Review: LOVED IT
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGAsh to Steele by Karen-Anne Stewart was an amazing standalone book. I read the description to it before I actually started reading the book and I can say the description doesn't do it justice. I was blown away at how good this book was. It is in both characters POV so you get to go inside both of their heads and figure out exactly what they have been through that leads them to the choices they make in life.Emma Jones comes from a small town in South Carolina where it is full of Christian values and everyone knows your name. Her dad is a preacher so Emma is following his beliefs. At 23 she is still a virgin and she has been dating the same guy for awhile. He wants to have sex with her but knows her beliefs and is willing to wait for marriage. Emma is not so sure he is the right guy for her. Everyone knows your business in a small town and for Emma it's to much. She needs to get away.Just after graduating college Emma up and moves to Boston to pursue a career in art. She is an amazing artist and wants to get her pieces into one of the galleries there soon. Her best friend Jess works at a local bar in Boston and it took forever for her to convince Emma to come but she finally agrees. That is when she meets everyone that would soon become her family. Jason is Jess's boyfriend and Gavin is the security guard at the door who is super dreamy also but that is for another story. Then there is Breck the I can sleep with anyone and get away with it sexy hunk everyone wants but you know he is trouble. It can only turn out bad for Emma.Breck Steele is a very private person in regards to his past. Only a handful of people knows what he hides. He has worked hard to open his own restaurant and make it successful. He is also running his grandfathers business while he is sick and that makes a ton of people mad because he is so young. All the partners hate him. When he runs into Emma his emotions are a mess. He has never liked a girl other than sleeping with them and leaving. He never does the girlfriend thing. He comes across as a big jerk when he is around Emma but she can handle her own. She gives it right back to him. Jess has known Breck since they were four years old and knows his past. She warns him to stay away from Emma but he just can't. There is something about this girl that is so much different than the rest.When they both decide to try the friendship thing their feelings get stronger for each other. They spend all the time they have with each other and that makes one of Brecks old flames jealous. She is out to make Emma pay. If that is not bad enough both of their past comes back with a vengeance. Their lives are in danger. Breck will do anything to protect the people he loves including sacrificing himself for their safety. Can they make it out if this alive and have their HEA?The whole book was amazing but the ending I was on the edge of my seat. Once you learn their past stories you realize just how strong the characters are in this book and it makes you love them more. Breck was a complete jerk through most of it and you want to hate him but you just can't. I really hope the author writes more about these characters. Maybe even a book about Gavin's story. She did amazing job with this one. I have never read anything by her but I definitely will have to now.