Book Blurb:
Neil McClain is the screw-up, the one everyone hopes will win but expects to lose. He wants to live a better life, one that his late mother would be proud of, but his belief in himself is weak.
Sage Moniba is in need of a major miracle or she’ll be forced to give up the only life she’s known.
Neil is searching for freedom from the demons of his past.
Sage is in desperate need of help.
Could it be that what each one needs resides in the other?
Release Date: December 14, 2018
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Review:
Book 4 in the Mclain series features Sage and Neil.
After Big South’s book, Neil’s story was the one I was looking most forward to. He seemed to be a tortured soul who needed the love of a good woman, to help him heal his heart.
I didn’t really get the pairing of Sage and Neil. Sage, to me, is a n ensemble character. She is part of the crowd, not a leading woman. Even at the end of the story, I didn’t feel like I knew who she was.
The fake marriage story line didn’t work for me, because after they got married, the only person who kept bringing up the fact that the marriage was fake, was Sage. Shouldn’t there have been some sort of official inquiry into their marriage, an interview by an ICE agent or something? This was just an excuse to give Sage a story and it fell short.
Neil’s years of gambling and drinking and being depressed because of his failed relationship with this ex-girlfriend seemed to ring untrue as well. He readily admitted to cheating on her multiple times and even having menages and swapping partners, so when she breaks things off to be with one of the women they played with, his “devastation” just seemed false.
I also didn’t get the “mental” connection. They barely knew each other before getting married. Sage did admit that she had a crush on Neil, but other than a few words here and there, no interaction between these two before. I get love at first sight or lust at first sight, but Neil barely knew who she was, so how did he all of a sudden feel this connection?
There was also a little drama with the ex coming back and a potential love child, but that fell short as well
Best Part of the Book:
We finally meet Lou.
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