Atlanta Series Book 1 Erin never would have expected to fall in love. Never. Not with her past, and not with her fear. She never dates; she doesn't even allow herself friendships. She doesn’t trust her judge-of-character skills enough to allow anyone close...until Marcus. With him, a deep connection happens in spite of the walls she's so carefully constructed around herself. Marcus uses his self-confessed rage to fuel every part of his life. He survived the severe abuse of his childhood and learns to harness all the leftover anger into MMA fighting. His rage takes a rest, however, the moment he experiences Erin’s presence. Marcus dares to make the step that leads to love, one with the potential to heal them both.
But even more, I love a good love story. I reread the first kiss a few times before I read on...even in my own books. That moment gets me every time no matter how often I revisit that beautiful connection. I dive into every story to the point where I have so many fictional boyfriends that I can't keep track of them all.
In the world of reality, I have a loving and tolerant husband who smiles and rolls his eyes every time I tell him about my latest fictional love affair. I have two personality-rich pre-teen boys who keep me on my toes. I have a psychotic Golden Retriever (I was told those don't exist...) and a cat that rules our house. I used to be the queen. Our regal feline has usurped my throne and demoted me to Prime Minister.
I studied English/Journalism at Miami University in Ohio, have a Master's Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Dayton and I spent five years teaching even more personality-rich pre-teens. For some sick reason, I actually enjoyed teaching junior high. Now as a stay-at-home mom, I'm clinging to that status by throwing my hat in the author's ring and hoping I get to keep it there.
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Will love heal them both? Unlikely Hero drew me in from the beginning to end and I couldn't put it down. Erin is suffering from something that happened in her college days and never fully recovered and chose to shut out everything around her. Marcus is a fighter/janitor who fights to control his demons that still haunt him. One night while working at his janitorial job he comes across Erin's notebook that she write in. Immediately he feels a connection to Erin and wants to help her. Kemmie takes you on their remarkable journey of two broken people who find friendship and then love. You feel every emotion that Erin and Marcus have and it made me connect with them that much more.
It is written in third person narrative, and although I'm not a huge fan of that,I still had to give this a 5 star because the story is simply amazing. I've never read anything like this and it left me laughing, crying and wanting more.
Cheers,
Holly
Book rating: 5 stars
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