Alyssa Jackson is one of the lucky ones. She has a thriving business, great friends, a devoted husband, an adorable daughter, and a scorching hot sex life that would be the envy of any married couple. Then, one tragic loss flips her world upside down. Floundering and unsure of how to cope with their grief, Alyssa and her husband drift apart until they are living as roommates instead of a deeply … deeply connected couple. Alyssa will do anything to get the intense passion back into her life and marriage, no matter how far out of the box she has to step.
If there is one thing tattoo shop owner Derek knows, it’s that once he set his sights on his wife, he never wanted another woman. Years together haven’t begun to put a dent in his desire for her. But everything falls apart when the anguish of loss barges into their lives. Adrift in his own suffering, Derek doesn’t realize how damaged his marriage is until his wife forces him to confront their issues. Now, he’ll do whatever it takes to get their lives back on track, even if the plan seems outrageous.
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This book is amazing, just because it is so real. It focuses on a couple trying to save their marriage after a devastating loss. It focuses on how much they love each other, and the lengths they will go to, to put their lives back together. The beauty of their feelings for each other is pure and enduring, but their loss is something that very few could make it through.
I love how committed Derek is to Alyssa, and how he is willing to do whatever it takes to make sure he is there for her. I love how he fights through his own grief and the fog that follows their loss, to help her rebuild their life together, to help her work through her feelings.
This book isn’t about a new love. Its about a mature love, after the initial glow has faded, about how that more mature love is enduring and can make it through anything if you are willing to fight for it. Its an amazing story, full of feelings and hope. Definitely one I’d recommend to anyone that is looking for a realistic, beautiful story!
This was an AMAZING read. I love it when I stumble upon a new to me author and not only does the book have a great story line that really pulls me in but it makes me want to read more by the author. In Escapades not only did I get my first introduction to Lilly Atlas but I also was given an introduction to a new type of audiobook. I have listened to books before where they were done with dual POVs but this one was done differently, not only was the chapters done in the different POVs but if the male or female POV was speaking in a chapter that wasn’t being narrated by them they spoke! It wasn’t the man changing his voice to sound more feminine – nope it was her that spoke, almost as if you were listening to a movie instead of watching it. I have to say I really enjoyed that aspect as well. Noah and Erin were great, I really enjoyed listening to them, they had so much emotion in the way they spoke to one another you felt as if they were actually going through everything Derek and Alyssa had went through.
The story of Derek and Alyssa totally BROKE MY HEART into a MILLION PIECES!!!!! But thankfully it was fully together again by the end of the book. This story is one of great tragedy but somehow they survived it all and hopefully they will be a stronger couple because of what they shared together. I am not going to give anything away but I suggest you have a HUGE box of tissues close by because you will need them. I shouldn’t let the saddness overshadow the sexiness of the book because HOLY COW was this book HOT!! I am talking off the charts hot, melt your kindles hot!!!!!
If you love a good emotional story about a married couple trying to find their way back to one another after heartbreak then I highly recommend this book to you. Happy Reading!
**I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Lilly Atlas. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.**
4.5* OMG rip your heart out, shred it, start to put it together and start all over again! This book is very emotional and may want to make you stop to take a minute to just breathe. I know it did me. I hope there is more books that are going to be in this series.
This review is for the audiobook version.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story from beginning to end. The only issue I had and it must be with my iPod, that while out working in the garden had to bend over and something seemed to happen. It would jump, it seemed like the narrators were stuttering, and it sounded like the sound was bouncing off a metal wall. That didn’t stop me from enjoying what the narrators were reading to me though. It also won’t stop me from listening to this book again. I’m just not sure that I would try and read the book because I wouldn’t be able to do justice to the emotions these characters are feeling.
The story is sexy and hot but underlying all that is a lot of hurt and I mean emotional hurt. Alyssa and Derek are still dealing with something that hurt them to the core. It may also touch your heart and wish that you could do something to help alleviate their pain. It’s a reminder that we can’t always try and fix something by ourselves. There are certain times where we need a little help where we don’t give up on our loved one. We just need direction to show us that love is there even though our heart may say otherwise for a little while. You almost stop thinking of our couple as fictional. You feel like you need to do something to show you care like making a donation in their name. But since they’re fictional you can’t do that but you can in honor of the author.
I already love Mr. Levine and Ms. DeWard as narrators and this is just another book to add to my ever growing list. They do a great job in humanizing Ms. Atlas’ characters. I could almost picture who our main characters are – this is what narrators help the reader to do. This book is the only one, currently from the Trident Ink series that’s available in audio. I don’t see any more books in this series yet but our author has several others in another one of her series so I have a lot of catching up to do. And maybe by then we’ll have more stories that revolve around Trident Ink.
I voluntarily reviewed an Audiobook copy of this book.