Review: Slow start but a fabulous ending
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
Josie Banks cannot remember anything from her early childhood.  Nothing all at that happened to her from the time that she was born until she woke up in the hospital when she was fourteen years old.  She only knows what she was told and what she had overheard.  She doesn't know why she was given a new name and sent across the country to live in an all-girls home and eventually moving into what looked as though it was a model foster family.  Years of abuse and pint up anger lead her to a life of living on the street, lots of drugs and meaningless sex with strangers.Tristan Fallbrook could have been anything he wanted to be.  With a photographic memory, he was destined to greatness but when McKenzi disappeared from his life when she was fourteen, he spiraled into a dark place that lead him on another path.  A path that evolved him being a criminal and working for a mob boss.  When a twist of fate leads Tristan to Josie again, he's determined that he's never going to lose her again but when he finds out that the same criminals that he used to work for are the ones that shattered her and have now tracked her down once again, will he be able to save her and keep her safe?  He can't through losing her again because it shattered him the first time.If it weren't the fact that it took a few chapters in before the book peaked my interest, I would have given this 5 stars but to me the first three or four chapters were boring and I kept wanting to give up on it.  Once you got past that though and really started getting to know the different characters and how their lives intertwined, it was hard to put down.  Josie's character was intense and it made me really uncomfortable in the beginning with the way that she used drugs and sex to cope with life but I was also intrigued by the fact that with all that she had gone through she wasn't really an addict and could take it or leave it.  Tristan's character was amazing!  He was always there for her after he found her again and I loved the way that he worked to break down the barriers that she put up around herself to keep from getting hurt again.This was a very enjoyable read with a lot of sweet romance, suspense, murder, mystery and even back stabbing.I received this ARC from St. Martins Griffin in exchange for a honest review.