We were best friends at ten.Lovers at sixteen.Going to be married at nineteen.Until she woke up one day and couldn’t remember me. Leaving the small town was easy. Leaving her was my only regret. Ten years later, with a resume that said I had the perfect kill shot, I landed a job at a Security firm. Finding my way in the civilian life, I never thought it would be her I would find. She still owned … would be her I would find.
She still owned my heart. She still looked at me like I was a stranger. I wasn’t leaving her again. This time, we were playing by my rules. I’d been given a second chance to right my wrongs and I was going to start by claiming what was mine.
We were lovers at twenty-eight.
Getting married at twenty-nine.
Until she woke up and remembered me.
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This was my first Tina Saxon’s book, and won’t be my last! This military romance is intriguing and captivating, filled with mystery, drama, secrets, and unpredictable twists and turns. I loved it! Melissa Moran and Gregory Salinas did an outstanding job with the narration. I enjoyed listening to this audiobook, and I highly recommend it. #AudiobookObsession
Wow! This book was not what I expected and I had to take time once I’d finished it to process what I’d read as the story took a jaw dropping turn that I did not see coming. I love books that throw in a surprise and make you sit up. Even now, 3 days later and I’m still thinking about Blinding Echo
This was such a mind-bending story! Childhood friends grow up in love, and life keeps throwing its curveballs at them. It’s an incredibly surreal plot, and I was left with my head spinning, trying to decide who to root for. It was an emotional roller coaster ride, with a lot of nail biting involved. Reed stole my heart right away though!
Friends at 10 then lovers at 16 to be married 3 years later. Then one day she woke not knowing who he is so he goes away and becomes an ace shot. They meet again and call in love again until she remembers him. What will happen now? Will they make it? See if it will
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I really like this book. It held my attention all the way through.
This a story about a high school love. Kase leaves Everly to attend military boot camp with the intentions of marrying her, love of his life, once he returns and life settles down. Everly’s dad doesn’t care for Kase so the engagement is secret. Kate is from an abusive home, so he can’t wait for his fresh start in military life, with his sights set on becoming a Navy SEAL. When he returns from boot camp 8 weeks later, his world is turned upside down. The woman he was destined to be with was in a horrific accident shortly after his departure and now she suffers from amnesia. Everly has no clue who Kase is and she doesn’t remember that they are in Love. Her father is holding a very dark secret that will destroy Kase’s life, so he gives Kase an ultimatum to leave town and never return or every contact his daughter again. He leaves and dedicates his life to 10 years of the Navy SEALS, before getting out and starting over in a small town with an elite ex-military security team. Within his first week of living in this new town, he meets Everly in the bar the team frequents, only she is no longer Everly, she’s Ellie. Now Kase is determined to make her remember him.
I started this book thinking this was going to be just like the book, The Vow, but it’s not. There is an unexpected twist. I will say, I suspected it but not to the extent that was written. This was a great story. I love the Hero Kase. You feel his love for Everly/Ellie all through the book. He truly loved her from age 10 and only loved her. You will find several little nuggets of unexpected twists.
This is my first time to read Tina Saxon. I enjoyed it.
Talk about twists and turns! Blinding Echo had me feeling an emotional whirlwind within each chapter. When Ellie and Kase first make eye contact, I wanted them to be together- because you know, she’s Everly who pulled my heart strings from the beginning. Whenever she felt like he was familiar to her, I screamed, “because you know him, you love him.” But then she ‘woke up,’ like described in the blurb that hooked me. Suddenly I wanted it to be Ellie even more, but the past was right there wanting to be rekindled and I wanted that too. Suddenly all the relationships from my past, all the ones I prayed would reunite, surfaced and I realized- sometimes you just have to leave the past behind. I never expected to connect so well with a fictional book, but Blinding Echo brings all the feels. This was the first I’ve read of the author and I’m not sure if they’ll be more to this series, but I hope there is. Definitely worth the read, highly recommended!
WOW! What an incredible story! This one is full of twists and turns that you don’t see coming. The story is well written and an emotional roller coaster read. I love Ellie and Kase as well as some of the secondary characters! The story is some what heartbreaking with deception, mystery and suspense. The lengths Everly’s dad went through were unbelievable but what Ellie has endured is horrific! I loved the happy ending and agree it is somewhat like “Parent Trap”.
