A gripping, heart-pounding romance from USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy about a former FBI agent who will do anything it takes to protect his ex, or risk losing her for good… Asher Sullivan was once Remy Brennan’s entire world–until he broke her heart into a million pieces. So when Asher crashes her wedding, Remy is certain he’s come to claim her. To make her his again. Instead, … certain he’s come to claim her. To make her his again. Instead, it turns out Remy’s groom is a con man scheming for her inheritance. Now all she’s left with is an empty bank account, a serious case of lust for her gorgeous ex…and a duffel bag of cold, hard cash that might just fix all her problems.
Detective Asher Sullivan has always protected Remy. So when dangerous criminals start threatening her, Asher’s most primitive instincts take over. Sticking by Remy’s side means Asher is finally able to make amends for leaving her all those years ago. And soon they’re giving in to their wicked, insatiable need. But just as Asher gets his second chance, a secret Remy is keeping could rip her away from him…forever.
Every time I start a second chance romance, I’m hesitant. I often get book rage if the reason they split, and the time they spend apart, was for not good reasons. Asher and Remy didn’t give me book rage, they gave me anxiety, because I so needed them to work this out and get back together!
Very young when they got together, unable to handle the stress of their break-up, they both got hurt, badly, when they split. It takes a good part of the book for it come up with the why’s and how’s, and the acceptance of the situation. But the focus isn’t on the people they were then, that is part of their history. They work on who they are now, and the awareness and electricity they still have. The feelings are harder for them, the hurt that needs to heal, even all these years later. Bit by bit, a little at a time, Remy heals and understands. Asher sees things differently, and not through lenses of pain and confusion. They embrace what has always been there, never went away, between them, and grab their future to make it their own
Plus, there is a mystery to solve, and bad guys to put down. And we are left with an unknown factor, that I hope my gut feeling is right about. Of course, we get a sneak momentary preview of our sassy heroine’s circumstances for the next book in the series as well!