Two lives entwined in secrets. Secrets that threaten to tear them apart before they even begin.Sophie Valentine was a girl living a privileged life in the tranquility of Solana Beach. At eighteen years of age, Sophie had it all. She wanted for nothing and had great friends and a supportive family. Add to that the fact that her uncles were famous musicians and she had what many considered the … perfect life.Perfect, until the day it was ripped out from underneath her. Forced to move to Brooklyn under questionable conditions, Sophie envisioned the worst until she stumbled across four boys on the steps of her new apartment building. She did not intentionally set out to fall for one of those boys, but what started as an innocent affair of the heart quickly became a fight for her life. A fight for survival, she would struggle to win.In a quiet Brooklyn neighborhood, Benjamin Sinclair was a troubled boy, leading a secret life.Four years ago, after witnessing a brutal murder, eighteen-year-old Ben and his friends Luke, Kyle, and Stephen believed their lives would change forever.Or so they thought. When Ben met Sophie on the steps of his apartment building the day she moved in, he never envisioned how chaotic and turbulent his life would become. Thrust into witness protection with a killer on his tail and an uncertain future, Ben has always refused to form attachments. Relationships were a luxury he could not afford. For years, his only solace came from meaningless one-night stands and music. That was until the day Sophie moved in.A battle between the forces of good and evil awaits, one that could leave a devastating effect or be the start of new beginnings.How will it end?
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Sophie comes from a very close family. She thinks she knows everything there is to know about them. Then her father ups and move the family to Brooklyn. At first she hates it, but then she meets Ben. Ben is everything she wants but it seems he may have some secrets. Soon she finds that everyone has secrets even her tight knit family.
Wow this book was amazing. I was totally hooked from the very start of this book. I really loved it and enjoyed reading it. Great job to the author on this book. Keep up the great writing.
This is the first time in reading this author. Since I did live there for many years until recently I could relate to this one as I read it. It says it has secrets with that piercing a person’s intrigue when you mention them. It does deliver with you with it being enough to start that it is that nectar that has you staying for more. There is also mystery with characters with two in particular that hold the attention. Sophie and Ben will be those two with a story that unravels capturing our attention. This is a good beginning for this series with it alluring you into wanting more.
Let me start by saying this really wasn’t my kind of read so take my review with a hefty grain of salt.
In my opinion there is a good story here. The problem is that it is trying too hard to be American and is nearly lost in translation.
The first bit is rough to push past but an actual love/thriller story does reveal itself and is a fantastic concept.
Sophie was happy and had a normal life, aside from her famous musical uncles, and her brother disappearing for a few weeks at a time, everything was normal. When her father decides to move them to Brooklyn with not warning, neither Sophie or her brother Sean want to move.
When they move they meet a group of boys and Sophie and Ben have an instant connection and can’t stay away from each other. The boys also feel that Sophie and her brother Sean have quickly become part of their lives.
Sophie is surprised when her father tells her that she has to stay away from the boys for her own safety and as soon as her father leaves for work again she goes to see Ben. Ben can’t be without Sophie again and lets her know that they are part of the witness protection program.
After her mother notices a change in Sophie, Sophie finally tells her that she can’t be away from Ben, but when Sophie’s dad and his partner Hawke, finally has to tell her why she needs to stay away she’s left speechless. Things start to go from bad to worse, family secrets revealed, the truth found out about the boys and Ben fighting for the love of his life, with twist and turns thrown in everywhere, so your kept guessing what is going to happen next.