Okay at first I see 3 names for the chapters and thinks huh? Then next I’m think a love triangle. And it’s one in a weird way since Kase was inlove with Everly from younge teenage to 18 when they were engaged until an accident took her memories. 10 years later Kase left the SEaL and sees Everly in a small town he just happy to get a job, Everly is now Ellie. Kase falls deeper in love with Ellie still thinking she’s his past love. Until papers find out she is her own person and not her identical twin. Emotional, loving all the drama, the happy and fun times until his past meets his present, sister meeting sister then all heck is thrown, secrets that was coverups, old friends falling for the old fiancée, unknown son and sister hurting her broken twins heart more then ever. Still loving it BUT. U TIL HE KISSES HIS EX WHILE SHE WAS THERE TO GUILT HIM INTO CHOOSING HER(EVERLY) OF HER SISTER ELLIE. Yep he kissed her and man handled her for a bit before he backed off. WTf! I wanted to quit but I had to read on even if Kase disappointing e and takes his ex back and leaves Ellie more broken the. What her evil stepfather did and will do to her when he breaks out of prison…
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To grow up together and get that close to have something happen and she forgets you. So you are so hurt and can’t be around all the hurt and go away for awhile. To come back years later and she still doesn’t remember and then bang she remembers. Now what? I was given a review copy by booksprout and voluntarily review it.
Kase and Everly were teenage sweethearts who thought they had their future planned, until life throws a curve ball into the mix. This is a well written flawless story, which has unexpected twists, is heartbreaking, gritty, and an emotional rollercoaster journey throughout this second chance love story. I look forward to reading more from this talented author, and recommend for all readers.
Tina Saxon does it again Ladies & Gentleman!! She captivates us with a tale that we believe is one way, then BAM, she changes it on us.
She keeps us engaged and rooting for love to overcome all. Despite the circumstances that happen in the book. I can’t say too much otherwise it’ll give it away. As a reader, you want to go into this story blind. It happens in the same world as the Twist of Fate Series, so if you’ve read that you are going to LOVE this just as much.
Kase thought he had it all, the love of his life, a future, and then it all changed in an instant. As Kase moves through his life and moves forward you root for him to get his second chance. It is always a twist or turn you weren’t expecting, and it’s an amazing book.
~A Wild About Romance Review.
I love books that I get so drawn into the story that I forget about reality for a moment. This book did that for me. I went through every emotion when I was reading this book. Blinded Echo was the first book I read by the author Tina Saxon and won’t be the last. Her writing style was amazing, and the story flows perfectly. The characters are well-developed and you felt a connection to every single one of them in the story.
I am so happy that I stopped to read a post regarding this book. I immediately saw it was a different storyline then what I usually see In this genre. This was the perfect read I was not expecting. I will be recommending this book to my friends. Blinded Echo has made it to my list of Favorite Books!
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This book is absolutely amazing! This is a new author to me and I will definitely be reading more by her. There were many twists and turns in this book, and I loved it! When you think you figured it out, hello plot twist! This book sucked me in and held me hostage until the very end. The story is an emotional roller coaster, I was laughing, crying and felt joy throughout the whole book. I highly, highly recommend this book!!
They were teenage lovers who were forced to part when she lost her memory. Now it is teen years later he’s back and working for a security firm. He never expected that she would come back into his life but fate always finds a way. Kase and his girl will touch your heart as they find their way back to each other. It is an emotional rollercoaster that will keep you captivated until the last page.
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This starts off as a second chance romance about two teenagers that lost each other and find there way back ten years later, but what you get is so much more than that. A heartbroken Kase is forced to leave his true love behind after she is injured in an accident and loses her memory. Tens years later Kase catches a glimpse of Everly one day and a chance meeting is all it takes for him to lose his heart again BUT she doesn’t remember him and is keeping her past a secret. As these two form a deeper bond and fall more in love the past surfaces in a way that threatens them all and reveals secrets that no one could guess. A gripping, heartbreaking love story that has some major twists you cant predict! A great read that will leave you wondering what you read and how Ms. Saxon did it.
4.5 stars
“I’m usually not the sheep. It scares the hell out of me that my body doesn’t care if he’s the shepherd or the wolf. Either way, I’ll be his.”
As a huge lover and supporter of the Twist of Fate series by this author I was really excited for her next book Blinding Echo. And she didn’t disappoint. Tina Saxon is definitely the queen of unexpected twists and turns. Lucky for me this story is set up in the same universe as the Twisted Fate series which gave this book automatically even more sympathy points.
“”Sii la luce che ti guida,” I whisper in Italian. “It means be the light that leads you.””
I need to be careful how to write this review. If you read reviews before reading the book, please make sure they are spoiler free. To get the full reading experience of this story, that has so much to give, it’s utmost important to go in as blind as you can handle.
