Review: A beautiful Journey
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2013
As soon as I started reading Portia and Will's story, I was pulled in and HAD to know where this relationship was going.As I delved deeper, the story of these two along, with their turbulent backgrounds, took over I couldn't stop turning the pages.I wanted to know more, and more. What I found out about these people--yes I said people, they were more like people I knew rather than characters in a book--blew my mind. Although they were both severely bent, they were not broken, and with patience, love and determination, they show the payoff is worth every sacrifice and the some.Portia, who was literally discarded by her family, turned to her two friends, Tarry and Niki, for all her emotional needs. The three lived spoiled lives of fame and too much money, which only got them in trouble.Will had a hard childhood, full of abuse and pain, until he met his new `family' and with the strength of that family, and God, he grew strong and left his past behind him.It was Will's strength and love that Portia needed to take her out of her unhappy place and right into his arms. Through him she learned that there is so much more to life than fame, too much money and living life on the edge.  There is family, tenderness, trust and a new tomorrow.This book is soulful, full of unquestionable chemistry, raw emotion that takes hold of your heart and won't let it go. I have to say `I am right where I am supposed to be, with exactly what I was meant to have', this book in my hands.L. Duarte has created people that I have come to love, and her uniquely descriptive storytelling has taken me on a ride of love, hope, passion, strength and faith. Keep the tissue box near-you'll need them. I eagerly await the next book, so get moving L. Duarte.