Review: 3.75 Stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
3.75 StarsLucy Jane Simmons is a survivor; she has been in an abusive relationship for 3 years and doesn’t know how to get out. Drake is not only physically and mentally abusive, but he is also extremely controlling. Lucy endures, because she believes she doesn’t deserve any better. She finally gets the courage to leave him, gets a protective order and heads to New York to start a new life. Starting fresh, Lucy makes friends, gets a new job, and meets the intriguing businessman Knox Taylor. Of course she is attracted to him, but given her past she is afraid to trust him and agrees to become friends. The friendship turns into much more, but of course her ex-boyfriend Drake doesn’t give up that easily.“You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, Lucy, and I’m humbled you opened up to me. I promise I will never betray you or your trust.”Laura Dunaway did a great job with this book. As a reader I felt everything Lucy was going through and was scared right along with her and GAH… I literally cringed reading some of the abuse scenes and cheered when Lucy had the strength to leave Drake. Of course I loved Knox. He was not only Lucy’s savoir, but shows her how to trust and what love really feels like.“You’re mine, angel. You’re the most important thing in my life….”I do think that the story was rushed and the ending kind of came to a head quickly. Maybe that was due to the length of the book; with another 100 pages or a few more chapters, I think more character development could have been established and we could have gotten a closer glimpse into Lucy and Knox’s relationship.