Review: Love wins and hell takes a bullet, my kind of story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
I remember my first love in high-school being a fierce love. But I also remember my feelings of insecurity being just as strong. I think that's why I relate to Piper Jameson.In high school Piper had a reputation of being a trouble maker.  Ryland saw more. He was drawn to her from the moment he laid eyes on her. Piper never expected to amount to much. Having a verbally abusive and controlling step father only made her feelings of inadequacy worse. Not to mention he practically ran the small town as Chief of police. There was no way she could ever imagine being what Ryland needed.Ryland was smart and driven. He had dreams of college and a career. It didn't take long after he started spending time with Piper to help with her homework for him to realize his dreams had to include Piper. It didn't matter that the small town wouldn't understand their relationship. In one night they made promises of love and of a future together and then lost it all.It's true that people find it easier to believe the awful things others will say about you over the good. That was Piper's biggest mistake. Thinking the people she loved would be better off without her, her step father runs her out of town. Unfortunately it's what leads to the people she loves the most being hurt beyond her worst nightmare.After six years Piper returns home to say goodbye to her ailing mother only to find her first love never got to follow his dreams because he was trying to save her and her sister is hiding a dark secret. Though her step father gets what he deserves, Piper and Ryland have a lot to overcome before they can consider a future together. Piper still struggles with her self worth. Ryland is everything a girl could hope to find in a man. He loves Piper so completely but after being hurt so badly when she left town he has doubts about her feelings for him. They also make her sister Hadley's safety their first priority.These two are constantly trying to put the other person first. They prove their love for one another over and over throughout the story. In the end they are finally able to put their love first and a happy ending is just the beginning of a dream future together. There's still so much of the story about Piper's little sister that will put cracks in your heart. I'm hoping in the next book titled There's Fire that Hadley will  find what she needs to heal the cracks in her heart.