Review: Heartbreakingly beautiful! Amazing Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2013
Amanda Bennett is on the list of authors that I will decide to read their books without even looking at the synopsis. I have loved every book I have read by her, and This Love Of Mine was no exception. This is the first book in the Raine series, and I am already desperate to read the continuation of this story.Kayla James, at seventeen years old, has had to deal with much more than she should have, and she needs a way out. She has lived with her mother who has serious issues, and has a boyfriend that is nothing but major trouble. All Kayla wants is to escape to her grandparent's home in Texas. When Kayla finally gets the courage to leave, it proves to be harder than she thought, and she may not be able to fully escape her past. Kayla's life is already in tumbles, and it becomes even more complicated when she meets Madison Raine.Madison Raine is working on his grandfather's farm as he does every summer. He has his own issues from his past that he is dealing with, but he is finally getting himself together. He has plans for himself now that he is done with high school. Madison was headed off to college to start his life. Madison wasn't looking for any kind of relationship or complication during this last summer at the farm, that is until his grandfather takes him with to pick up the neighbor's granddaughter from the bus station. Once he sees Kayla, the connection between the two of them changes things immediately.Kayla was a very well written character. I loved her inner strength and vulnerability. The issues she went through broke my heart, but the way she tried to pull herself up made me love her so much.Madison Raine is in a class all his own. He is a cowboy. A cowboy with tattoos. A cowboy with tattoos that sings in a band. A cowboy with tattoos that sings in a band that also plays baseball. Be. Still. My. Heart! Amanda Bennett has written a male lead that takes each and every aspect that one could want in a man and roll them all into a devastatingly sexy and irresistible bundle with a southern drawl!Fair warning, This Love Of Mine is a total cliffhanger in the end. My heart broke at times in this book, and I am waiting with bated breath to find out what happens next in This Trust Of Mine.