Review of Wrong Place, Right Time by Clarice Jayne

Brief Description – a romance between a prison guard and an inmate.

These are individual stories by different authors. As I understand it the writers attended a book fair held at Shrewsbury prison. I love how they gave them the same themed cover, and added them to Kindle Unlimited, too.

Wrong Place, Right Time starts the series well. Connor, who is one of the two main characters in the story, helps out a friend and lands himself in Eastward prison.

Gemma is a prison guard and enjoys the job she has had for the last few years.

As she and Connor have alternate chapters, we get to know them well and their stories are really interesting. They were once an item and ten years after their break up they still love each other.

Gemma and Connor are both strong and likeable people with a sense of vulnerability. I really liked them and enjoyed their stories . It was beautifully portrayed by the author.

However, I felt there was a lot more to tell, especially for Gemma. She must have gone through a lot of hardship and I wondered how life had evolved for her to get to this point. I’d have liked to have known more about Maxine and her husband Lee, who Gemma went to live with after the breakup.

In the second half of the book, the story seemed to change. Maxine became Natalie, and the magical moment when Connor and Gemma finally get their moment of passion was spoilt. Nothing in the first half suggested erotica. In my opinion, it didn’t fit.

Overall, I enjoyed it, and with more detail to fill in the missing bits, Wrong Place, Right Time could easily be a five star read.

Blurb

I’d lost all hope a long time ago, but then she walked back into my life. If only it wasn’t the wrong place at the wrong time.

I shouldn’t be here, but as they say, the wrong place at the wrong time. My so-called best friend caused all this. He asked me to pick him up because his car broke down. Little did I know that I was the getaway driver for his latest robbery. That was until the Police arrested us all.

As I stood in the dock of the Magistrate’s court, I knew I had no chance of justice with the surname Beckett. The chance of me walking away a free man at the end of the day was slim. My dad and brother were well-known criminals and were currently inside themselves.

What hope for the future did I have?

There was one hope. One that I hadn’t counted on. Gemma Hope, the girl I allowed to get away from me. The woman I had loved and let go. The one I had been searching for, for nearly ten years. But she was untouchable. Why?

Because she was the officer on my wing.

Wrong Place, Right Time is a stand alone forbidden romance with a HEA and is part of the Eastward Prison series for Authors Behind Bars 2024 book signing event.

Other Books in the series