ARC received from St Martin's Press via Negalley for an honest review.

3 stars

So after the end of Don't Deny Me part 1, I was looking forward to see where Mick and Alice took their relationship.

I was a bit confused when I started reading part 2, as it did not continue on from the end of book 1, but went back 10 years to when they first met.

It did fill in a few blanks for us. It delved into their relationship - which wasn't that easy to watch really. Yes, it was hot and fiery and passionate, but gees Louise this pair! They were a train wreck to read in a relationship. Talk about needing to learn to communicate. Talk about a pair of stubborn heads!

I was a bit let down with what the reason for the big breakup was. Really? That was it???

Do I think that we really needed a whole part of the series devoted to their past? Not really. Yes we did learn more about them, but this could have been done in the present part of their story.

Let's see where part 3 takes us...