“His touch seeps into my skin, tranquilizing my fractured soul. He’s healing me from the outside, in.”
The characters Ellie and Kase form a force that resembles a twister of emotions. They will hit you hard and unexpected. The characters flawed and real will grow on you from the first pages forward. You’ll get attached to them while the story unfolds and you fall in love with them along their blooming love.
“He’s forced me to learn that love doesn’t wait for perfect, it accepts your flaws and molds its own perfect.”
With her smooth writing style, the author created a beautiful story full of drama, action, love, friendship, woven in a web of suspense and intense emotions that will capture you right away. Surprising twists and turns will keep your eyes glued to the pages and make this book something special.
“You were her blinding echo. My eyes might have deceived me, but my heart and soul felt you.”
Blinding Echo is a thrilling book that will make your blood and emotions boil with excitement. Be prepared for an unconventional love-story, catching you like a deer in the headlights.
“Your heart is one of a kind and it’s mine.”
This new to me author had me intrigued with the blurb and sucked into this heart wrenching tale from the very first page.
My heart broke for Kase from the very beginning, no child should have to suffer like he did, but he never let the ill-treatment get the best of him and that shone through in his love for Ellie. They were so happy and in love as teenagers til life and tragedy hit them head on. As time passed Kase never forgot the love of his life.
This rollercoaster ride gives a whole new meaning to Second Chance Romance with revelations you could not even imagine. Told from a dual POV we are taken on a page turning journey of life and love, hope and heartbreak as these young lovers overcome the soul destroying experiences at the hands of those who should have cherished them most. Even when the past comes back to haunt them their hearts and the love they have for each other can conquer whatever comes their way.
I really enjoyed this book and look forward to seeing what this great author I’ve found comes up with next.
I am still picking up my face off the floor after finishing this amazing read. I have to say this author pulled out all of the punches with this one. I loved every bit of it the twist and turns and I mean it really would be fair to take away the pleasure of experiencing every single emotion. There are some things that made me cringe but the truth is it made the story that much better. The heart wants what it wants and sometimes fate has a play in it. Sometimes all you can do is just trust that it will all work out fine. This read is a complete mind blowing experience from one page to the next. There’s romance, action, intrigue, some stuff that will blow your mind and rip out your heart but. . . the author is kind enough to put you back together before the story is done. This is an intense story so buckle up your seat belts and get ready for one heck of a ride.
This book is a great example of the beauty of indie publishing. We readers have access to new authors and literary gems we likely would never have seen through traditional publishing. Yes, just like in love there are a lot of toads we have to kiss, or read, before we find our handsome prince of a book, but have no doubt, this one absolutely falls in the royal category. The plot is intriguing and unique, and the writing is heart felt and compelling, making this work shine and sparkle in an otherwise amphibian-crowded pond.
Kase and his sweetheart shared their first kiss at age thirteen, dated all through high school and knew they would spend the rest of their lives together. As all too often happens, fate had other plans. While Kase is away at boot camp, his girl has a car accident that results in amnesia, leaving her with no memories of her past, including Kase. Ten years later Kase has retired from active duty, and is working private security. On his first night out with co-workers, his waitress turns out to be his first love.
The early copy I read of this book is my first by this author, and it certainly won’t be my last. She’s definitely one to keep an eye on because her passion and conscientiousness come through loud and clear, and I fully expect each new work of hers will be better than the last. Although, having said that, I’m not sure if it’s possible to top this book because it was pretty darn perfect. I connected with these complex and loveable characters early on, and there were many twists, turns and surprises that kept me up all night reading, eager to discover how everything would work out.
I don’t know if the author has plans to make this book into a series, but the secondary characters were so well written, engaging and realistic that they could each have their own book, and I’m really not ready to let them go. While this book has plenty of intensity and drama, it didn’t feel overly angsty, and the adrenalin-fueled emotions are balanced with humor, steam and heart. Between the amazing plot and storyline and the terrific, captivating characters, this book is definitely worth losing sleep over, so grab your copy and ready yourself to fall in love with Kase, his true love, and all of these phenomenal characters.
Dang. I can’t say the words o want to so that will have to work. This was a beautiful story, inside and out. We have Kace who is an amazing hero all around. Then we have Ellie. Who is so strong and while she fought the romance once she gave in it was so beautiful. The author really did throw some amazing twists out way. I was like OMG what is happening here. I won’t go into detail because those things made the story what they were. They made the journey totally epic that I can’t help but smile and have tears. I plan to go back and read this authors first series because after this book, she now has a new fan. 5 stars #2OCCJD