Author: Lauren Layne
Genre: Contemporary
Synopsis
Lauren Layne’s
New Adult novel tells the story of a girl with secrets, a guy with scars, and a
love that could save them both... or destroy them.
When Olivia Middleton abandons the glamour of
Park Avenue for a remote, coastal town in Maine, everyone assumes she’s being
the kind do-gooder she’s always been. But Olivia has a secret: helping an
injured war veteran reenter society isn’t about charity—it’s about penance.
Only, Olivia’s client isn’t the grateful elderly man she’s expecting. Instead,
he’s a brooding twenty-four-year-old who has no intention of being Olivia’s
path to redemption . . . and whose smoldering gaze and forbidden touch might be
her undoing.
Paul Langdon doesn’t need a mirror to show him
he’s no longer the hotshot quarterback he was before the war. He knows he’s
ugly—inside and out. He’ll do anything to stay in self-imposed exile, even
accept his father’s ultimatum that Paul tolerate the newest caretaker for three
months or lose his inheritance. But Paul doesn’t count on the beautiful
twenty-two-year-old who makes him long for things that he can never have. And
the more she slips past his defenses, the more keeping his distance is
impossible.
Now Paul and Olivia have to decide: Will they
help each other heal? Or are they forever broken?
My Review
Holy cow!! What an emotionally charged book. I was so not
prepared for this book and went in not expecting to need a box of tissues and
to hide in the cornier while I sobbed my eyes out. So this is defiantly one of
those stories that will haunt you for a few days, I finished it a few day ago
and I’m getting choked up thinking about it..lol but mind you I’m kind of a big
baby at times. The way Lauren Layne was able to bring such beautifully broken
characters and a beautiful well thought out story was amazing. So without
further whining about my big babyness here is the story….
Olivia is your typical New York socialite, except for that
she feels broken inside. She drops out of school to pursue a more philanthropic
life, except it’s not really from the good of her heart but to prove to herself
that she not without redemption after she hurts the love of her life. So her
parents find her a job helping an injured war vet. She goes expecting an older
man that she will have to do everything for. On her journey for redemption she
never expects one Paul Langdon. At their first
meeting things do not go as planned and she soon realizes that this may not be
as easy of situation as she thought.
Paul is living a life as a
shell of a man, after the things he saw and went through in Afghanistan he
can’t stand to be in the real world. Instead he pushes everyone away and takes
to drinking his life away. His father however has other plans when he hires
Olivia. Paul plans on running her out like all the other hired help but when his
dad threatens to cut him off he strikes a deal with him. Three months…if he can
work with Olivia for three months he will leave Paul alone and never push
another “nurse” onto him again. Paul needs to play his dads game but not for
himself, but for a friend and her daughter.
Both of them were broken
souls but Olivia is determined to bring Paul back as well as save herself. When
they do come together its explosive but with secrets and hurt their
relationship will not be an easy one. Even when she reaches Paul and he opens
to her, she can’t get him to open up to society out of fear and his demons.
This story is one of
overcoming all obstacles to find love and what you would do to have and earn
that love. I loved this book through and through, the only downside is that I
did get a tad pissed off at some of Olivia’s inner monologues and her
shallowness; however she does redeem herself to me. Paul is wow..he just blows
my mind. His story is one that I’m sure will haunt me for a while but to see
him come into his own was magic. Really thank Lauren for writing their story
and sharing it with us…cheers to you and I look forward to many more books in
the future.
★★☆4.5 Healing Stars ☆★★
Review By Angela Deforge
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About the Author
Lauren
Layne graduated from Santa Clara University with a B.S. in political science
that she has yet to put to good use. After dabbling in an e-commerce career in
Seattle and Southern California, Layne moved to New York City, where she now
writes full-time. She lives with her husband and their plus-size pomeranian in
a tiny Manhattan studio.
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