Imagine the worst day of your life. Immerse yourself in the details. How did you feel? Who were you with? What were the consequences?
Recalling my darkest day is as simple as typing a few search terms into a web browser. It only took thirty minutes for me to become the center of a media frenzy that caught the attention of an entire country.
So I hid.
Nine months later and I'm getting better. Moved two hours from home, landed my dream job, and met a delicious new guy.
Healing is that simple, right?
Wrong.
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Excerpt:
“New Point isn’t known for much breaking and entering, but I have to admit, this looks mighty suspicious,” an unmistakably Midwestern accent drawls from behind me, effectively scaring the sweat off my bare shoulders.
A shriek escapes from my lips as I teeter preciously on the wood chair and my hands lose their grip on the white doorframe. The rubber of my flip flop doesn’t provide much traction and my body pitches sideways. In just a second I’ll crash against the deck floor and I’ll spend the summer recovering physically instead of gaining back my old–
Sturdy muscular arms slide around my waist and yank me against an equally firm chest. “Woah, there. I didn’t mean to scare you.” The masculine voice has a smile behind it.
“Probably shouldn’t go sneaking up on someone then,” I mutter once I catch my breath and untangle myself from his grasp. He chuckles at my retort, a rich baritone that makes me feel like shivering.
When I’m a step or two back I’m nearly breathless again, but this time for completely different reasons.
Sturdy was one way to describe his muscular grasp, but now that I have a full frontal view of him, I see my mistake. He’s perfect. Thick arms with nicely defined muscles that don’t bulge too aggressively beneath his white T-shirt, a broad chest, trim waist with low riding blue exercise shorts. And that’s just his body. Bright white teeth gleam at me from behind a broad smile. Thick, dark curly hair begs to have fingers run through it and he has coffee colored eyes framed by long lashes most girls want desperately.
He’s a combination of sultry sex appeal and mischievous intentions as displayed by the twist of his lips. Less than one minute in his presence and I’m practically swooning.
“Who are you?” I blurt out.
With a smirk, he crosses his arms across the planes of chest. “Shouldn’t I be asking the questions, Ms. Breaking and Entering?”
*** Disclaimer: Although I receive free copies from authors/publishers, all opinions and thoughts are my own. I am not paid or swayed to write a positive/negative review. All books reviewed are ones I choose to review because they spark an interest. No book is going to have only 5 star reviews, nor have all 1 stars. Everyone has their own opinions and my reviews express mine. ***
The synopsis of this book really grabbed me when I first saw it, and I could not wait to dive in. This book has been getting LOTS of praise from MANY reviewers on goodreads, however, it fell a bit short for me. I didn't hate it, but I just didn't love it either. I had a hard time connecting with the characters and found myself kinda bored sometimes. It wasn't to where I couldn't read on, but it wasn't hard to put down to accomplish mom duties either. When I started reading it, it just seemed so familiar but I couldn't think of what to compare it to.
Those who have read my reviews know that I don't really like insta-love. There is definately insta-love from both Zoe and Miles, although they slowly build a friendship. It seemed kinda contradictory at times. I just feel if someone is truely traumatized it would take a bit more than a one time meeting to feel so much for a person. BUT I seem to be the only one to think that because it is a highly praised read.
I do like reading about someone's life that changes and grows into what it should be, and that's what kept me reading. I really liked the idea of this book. Her traumatizing life event fell a bit short to me, but honestly I'm not sure how I would come out of any event like that.
I hate not loving a book or even hating it, but this one was neither, it was just ok to me. I would never bash an author, and HATE when people do because this is there work and they put a lot of themselves in everything they write, so I hope no one takes my review in that regard.
Rating: 3 stars
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Meet the Author:
Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving husband and her obsession with writing. She wrote her first romance novel at age eight. When she’s not reading, editing, or writing, you can find her in the kitchen learning to cook. Olivia loves to travel and spend time with her family.
Get in touch with Olivia, she adores emails: olivialuckauthor@gmail.com
Olivia Luck lives in the middle of America with her loving husband and her obsession with writing. She wrote her first romance novel at age eight. When she’s not reading, editing, or writing, you can find her in the kitchen learning to cook. Olivia loves to travel and spend time with her family.
Get in touch with Olivia, she adores emails: olivialuckauthor@gmail.com
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