Edition: eBook Pages: 400
Publish Date: March 4, 2014
Publisher: Gallery Books
Genre: New adult Romance
Series: Yes
Goodreads Rating: 4.23 (2,162 ratings)
With all these YA books I've been reading I've forgotten how amazing New Adult books are. This was definitely a winner. I got this book solely because of the stunning cover but man was the story ever incredible as well. The characters as well as supporting characters were spectacular.
The story follows Tenley and Hayden, both alone in the world with terrible pasts that they've been running from.
Tenley, 1 year ago was supposed to be married to a man who was stable and comfortable, and who she truly cared about. The destination wedding brought all of her family, his family, and their closest friends onto the same place that never made it to their destination. The crash killed most, but Tenley and a few others. Her Fiance left mostly everything to her, which included what he received from his parents dying. A new house, plenty of money, but a brother-in-law intent on taking it all away as it was "rightfully his". Slipping down the slope towards a potential overdose on the prescriptions given to her after the accident, Tenley is accepted into the masters program she applied to before the crash, this was her chance for an escape.
Hayden, always the rebel, lost his parents when he was 18, murdered. He was in a dark place before and especially after their deaths. Drugs, alcohol and sex were his fix. After not only the trauma of their death but the psychological damage of being accused of their murder by a certain police officer who overlooked all evidence as well as incorrectly categorizing it, making it inadmissible for future convictions. Hayden fell apart, only to pick himself up a year before Tenley arrived.
It all started with an instant spark and desire for an over the top tattoo. As a tattoo artist Hayden was in the perfect position to do that for her. But with such a dark design, Hayden was intent on finding out the story behind it, and everything else about Tenley.
Their need for eachother was captivating, and even with all the bumps and effects of their past they made it through almost all of it. Until Tenley's Brother-in-law shows up to subpoena her so he can claim all that was left to her in his brothers will. It was the final piece to the Tenley puzzle, the original story he got was that it was a friends wedding she was going to, not her own. The betrayal hurt, but her leaving to go back home wasn't going to happen. He's not letting the only woman he's ever loved get away.
I had plans to read another book after this, a different one, but I don't think I can. I need to know how Tenley and Hayden get through this! With all the tragedy they deserve a happily ever after.
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