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Kinda Don't Care (The Simple Man Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Lani Lynn Vale (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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She’s in a white dress that dances around her ankles, and her hair tumbles in a long sheet of curls down her back. A veil covers her beautiful eyes, and she smiles directly at him. Janie is everything Rafe’s ever imagined she would be on her wedding day.

Breathtaking. Gorgeous. Perfect.

The moment he sees her walking down the aisle towards him, he knows that she’s the one.

Then she passes him, making her way to the man she’s to marry.

A man that wasn’t him.

A man that he knows with one hundred percent certainty isn’t good enough for her.

It seems that her father isn’t the only one who’s having a hard time giving her away. Rafe only wishes he knew why.

Everything about Janie sparks protective instincts he doesn’t feel for anyone, not even his own fiancé.

What he feels for the bride, however, isn’t merely a simple attraction. He knows that something is there just beneath the surface…if only he could reach it.

It has to be something huge, too, otherwise he wouldn’t be drinking whiskey straight from the flask in a church pew and wondering how many years he would do in prison if he shot the groom in front of about a hundred witnesses—half of those being cops.

He was good…but not that good.

A near-death experience cost Rafe almost six months of his memory, but right now he can’t help but feel like a huge mistake is being made on both of their parts. One that’s going to cost him everything.

Then she says I do.

Author note: I, Lani Lynn Vale, solemnly swear that there is NO CHEATING in this book...but looks are deceiving. So hang with me.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078WKQR62
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (April 5, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 406 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 323 pages
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Lani Lynn Vale is married to the love of her life that she met in high school. She fell in love with him because he was wearing baseball pants. Ten years later they have three perfectly crazy children and a cat named Demon who likes to wake her up at ungodly times in the night. They live in the greatest state in the world, Texas. She writes contemporary and romantic suspense, and has a love for all things romance. You can find Lani in front of her computer writing away in her fictional characters world...that is until her husband and kids demand sustenance in the form of food and drink.

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Danielle
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 STARS! Sexy, suspenseful start to a fantastic new LLV series!
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2018
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As a huge Lani Lynn Vale fan, I, like the rest of her diehard readers, have been eagerly anticipating the release of this book. Vale has been mercilessly teasing her readers with this hero, hoarding details about him and carefully doling the barest bits of information about him. He’s been popping up in series after series, book after book, and as a result, she’s created a firestorm amongst her readers as they speculated about him. As a long-time fan who’s read every word she’s written, I’ve enjoyed the air of mystery surrounding this character along with the camaraderie and excitement it seemed to create, and I’ve been just as excited as all of her other loyal readers to dive into Rafe’s story.

Kinda Don’t Care marks the first book in Vale’s new Simple Man series. A spin-off of her first ever series, Freebirds, the Simple Man series will focus on the now adult children of the original Freebirds couples, or as Lani refers to them, the “Free Kids.” Kinda Don’t Care is a May-December romance between Janie, the daughter of James, and Rafe. I may always be impressed with this author’s work, but I went into this book having waited for it for months, so it thrills me to say that Vale is in top form here and exceeded my high expectations of her. Lani penned a suspenseful, sexy and satisfying story that drew me in from the first page, making this a difficult book to put down. I loved Rafe and Janie together, I loved the appearances of the Freebirds characters, and the suspense portion of this story was intriguing and exciting in its own right.

Vale’s ever-present sense of humor is on point here, and I found myself audibly laughing my way through this book. She hit the nail on the head for me with the start of this series, so it’s right back to the edge of my seat as I wait for the next book. Kinda Don’t Care by Lani Lynn Vale gets five smooches from me.
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Emily
5.0 out of 5 stars This book surprised me had several twists and was a bit different then the other books.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2018
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Janie knew Rafe was for her and she bided her time until she was old enough to show him she was the woman for him. Rafe didn't think of Janie as anything than a feisty little girl until one day he saw her as a beautiful woman. Rafe knows he is too old for her but the connection between them is undeniable and after a lifetime of bad, Rafe wants some good. Rafe has one last job though that is keeping him apart from Janie and when an accident leaves him with short term amnesia he doesn't remember why he feels something for Janie but can't remember what.

