Ashley Suzanne
SYNOPSIS:
If I would have known then what I know now.
If I would have known that having my heart broken at thirteen by my one and only friend, Garrett Rhodes, would never compare to the empty feeling at sixteen when I buried my mother.
If I would have known that changing schools in my senior year would throw all that back in my face.
Maybe … just maybe … I wouldn’t be in the hell storm I’m living in these days. Letting my past dictate my future, allowing the best of the best male MMA fighters bully me day in and day out and knowing no matter what I do, Garrett will always be the only man that understands me. I didn’t have to live this way. One day changed the course of my life forever.
Through all this mess, the one thing that I’ve found that keeps me centered … martial arts. And I’m damn good. If only someone would give me a chance to prove my worth.
All I can do now is make the best of it and try to not let the fight consume me.
Or has it already?
REVIEW
4 stars
I would and could easily recommend this book to anyone. It was an epic love
story that wasn’t technically a second chance romance, but an amazing tale of
true love never giving up and powering through every single obstacle thrown
your way. There was a lot, READ: A LOT, of drama thrown Rian’s way….but it was
not overly unbelievably dramatic. It was a hard road to travel with her….she
got the blunt end of every stick, but the underlying love and friendship she
found in Garrett was indescribable. It was literally perfect. Not even fairytale-can’t-believe-it
perfect, it was seriously, undeniably, absolutely believable in every way.
I have a new book
boyfriend named Garrett.
Stand back
ladies. He is a panty melting, heart stopping and ruggedly sexy. He is such a
man too….his daddy raised him right! All manners and a perfect gentleman, with
such a swooonworthy side to him. Oh my gosh….I freaking loved him!! LOVED him!
Rian has
lost everyone in her life…..and I mean EVERYone. She goes through heartache
like nothing else….all before she turns 18. Decisions she has to make, life
changing decisions, no decision a child should ever have to make, all shape her outtake on life as she makes them,
one by one.
It’s better to have loved and lost,
than to have never loved at all.
Rian begins
to understand this saying all too well when Garrett re-enters her life after
his family had to move away….leaving her to fend for herself at such a young
age. She finds him again, and the story blossoms from there. A love so pure and
innocent stemming from such a young age was so beautifully written that it was
so *fun* to read. I loved smiling at their innocence while squirming at their
exploration. It was captivating….I didn’t want to stop reading. I devoured this
book in one day….it really was so good.
“Baby, this isn’t even love. It’s
so much more. The feelings I have for you go far beyond what most people will
ever experience in their lives.” ~Garrett
Oh my
gosh….you see that?? *SWOON* She was his everything, and he was hers. I loved
how Garrett was always there, always taking care of her, but not so in your
face. He was so subtle, but ensured she never had anything to worry about.
Until one decision that he makes, to ensure their future, backfires and hurts
Rian, who is blindsided by a decision that he made in her/their best interest. But
since she is already so jaded by all the heartache she has had to endure, she
can’t see past the initial decision.
Rian
understands running away…it is what helps her deal. But, she makes a life for
herself and carries on. She unfortunately lets her fears of being abandoned
dictate her life though. That is hard to watch when she has someone there that
is SO willing to do anything and everything FOR her, to take care of her, to
love her….but pain and fear rear their ugly heads.
“Everything that’s happened in your
life has led to this point. You have to be the one to decide if you’re going to
let it eat you alive or if you’re gonna kick it in the dick and push forward.
You’ve never been one of those weak girls, Rian.”
As we follow
through Rian’s story, we get to see pain, love and heartache, joy and fear,
ugly and beautiful. Rian and Garrett’s journey was one of love and acceptance,
from the beginning to the end. I truly really enjoyed this book and was super
excited because this was my first book by Ashley. I wasn’t too sure what to
expect, but her voice in this book was so easy to read and so relatable.
4 stars for this great standalone read.
"We’re not just a little while kinda
thing, Rian. We’re the ones who are gonna make it—we’re forever." ~Garrett
Love,
Bethany
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ashley Suzanne
Ashley Suzanne, an Amazon Best Selling Author, is a married mother of three little boys as well as a daughter, aunt, sister, best friend, birth mother, blogger, book whore and author. Ashley is a native to the suburbs of Detroit, with most of her family living in Kentucky and New York.
You can usually find Ashley sitting in bed, with her laptop, playing on Facebook, pretending to write, entering giveaways (she's also a swag whore) or on a football field with her oldest son, Tyler. Yep, not only is she a football fan, she's a football mom!
When she's reading, it's typically something to do with romance, erotica being her favorite genre. She's a total fan-girl over a few authors, Pamela Ann, Brooke Cumberland, SE Hall, Madeline Sheehan, Jasinda Wilder, Hilary Storm, CM Stunich and Riley Rhea to name a few.
Ashley has no pets, unless you count her children and she is a little OCD. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite drink is cherry vodka and coke and double chocolate brownies are a must.
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