Review: What happens when your past collides with your present?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
"If I got rid of all my demons, I'd loose all my angels."~Tennessee WilliamsI want to start this by saying...That Prologue Tho!!!!!! Wow!! You are sucked in right away.Katherine did a wonderful job with her debut novel! There is suspense, humor, swoon worthy moments and hotness!!This is a story of Isabelle Jennings. Isabelle has had some pretty rough things happen to her in her past that anyone would want to forget. With the help of her three best friends James, Malcolm and Will, they start their own company called Artisan Worldwide. Everything is going well and they even have a bigger opportunity coming their way when suddenly she runs into the one person that will change her life.Adam Weston. It was love at first collision. He saved her from being steamrolled by a car. It was an interesting meet-cute to say the least. The attraction was immediate and it scared Isabelle."The half smile on his face deepened. Dear lord, the man had dimples. Dimples!"Adam felt the same attraction and knew he couldn't loose this feeling."...he put his fingers under my chin and lifted it, those gray eyes bright and mesmerizing on mine. Ruh-roh. 'I'm sorry, kid, but this can't be helped.' and then he kissed me."They had just met and now they are kissing, but that's it. They will never see each other again, right?! That's what Isabelle thinks, but fate is funny like that.Who would have thought that the same man that rescued her, gave her an amazing kiss and scared her at the same time would be her new neighbor? He charmed her with his Casablanca ways and she couldn't ignore the fact that she enjoyed every minute of it."Why 'kid'? Like in Casablanca?" He smirked. "Of all the apartments in the world...""...you had to move into mine." I finished for him. "Isabelle?" "Yeah." "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."Their friendship did grow and so did the realization that Isabelle was falling hard and fast for Adam and that was the feeling that she never wanted to have again. She was so scarred from her past that she never wanted to repeat it."You can run as far, as fast, as hard as you want. It won't matter. Your demons are always one step behind."Adam is determined that he will break down all of Isabelle's barriers and make her realize what they have is real.(upon their first meeting) "You're like a flame...I saw you and everything else blurred. I was terrified that that spark would go out before I even got to feel it for myself. I'd never met someone so brave and equally stupid in my life and I knew I couldn't let you get away."Slowly, she starts to break away from the walls she's built up for so long."When he touched me, I felt safe., like he'd protect me from the rest of the outside world. It was an illusion, I knew, I wanted to believe it, if only for a moment. I'd forgotten what safe felt like."I loved when Isabelle finally starting letting Adam in and trusting him. But I knew it couldn't be the end of their story. That would be too easy. When is life or love ever easy?What happens when the people in your life aren't who you think they are? What do you do when your past catches up to your present and there's no stopping it?"Life isn't a fairy tale. Monsters are real, and they don't go away when you turn on the light and look under the bed. No one knew that better than me."~Isabelle"You can't let you past take over your entire life."~AdamFriendships will be tested. Lives will be changed forever. Love will sacrifice."I'll always take care of you, kid."~AdamThis book was amazing!!!! I loved all the characters! Isabelle is so broken, but yet so brave. Adam is what you would want in an alpha male. Strong, determined and willing to do anything for the love of his life. I loved her best friends. James, oh James!! He's the best!! Malcolm and Will certainly made me upset at times, but I loved them anyway. Katherine did a wonderful job of bringing this story and these characters to life. I can not wait to read more from this truly talented author!!!"There are parts of us that we can never outrun. They hold on forever. But with time, they release their claws, little by little. Shadows that follow you but grow smaller in the sun."~Isabelle