Review: excellent  romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
Defining Destiny. Deanna ChaseReview from Jeannie Zelos Book reviews.I've read and loved a few of Deanna's paranormal novels so thought I’d try a straight contemporary romance. Its written in Deanna’s easy to follow, usual writing style, and has characters that seem real, that you feel for and that you want a HEA. Lucy, that is, not the moronic user so called soul mate Caden. That guy is a jerk... and I was so hoping she didn't get taken in by his promises and the “soul mate” connection again. Poor Lucy, her lovely dad recently died, her mum is – well, weird and selfish just wanting Lucy to play happy families with her and the man she left her dad for, even though he's not a nice person. Add to that she's just caught her rock star, band mate, boyfriend cheating with not one but two women, and he's forged her name on the rights to new songs she's not ready to release. That poor girl felt like everything fell at once, and escaped on the spur of the moment to stay at her dad's house near her best friend Jax....and Caden keeps trying to get her back saying that record company will take everything if they don't uphold the contract.On her escape she goes for a night out to celebrate Jax birthday, and meets the delicious hunk, Seth. He’s a celebrated artist but his soul-mate was killed a while before in a crash he blames himself for, and he hasn't painted since...Lucy sparks something in him though, and he feels the coldness in himself start to lift. He's only had one night stands since E's death, but he wants more that this with Lucy.There's lots of drama and emotion here, with Seth and Lucy both having past sorrows to recover from, and Lucy being harassed by Caden and her mum, who thinks she should get back with him. Jax keeps pushing her to stay away, she's long felt they were not good for Lucy, and is worried that she'll get dragged back in to a life where she was unhappy.Its a solid read, well plotted with lots of drama. I loved Seth and Lucy, and was rooting for their HEA. When even more secrets came out at the end, just as I’d almost given up I was torn between cheering, and being really angry at the person behind them. Great fun romance, really enjoyed it though its a one off for me, and not one to re read. Its priced at just 77p though for 228 pages and is a real bargain :) and we all love those!ARC provided via NetgalleyStars:  four, solid readable romance.