The third book in the beloved
#1 bestselling author’s sexy, romantic suspense Slow Burn series…They say young love doesn’t last, but a girl from the wrong side of the tracks with unique abilities and the hometown golden boy were determined to defy the odds. For Zack Covington, Anna-Grace—his “Gracie”—was the one. Until one night forever alters the course of their future, when a devastated Gracie disappears without a trace, leaving Zack to agonize over what happened to the girl he loved. As the years pass, his desperate efforts to find her uncovered nothing.
Now working for Devereaux Security, he stumbles across a painting featuring a special place only he and Gracie would know. The image is too perfectly rendered for it to be coincidence. His Gracie must be alive. When he finally tracks her down, he is shocked—and heart-broken—to discover the wounded shell of the girl he once knew and still loves. Her psychic gifts are gone, and worse, she believes he betrayed her all those years ago.
Zack has enemies, and once his weakness is discovered, Gracie becomes a target for revenge. He’ll have to save her before he can earn her trust and her love. And he vows they’ll never be torn apart again.
Review
I loved the first two Slow Burn novels and when I met Zack he
immediately became one of my favorites from In
His Keeping. In His Keeping is definitely my favorite book even after
reading this novel but Zack is still definitely a bad ass sweetheart. There was
so much to this book. There were secrets, betrayal, and definitely love. Maya
Banks gave us a well written series and I definitely hope it continues.
“He’d been her best- and only- friend. The
one she turned to for comfort. Love. Acceptance. The very best part of her very
being, her heart, her soul. He’d been her confidant. The one person she trusted
never to let her down, as so many had in her young life.”
Zack met the love of his life
when he was in high school. He made every plan he ever had surrounding them
together. When he left for college Gracie disappeared and was never heard from
again. He has been searching for her for twelve years. For twelve years he has
been living in heart break and just when he is ready to let her ghost go the unthinkable
happens, he sees Gracie walks back into his life. Gracie has been through the
ultimate betrayal. The love of her life did something so despicable she left
home and never looked back. For twelve years she has been running from Zack and
every memory of him because he took more than her trust with him, he also took
her ability.
“Not just a part”, he said adamantly. “All
of it, Gracie. My heart, soul, body and mind. I never gave to anybody what was
yours to keep.”
Like I said before Zack has
always been one of my favorite characters. He is sweet and caring to the people
he cares about. Zack is also a complete badass. He fights for the people he loves
and he never forgets. Zack is closed off to most people and when we see him
finally open up to get Gracie back you fall even more in love with him. I
really felt for Gracie’s character. But I had some problems really liking her
character. I don’t think it had anything to do with her as a character, it had
more to do with I loved Zack so much I couldn’t believe that she believed he
had anything to do with it. Even though she had been through something
terrible, she was still relatively strong about it. Even though she ran she was
still living and she pursued her dream, which definitely won points.
“I’ll never ask for another thing as long as
I live,” he said in a hoarse voice. “All I ever wanted was you.”
If you have ever read any of
the Slow Burn series you know that there is this group that has been after them
for a while and they are back. Now Zack has to protect Gracie from them even
when she is terrified to be in the same room as him. This story line definitely
had action but it was also the most heartbreaking of the three. Zack and Gracie
definitely had some lies and a huge amount of betrayal to get through. We get
to see some of our favorite characters come back and we get to see the women
stand up and kick some serious ass. There were so many great things about this
book. The writing was as well done as always. The romance was there and Zack
ended up being so much more than we ever knew. I loved this series and I hope
it continues. I definitely think that everyone who loves romance with a little
something extra thrown in there should pick up these books.
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