I fell in love with Penny as soon as she fell into my arms. I wasn’t a believer in fate, but she convinced me. And every day she convinced me just how special our relationship was. It was us against the world. And I foolishly thought our love was indestructible.Now I know that love isn’t about light and darkness or whirlwinds of color. Love can’t be defined in such simple terms. When you lose it, … you lose it, all of that becomes clear.
I don’t know how much longer I can breathe in a world where I look into my wife’s eyes and only see a stranger. I’d do anything to get her back. But this is one thing I don’t know how to fix.
This is the end to our love story. I just hope to God it’s not the end of us.
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Penny and James lives are like the sands in the hour glass. All mixed up and yet so defined. Through all the turmoils from their beginnings to end one thing kept them LOVE. As they say…. Love isn’t dark to light nor a whirlwind of color it is a feeling. It’s a feeling between two which can withstand the time. Love is what they hard. How lucky they are not with just them but with all their family.
It’s been a long journey for James and Penny. When This is Love begins, Penny still isn’t back to her former self and it’s eating at James that Penny is so far away from him. He wonders if she’ll ever regain her memory and remember how much they love each other, how much they fought for each other and their love. And I have to admit I wondered too, if she’d ever be the awesome Penny I grew to love as she and James fell in love.
But I shouldn’t have doubted because my favorite professor/student couple didn’t let me down and even though it was painful, there were a lot of obstacles for them to overcome, tears to be cried, and hearts to be broken, they finally, FINALLY found their way back to each other! And it was glorious. I will sorely miss Professor Hunter and his favorite student, but their story has truly been an epic one, one I won’t ever forget. It’s emotional, suspenseful, sexy and filled with love as they finally fight their way back to each other.
Wow what a series! Such an incredible journey with James, Penny, and everyone along the way! So glad I found Ivys books!
I just couldn’t let go of Penny and James I loved seeing how their lives changed, and how their friends life altered too. Heartbreaking, steamy, and highly addictive
A perfect ending
What a way to end there story!!! I couldn’t put it down until everything was complete!
I hated to see the series end but if it had to, this was the best way.
Last book in the series that started with Temptation and the Hunted series… you will fall in love with Penny and James. Pick it up and read!
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review.
I fell in love with Penny as soon as she fell into my arms. I wasn’t a believer in fate, but she convinced me. And every day she convince me just how special our relationship was. It was us against the world. And I foolishly thought our love was indestructible. Now I know that love isn’t about light and darkness or whirlwinds of color. Love can’t be defined in such simple terms. When you lose it, all of that becomes clear. I don’t know how much longer I can breathe in a world where I look into my wife’s eyes and only see a stranger. I would do anything to get her back. But this is one thing I don’t know how to fix. This is the end to our love story. I just hope to God it’s not the end of us.
This is the thrid and finaly book in this series. You must read Light to my Darkness and Whirlwind of Color before This is Love or your are going to be so terribly lost. However, with that said you don’t want to miss those two books. They are simply amazing and the love story of Penny and James. This is a ending three years in the making and it is one that will blow you away. If you have never read a Ivy Smoak book…..go get one now and fall in love with some of the most amazing writing you have ever read. She always blows me away. It just feels like she has this super amaizng connections to her characters that comes throught in her writing. Like she is writing and telling the stories of some of her best friends. This conclusion is so worth the wait we all went though and so sad at the same time because you do not want your time with Penny and James to every end. These are two characters that are certainly unforgettable. These two have been through so much, and I do mean things that would have ripped a realationshop to shred but James and Penny have always made it though. I am so not going to give anything away about thsi story. I don’t want to ruin anything for anyone. If you have yet to start these trilogy you need too. Your missing out of something beautiuful and amazing. If you have read the other two then buckle up and enjoy every single second that you get to spend with James and Penny.
This was such a touching story, I loved it so much! I’m sad that it’s over. And then, I’m not because they deserve the HEA Ivy Smoak gave them. It’s just perfect. I hope in the future, Matt gets his story told. He deserves an HEA, too.
Ivy Smoak has done it again! The conclusion to James and Penny’s story was everything we could have wished for and yet not what we wanted. What do I mean, you ask? I think I speak for all of us Hunted Stalkers when I say we never want this couple to go away! We love them like they’re our own! I cried ugly tears while reading these books and did happy dances. I yelled at them and wanted to throw my kindle across the room. But all in all I devoured this series like a Thanksgiving feast, stuffed myself every time a book came out and fasted until the next.
James and Penny have that special kind of love that withstands time, crazy exs, mothers, psycho doctors, bullets, amnesia, any obstacle that gets thrown in their path. Like they so eloquently state it, love isn’t darkness or light, it isn’t a kaleidoscope of color. It is a feeling. It is us. It is Love . And this book is perfect. I would give it 10 stars if I could.
James and Penny’s story comes to an end in dramatic fashion in This Is Love as Ivy Smoak makes sure readers won’t forget about this dynamic duo. There’s danger, suspense, angst, sexy times and of course, lots of love in this bittersweet end to one of my favorite series. This is not a standalone and prior books in the series must be read as this story picks up exactly where A Whirlwind of Color left off. There was so much to love about this book with appearances by all of the past characters that have come in and out of James and Penny’s lives. Most of all though, there’s hope when we thought all hope was lost. Smoak flashes back throughout the book reminding both Penny and readers of times gone by. While I did love this aspect and felt it enhanced the story, I also found myself skimming over some of it at times to move the story along. Otherwise, everything about the story was perfect. I’m sad to see Penny and James go but I was left feeling content and satisfied in the beautiful ending for this dynamic couple. Here’s hoping we get Scarlett’s story one day in the near future!!!! 4.5 stars
Have your tissue box ready for during & a bottle of wine (or something stronger) for when you finish reading this emotionally filled culmination of James and Penny’s love story.
Penny and James have not had an easy road on this journey of love and this last installment continues to have obstacles, some that seem insurmountable, to overcome. The ‘real’ Penny is still lost and without her James is lost too, struggling & fighting for the other half of his soul. He tries to jump start her memories with her book that depicts the story of how they met and everything in between in their love story. But did that just confuse her and drive her into the arms of anther man?! Will she come back to him? And his health issues, will he be strong enough to be there if/when she ‘finds’ herself and comes back?
The answers are in this book but getting them is mentally and physically taxing but I wouldn’t change it for anything. For the first few chapters my chest felt tight, there was a lump in my throat & tears standing in my eyes. I felt James’ helplessness. The rest of the story I rotated between crying, smiling and even a few laughs. The emotion, the love and the intimacy were so well written I physically ached. I read this in one day because I just couldn’t stop. I had to know whether it all worked out. Then I needed to process all my feelings so I postponed reviewing until now. This is a love story that will stick with me & will definitely be in my ‘stories to read again’ folder.
A round of applause to you, Ivy!!