What happens when a plain Jane process server runs into a complicated, high-powered lawyer?No one said that life in New York City was going to be easy.So, when Ki’s life gets completely flipped upside down,she seeks the safety of a disorganized man of few words.Is he the hero Ki needs, or will he push her away?This is the first book in the NYC Series.The books must be read in order.Genre: … Series.
The books must be read in order.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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A Beautiful Heartbreak by Alora Kate
*A Beautiful Heartbreak* is the first in the NYC series by Alora Kate.
I enjoyed this story enormously. It was told in dual POV. Ki is a spunky woman trying to get her PI business off the ground when she runs across the brooding Prescot. They have instant chemistry even though they both resist it initially. The dual POV is wonderfully done. The way that Alora Kate wrote Prescot’s parts gives the reader a great insight into how his mind is working. In contrast, Ki’s POV is light and humorous.
As mentioned before, they have a great chemistry that just flows off the pages. It is hilarious the lengths they go to avoid it, but they end up finding out that they need each other.
Besides the story being a romance, there is unexpected suspense as someone starts stalking Ki and Prescot gets into accident. Can their budding relationship handle the stress? Or will they go their separate ways?
This story was fun and light hearted. It was a wonderful respite from reality. We can’t wait to read the next one!
A bit of ramble to start ya’ll with here….Alora comes up with interesting names for her characters. I mean look at the 4 seasons trilogy, then other characters in her books, Ashton, Rawson as well as Madi. To me, the name of a character adds a bit of strength to them. Now with Ki and Prescott, such beautiful and strong names that really reflect on them personally. I find myself wanting to give them a “couple” name like KiScott or PreKi! I know, I know….so typically weird. But not for me! So back to my review before I got distracted here……
As someone who never felt like I was seen for who I was, I identify with Ki in many ways. She’s a P.I. along with her best friend Alexa. She meets Prescott on a routine run to serve an envelope to someone. What she didn’t expect was to be thrown into Prescott’s world! In the heat of the moment he reaches out to her to pull her into helping him with a difficult person and an even more unfortunate moment. Even though she’s wary of helping in any way, she does and ends up feeling drawn to him on this charismatic level. She feels protective over him and needs to figure out a way to change the inevitable for him. The problem is, in all of that her life is turned upside down and sideways dramatically! Holy COW!
Prescott is a brilliant lawyer who has pulled himself out of the ashes of a traumatic time in his life. He’s been so focused on helping others and hiding the scars that have shamed him for so long. His mind works on a different level that nearly every person he encounters. He’s a brilliant man who just needs a bit of change. The day he meets Ki he was completely captured by her on not just a physical level but on a communicative level he’s never experienced. She’s not afraid of the way he speaks or even that he doesn’t show the emotion outwardly that he feels. For whatever reason Ki walked into his office, he feels drawn to her as well. What he doesn’t expect is how she’ll come to need him during the chaos that ensures.
Together, they have to learn how to live with their pasts. Even though Prescott has known all his life where he comes from and had to make terms with the way he has had to survive, Ki hasn’t. Her world is thrown into an out of control spin when she realizes that she’s in danger. Not only does she have to come to terms with the appearance of a parental figure, but also with the fact that someone is looking to make her the victim of a message. What’s that message? Who is this person? How does Prescott deal with the dramatic change that adds to his scars and way of life? Do they do this together or do they fall apart and lose their words in this beautiful heartbreak?
Once again, Alora has managed to yank out every single emotion, twist it up, and left me drained with a book-over (book hangover) once again! She’s accomplished her goal of making a reader cry each time she graces us with a new book. It’s seriously good and I love to see that she’s continuing the journey of the supporting characters in their own books soon! I can count on her to bring out all the feels and intensity of an incredible journey for her characters.
I can honestly say she’s proven yet again why she’s one of my favorite authors of all time. Thanks my friend for sharing the beautiful journey that Ki and Prescott have traveled.
Wow! Every book I have read by Alora Kate is just better than the one before. This is definitely a case of the author improves with every new book. This new series is going to be a jaw dropper. I loved all the twists and turns that we follow along with Alexa and Ki. When Ki falls into Prescot’s office to serve him it all begins a whirlwind, but she is in the middle of something she never expected. Something that will turn her world upside down. I have to say this story was amazing and the way Ki and Prescot didn’t just give in. They both have demons to fight. Prescot’s story made me weep. For such a strong man he was fighting some pretty horrible memories of his past. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series and find out more about Alexa and Tapper.