Pieces of Heaven by Natasha Madison Review

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5 Smooches!

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Synopsis

Marissa
I didn’t want this life.

But sometimes you’re forced to make the best of the crappy hand you’ve been dealt. I wanted to teach my daughter that. No matter what happens you face your problems head-on.

Never cower. Never give up.

Then someone took her and I had to put my faith in a system that had failed me, and my hope in a man I didn’t know.

Mick
Serve. Honor. Protect, are the only things I’ve ever cared about until her case was dropped on my desk. As we searched for her missing daughter, the last woman I thought I’d fall in love with became my reason for living.

Then the world came crashing down around us.

One secret would change everything, but I had one more hand to be dealt. And if I played my cards right, maybe, just maybe we’d get our piece of heaven.

 

REVIEW

On the heels of her debut novel, the sports-themed romcom Something So Right,

Natasha Madison has released two back-to- back romantic suspense novels in her

riveting Heaven & Hell series, Hell and Back and this book, Pieces of Heaven. If you

haven’t read anything by her or you’ve only read her debut, this series will genuinely

shock and surprise you with the depth of emotion she packed into the intricate plot while

still managing not to overshadow what was also a beautiful love story. Technically,

Pieces of Heaven can be read on its own, but it picks up where Hell and Back leaves off

and there is some overlapping between the two books. For that reason, I strongly

suggest reading Hell and Back first for a much more vivid experience.

I’ll be honest, I went into this book not really sure if I liked the hero, Mick. He was

impatient, curt and obstinate, vacillating between being a good guy to a doormat to a

total jerk sometimes. His childhood was truly awful and clearly marked him as he’s still

very much nursing those wounds. Despite what’s he been through, or perhaps because

of it, there was a certain vulnerability to him that ultimately drew me in and had me

wanting to know more about him. Once Madison started peeling back his layers, he

dialed back the attitude, and a caring and loyal man who was not only capable of

genuine love but also able to give it selflessly emerged. It was an almost startling

transformation, and I definitely sat up and took notice, doing a complete one-eighty from

not really liking this character to absolutely adoring him.

Marissa was no doormat heroine. She was fierce, and in spite of the rotten hand that life

had dealt her, she still managed to be a strong and independent single mother. She

didn’t hesitate to go toe-to- toe with Mick, and I think that it was her sassy attitude,

coupled with the sheer determination with which she tackled the many challenges

thrown at her were what drew Mick to her. As this relationship was blossoming, Marissa

was in the throes of every mother’s worst nightmare. I felt her devastation, her panic,

her worry, and this part of the story affected me deeply. But there was still so much

more that was yet to unfold, and this is where Madison’s deviously creative mind truly

begins to shine. There were so many twists, turns and surprising developments as the

plot began to unfold. It was exciting, intriguing and shocking to read, especially since I

absolutely did not see these things coming or where each revelation was leading. This

was a truly ambitious plot for such a new author to not only conceptualize, but to also

execute, and Madison nailed it.

Although the author snuck in some well-timed moments of levity to lighten up some of

the heavy topics that were part of this story, this was a dark and sometimes hard-to- take

tale. Even still, Madison managed to weave a sexy and beautiful soul-healing love story

into this highly emotional, gut-wrenching and heart-breaking story. This was such a

multi-faceted story, there was so much going on, I was impressed with not only the

author’s creativity in devising such a detailed plot but also the way she juggled it all

without missing a beat and pulled everything together. Natasha Madison’s Pieces of

Heaven gets five smooches from me!

~ Danielle Palumbo

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