This book it's a very interesting read. Apart from the triggers and whatnot, it's an eye opener for any kind of abuse towards women and how they deal with it afterwards.
Told in dual pov, was interesting to see and read how each woman felt and thought about the process of overcoming the abuse and the feelings of despair, not worthy and depression.
It has a few twists that I didn't see coming but it definitely kept me guessing and wanting to read more.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my review copy.

Being my second book by the author, I already knew what to expect to a point about this story and I wasn't disappointed at all, more so I was surprised by the turn that it took.
It starts with a few moments where Adrian is presented as a very self-aware male and being a detective helps more to make a better image of him as a reliable character.
When he rescues a woman from the river, his instincts kick in and he can't back away until he finds out who she is and what happened to her to be found almost dead.
We get two stories within the book, as in his personal love life with his partner Imogen and the case of Angela as she gets back to her life as if nothing happened after an ex-employee of her husband's company is found dead.
It's a very fast-paced story, with a mixture of characters that blend together perfectly in this gripping psychological thriller that will keep you on your toes until the last page. There are so many twists and turns that I thought I had them figured out but I didn't know anything honestly and that's what makes for a perfect story in my books.
There's one major element of the book that brings so much more attention and awareness of our real-life events because we don't hear or pay attention as much as we should and I'm happy that the author has done this with this story.
This sentence pretty much resumes the story: "Add child abuse, neglect, murder, rape, incest and God only knows what else to Reece Corrigan’s list of crimes."
After reading this book, we probably need to pay more attention to small details that happen with our loved ones, especially the male part as they usually tend to suffer more and maybe never open up about it, but it's real and it's happening

This story is definitely going on my top 5 favourite books for this year.
It's gripping, holds your attention with every page turned, it's heartbreaking and most of all, it's a love story and shows that a marriage can overcome everything in its way if the love it's strong enough.
Being a young woman and getting pregnant, marrying a man that your parents don't approve, trying with everything you have in your power to make that marriage work, will make you give up at some of your dreams but when everything settles you can still archive one of them. Olivia's 40th birthday party is like the wedding day she dreamed but never had the chance to get.
The story's compelling, it's based more on what happens in 24 h, Liv party day, with a few flashback moments from the past for both Adam and Olivia, with their relationship, kids and jobs. As a mother, you'll always try to protect and keep your daughter secrets no matter how hard it's to keep them from your husband and best friend. As a father, Adam goes through a difficult time trying to figure out how to balance the short-lived happiness of his wife for her birthday as he's hiding a secret that eats him up and can destroy them.
The author has a great gift in showing the emotions and how everything unveils making this story very reliable and daring us to think for a moment what would you do faced with a similar situation.

4.5 stars
What could be best for Christmas than spending it in London? I love the setting of this book, I loved the characters and everything that comes with them, and I cannot recommend this book enough for the lovers of the romance genre and more so it’s a great book for a Hallmark movie.
Romance at its best in winter.

4.5 stars
To my shame, it's my first book by the author but won't be the last for sure.
This book is filled with emotions, angst, hurt, lust, love and suspense.
Childhood friends reunite after Evan was away for 3 years finding his way in life and he's not coming back alone.
There are some topics that pulled at my heart and tears all the way and I hoped that this book won't have to finalize in a heartbroken story. It so didn't! I get my well-wished HEA and more.
I was mad at Evan for being selfish but also understanding his way of seeing the world and people around him. Their moments are hot and I might go back and read the previous books when they were just kids and when everything started.

This book was definitely something different from what I was expecting.
Talking about mental health issues and how we live our lives nowadays are important topics that sometimes we have to be more aware in this busy time of indifference.
Am old say is that The green is greener on the other side of the fence and it really felt like this with the story. Battling a depression and a break up from her boyfriend, a woman makes her point in living with the desire of having what her neighbour is having at any cost. The walls in an apartment block are always thin but that doesn’t mean that you really can hear and know exactly what the people next door have or how they live their lives.
After the first half of the book , the tension gets real and more interesting and suspenseful.
It’s gripping and while it’s not a five stars book, it’s one that needs to be read and discuss.

Stealing her was my first full story that I’ve read by the author to my shame although most of my bookish friends have read her and recommended her books.
This story is definitely not what I was expecting and it made me think of a movie that I’ve watched many years ago as in the twin switching life.
The writing was great indeed and made me read it in one sitting. I enjoyed the characters and wanted to smack them at times as well as wanted to hug them.
Now, there are things that I can’t get over because although it’s fiction, I always look for reliable stories or moments in my books and here, there’s one particular thing that bugs me more than anything. I won’t say anything as don’t want to give spoilers but I can’t get over the thing that Julian didn’t fight back more for his life. I do want to read his story asap because I think it’s going to be crazy heartbreaking and angsty, or at least I hope so because I love a broken hero.

It’s a story full of suspense and twists and turns that will keep you up just to turn another page and read what happens next.
There are many characters that are so reliable with real-life people, there are moments of hope, there are graphic descriptions of violence and psychological and physical abuse and everything adds to a story that will make your head spinning.
The writing is great but I had some difficulties to keep up with who is who and how they were related. Needless to say, it’s my first book by the author and apparently, there are characters from the previous books that make appearances in this one and maybe that’s why I felt lost at times.
Overall it’s a good book and I’ll recommend it to anyone who wants to read a good mystery and thrillers story.

Another great story in the series and maybe one of my favourite books of the year as well.
It's amazing how some authors manage to create a world out of tragedy for so many characters that are meant to be together.
This one is about Kincaid and Ashton, best friends in high school that were forced to live their life with the guilt and feelings of being a survivor of those tragic moments when many of their friends passed away, including her then-boyfriend.
It's a story full of angst and a lesson to live your life at its best, to take any opportunity that comes in your way and make the best of it even if you're scared and afraid of failure or losing your heart again.
I loved this slow burn friend to lovers story and can't recommend it enough.

I haven’t read the first book in the series and although characters from it make an appearance in this story, I didn’t felt like missing anything so it could easily be read as a stand-alone.
The story was well written, with fast-paced moments but also slower ones for my liking, the characters are nice but unfortunately none of them grows on me as really I couldn’t feel the chemistry as maybe was expected or just couldn’t believe that he fell head over heels in love with her so soon especially after we get that he’s still mourning his wife.
Their banter was fun at times and entertaining.



Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review copy