Review: ****GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT*****
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
****RIDGE**** GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT****We last saw Ridge Wild at his brother Layne's wedding, which he attended with an unknown date.  Soooo who was at the wedding with Ridge?  If it wasn't Mia , who was it?  HMMM??The story of Ridge starts off before the wedding giving us background in his past and brings us up to the present.  Unlike our simple Wild , Ridge is more... complex- think mysterious dark stranger (see pictures below)!! Ridge is tormented by his past, a past filled with selfish actions resulting in a never ending cycle of guilt.  He has spent a lifetime making choices-toxic choices so how could any of them be right for him?  This is the story that unfolds while Ridge figures it out.Adriane Leigh never disappoints in the shmexy steamy scenes , note the guilty pleasure label above.  So , yes there are those.  She challenges herself this time with a bit of a darker take , which I personally liked. Picturing Ridge in those scenes , holy hell phewwww!! Not only are the shmexy scenes a bit darker but the story itself is as well.  I love when authors challenge themselves.The story is different as it is about his journey and self discovery. Now don't get me wrong its not a feel good self helpy type of book.  That said there is inflection -but there has to be in order to understand his internal battle. Unfortunately for him, the internal battle ensues while he tries out a new relationship with ...Amy.  "Sweet Beautiful Amy."  Knowing what's going on in his head means the reader also knows where this new relationship is going....but we can't help but watch. OH MY GOD DID HE JUST SAY THAT?I loved Ridge's story and that freaking epilogue gahhhhh. There is so much in his past and he has to learn to accept it and himself. He is so complex and almost lost and the freaking answer is right in front of him- does he figure it out too late?  I was surprised that I loved a certain character.  There were actual times I teared up and I was surprised at those two parts as wellOnce his entire past is revealed the reader will understand Ridge and some of the poor choices he made-how the cycle began.I don't know what it is but I adore both Layne brothers even though they are so completely different.  Wait its that Adriane Leigh, she can create all kinds of sexy men. Wild is the older, confident, simple , alpha man.  Ridge is broody , dark, and sexy as EVER LOVING HELL.  He gives new meaning to tree bark and hemp... YES PLEASE.  Ridge pushes the envelope but I loved every minute of it.If your looking for a hot, disturbed sexy stranger in a steamy stand aloneRead Ridge Wild's story.