First of all I have to thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, for the honor of letting me read this awesome, wonderful, touching, tense, story.
Vanessa came to New York to escape her past. Her home life was not good. Her mother had bad issues and things happened in college that she wanted to forget forever. One she would never ever forget. She blamed herself for it.
She meets a smooth talking, well dressed, well mannered man on a flight from FL to New York and so the story begins...
Richard, all any woman would want in a husband. Good looking, well mannered, well dressed, hard working, attentive, loving and anything else you might think of. He swept Vanessa off her feet. They marry and things slowly start changing. Who is this man, this stranger she has married?
Emma, Richards soon to be next wife. Why won’t she listen to Vanessa. She only wants to save her the same heartache. She only wants to help. Will she before it’s to late?
Maureen, Richards sister. She thinks he can do no wrong and does not believe anyone is quite good enough for him. She is maybe the only person that can get through to him. What secrets does she know about Richard’s life as a young boy that made him who he is? Is she trustworthy her own self?
Kate, Richard’s first wife. Not a lot here except she gave up more than anyone to be free. To live her life in peace. To make a life.
This story is told from Vanessa’s point of view. It’s one that you won’t forget soon. It’s probably one of the very best books I have read in it’s genre in such a long time. From the very start I was pulled in to this story and couldn’t stop until I finally read the very last word. I hated so bad for it to end. It’s a great book with so many twists and turns. So many ups and downs. To me it was not a real sad book. Not in the sense that you will just cry reading it. It has some parts that made me very angry. I wanted to crawl into the story and hit someone, hard. Hurt them for the things they were doing to a good and decent person.
Abuse is never acceptable. Never. Not at any age. This story touches on that and on dominating and controlling. I went through abuse from a guy I dated at a young age, 17, and when I got out of it I swore I would never let anyone treat me that way again. I never did either.
This is truly a good book. One you will love from start to finish. The ending blew me away. I did not see it coming. I had many thoughts, many ideas of what I thought, but was pleasantly surprised by it. You will love this book. I promise.
I gave it a 5 star rating a it deserves way more..
Vanessa came to New York to escape her past. Her home life was not good. Her mother had bad issues and things happened in college that she wanted to forget forever. One she would never ever forget. She blamed herself for it.
She meets a smooth talking, well dressed, well mannered man on a flight from FL to New York and so the story begins...
Richard, all any woman would want in a husband. Good looking, well mannered, well dressed, hard working, attentive, loving and anything else you might think of. He swept Vanessa off her feet. They marry and things slowly start changing. Who is this man, this stranger she has married?
Emma, Richards soon to be next wife. Why won’t she listen to Vanessa. She only wants to save her the same heartache. She only wants to help. Will she before it’s to late?
Maureen, Richards sister. She thinks he can do no wrong and does not believe anyone is quite good enough for him. She is maybe the only person that can get through to him. What secrets does she know about Richard’s life as a young boy that made him who he is? Is she trustworthy her own self?
Kate, Richard’s first wife. Not a lot here except she gave up more than anyone to be free. To live her life in peace. To make a life.
This story is told from Vanessa’s point of view. It’s one that you won’t forget soon. It’s probably one of the very best books I have read in it’s genre in such a long time. From the very start I was pulled in to this story and couldn’t stop until I finally read the very last word. I hated so bad for it to end. It’s a great book with so many twists and turns. So many ups and downs. To me it was not a real sad book. Not in the sense that you will just cry reading it. It has some parts that made me very angry. I wanted to crawl into the story and hit someone, hard. Hurt them for the things they were doing to a good and decent person.
Abuse is never acceptable. Never. Not at any age. This story touches on that and on dominating and controlling. I went through abuse from a guy I dated at a young age, 17, and when I got out of it I swore I would never let anyone treat me that way again. I never did either.
This is truly a good book. One you will love from start to finish. The ending blew me away. I did not see it coming. I had many thoughts, many ideas of what I thought, but was pleasantly surprised by it. You will love this book. I promise.
I gave it a 5 star rating a it deserves way more..