Review: A great book - looking forward to the next one in the series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
Although only seventeen, Siddaleigh Carrington knows she has met the “one” when she meets Konnor O’Brian.“Yeah, so I’m seventeen, and you might think I’m nave and young but I know what I feel. I know what I want.”Although eight years her senior, Konnor O’Brian knows from the minute he spots her in a coffee shop that she was meant for him.“Siddaleigh, I know this might sound crazy but I know you’re the one. Each and every day it only gets clearer and stronger for me.”Unfortunately, fate intervenes and takes Konnor from Siddaleigh’s life.Siddaleigh struggles without Konnor, but eventually moves on and finds happiness with Mikhail. Unfortunately, fate once again rears its ugly head and this happiness she has found is very short-lived. Mikhail turns out to be a monster and Sidda barely escapes their relationship with her life.Fast forward five years and Sidda has created a new life for herself. She has finally realized her dream of opening her own shop to showcase her designs. She is finishing up college with a dual major and is building a name for her business. When fate brings her and Konnor back together again, Konnor knows that he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back to him.“I just found you after all this time. I don’t plan on letting go. Not now, not ever. How much time do you need?”Sidda is still healing from the emotional scars of her past relationship and doesn’t think she is ready to become involved in a relationship.“How do I tell the one man I thought was meant for me that I was broken? That there was nothing left inside of me to give. I wasn’t what he deserved.”As Konnor continues to pursue Sidda and Sidda tries to heal her emotional scars, a demon from Sidda’s past returns and Sidda finds herself relying on Konnor to save her.This was such a great book that contained not only a love story, but lots of suspense, some action, and tons of emotional angst and heat. Konnor was a quite the dirty-talking alpha male, totally swoon-worthy and full of testosterone, yet total mush when it came to Sidda. Sidda was such a strong heroine who overcomes all that life has thrown at her to make it on her own.The secondary characters were wonderful and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series, which will focus on Konnor’s sister and his best friend Nate. Sidda’s best friend Mags and the women who work in her store also had lots of depth and I hope we learn more about them as well.This is Stephanie Nicole Garza’s debut novel and I look forward to reading more from her!I received a copy of this book from the author exchange for an honest review.