The moment she had her head rest on my shoulder, I should have moved away.Instead, I enjoyed it.And just 2 days later, I gave in and kissed her. I wanted to claim her in ways unimaginable.And I was a fool to think I could get lost in her delicious curves for a night and then, just be friends with her.My wife and son’s memories still haunt me. Starting a new relationship is just…wrong.I’ll have to … relationship is just…wrong.
I’ll have to break Emma’s heart,
‘cause she’s fallen deep for me.
But the baby she’s carrying?
Could she be my forever?
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I wanted to like this book, but NO – it didn’t happen! The writing seemed immature and the storyline was just too unbelievable for me. Don’t think I’ll be looking for more books by this author.
The Course of True Love Does Not Run Smoothly
The life of Luna Marie Greyson has almost never been easy or smooth. And while there had been moments of love, happiness and closeness as a family, those moments were few and mostly distant memories for the 19-year-old green-eyed, red-haired, thoughtfully sweet beauty. Her life had been one of turmoil since her dad, who had always been loving and supportive to his daughter, left. Following an emotionally destructive miscarriage, the relationship of her mom and dad began to crack, and eventually, shattered. Unable to cope with his wife’s increasing distance and unwillingness or inability to verbalize her feelings, he left. Without the stabilizing influence of her husband, Luna’s mom sank deeper into depression, turning to drugs and alcohol to self-medicate the emotional pain away. Finally, on Luna’s 18th birthday, her mom finally escaped her pain in a drug and alcohol induced death.
Luna sought to start over. She boarded a bus and travelled from her hometown of Portland, Oregon. And, she travelled on until the bus reached the small Maryland town of Cumberland, a quaint town located near the Allegany Mountains, where she disembarked. And for the past 18 months, Luna has lived and worked at a local gentlemen’s club, Ramona’s, as a waitress and, at times, as a part of the club’s entertainment as a dancer. But she is not totally alone. Julie Maxwell, another young girl on her own too young—since she was 14—has also found work at Ramona’s, and Luna and Julie become sisters with the shared experience of homelessness.
And while working her shift, serving drinks and dancing, Luna is observant of the comings and goings of her bosses, Jack and Mitchell. She has noticed that the club’s owners may be involved in activities that are not as legal as serving drinks and providing entertainment for their customers. And, from what she has seen and overheard, the owners may have angered their more powerful contacts and gotten themselves into financial trouble with their contacts. And, to raise fast cash to satisfy there more powerful contacts, the partners have gotten more involved in illegal activities. They have been grooming the girls who work in the club to be open to the idea of participating in an auction in which the girls would be sold, providing the indebted owners with the money to satisfy their bosses. And many of the girls, like Luna’s friend, Julie, seem to acquiesce to the plan to being sold to unknown individuals—to being trafficked. But Luna is horrified and terrified and is saving money to escape what she sees as a horrific fate.
Nathan Danielson, a 36-yr-old Navy SEAL has been transferred from San Diego to a base in Charleston, South Carolina. But before reporting, he has taken some leave time for himself to sight-see before he begins his new assignment. When he stops in Cumberland, Maryland to get some gas and food, he begins to hear of a local club from a resident, Marcus Greene, the CEO of a Pharma factory. As the two become friends over drinks, they also come to realize that they are both Manhattan natives. And later, enjoying their new friendship at Ramona’s, Nathan’s attention is caught by one of the dancers—one of the most beautiful women he has ever seen—a petite, curvy red-head whose emerald green eyes seem to be looking directly at him. But what surprises him even more than their eye contact is that after she finishing her dance routine, she walked straight to him, saying that she needed his help. She asks for his help in escaping the club’s planned auction to a group of wealthy male buyers of young girls—including her.
Miley Maine delivers a suspenseful, romantic tale designed to keep the reader entertained and entangled in the fates of Luna and Nathan. The tale offers an engaging story, with passionate moments, growing love and an unsettling flight to escape the powers of evil and desperate men who are more than willing to kill Luna and Nathan. The author offers the reader a great romantic tale laced with moments of deadly fear.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review and but enjoyed reading it so much that I purchased a copy through Kindle.