I’m the most hated guy on the planet right now.I went from being a Hollywood Heartthrob to a lying, cheating . . . well, you get the point.I did not cheat on my wife. I’m not that guy.The media and the angry jury of keyboard warriors have already decided that I did.I’ll be damned if I let the outside world ruin my marriage.But is it already too late?No, I’m going to sacrifice whatever it takes … late?
No, I’m going to sacrifice whatever it takes for the woman I love.
We broke each other, but I’m going to make it right . . . we’ll return to us.
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Tinley and Matthew are married at the start of the book and, as the blurb tells you, this is a marriage that is struggling, that is having issues with where they are and where they go from here. Tinley grew up in the public eye and has withdrawn from it. Matthew is Hollywood’s current it man. So, they meet when they are pursuing different things in their lives, and this is a tension at the beginning, and throughout the marriage…balancing what they each want with the pressures of where they are in their lives, careers and marriage.
This book grabbed me from the beginning, and I was hooked from the last line of the prologue. You really know, as the prologue begins, where Matthew is in the marriage, and where Tinley is, both as a result and as part of how they got to where they are.
The book is told bouncing from present to different points in the past, although after the prologue, you spend a large portion of the book in the past with them getting together and getting to know the characters. And, what I liked about this is you have an idea as to where they each are in the marriage after the prologue, and while you are reading their relationship, their first meeting, the next ones where they start to seem like fate, to guessing middle names and coordinating schedules…you know where it is potentially going to end up.
I loved this. Especially as Christy Pastore is a new author to me, I was pretty sure they would work it out, but at the same time, you never know how an author is going to handle picking up a couple in the middle of a marriage that is at the point where they either need to recommit or walk away. Matthew is charming, and he loves Tinley…and she loves him.
The story is told in alternating POVs, which I think works well, as they deal with some rumors and some doubts and being able, as a reader, to know what is and is not true for each of them helps the reader stay on the side of them working it out, as you like both of them.
This is the first title I have read by this author, and I definitely enjoyed it.
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Again, another great read from Christy. The story between Matthew and Tinley is completely relatable. The story had my emotions all over the place (in a good way). I laughed, cried, felt my heart break and mend back together.
I loved this book and the characters