Series: Personal #1
Genres: Contemporary Romance, New Adult
Publication Date: Feb 25, 2014
My Rating: ♥♥♥♥
Elleny Barker and Trevor McHale have loved each other since the second grade. Growing up in a small Georgia town, they had the same group of friends and they all had dreams of leaving Richland. Elle’s life was perfect; going to the perfect college, had the perfect life plan of becoming a doctor and had the perfect boyfriend going to college on a full ride football scholarship. Until the day Elle’s life was turned upside down; making a decision that she thought would be the best for both her and Trevor, she turned to the one man she thought would be willing to help her, Trevor’s best friend, Willie “Bear” Jackson. Seventeen years later; Elleny ,is a changed woman,and it's not a good change. She has locked her heart away and refuses to give it to anyone. Then it happened, a millionaire, whose company just bought out the local plant where Elle’s husband is a foreman moves into town; or should I say BACK into town; turns out that it’s Trevor McHale. Secrets have kept them apart for seventeen years; will they end up keeping them apart for the rest of their lives? Life teaches us harsh lessons; Personal Experiences teach us life’s true meaning.
WARNING
This e-book contains sexually explicit scenes and adult language and may be considered offensive to some readers. And are intended for sale to adults ONLY, as defined by the laws of the country in which you made your purchase. Please store your files wisely, where they cannot be accessed by under-aged readers.
Please be advised as part of this story the main character endures spousal abuse before escaping and setting off into a new life and grows to overcomes her past. Some scenes contain some graphic, dark scenes that are not for the light-hearted; including rape. Readers discretion advised.
(Contains: Adult language, sexual MF participation, some violence and explicit scenes of arousal).
My Thoughts
"Baby, I will be anchored to you forever and always."
Wow this was a roller coaster ride! I was hooked from the first page! I'm a sucker for childhood romance or second chance love story so I was really looking forward to this book!
I loved the premise of the book but Elleny pissed the shit out of me! I have mixed feelings towards the heroine.. I don't know if I want to hug Elleny or help Bear beat the sh*t out of her! She started off as a strong heroine- sassy and confident but throughout the story she became weak and stupiiiiid! I really wanted to like Elleny, I loved reading helpless-abused heroine but her decisions, unnecessary dramas and the way she handled everything was too much for me. She was stupid, weak and selfish (and yes, I put SELFISH!) I had to put my kindle down and calm myself coz seriously, she gave me a headache! The abused was well written, it triggered so many emotions on me but it also made me hate her. I wanted to strangle her for being once again, stupid for putting up with that shit for years!!
Some might think that she's an amazing mother for sacrificing and protecting... yadayada! I know she has some reasons WHY, WHEN, WHERE, WHO, HOW ...
but to exposed your children from all these? Soooo not worth it woman!
"Babe, you're not broken your just damaged. Remember… bendable…not breakable"
I guess the only good thing about this book was TJ! He
knew since second grade that Elleny was the one. He's awesome and once
again, I felt like straggling Elleny for this! I just really wished we
could get in his head too. I wanted to know why it took him YEARS to
come back! What happened to him in those years? There was a small
glimpse that he had a gf (seems serious) but he ended it all of a
sudden.. WHY? There were so many unanswered questions. :(Bear on the other hand is.. er.. BEAR. I actually liked him from the beginning and it kinda broke my heart that he became like a monster. I know he's the villain in this book but I couldn't help but feel something for this man.
Other than the heroine, I also didn't like the flashbacks and sex scenes.. It was good to see their past but the flashbacks were too many and slow. I wanted to just move forward and focus on the present.
Now the sex scenes...
Don't get me wrong, I felt their love from one another but the sex
scenes felt so forced and scripted. I love me some passionate humping
but all the yelling "TJ!! Ahhhhhh!" was awkward and just didn't feel right.
Sorry for my mini rant... I just finished the book and I have so many emotions running through me right now but despite everything, I honestly enjoyed this book! lol. I know right? Doesn't make sense with all my bitching up there. But Elleny and TJ's love story was painful yet beautiful. I loved reading something that would make me feel.. and god I felt everything!! Yes, I didn't like the heroine but I wanted to see her HEA. After all the crap they have been through, TJ and Elleny deserved it! I was totally emotionally drained but in a good contentment way. The epilogue killed me.. it was so perfect!
I highly recommend this to anyone who's looking for some gripping love story. Just grab some tissue and prepare yourself emotionally and mentally... Lol!
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