It started with a drink.
It turned into a promise.
Ransom Scott lost his heart the day the woman he loved chose another man. Or so he thought. Estranged from his brother, distancing himself from the world, he’s been drowning his sorrows in cheap booze and women…determined to forget.
His world is falling apart, until a beautiful woman decides to take a chance on him.
Dani Deviche is as … him.
Dani Deviche is as bewitching as she is innocent. Full of youth and vitality, she captivates him. Challenges him. She’s everything Ransom never thought to look for in the opposite sex, and he can’t get enough.
When a promise of friendship turns into something more, can Ransom fulfill his end of the bargain, or will a secret from Dani’s past destroy his last chance at happiness?
Author’s Note This book was written as a compliment to the Forbidden Trilogy. However, it can be read as a standalone.
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4.5 Stars! For me, I felt bad for Ramson at the end of the previous books but at the same time I knew in my heart that Rebel and Joe deserved to be together. This was a great conclusion to the Forbidden Trilogy. Left with a broken heart while drowning his pain in alcohol, Ramson meets Dani, who ends up being his soul mate. You will find their characters just click from their chemistry, a connection and personality. As any realistic relationship though the road may be rocky and not easy but well worth it in the end. Storyline will hold your attention making you not want to put it down. Would recommend this whole trilogy.
Back when the original Forbidden series came out, I loved the first three so much that I didn’t want to read this one. The first three were so intense and I didn’t think I could read Ransom’s story with someone else when he had been so in love with Joe. But, I was stupid because Forbidden Valentine is awesome!
Ransom is a bitter man at the start of Forbidden Valentine. He’s drowning his sorrows at a bar when he meets a beautiful sweetheart and he takes her home. Alas, he didn’t get his hot night because well, you know drinking that much tends to get in the way of having fun when it makes you pass out. But, Dani is a sweetheart, and the one who will change everything for Ransom, so she sticks around to lighten him up, lighten his life a little after having his heart broken when Joe chose Rebel.
And that’s the crux of why Forbidden Valentine is such a great read. Yes, Joe chose Rebel and broke Ransom’s heart. But you know what? She wasn’t really the one for him, and when he falls in love with sweet spirited Dani, he realizes that. Well, after some mishaps and misstarts and a serious oops on his part. But, what’s a good romance without a few bumps along the way?
Forbidden Valentine is everything the first three weren’t. It’s much more fun and not nearly as intense. It’s still sexy and steamy, but it’s got a lightness that the trilogy didn’t have. And finally, finally, Ransom’s given some healing with his family and within himself, all thanks to his lovely Dani. Dani is what made Forbidden Valentine for me. Yes, I love Ransom, always have throughout the whole series, but Dani is the light, and a more than equal match for him. I’m hitting myself over the head for not having read Forbidden Valentine when it was first released. But, thank God I was given a chance to review this whole series upon its re-release, because I loved Forbidden Valentine and I was so glad to see Ransom get the girl, the perfect woman for him!
If you haven’t followed the Forbidden series, you won’t know who Ransom Stone is and how he got to this point. Daniella “Dani” Daviche wants to take a chance on doing something she wouldn’t normally do. In a way they both want the same thing and there are a lot of firsts.
This was a great follow up to Josephine and Rebel’s story. He seemed so lost in the other books and through no fault of his own things just didn’t go as he expected. The light to his darkness is Dani. He has demons and she has trust issues. It was interesting to watch their relationship flourish even as they have things they need to work out. I want to admit that our author created an awkward moment and it made me laugh – yes, I laughed. Ms. Valentine created the perfect scene and I just had no choice. That was one of the moments you love to find and look forward to more.
Some may say this is a standalone but I don’t feel that way. Except for Daniella; Ransom, Rebel and Josephine have a history. If you want to know what that history is, you really should start at the beginning and continue in order. Then when you get to the end it will feel complete. But you still feel a little sad when you read the dreaded two words – The End.
I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
After having her heart stomped on Dani Deviche sets out on a mission to find a man who can help her erase the hurt…even if it is only for one night. Finding out her boyfriend was cheating on her hurt, but to find out that the person he was cheating with was her own flesh and blood was downright devastating, and the pain she is suffering is almost unbearable, she just wants to make it go away. Her friends suggest the best way to do that is to get under a new man and have herself a one night stand, which sounds promising but also terrifying, especially to someone with her experience level. When they hit the bar she spots the perfect man for the job, although she has her doubts about him, he seems like he is completely out of her league, but her friends convince her to go for it…so she does. But once she meets him she starts to see that he isn’t so different from her at all, he too has had his heart broken, and he is in desperate need of saving, and Dani thinks she is the perfect woman for the job. Now she just has to convince him that she can save him…
Ransom Scott thought he found the perfect woman, but he was wrong by a long shot, she may have been perfect, but she was meant for someone else…his own twin brother. Losing her to him was completely devastating, and the pain he is feeling now is almost suffocating. He drowns himself in alcohol hoping that the pain will just go away, but all he is doing is numbing it momentarily…it always returns the next morning with a vengeance. He is a very driven man, one who is use to always getting what he wants, and so losing her to his brother, makes it so much worse, because now she will always be there as a constant reminder of the one thing he couldn’t have…and it aggravates him. He knows he needs to move on and let her go, but he isn’t so sure he is ready to put himself back out there again… that is until he meets a beautiful girl at the bar that completely slays him… not only does she understand his pain, but she wants to save him from it, the question is can he let her in, and can he let someone that close again?
The minute I started reading Ransom and Dani’s story it grabbed a hold of me and would not let go, I was instantly addicted and left with the insatiable urge to know more… even if it meant staying up all night to find the answers I so desperately needed. It has been a while since I have read a story that completely captured my attention, and consumed me the way this story did, I was barely a chapter into this one and I immediately felt myself being pulled into Dani and Ransom’s world and left completely entranced by every written word. This is my first experience with Ms. Valentine’s work and all I can say is WOW!!, her writing completely took me by surprise, and had me immediately regretting not reading something by her until now. Definitely one the best first reads I have had in a while, highly recommend you give it try, it is sure to pull you in and keep you captivated long after the last page is turned!