4 Smooches!
Synopsis
Eden Walker used to be a good girl. She followed the rules, obeyed her parents, and reaped the benefits. Until the night one wrong step showed her that all that glitter is not gold. Now she’s starting over, trying to do things on her own terms, and find the passion she’s only dreamt about.
Sebastian Stone never expected to find love. His past is too painful for him to imagine letting someone in enough to love. He’s happy focusing on his security company, and he’s happy with his one-night-stands. Until he bumps into Eden, a blast from his past.
Sebastian makes Eden realize she’s still scared to follow the passion she knows is missing from her life. Eden is the woman for him, but can Sebastian convince Eden to follow her dreams all the way through? Or will circumstances beyond her control pull them apart?
REVIEW
The past versus the future is the battle for both Sebastian and Eden. Can they both let go of their pasts? And let go of some of the rigid control they crave and live by because of previous traumatic experiences? So they can maybe begin to live their lives to the full and maybe even trust each other enough to give their hearts, which will allow them both to have some well deserved beauty in their lives.
“I don’t just mean do you trust that I won’t hurt you, but do you trust that I know what’s best right now? That I know what you want, how you want it? That I know what you need? Do you trust me to do all that?”
A really beautiful and intense love story about two people who have had horrible experiences and have horrible parents; a couple who deserve safety, security, love and beauty after everything they have been through.
“You still haven’t figured it out, Eden. With me, you’re able to lose control. That’s why this works. It’s one of the main reasons it works.”
Eden was really a female lead I could look up to. She has faced such a traumatic experience and suffered under her awful parents who are really no parents at all and yet she remains strong, independent and determined to live her life away from her controlling parents and not let the past destroy her.
“Because that’s all I do, Sebastian. You are all I think about. You fill my vision until there is nothing else. You’re all I see. All I feel.”
Sebastian is definitely an alpha male and has built up strong defences and high walls to protect himself. After watching his father fall quickly in love and even quicker out of it he is determined to never let a woman get close enough for that to happen. But his knight in shining armour persona comes through when he sees Eden having a panic attack and from them on he knows he needs to cherish her, protect her, and maybe even love her.
“With Sebastian, she could let go, she could trust herself with him around her, she could push herself to limits that she hadn’t even dared to think about until now.”
This was just a really beautiful story of two people falling in love; two people who truly deserved it but also two people who have suffered and so their relationship doesn’t happen easily and they both have to overcome issues. Love, friendship, heartache, trauma, trust and strength are all present in this story which kept me gripping my kindle tightly and crossing my fingers hoping both Eden and Sebastian got their happily ever after!
~BETHANY
