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A Single Glance by Willow Winters, W. Winters
5.0
e-ARC provided by the author in exchange for an honest review
Series: Irresistible Atrraction #1
Synopsis:
The book starts with a prologue, hinting at what's to follow. The story then begins from one month before. Jase Cross runs a bar, The Red Room. He spots her there for the first time, Bethany (Beth) Fawn, who's there to demand answers for her sister, Jennifer's, death (her only family).
Beth is a nurse in the local youth mental hospital, Rockford. She searched for Jenny after her disappearance, with the information that her sister used to talk about; Cross brothers, a name – Marcus, and a location – The Red Room. During her leave from work, she makes it her mission to find out who killed her sister. Will 'The Coverless Book' hold some clues (the last thing that her sister gave her)? Just when she's about to find out, she's kidnapped.
Review:
It is an intense read. A captivating narrative.
Written in the first person, and alternating each chapter between Jase and Beth's perspective; [a:Willow Winters|15289816|Willow Winters|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1493487378p2/15289816.jpg] weaves an intriguing tale of danger, deception, and romance. Sinfully erotic romance.
I wanted to hate Jase, for the things he's doing, and for the things he's done, for the life he leads. But when there's deep regret on his part, it makes it hard to hate him. He's the sexiest anti-hero ever. He has his own demons, and a rather complicated past. He's a criminal, the worst of the worst.
Beth wants to find who killed Jenny, and so she clings to Jase who may be the only person with some answers. And inadvertently, they start falling for each other.
There is something hypnotic about the author's writing. It just pulls you in. The dark places the main characters come from, and are a part of, moved me. Some parts even gave me the chills.
I love books within books. There is a different kind of magic in reading a book that is a part of a book, and yet isn't there in real life. The name is a mystery in itself: 'The Coverless Book'.
P.S. Most people say romances are generic, that they do not have anything new to add. But, when the author has such insight as Willow Winters has, you do get something extra from reading a book. Yes, a romance book.
Since this is my first [a:W. Winters|18053147|W. Winters|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] read, I'm letting it slide. Coz I loved it so! Loved her writing, her characters, their emotions, their feelings, their darkness; I loved it all. And so, I'm letting this go (a surprising CLIFFHANGER):
"Jase and Bethany’s book continues in … A Single Kiss." Grrr...
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/a-single-glance-by-willow-winters/
Series: Irresistible Atrraction #1
Synopsis:
The book starts with a prologue, hinting at what's to follow. The story then begins from one month before. Jase Cross runs a bar, The Red Room. He spots her there for the first time, Bethany (Beth) Fawn, who's there to demand answers for her sister, Jennifer's, death (her only family).
Beth is a nurse in the local youth mental hospital, Rockford. She searched for Jenny after her disappearance, with the information that her sister used to talk about; Cross brothers, a name – Marcus, and a location – The Red Room. During her leave from work, she makes it her mission to find out who killed her sister. Will 'The Coverless Book' hold some clues (the last thing that her sister gave her)? Just when she's about to find out, she's kidnapped.
Review:
It is an intense read. A captivating narrative.
Written in the first person, and alternating each chapter between Jase and Beth's perspective; [a:Willow Winters|15289816|Willow Winters|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1493487378p2/15289816.jpg] weaves an intriguing tale of danger, deception, and romance. Sinfully erotic romance.
I wanted to hate Jase, for the things he's doing, and for the things he's done, for the life he leads. But when there's deep regret on his part, it makes it hard to hate him. He's the sexiest anti-hero ever. He has his own demons, and a rather complicated past. He's a criminal, the worst of the worst.
She’s a mistake waiting to happen. A delicate disaster in the making.
Beth wants to find who killed Jenny, and so she clings to Jase who may be the only person with some answers. And inadvertently, they start falling for each other.
He may think he can use me, but I swear to everyone, living and dead, I’ll be the one using him.
There is something hypnotic about the author's writing. It just pulls you in. The dark places the main characters come from, and are a part of, moved me. Some parts even gave me the chills.
Don’t believe your heart; it lies to you too.
I love books within books. There is a different kind of magic in reading a book that is a part of a book, and yet isn't there in real life. The name is a mystery in itself: 'The Coverless Book'.
Books are a portal to another world, but they lead to other places too. To places deep inside you still filled with hope and a desperate need for love. Places where your loneliness doesn’t exist, because you know how it can be filled.
P.S. Most people say romances are generic, that they do not have anything new to add. But, when the author has such insight as Willow Winters has, you do get something extra from reading a book. Yes, a romance book.
Since this is my first [a:W. Winters|18053147|W. Winters|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] read, I'm letting it slide. Coz I loved it so! Loved her writing, her characters, their emotions, their feelings, their darkness; I loved it all. And so, I'm letting this go (a surprising CLIFFHANGER):
"Jase and Bethany’s book continues in … A Single Kiss." Grrr...
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/a-single-glance-by-willow-winters/