4.5 Smooches!
Synopsis
I’m Eden MacLaird, and Fate screwed me good at the age of twenty-one, stole my first love, then my first child. Twenty years later, I still haven’t found my happily-ever-after. Sure, from the outside, I have it all, including Declan, my gorgeous, rich-as-sin husband. But things aren’t what they seem, and catching Declan in bed with my best friend destroys any dreams I harbor for love, much less sexual fulfillment.
Then in walks Sean Bennett…
Just months away from earning his post-graduate law degree, Sean’s smart, driven, and serious, but an unexpected encounter between us in a bar one night changes everything. His best friend, Trinitee, warns against getting too involved, but the heat between us is beyond intense, and neither of us are willing to walk away.
With my marriage in shambles, I’m eager to make a go of it with Sean, despite our sixteen-year age difference. But while I relish my sexual reawakening, I fear giving up the posh life I’ve grown accustomed to. That life, however, and everything in it, comes crashing down as bodies start piling up around us, and all clues point to me and Sean.
Secrets, betrayal, and revenge threaten to destroy not just my carefully-crafted reputation, but my very life. With our freedom at stake, Sean and I join forces to uncover those plotting against us. But as doubt and evidence mount, I must choose: give in to my suspicions and save myself, or trust our new-found love and save us both.
Review
Eden has been in a loveless marriage for long time after her partner was killed protecting her and her daughter died at birth. Having married Declan for security and nothing more she has been unhappy for a long time but with a son to think about and everything tied up in Declan she has no choice. That is until she realises her husband has been having an affair; all of a sudden Eden is thrown into a romance of her own with young Sean.
“And there we stood, with the falls rumbling behind us, the mist veiling us in a translucent shroud, creating a world where we alone existed and no one else could ever touch us.”
But this isn’t just an affair or love story; this story is a roller coaster of betrayal, deceit, lies, heartache and MURDER! Both Eden and Sean are caught up in an affair that is a lot more dangerous than just broken hearts.
“I needed her. Craved her—the fire in her eyes, the wonder in her touch, and, most especially, her vulnerability, her hunger to be wanted, to be loved. She’d become a drug to me, heady and wondrous.”
This was a thrilling ride with so many unexpected twists and turns and elements of the story that I just wasn’t expecting to happen at all. You won’t guess what’s coming from a million miles away and you’ll be staring at your kindle with your mouth wide open when everything is revealed.
“Eden was more than just an acquisition. She had a heart—a tremendously bruised one—and she was placing it in my hand. How could I betray that trust?”
I felt so much for Eden, her life was one filled with heartache, sadness and betrayal and yet I believed she remained so strong, so brave and open to what life did have to offer her despite being so screwed over by life in her past. Sean was also a loveable character, a younger guy with a cheeky and cocky side but also so grown up in the ways that mattered. His was strong, determined and was going to fight for what he wanted!
“And in that moment, I felt her surrender. I knew I had her. All I had to do was take what I wanted, what she was offering.”
The plot was insane; intense, dark, sexy, unexpected and thrilling are just some of the words I would use. I can’t really say much without giving away anything but I will say this is not a simple love affair story; this is so much more. So many different characters play such an important role and not only will not see the ending coming…you won’t even see the middle coming. We get thrown into a world of murder and lies and betrayal with the ultimate questions that thread throughout being; WHO AND WHY???!!!!!
~Bethany
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