Review: Must Read-Never Give Up Hope
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2014
4.5 starsMJ has done it again.  What a fantastic read.  The story was so true to the title.  Afraid to Hope.  We get to see the struggles of what guilty, abuse and hopelessness will do to a person and a relationship when they finally decide to give in to hope and love.  I did cry a little in this book at the emotions for the characters.  Life is not always easy.Louisa Sears having had bad luck with men is ready for a change of scenery.  She has raised her daughter Veronica who is now in college finishing her degree.  Louisa decides to take a chance on herself and moves to Florida.  She wants a fresh start with the help of her best friend Ana does.  Louisa wishes to meet a man who is loving, passionate and willing to treat her like a princess.Life has thrown hard knock after another at Jay Russell.  His child was no piece of cake.  Military life put him face to face with the horrors of what war is like.  Then coming home things spun about of control pushing Jay to finally allow life to break him.  But he is a fighter.  He is determined to have a life even if it is without a true love.  He is finishing up school pursuing a dream.After spending the day at the flea market, a chance encounter at a t-shirt shop with Jay, may put Louisa a path she will never return from.  She is fascinated by the huge handsome tattoo t shirt wearing man, Jay.  As life would throw them closer together than they knew, Louisa decides to take a chance and gets on the back of Jay's bike.  One ride.  What can one ride do?One ride seems to be the beginning of something new for both Jay and Louisa.  They continue on this path until secrets from both their past will push them away from each other.  But not without first cause each of them to realize that they maybe in love with the other.Will Jay and Louisa find happiness in a relationship with each other?  Or will the past and secrets untold be the end to the start?This story was the perfect ending to this series.  It completely draws a conclusion to all the other character from the first two books.  Allowing us to know where and what happened to them.  Looking forward to the next series that MJ is doing with some of the side characters in this series.