Review: Amazing twists and turns and romance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2011
My Review:Wow! So many twists and turns that I did NOT see coming. This was simply a fantastic novel. Great romance! Great suspense! A mystery that I could NOT figure out! Wow!The history between Michael and Roxann was so heart-breaking, but it just added to the suspense because it wasn't until almost the very end before you find out why their relationship fell apart 12 years ago and they both ended up in this awful place.And this awful place is really, truly horrible. Michael is being accused of murdering his ex-wife...the girl he married instead of Roxann. Quickly after getting married, he realized that he had made a mistake, but then there was no going back. He has spent the last two years going through a horribly vicious divorce from this woman who tromped on his heart and their vows over and over again. Roxann has never recovered from the heartbreak of Michael leaving her. She now tries to control every aspect of her life so she is never blindsided like that again. But life has been throwing her too many loops lately for that to be the case.... starting with watching her father suddenly die of a heart attack just a few weeks ago.The build-up between these two is sizzling. There is no debating that the chemistry from 12 years ago is still there for both of them, but Roxann refuses to trust Michael with her heart again, but as they get to know each other again, the lure is definitely there and so hard to resist.This was a book that definitely touched me emotionally. There is so much angst with the history between these two, but there is also the fact that Roxann is dealing with the debilitating grief of losing her father and having to suddenly take over the second largest newspaper in Chicago... and all the stress involved with that. Then there is Michael who is obviously getting railroaded by the police department and the very real terrifying fear that he may be sent off to jail for a VERY LONG time. Adrienne handled these very real, heart-wrenching emotions so expertly. Your heart truly goes out to both of these characters. Love can be hard enough and their 12 year separation was a tough one. It was a really moving book!This is book #3 in the series, but it actually falls as #1 in the timeline of the series. It was interesting to see glimpses of Vic & Gina (the actual book #1) in reverse...before they became involved. I wasn't sure how it was going to feel to go backwards in the timeline, but it worked. It was nice to get a bit more insight into the other characters and how they were dealing before they discovered each other.I have loved this series, but I honestly think that this has been the best book so far! Really just an excellent read!