After an intense whirlwind romance, Karrie Parker thought she had it all: a sexy husband, a loving family, a great career and a beautiful home.Together they lived a life fit for royalty.But when tragedy strikes, Karrie is devastated and left to face the consequences of her husband’s deepest, darkest secrets. Discovering the strength to carry on while making important, life-changing decisions, she … carry on while making important, life-changing decisions, she finds herself desperate for answers. And holding the key to the puzzle is the one man she loathes immensely.
For up and coming motorcycle drag racer Tyler Strong, keeping painful secrets was never part of the plan. Racing motorcycles and winning was all he ever wanted to do. But when his best friend’s lies begin to unravel, Tyler is sent into a tailspin when he’s forced to come face to face with the one woman he vowed to stay away from. The woman he refuses to speak to, the woman he avoids, the woman he watches…from a distance.
As the truth becomes clear, will destiny bring these two unlikely souls together or tear them apart forever?
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Two words. Tyler Strong. This book hit me right in the heart and soul!! The story sucked me right in at the beginning and finally popped me out at the end feeling well and truly emotionally wrecked! But in such a good way. I can’t tell you how happy I am to have been introduced to this author’s work in the past year. She really knows how to tell a story and make you feel. I felt like I was inside the heads and hearts of these characters, Karrie and Tyler both, and honestly didn’t want to come out. What a fantastic and epic journey they took me on!
I admit my distaste for a man I knew to be dick did not diminish my empathy for his wife. L.M. Carr makes sure that you feel her love, devotion, and frustration. You will know pain reading this book. Confusion, desperation, and disgust. Fear, distrust, and sorrow. Disbelief, doubt, and utter disdain.
But you will also experience hope, joy, and love. And we all know it’s better to have loved…maybe it depends on the object of your love.
Karrie fell for the charming man she met. She fell head over heals. She loved him dearly. Now she wonders what happened to their marriage. He isn’t the same. Things are different. But she didn’t even know the half of it!
Looking for answers, explanations, or someone to blame, Karrie turns to Tyler. Or Tyler’s room. She vents, grieves, and bullies him. But then it becomes something more…
Fear, doubt, and trust in the wrong man caused Karrie a lot of pain. What happens if she tries again?
I loved the book. I was a wreck though. It tore me apart and made me a sloppy PMer on Facebook. Sniveling mess that I was venting my frustration, anger, and disgust one messaged rant at a time…Or three at a time. Find me when, not if, you need to vent. I will hold your hand.
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ANTICIPATION! I read the first half of the book in one evening and I couldn’t consume the words fast enough because of the anticipation I felt as I expected events to happen even before Karrie experienced them. Such gut wrenching emotions coursed through me as they did Karrie. Then the next evening as I devoured the rest of the book I was shocked at the events that I didn’t see coming. Again I couldn’t read fast enough! More emotions that had me questioning how I would feel and deal with the situations. I fell in love with Tyler! He was so perfect, but yet realistic! The title is so very perfect and was used within the story so beautifully! I absolutely loved this story!
What a ride. Hit every emotion known with this one. Pain, denial, guilt, shame, lust, hurt, joy and love.
Kerrie’s marriage was nothing like she thought. When her world is turned upside down Tyler is there. Tyler is her husband’s best friend. He watched her from a distance. He held both his own secrets and the secrets Kerrie’s husband kept.
The chemistry jumped off the page. It’s a a bit of a enemy’s to lovers kind of thing. Although I wanted to shake them both at times once they both got out of their own way it clicked for them beautifully.
What A Story!
This book is filled with angst and heartache and love and joy and is so well written with twists you won’t see coming. I loved it, even though it reduced me to tears at one point.
Tyler and Karrie are beautifully crafted characters with real emotions and flaws thy make you connect with them. A definite must read.
What an emotional read!! From start to finish there was always something in the chapters I read that wanted to break me emotionally. It was always there. The hurt, the betrayal, the insecurities and doubts; you could feel them. Alex was disgusting; a monster. I wish we could’ve known more about what drove him to be who was in the end. Karrie and Tyler are the epitome of “love conquers all” relationships. Their bond, their trusts, their honesty. Wouldn’t we all love to have that!! But the obstacles and tragedies they suffer through for their HEA….not to many people, let alone couples, can survive it.
L.M. Carr has done an amazing job. I love her books but this is by far my favorite of hers and one I could reread anytime. This story is everything!!
I had alot of feelings as I read this book. I had a dislike for both Tyler and Alex starting out . Tyler slowly came around as sweet and likeable. I do however wish he would have reached out to Karrie sooner . I do believe Karrie should not have found out the secrets she did the way she did. I was happy about family being a big focus of the book .As Tyler and Mattie were both very close to there families.
What a story!!
The title is very fitting!
A unique, emotional and complex story where a moment in time changed the lives of Karrie, Alex and Tyler.
When a sudden tragedy strikes, Karrie discovers that she was living a life of secrets, lies and betrayals. The husband she loved wasn’t who she thought he was, and the man she hated because of her husband’s falsehoods, was really her champion.
The characters were likable and easy to relate to. They invoked emotions in me where I wanted to reach into my kindle and throttle them and kiss them at the same time as they struggled with their fight to forgive and move forward. There was an impressive message in this story, that out of tragedy you can triumph!
LM Carr has done it again in giving us a real page turner full of holy cheese doodles twists and turn moments!!
She dared to to go there! More importantly, she dared to approach a sensitive subject.
I just wished that subject was delved into more.
I didn’t give this read 5 stars because of that, and because Tyler’s character was inconsistent with some of his behavior described throughout the story.
AMAZING LOVE STORY!!! This is the first book I’ve read by LM Carr and I absolutely loved it. From A Distance is such an emotional story. I highly recommend a box of tissues while reading this one. This story will touch your heart like no other. It’s beautifully written. I couldn’t put it down and I look forward to reading more by this author.