Review: A surprisingly great book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
This was a delightful surprise.  I was expecting a formulaic story of an alpha male fighter swooping in to save the needy broken heroine.  I could not have been more wrong!  Ava, was a strong, self-reliant female (working, going to school, raising her niece) and she was not impressed with Declan, who decided he wanted Ava in his life.  The first part of the story is their blossoming relationship;  Declan is a completely sweet boyfriend, who immediately falls in love with her niece, Harper.  We are introduced to his friends and family, which are well developed secondary characters.  The sex scenes are hot, but I love how there is so much more to the book than sex.  Too many books are all sex and very little substance.  In Without Doubt, the sex scenes compliment the story, not take over the story.  There is a huge surprise about two thirds of the way through the book and it rocks their relationship (no, there is no cheating!).  The rest of the book is how Declan and Ava deal with the change in their relationship.  I love how the author writes so realistically.  She does not make Declan the evil one nor writes Ava as a controlling bitch.  She allows the reader to see both sides of the conflict and to feel the agony that they feel.  This book is a standalone and has it’s own HEA.  Declan, Ava, and Harper make a perfect family unit and I applaud author’s writing.  I would definitely read more from this author.