Review: Beautiful story with laughter, tears and love
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
To say I loved Seduce would have been a massive understatement. I loved it so much I wanted to have its babies. Well, Jacks babies, to be specific. I loved everything about it. Jack, Belle, the friendships, his arrogance, the heartache, you name it, I adored it. Beautiful Rose had a lot to live up to.Straight up off the bat I will tell you, Jack Falcon is almost unrecognizable. No longer is he our scotch drinking ladies man, that can't get enough $ex. He's reformed over the past 3 years.28 year old Jack's heart had been pretty much buried with Belle. He's turned over a new leaf and has relocated with Mr Jeffries from England to Brooklyn to be closer to his brother and best mate Alex. He's opened a bar and is working on becoming successful in his own right. He's dating a psychotic bitch Harmony and plodding along, day after day.One day, when he's picking up his brother Alex from his workplace - The Belton Square Retreat - a mental institute, a chance encounter starts the wheels of emotional change in motion. He finds himself feeling those emotions he'd locked away. He tries to block them out and hide from them.Meet 22 year old Rose. Life hasn't been kind to her and her revelations throughout the pages had me dropping my jaw time after time.She's broken, perhaps more so than Jack. There are things in her past that has molded her as a person that even she isn't aware of. Tears streamed down my face for this woman who at times felt so bleak, and struggled for so many years.Can these two scarred characters put their walls down and let each other in? Will Jack be opening up his heart just to have it buried once again? Will they take Alex's advice and forgive themselves for their pasts? You will have to read it to find out."People blame themselves for many things, Rose. Last words, actions, not acting. There are so many things that can go wrong with love, but what you feel when you're in love and truly let yourself go? That's what makes it all worth it." - AlexAlthough I wouldn't say I loved it as much as Seduce, I will say I read it in one sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it. I adored the dual point of view and it helped seeing things from both perspectives. I can't wait to see what Ms Johnson writes next...