Review: A beautiful debut!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2013
I received this book as an ARC for an honest review, and I am glad I did!  I have had this book for a little over a week now and just didn't have time to get through it in one shot.  I remedied that tonight =)Annabella is married to her dream man Julian and lives in her dream home.  But like many dreams, it isn't what it seems.  In fact, nothing is what it appears to be in this book.  Annabella had tragedy strike her young, she lost her family and the man who caused their deaths was able to walk free.  She does something awful and disappears.  Of course you can never really outrun the bad you do.  There will always be a day of reckoning.Julian works for the FBI and is hiding a rather disturbing secret of his own.  Being Agent Rivera by day and Batman by night, we see that Annabella doesn't really know her husband as well as she thinks she does.  When an old friend comes back into Bella's world, truths start to emerge.  Some are shocking, others, heartbreaking.  But it seems that everyone is holding something back.I loved the intricate story of how Bella, Julian, & Lucas all know each other.  I thought that Julian & Bella's story was so well told that when the truth came out, it hurt me to read it.  I wanted to be on team J&B;, but like Bella, I needed time to come to terms with things.  Lucas is that wild card that is thrown in to throw you off, and admittedly I started rooting for team L&B;!  But alas, what's meant to be will find a way.My only gripe about this book is sometimes I feel like there was a lot of story that was brushed over.  I wanted to hear from Dante.  I wanted to know his anger from his own mouth.  I felt like I lost out a bit on that experience.  But whereas that is my gripe, there are just too many pros for me to over look.  I LOVED the epilogue!  In fact, it brought tears to my eyes!  I highly recommend reading this novel.  I am excited to read what Isabel has coming next for us!I give it 4 lipsticks!