This book contains mature subject matter and is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.Webster’s defines to heal as “to make healthy, whole or sound; restore to health, free from ailment.” But Webster’s also defines to heal as “to free from evil; cleanse; purify: to heal the soul.”My soul is shattered.I’m one hell of a mess because I need both and I don’t know how both can possibly happen. … both can possibly happen. Sure, I know my body will heal. I understand the science of healing, it’s my profession. But I sense the ache in my heart and fear in my head will never heal. Can I ever recover from losing my unborn child at the hands of my abusive husband? Will I ever learn to think for myself again? No, I’ve been trained to fear those who are supposed to love me, conditioned to watch my every move and word so as to not suffer the consequences. I don’t think being healed will ever be a possibility for me.
Or I didn’t until Tony Carpino fixated himself in my life.
Tony is patient. Determined. He knows exactly what I need even before I do. He’s wants to give me everything, make my life beautiful when my life has always been ugly. But as perfectly determined and patient as he is, I don’t know if I can ever be whole again. It doesn’t matter how long I’ve wanted him…and I’ve wanted Tony Carpino for a long time.
This is a story of heartache and broken souls. A story of being exactly what the one you love needs when they need it, even if it goes against every being of your nature. Because love isn’t love unless it’s selfless. Can Tony love Leigh enough to heal the demons that haunt her broken soul and have the woman he missed out on years ago?
This is a love story.
This is the story of Tony and Leigh.
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Tony and Leigh couldn’t be more perfect. Leigh was briefly in Overflow but I knew then she needed her own HEA and boy did she get it. I’m not sure who the author uses to model these guys after but my goodness they are every girls dream. Tony is loving, kind, patient, and everything you could want in a book boyfriend. Leigh is broken and battered and slowly accepts Tony in her life which makes for one heck of a story!
This friends to lovers romance is sweet, HOT and beautiful.
Tony is determined to make sure that from now on everything in Leigh’s life is beautiful, and after a whole lot of pain in both their lives they deserve nothing but the best!
This book is laugh out loud funny and action packed with more twists than a roller coaster. What’s hotter than a guy who’s dying to give his woman whatever she wants?
Another winner from Brynne Asher. I really enjoyed the slow build of this book. The patience Tony showed while Leigh healed and the kindness he used to help her recover. Their love story was sweet and the chemistry between the two was great. Highly recommend this read to anyone wanting a happily ever after
This is book #2 of Carpino and although when it started of there was some backtracking that had me a little confused but once I got past that part the book was back on track and moved ahead with the story and I settled into enjoying this book.
Leigh finds herself abused, broken, shattered and all alone….or at least she thinks she is all alone until her attorney starts hanging around which she puts off as part of her best friend’s family but deep in her heart she feels it’s much more but why would anyone love her, nobody ever has before.
I will say you need to grab some tissues before you start reading this book. It has all the feels you would expect in a story like this. It’s filled with unimaginable pain of so many levels for Leigh but calm, sexy, alpha Tony patiently starts to show her she can have a beautiful life.
This story had some more darker themes to it. Leigh, who is Gabby’s best friend since they were 8, has an abusive ex-husband, whom she left because she got pregnant and he beat her. She miscarried. Tony Carpino, who is Gabby’s cousin, who’s always had a thing for Leigh but waited too long, slowly moves in so he can get his chance to be with her. Leigh, who is still struggling with the four years she spent with her husband, and still coming to terms with how to be Leigh again, tries to ignore her feelings for Tony. Gabby was in a Jude Coma, Leigh had Tony Torture. Little touches, gentle caresses, that Tony gave Leigh to show her that he was not Preston, he would never be Preston, and he was going to wait until she was ready. He pushed, just enough for Leigh.
This book was a little darker in it’s nature. Leigh’s life was a hard one, but Brynne makes expertly navigates the emotional trauma Leigh suffered, and Tony’s struggle to be with Leigh, help her move forward with her life and not be stuck living in her mental prison, but also end up happy with her. The one thing that bothered me, that bothers me about all books that have an extreme emotional and physical trauma, is that everyone says their fine and they don’t need to see a therapist. Like going to therapy is a bad thing. Therapy is not bad! And I’d love to see more authors writing a more accepting view of therapy.
But I think that’s more my personal issue than an actual issue with the book. I have never been the victim of physical abuse so I don’t know how it feels to be abused by someone, and I can’t tell if this accurately portrays that. I do know, that it was believable.
My one question: for all that Gabby and her friends complained about Preston being an asshole, and never seeing Leigh, how could they not know that he was being abusive?! It seemed pretty obvious to me.
Still 4 out of 5 stars!