Review: "It's only ever been you."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
"You are an ocean wave, my love Crashing at my bow..."You know how you read so many books (or at least I do) and you wish you knew what happened to the MC's years later... well, guess what!! This is IT- finally a sequel that delivered everything I have ever fantasized about. Not to say it is free of angst, heartache, misunderstanding, conflict and devastation.But.... What A Story, a journey across countries, from the beauty of Italy to war torn Afghanistan. This sequel delivers more than I could have asked for.Caroline walked out of Sebastian's life ten years ago and now they meet again. He is Chief Hunter in the US Marine Corp, a womanizer, a drinker and angry. Caro has moved on with her life; a successful journalist living in New York with a new name, Lee Venzi."I never dreamed that my past would catch up with me, and that I'd be drawn back into the erotic madness of a decade ago."Caro did try to make contact with Seb when he turned 21 but her letters were returned and she decided that it was for the best, for him. So when she encounters him in Switzerland while preparing for an assignment, he will not even speak to her until one drunken night when he comes to her hotel room."Why didn't you come back?" he sobbed. "I waited and waited for you, like I said I would, but you never came back! Why? Why didn't you come back? I love you I love you I love you."When Sebastian wakes up from his drunken stupor, he goes back to being the cold and callous Chief Hunter and walks out of Caro's room with just a "see you around, Caro"My heart is breaking at this point and I am thinking this is just not going to end well. Sebastian has too much pain and resentment to let go of and Caroline has become the women she was meant to become without Sebastian.Can they try to be friends and get to know one another again? Sebastian wants to try and find out so he pulls a few strings to postpone Caroline's assignment- the situation takes on a whole new angle when he convinces her to take a road trip with him on the back of his motorcycle.The trip is not without it's bumps and twists and turns. There is so much hurt to repair and ten years worth of catching up to do.Sebastian and Caroline are not the same people as they were ten years ago."What do you want me to say, Caro? I f***ed everything I could get my hands on when I realized you weren't coming back. It was years before I trusted a woman enough to be able to make love to her, and even then..."So... can Sebastian and Caroline trust each other now? Can they love again? Will they truly get a second chance?"That's how you make me feel, Caro, like the world just goes away and it's just you and me."What I loved most about this book was the story of rediscovery, of memories and of sharing what has happened in their lives without one another.The intimate moments were plentiful and so full of emotion-"It's been ten years, Caro," he said, seriously. "I've waited long enough."And the moments of shocking heartache were equally painful-"Be happy, Caro, because that's what you deserve. I love you, I have always loved you, and wherever I go after this world, I will always love you. Sempre e per sempre."That is all I am going to write as I want all of you to experience every moment, every emotion to it's fullest and I do believe you will be happy in the end."Despite the difficulties we had been through, despite the difficulties we had yet to face, I had never been happier in my whole life"