Review: A FAST MOVING PAGE TURNER!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
Break Away by Sandi Wilkins is a romantic suspense story of a woman and a man both with difficult upbringings meeting and trying to fit together in a relationship. Trista was raised by adoptive parents and Marcus comes from an abusive, alcoholic home life. When they met I found myself hoping that things would work out for them both. However, Marcus’ side of the relationship is red flag city. He’s very needy, demanding, he has a violent temper, poor relationships and seems rather addicted to sex. Trista allows Marcus to essentially steam roll her past all of the many warning signs present straight to an engagement.Break Away is the story of their meeting, romance and the inevitable unraveling of this troubled relationship. Author Sandi Wilkins skillfully weaves a common love of ice skating and hockey through the narrative and we come to know both Trista and Marcus better through their behavior on the ice. As in many troubled relationships they split apart and rejoin several times until finally it is clearly impossible to make the relationship work on any level.The ending offered up some nice, unexpected twists. Break Away is a fast moving, well written page turner. I recommend it.