well written!
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samblackcrow
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm one of those annoying people who fume over poor spelling and worse grammar
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2016
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I'm a literature snob. There, I said it. A word nerd. I'm one of those annoying people who fume over poor spelling and worse grammar. I read Shakespeare for fun. Every now and again, I read what is my version of switching over from Sky Arts to Comedy Central, something that is a guilty pleasure, a rest for a tired brain. This book choice was one of those times. A nice, uncomplicated story that would be a balm to frayed nerves. I read the blurb, thought it sounded a little more meaty than your usual romance novel in terms of storyline and ordered it. For FREE! And I am glad I did.

The storyline is complex enough to cover a variety of issues that many of us face in our lives: bereavement and loss, guilt, overwhelming feelings, loss of control, reality versus dreams, career versus home life, confusion, trust...but to explore these issues in an intelligent, uncomplicated way that flows well with the stories being told. While some side characters understandably remain somewhat two-dimensional, the main protagonists are well rounded and more complex in their development than might be expected from a novel in this genre.

Barbara Bretton is a talented writer. The story is well-paced, carefully and well-crafted, and written with aplomb. Those talents lift 'The Day We Met' out of the crowd. If you like romance novels that aren't formulaic or an excuse for some raunchy prose, I recommend this. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of this offering.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in Australia on February 22, 2016
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I really enjoyed this book.

Great characters, realistic struggles and very well written by the author.

This book has a touching storyline and will appeal to romance readers who like to believe in the magic of love at first sight.
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