Heights of Desire by Mara White Review

4 Smooches!

Synopsis

A woman who has everything meets a man who can offer her nothing but trouble. They bring each other to a height of desire neither thought possible, but is it enough to overcome the differences that tear them apart?
Kate Champion, a forty-two-year-old, married mother of two, leads an enviable upper class life of luxury. Her comfortable path takes an unexpected detour after a chance encounter at a neighborhood playground.
Jaylee Inoa is a twenty-two-year-old, second generation New York Dominican with close ties to the Heights and the gangs that run them.
Her life of privilege is no match for the code of the streets he navigates with ease. When a crime of the heart leads to a crime in the flesh, how far will she go to redeem him? Can she risk all in her life that is golden for the love of her golden-eyed man?

Review

Oh goodness….where to begin? Can we say “Roller-freaking-coaster?”
Kate is a 42 year old wife and mother of 2 daughters. Her husband, Robert, is a lawyer from uptown. To outsiders, Kate has everything. But when Jaylee and Kate make eye contact one afternoon, she is done for.  Drugs, sex, booze, money and the law are relevant in this book. Hold onto your sanity because you may just lose it. I was left in shock and shaking my head in disbelief.
The characters were quite enjoyable. Kate really dug herself in one heck of a grave. She loves her husband but there is the new found chemistry with Jaylee. I don’t want to say that he makes her feel young, but he helps her transform into a desirable woman. And Robert picked up on that change. Robert thinks its her way of spicing up their marriage and had no idea that it was started by a new man. I did feel sorry for Robert in the beginning and that changed in the duration of the book. I’ll just say he is a true definition of a lawyer.
The love between Kate and Jaylee is so different! At times, I was scared for Kate when she was around Jaylee. He is crazy, intense, shocking, and drew me in. He has pasiòn sin vergüena (passion without shame). If I met him on the street, I would not be attracted for him, I would fear for my life. He was so freaking hard core and borderline creepy in my mind. But gosh did he leave an imprint. My favorite character is Sarah. This spitfire is the best friend of Kate. When searching for validation, advice, or a confidence boost, Sarah was Kate’s gal
Please let me begin by saying that I do not like to read books that contain cheating! It’s just a hard limit for me. 😉 I had to kick my preconceived notions to side and persevere. And OMG am I glad I did. I liked this book a lot. I loved the Spanish that was in the book, it brought a different element. It just took me that much deeper into the book. For those that can’t read spanish, you may need to use a translation site. This is not a beautiful, whirlwind romance. This is every bit of f-ed up. Plot twist are evident and there is one heck of a cliffhanger. And even though I said I can’t do ‘cheating’, I will definitely read the sequel coming out in 2014: Fear of Heights. 4 smooches for Heights of Desire by Mara White.

Sarah

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