Review: TORTURED HERO
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2011
Livvy Is a pastry chef, she owns her own bakery "The Sugar Shack" she lives with her sister Andrea who is a nurse and engaged to Tow a divorce Lawyer. The house next door has been sold and John Murphy a writer moves in, he is a famous writer of children's books. There is an immediate attraction between them. Livvy is not usually attracted to bad boys but she cannot seem to help herself John makes it clear that he does not do long term or commitment, Livvy's sister urges her why not go with it and have some fun, but Livvy is hesitant what if it turns bad he is her neighbour. Her sisters response to that is " we could always just throw eggs at his house". It does not take Livvy long to realise that John has some serious problems, the monster characters in his books seem to represent the many parts of his personality. They embark on a fling but Livvy is getting closer to falling in love with John, but she knows that he will never return the feeling, she learns a little more about him from his sister Gina, whom it seems is the only person John does love.This is a really gritty, emotional, passionate story, it is like riding a roller coaster reading this. The relationship between John and Livvy is heart wrenching. we all love a tortured hero but in this case John is really scarred his back story is horrendous. At times this is not easy to read but worth while sticking with it. This is an extremely well written book, I give full praise to the author.