Review: Could you let go of your past? Could you Give In?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
Let's just say that when the first page of a book makes you want to fan yourself, you know it's good! lol The prologue itself had me hooked and I wanted more!!When Harlow Hannum and Raphael Cruz have a moment of passion in a bar bathroom with no last names given it's one sexy romp! Thinking they will never see each other again, since Harlow is only there on a trip, what's the harm in it right?!One year later...Harlow returns to Sandy Cove with her best friends to spend the summer away from everything she's trying to forget. She needs this time to become herself again. To live again. What she wasn't expecting was to run into the same guy that she never thought she would have to encounter again.Cruz doesn't do relationships. His motto is: Get in, Get off and Get the "F" out! Sounds simple right?! Morty (yep, his member) likes the ladies. Well it was his lifestyle until this teacher that uses big words and has hair that smelled sugary walked back into his life. Harlow is not impressed with him at all and attempts to go back home due to his annoying ways and the way he treats her."She's a teacher. He's a cop. "Where the crap is David Lee Roth when you need him to serenade you?"""Oh, she's feisty! Me likey."I personally love Cruz. Yes, he can be quite blunt and crude, but that's his weird charm:) They make an agreement to ignore each other, but that only lasts so long. I absolutely love the nicknames they give each other! D***cop and Turnip!! Slowly they start developing a friendship and that friendship starts turning into more. How can that be? They hate each other?They start becoming more open with each other and sharing things that they haven't with anyone else. Harlow never thought she could ever trust another man again, but somehow Cruz has all her trust. Not believing in relationships, Cruz is having a hard time understanding why every thought is of Harlow. Why he can't wait to see her every morning when he gets off is shift and they sit on the dock and drink coffee. In just a matter of a couple of months, something happens that neither of them thought could...love. Love happens."This is what this man does to me, he makes me do things beyond my control, and I have to be in control...I don't need to be that girl around Cruz, I can be me."~Harlow"I just needed for some ungodly reason, to kiss her. I have never had a feeling or desire to do something like that in my whole life."~Cruz"He is my therapy."~Harlow"Harlow is my reality."~CruzThey were so different but yet so similar. Trying to forget their pasts, they find each other in their futures. But when people get in the way of their happiness, can they make it trough? Can their love survive and make it through?Let me tell you that I knew there was a cliffhanger, but I wasn't expecting it to be soooo big!!! It's heartbreaking and emotional! Tears were like waterfalls and my heart was burning in those last couple of chapters. Hold on for an emotional roller coaster ride that will leave you breathless. Can not wait until Book 2!!!!!Could you let go to your past? Could you Give In?