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Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨


First Impressions
"From Here To Eternity" is the first book in this authors' newest series 'Moonlit Ridge" and it is slightly connected to some of her other series but you don't need to read those to read this series. I just knew that I had to read this one and it took me much longer than I would have liked to read it. I was so fascinated to see where this author would be taking this series and yeah I am completely on board. AL Jackson and sexy bikers, secret brotherhood, shy heroine on the run, and a adorable little boy to charm your socks off??? How can one resist all that delectable teasers? Cause I could only resist for so long haha I think this just might be my favorite AL Jackson, or its at least tied with Give Me A Reason.

First Line
The sound of the tattoo machine whirred in my shop.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: River
The Heroine: Charleigh

Summary
River is a single father and will do anything to protect his son and his sister whom he has protected most of his life. He has now formed his own kind of brotherhood and they make it their mission to help women and children in danger or being abused by the men in their lives and take actions to protect them. River also funs a tattoo shop and is one of the best artists in the city. Then walks in a woman who is shy but shows a firm iron of strength inside of her. There is a instant connection that draws him to her like a moth to flame. His son is drawn just as he is to her. Charleigh is on the run from a scary past and being tormented in losing her son. Now she is trying to make a new life for herself and keep safe. River makes her feel safe in a way that she has never felt. He is stirring feelings in her she thought was dead. But her life is not her own and she doesn't know that she can ever build anything with him, but all River is asking is her trust and she wonders if what she is hiding from will haunt her and ruin everything she is bui,ding with River and his beautiful generous son.

What I Loved
What on earth did I just read? And am I still in reality? Cause it certainly doesn't feel like it at all. I am so sad that I took so long to read this book because it completely blew my mind. I loved so many things about this book and it fed my romantic yearnings in every single way. From Here to Eternity is the best book I have read so far this year and I couldn't get enough. I loved the couple dynamic. Bad boy/Shy girl is one of my favorite pairings and I just don't see it too often and I really respect that A.L. Jackson is willing to write this dynamic because so many authors I don't see writing this anymore.

There was so much heart and tears that are built throughout this story and I was curious to see how the son would fit into the story but WOW the reveal at the end. I swear this author does these crazy reveals when you least expect it and while I had guessed some of the clues had come into the story, I definitely didn't see it at first and I respect an author who can develop certain twists you least expect. Their connection was so deeply intimate and entrenching in details that were so complex and like beautiful little gifts of reveals that you are aching for. The writing is lyrical and so beautiful but I do recommend this author's books in audio if you can read it in that format, you just enjoy them so so much more in that way. I was stunned in the way in which this author captivates in little and big ways. The characters are so rich and vivid and just come to life off of the pages. I resonated so easily with the heroine. Rivers crew were hilarious and man they are all going to fall so hard when they get stung by cupids arrow haha And then we have sweet Nolan, who is River's son. And he won my heart from the first interaction I saw with him.

The romance was so woven intricately with details, charm and so much heart. Its a story that is so emotionally compelling and gives you that deeper insight into the human condition and what makes a person "tick". If you love some complex plot building in your romance stories, then this is a book and an author that must go on your must read list.

What I Struggled With
Nothing lol

Narration
Andi Arndt
Austin Stone

Overall View
From Here to Eternity is an awe consuming read that tugs at your heart strings, edgy enough to capture your attention from beginning to end, and a tangled web of a plot to keep you guessing all the way through and yearning for more from River and Charleigh. A TRULY STUNNING GEM THAT MELTED MY HEART!

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
Character Types: Alpha Male, Morally Grey, Biker, Vigilante, Bad Boy, Artist, Nurse
Themes: Small Town, Pining Hero, Laughs and Giggles, Heart/Emotionally Touching
Tropes: Forced Proximity, Instant Love Connection

Book Perspective
Duo POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Plot Conflict

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Catherine Cowles
Jennifer Ryan
Kristen Ashley

Song This Book Inspires
Who Are You-SVRCINA

Recommendation For Reading Order
You can read as a standalone

Steam/Spice Explanations

Simmering cup of tea---soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.

Narrators:
Austin Stone
Andi Arndt