There are three lessons that my Grandmother taught me. A person is never to old to stop learning. It's not enough to crave or receive love, you must give love in return And lead by example. She was a wise woman, who was not afraid to practice what she preached. Until the day she died, she led by example in all she did. Including owning up to her mistakes. I still miss her, but carry all she taught me within my heart. The Westerly clan could have used some of her wisdom.

With In the Heir, Ms. Cardello lays the groundwork for rebuilding a broken family.
The Westerlys are far from perfect. Anger and pride has set to destroying a prominent dynasty. Can forgiveness, restore the foundation before it topples completely? In The Heir is a story of romance, friendships and family, that is written and rooted in the most powerful emotion in the world. LOVE.

When a teaser shared a month ago pull you into wanting that book, you have very high hopes. Well Ruth did not disappoint me and she basically through me for a loop with some of the events that took place. Brett, Alisha, Spencer triangle was just wow and throw in doubt, betrayal, and misplaced feeling you have a masterpiece on your hands.

She always does this and suck me in until there is nowhere to go. I am a sitting duck until book 2 but know I am an addict for yet another Ruth creation.

This story was really enjoyable. Its connected to the Andrades as some of the older Andrades uncles match make and help Brett in this story as he tries to win Alisha.

This story is a new series about the Westerly family. There are a few surprises along the way and a love triangle between two brothers and Alisha. While its not really a romantic triangle but it is a triangle and Alisha has to decide between love and friendship and who her loyalty is to.

Triangles are not my favorite plot device, nor is forbidden love and this story features both those plot devices. However, it is well done in this story and I really enjoyed it.

I don't want to go too deep into the plot of the story because I don't want to give the plot away. I will say Alisha never cheats on her fiancee, Spencer. While I LOVED Alisha at times I did not like the Westerly's and that included Rachelle and Spencer. At times they both seemed very manipulative of Alisha.