Review: beautiful story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
When I read my first Jasinda Wilder book, Falling Into You,  she had me hook, line and sinker. Jasinda can tell a beautiful story like nobody's business, and Stripped is no exception.Grey is the over-protected, over-controlled daughter of a southern Baptist minister who sees sin everywhere. Grey's beloved mother was always the voice of reason and intermediary between Grey and her father. When her mother dies, Grey is left lost and alone, feeling misunderstood and oppressed by her father. After an argument, Grey breaks from her father, leaving Macon, Georgia to pursue her passion of going to film school in Los Angeles.Her scholarships eventually run out and in her desperation, Grey - a woman completely inexperienced with men - takes a job as a stripper. Jasinda so clearly paints a picture of Grey's intense shame and agony in her job. She loathes what she does and loathes herself for doing it. She becomes lost in disgrace, until she finds Dawson in one her VIP rooms.Dawson is described as a cross between Brad Pitt and Henry Cavill - nuff said! He is a famous actor, known for his playboy ways. There are definitely some Pretty Woman themes going on in Stripped, but it is uniquely and beautifully executed. Dawson is immediately drawn to Grey, knowing somehow she doesn't belong in that strip club.Fate intervenes when Grey is assigned as Dawson's assistant for a film internship. Her shame over her job, her innocence and virginity, and her fear of falling for a playboy who just wants her as a one night stand, causes her to struggle to resist his advances. However, Dawson is just as broken and in need of unconditional love as Grey is. Together, they change and heal each other.Stripped is a beautiful story of redemption, forgiveness and love. Jasinda artfully writes some amazingly sweet and poignant, yet at the same time hot and steamy love scenes. Grey and Dawson are two beautiful characters that drew me in immediately. With Stripped, Jasinda continues to demonstrate she is an amazingly talented writer and at the top of her game! Don't miss this one.