Imogen Caroline Stewart-Huntington hasn’t always been a rich bitch, her sunshine blotted out by her husband’s need to soar.Sloane McKinley Huntington III hasn’t always been a Devil, but the brotherhood was his ride to the next best high—a vice he couldn’t shake, until he didn’t have a choice.Now, three years sober, he sees with clear eyes. Free from the shackles of prison, all he wants is a … he wants is a second chance, his sights set on one woman—his wife.
Imogen knows that money can’t buy love—but when the rough man who stole her heart barges back into her life, she can’t help but question if perhaps forgiveness will.
*** Recommended for Audiences 18+ due to Language, Sexual Content, and Violence.
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I ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY LOVE THIS SERIES!!!
Every book in this series just as great as the last. My first impression of Soar is he’s an asshole, dumbass, idiot, you can see where I’m going with this. Lol. And Genny is so sweet but entirely too gullible she lets Soar treat her like a doormat and keeps taking him back. I mean come on! The sex can’t be that good. When Soar gets sent away and Genny leaves I think finally she’s gonna find her happiness. A baby and a husband that adores her as much as she does him. Then when we meet her parents I wanted to throw my Kindle across the room. Just when you think Genny finally gets to be happy her father turns out to be a monster. The things this poor woman goes through is enough to make anyone go crazy but she’s so strong and very forgiving. When Soar comes back his struggle to get his life back is kinda heartwarming but also broke my heart. His fight to get Genny back is a long hard one. As things go along it becomes obvious these two are so meant to be together. What he lacks she more than makes up for and vice versa. He gives her strength and she reminds him what love is supposed to be like by showing him unconditional all consuming love. I can’t express enough how amazing this series is. I extremely recommend this series to everyone.
They fall in love when they were young, get married at eighteen and had everything to have a happy life. But that is not what happens.
With the arrest of her husband, Genny decides to give up on her marriage instead. Tired of the vices and betrayals of Sloane, known by Soar as his road name, she decides to return to her hometown and start over. After all, the MC doesn’t know, but she has enough money for a more than comfortable life on her own. Imogen is tired of not being happy, of not having the love she deserves, the treatment she deserves and neither the family nor the happiness she always wanted, and she decides that she is in the mood to fight for it.
Sloane had a difficult childhood, but little is known about it. His wife, who was once the sunshine in his life, is now just a bitter and distant person. And he has no one to blame but himself. But the truth about who he is and what he really needs if he wants to have a different and better marriage than his parents, he only finds out when he is sober and behind bars. It remains to be seen whether the woman who abandoned him is willing to give him one more chance.
Betrayals, addictions, self-esteem problems, family problems, blackmail, extortion. This is not a book with light themes. The work brings with it controversial themes, and although it does not go much deeper, it gives something to think about. It is a complex book, it is complicated. If we bring it to real life, no one should go through what Sloane went through in childhood, but that, while explaining, does not justify the bad decisions he made as an adult. But changing our history and not repeating our parents’ mistakes, in practice, is more difficult than it seems. And the path of oblivion through addictions and self-sabotage is always easier, even if it is not the most correct.
Do people make mistakes? Much. Can they change and deserve second chances? Yes. But it is not for us to try to change them. People like Soar need to decide to change for themselves, overcome their traumas and addictions and learn to love themselves before seeking the love of a partner. I understand who says the book may be romanticizing abusive relationships, because in a way, Soar’s addictions and betrayals create a cycle in his marriage that makes him toxic. I believe that the author’s intention was not to demonstrate that each and every person in a toxic relationship should believe that love is capable of overcoming and transforming everything and that the person should continue in that relationship. But as we witnessed the character’s growth and maturation, we realized that what Hailey really wanted was to show that everyone deserves a second chance.
Although many see this book as a commercial book, hot and with tattooed bikers, I see more. The story of Imogen and Sloane rubs daily truths into our faces and allows us to reflect on how self-love and self-esteem can save us from abusive situations. If you really love yourself and know your worth, you will not allow someone to treat you with less respect and affection than you deserve. A hard and difficult lesson that the couple must learn to find their happy ending.
Could have been much shorter. Repetitious reliving of past deeds. Weak plot line.
I really didn’t like Gen for the most part of the series. (When we saw her anyways) I guess that I though she was to cold and now after reading his book I can say that I now really like her. Sloane changed a lot while we were reading his book. There were times that I felt that he was still a huge jerk but he really did change for the better. This book has more personal drama then it did club drama and it had me engrossed in the story. I wanted to know what was going to happen, who was going to do what, and what would happen next. There were some small indicators on what could happen in the next book and I think it might be heart breaking. I can’t wait. 4 stars #2OCCJD
We have found another amazing author who writes MC romance books to feed our addiction and we are loving her current series so far.
This story was one that was a bit of and emotional roller coaster for the characters as well as the readers.I have to say that this story effected my heart as I really felt the pain that Imogene/Gennie was experiencing and it broke my heart.This story dealt with a lot of issues that many marriages and families experience even today.
I really enjoyed the characters Soar/Sloan and Imogene/Gennie and they we easy to get to know and become attached to.I have to say that Soar was not a favorite of mine at the beginning of the story but, he slowly started redeeming himself throughout the story and we started to warm up to him bit by bit.
This couple marriage was a train wreck and had you thinking that there was no hope at all for them.I have to admit that I always secretly root for my characters to find everything they are looking for like love happiness and forgiveness and even revenge but, this is the first story that I was not rooting for a happy ending for this couple.
When the story was said and done I can say that I really enjoyed the story and all the emotional drama that the story wrought but, stories like this always put me on edge and a bit shaky at times especially when the story is about abuse and cheating I never know if I am going to end up loving it or hating it.When the abuse being dealt is more about punishing the one you love because you were never able to deal with your own messed up past is unforgivable.
This couple held a really big secret and I was really amazed that they got away with it as long as the did.I have to ask myself why they choose to live the way they did when they had advantages that most people will never have.I understood why Sloan would be drawn to club life but, I honestly never thought that Gennie would have stuck around as long as she did.Just proves when one loves fully with ones heart and your know in your heart that they are your soul mate it is not so easy to walk away .My heat broke time and time again for Gennie and the things she suffered through to stay beside the man she loved.
I have to say that Gennie was my favorite character in this current tale.I love how she loved with ones whole heart, she was strong and determined and I loved how she was not easily broken.I admired her for wanting to change her life and move on .I will say that she surprised the heck out of me where she choose to run to .Did she think that her life was going to change for the better when all she would be surrounded by was coldness and betrayals?
Omg ! I am not a violent person but ,throughout the story and its beginning I secretly rooted for someone to beat some sense into this damn a** stupid biker.Did I understand his own feelings for his pain and suffering most definitely but ,how he choose to deal with his pain and suffering was a totally different story.
I was feeling no love for this character….
The story was filled with so much sorrow and past regrets healing, forgiveness also filled with a ton of emotion that it tugged at your heart strings, as well as drama , suspense ,romance and alpha males along with strong women who were about forgiveness that I could not help but enjoy it.The major characters had sparks and major chemistry and when they were together they created fire together making this story a really hot read as well as an emotional one.
I loved being on this journey of healing and forgiveness and how a couple that truly loved one another found their was back to one another and even after all the bumps in the road they kept striving for their happily ever after all over again.
5 stars from us