Review: She was his saving grace....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
So many unique readers with so many unique opinions of how they feel about this second installment of the FRIEND ZONED series.  What might be an awesome book for one might not be so great for the next.  Keeping that in mind, I lend my personal thoughts on this author and her story, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR.Natalia "Nat" Kovac is an independent and strong willed 28 yr. old woman, full of bitterness and angst.  She puts on a good front of being hard and unfeeling.  She loves her gal-pals, Tina, Lola & Mimi, whom she works with at Tina's clothing boutique.  They're her family... but Tina is her BFF for life.  There's nothing she wouldn't do for any of them.  Nat harbors deep bitterness...especially when it comes to Asher "Ghost" Collins.  She guards her emotions fiercely so she won't get hurt - - (and Ghost has the potential to hurt her).  She's drawn to Ghost though she doesn't want to be.Nat is sarcastic and doesn't trust easily.  She's beautiful, sexy, wild and unpredictable.  And she cannot stop thinking about the hawt, spontaneous sex she had with Ghost a year ago...a spur of the moment when she had a lapse of good judgement and raging hormones took over.Asher "Ghost" Collins is a silent, brooding loner who doesn't understand emotions nor does he waste time trying to understand them.  He doesn't "get" people who show emotion.  Ghost doesn't talk much, but he listens well.  He's an expert on reading people.  He call's it how he see's it and seldom holds back.  He's forthright.  He doesn't lie....and he's harboring deep-seated emotional pain.  For all his strengths and wisdom, Ghost is a damaged soul who feels he's beyond help...he feels he doesn't deserve to be loved, or will ever find love and he's resigned to this notion.  He doesn't know what love really is, or if it's real.  Nevertheless, he want's Nat and can't get her out of his head.  In many ways, Ghost and Nat are a lot alike.  They can relate to each other.  Even so, they avoid each other..each for their own reasons.I found this story captivating from its beginning.  This author aggressively detailed each character with astounding clarity while telling the story with great, consuming efficiency.  Within a few chapters, the reader connects and "knows" the characters to such a degree that you're emotionally invested in little time.  The dialogue is witty, refreshing and at times, highly humorous.  The plot stays strong, never disintegrating or unraveling.  There are deep tacit messages throughout the story.It will be hard waiting for the third installment...Max's story.