NO CHEATING, I know from the description on the book that it sounds like there might be, there is none. Had me worried though. I have been a fan of Rafe's since he was living across the street from Aspen in the book that hooked me on Lani Lynn Vale. I am so glad he got a story and am thrilled to see that the new generation of kids are getting their own book. This book surprised me had several twists and was a bit different then the other books. Can't wait for the next book and it was entertaining reading a book where the men are now older, wiser (some of them) and having to see their children leave their nests. Great read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining read
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019
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I get a little weirded out when a person (man or woman) marries someone that could be their child. I try to look past that when reading LLV books because her characters and storylines are so well written. I expected a little more spunk and determination from Janie instead of some of the immature scenarios that occurred. Rafe and Janie had some obstacles to get beyond but they were kind of funny sometimes.
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Guccigirl35
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018
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Kinda Don't Care... Lani Lynn Vale never disappoints and every time she has a book come out I know I will read it and enjoy it. This story starts the beginning of 1st generation of kids from her previous series. This is Janie's story she is the beloved 1st daughter of James. James is apart of the sexy men of Free....James, Shiloh and Janie were apart of Vale's first series The Freebirds. Janie was the first kid of Free but not the last. Rafe is military man but more of secret agent. He is Raven's brother, Raven is married to Wolf from Uncertain Saints Series.
If you haven't read Vale's previous series than you will not know what I am writing about. Vale has created this amazing fictional world which weaves most of her series together. Her heros are usually police officers, firefighters, retired military men...who all have tats, most ride harleys and all ALPHAS. I absolutely love her little world she created and I am so happy to finally be reading about the next generation. Janie and Rafe's story was perfect for me.
My suggestion is if you haven't read Lani Lynn Vale then don't start here you need to go back to the beginning with Sam and Cheyenne's story book one from The Freebirds Series...that's where we first introduced to baby Janie. You cant read this story without reading the ones before..Happy Reading!!!
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Gayle Conway
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally Rafe!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018
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LLV has a winner in this book. In her Simple Man Series , we get to see characters from the Dixie Wardens and the kids from Freebirds!!! In this books it is all about Rage is has shown up in several books previous as a character in the outside looking. He is living in the fribge , the people he works with and deals with in his life know very little about him. Janie, we met her in Boomtown in the Freebirds series all grown up. She has loved Rage since for as long as she can remember!! There is lots of tears, humor, and danger; plus twists that will make up shake your head!! No spoilers here but I believe this not a stand alone because so many characters and references from other books come up...you need to have read her other series to truly understand understand everything going on!!! This is definitely a keeper and will be on the kid to read again and again.
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Lu Bielefeld
3.0 out of 5 stars Good!
Reviewed in Brazil on August 26, 2018
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The book was on sale and I could not resist and clicked. #oneclickaddicted
And I ended up enjoying the story.
Older hero and half-crazy and much younger heroine.
The heroine has special interest in the hero since she was a child. She was always fascinated by him. She always said something to him, which was hilarious and embarrassing at the same time.
He moved on his life and tried to avoid her because she was too young and her family did not like him very much.
He is in a undercover mission and the daughter of the villain takes a special interest in him. The scenes are kind of ridiculous.
Our heroine does crazy things to get the hero's attention. She goes so far as to agree to marry another guy.
This time the author developed the plot well and everything was solved without loose ends. Villains and all who were in disguise present themselves.
Heroes from previous books participate and help to catch the villain.
Only the Scooby gang was missing! LOL!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Never a dull moment
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2018
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another 5 star from lani. There is never a dull moment in her books and she just leaves you wanting more. At this point I don't count down the months. I count down Lani's release dates. Janie and Rafe have such fantastic chemistry and there story was Epic. Thank you for another amazing read Lani
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Slamdunkslusciousreads
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Australia on April 10, 2018
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Lani lynn vale never disappoints,
Kinda don't care is Rafe and Janies story not quiet a twenty year age difference between them janie fell in love with rafe at an early age rafe had also fallen for janie but because of the age difference he didnt act on those feelings till years later .
Rafe thought he had a lot to orove because of who is father once was a dirty con artist and minipulater who stole thousands of dollars from people who didnt have much to take . All rafes life he put up with the stigma of what his father had done even though tafe was a good man and worked hard to pay back every last cent his father had taken people still judged him .
Except for janie she loved him with a passion she didnt judge him she loved him for who he was .
Rafe was working a case that turnt out to be a double edged sword if you will . The man who mamed rafe was not only a dr but was a victim of rafes father's schemes. Yet he took his anger out on rafe. And rafe vowed to one day take that man down with the help of free bird and janie rafe was on able to go under cover till one fateful night and he lost 6 months of his memory he didnt remember being with janie he didnt remember his case he was working on and he didnt remember the dr who mamed him . Janie was heart broken and made the heartbreaking decision to let rafe be and hope intime he got his memory back ..

Lots of plot twists in this book which i loved the story line was great and i read this in one sitting it was good to see some of lanis other characters in previous books make appearances in this one. Can't wait for the next book
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3.0 out of 5 stars Why?
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2019
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Why does the stories always have to be an older man/younger woman?? Although the story was ok I didn’t find I was as invested. The story seemed “choppy” and slow to get going. The author has written much better and exciting stories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Damn but he's one sexy motherf...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2018
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Lani has gone it again.. Rafe is everything you want and more. He tries to stay away, he fights for as long as he can. Janie is total badass..
Love love loved it
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