Review: so different, so great
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
This book was so different from what I thought it would be and I have to say it was refreshing. This book was filled with so many sweat and tender moments, what starts out as a forbidden attraction turns into a deep love built on learning about one another the way many authors skim over. I will say I was a little skeptical at first when I read the letters exchanged from the hero and heroine what can I say I'm a skeptic at times especially when the situation was so difficult from the start but the author did a great job making me believe that Eric and Annie loved each other and that Eric wasn't just a creeper in prison who writes flowers and unicorns to woman while in prison(hey I said I was a sceptic lol).Annie needed a change after a bad relationship she moved north and got a job as a librarian. Part of her job was working at the local prison helping the inmates learn to read, help them with jobs and education, and reading to them. Scared Annie tries to put on a brave front but when she see's Eric she feels an attraction to him that she hasn't felt since her ex boyfriend took his hands to her for the last time. When Eric asks her for help writing a love letter Annie can't help but feel jealousy she never imagined. When Eric gives her another letter to read she can't believe that he is attracted to her and the threat of her job doesn't scare her when Eric is concerned.Soon Eric and Annie are exchanging letters and starting to fall in love, but when Eric gets early parole Annie isn't sure if she can have a real relationship. When they come face to face outside of prison neither can deny that they're feeling are real. As they begin a relationship the past that put Eric in prison once again threatens Eric's freedom and the love that they both thought was impossible. Now Eric and Annie will have to fight for Eric's freedom so they can finally have what they imagined all those months Eric was in prison.I really liked this book. Cara McKenna did an excellent job written a difficult situation and making it believable. Eric wasn't my typical hero he had to learn to live all over again after spending so many years locked in prison but the love he felt for Annie was all consuming and beautiful to read. Annie struggled with her decision to break the prison rules and also to trust that Eric would be the man she believed him to be while reading his letters. This was a great book about two people falling in love under circumstances that should have made it impossible. There is also many great erotic scenes both in letters and when Eric was released. It was so nice reading such a unique story, I can't wait to read more from Ms. McKenna she did an amazing job and I really hope I am able to find more books like this in the future.*thank you NetGallery and PENGUIN GROUP Berkley, NAL / Signet Romance, DAW for my ARC copy in exchange for my review