Review: Sometimes.....a reader's journey can be priceless....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2013
This story starts out with tears.....and ends with tears.  Many-a-kleenix sacrificed for the reading of this story!Isabella Austin Evangelista (Elle) is one of those unforgettable female leads that we readers want to shake, slap, hug, cheer-on, and cry-over.  We FEEL her pain, her loss, her sacrifice.  We want to take her and lock her up in the castle and keep her safe from the harm others mean her - mainly the harm that is her very own father.  As for her father, I won't mince words - he's below the level of the dirt on streets.Prentice Cameron for his part; a beloved male hero.  We feel his pain at the beginning and throughout the story we cheer him for his bravery, compassion, strength, and utter alpha-maleness.  His children are the kind of characters this reader loves to read about.  They are definitely kids BUT they are kids with good parenting and thus; good sense.With all that was history for Elle and Prentice I couldn't figure out how they could ever get together again.  Too much time, bitterness, heartache, and just plain living in the twenty years they are apart.  It takes one very special occasion, and one lovely and magical ghost to bring them back into each others hearts.  It's not an easy journey for them.  So much heartache.  So much loss.  So much pain for both Elle and Prentice.  With every two steps forward they regress one step backwards.  It's almost agonizing for the reader - okay...this reader!  Most assuredly, it is a worthwhile journey for the characters and the reader.The depth of emotions in the writing is exemplary, the best actually.  Kristen Ashley weaves a story, peaks our curiosity, sinks the hook and then reels us in.  She gives us far more than we pay for and for that I thank her from the bottom of my greedy reader's heart.Well done dear authoress.