Review: Emotional read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
Arc received from St Martins press via Netgalley. For an honest review!Four big emotional stars for this book!I found this book to be an emotional read, it drew me in and held me captive and brought out the mothering instincts in me and left me wanting to reach in grab Lacey St. James and hug her , tell her we would make it all better, because this poor girl has been let down horribly by the very people who should of been there to support her!Lacey at one time had it all, a loving step father and mother and a younger brother, and extended family in Oregon and it all changed when her step father died, her mother packed them up and moved them to Mississippi to live with her grandmother in a trailer park, to add to being uprooted she has to endure constant verbal abuse from her grandmother, she drops out of high school to help with bills and care for her little brother because her mom's way of coping has become living in the bottom of a liqueur bottle! Lacey current boyfriend Macon , is controlling and sometimes abusive but she sees him as her only escape from her grandmother , she desperately wants to change her life make something better for herself.One night out with a girlfreind ( and I use this term very loosely) Lacey meets Everett and she finds herself attracted to him , but she does not want to add further complications to her life, besides he will only wind up hearing the nasty gossip spread by the town about her and not wnt anything to do with her, but tht is not Everrett 's style. When Macon catches up with her at the bar it is Everrett who comes to her rescue, Everrett who takes her home and Everrett who offers his help and friendship.Everrett has his own demons to battle so when these two spend time together there is always a secret in the background . At every turn and every bad thing that happens to Lacey , Everrett is their to support her. With his help Lacey's life begins to turn around until Everretts demons catch up with them ; then it is time for Lacey to become his support but is she up for the challenge ?I was drawn into this book, its an emotional roller coaster The sitting on the edge of your seat parts, hoping it would work out for Lacey to watch Lacey work towards that better life for herself and her little brother .it was wonderful in the end to see Lacey an Everrett on the way to an HEA together .This book had me edgy reading it, if you don't mind.a Book wich will have you experiencing a multitude of feelings through out ; pick this one up , it was. Great read!