Review: A sweet tender romance...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
Keira is a young woman afraid of the world, of people, of her own shadow. She has reasons to be after the horrific events of a year before that she has not healed from and does not believe she ever will for it is not just what happened to her but what she unknowingly caused that is her burden. She is not alone though for she has her cousin Scotty. He's the only one who knows and understands her pains for he has suffered his own. They are all each other has and Scotty will always be there for Keira but he will help her to move on and push her occasionally to step outside her boundaries for it is time for her self-imposed solitude to end. It will take someone very patient to get through to Keira.Liam is a handsome hulk of a man, a UFC fighter, with a tender heart hiding behind a brash exterior. He has suffered his own losses and combats them with sex and violence, letting his rage against the world out in the ring. Upon meeting Keira through association with Scotty he is intrigued by the skittish woman and is very much drawn to her. He recognizes in her a kindred suffering spirit, someone who understands emotional pain and he wants to get to know her but his presence frightens her.This was a sweet tender romance that captured my attention from the beginning told in multiple POV's. In this story two broken people find in each other what they need to heal and learn how to forgive. Liam is a wonderful hero, very empathic, able to step above his own pains to make Keira comfortable without knowing the why's of her reticence. Keira is stronger than she thinks, the mind has a way of figuring out how to cope with bad things that have happened to us by putting protective defenses in place and when it's time it slowly releases its hold, allowing us to step forward, to make progress against the pains that torment us. With Scotty's support and Liam's patience Keira grows into the woman she was meant to be but it is not easy and there are occasional steps backwards as she learns to cope with the world again and learns to trust in those in it.This is the first time I have read this author. The story was enjoyable and the writing shows a lot of potential. The pacing was a little slow at times and then rushed near the ending. The writing could have been more fluid. There were numerous grammatical errors and typos that an editor should have caught. It would be nice to read Scotty's story if this author writes one for him.