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If you believe your life is the sum total of your choices, what do you do when things just don’t add up? You are about to find out. It won’t be pretty. It won’t be dull. And surely, it won’t be safe. In fact, making just one wrong choice could put evil at your bedside watching you sleep.And so it is with Kate Simmons, a young woman who, by choosing to regain her life, actually puts it at risk by the very choices she makes. After unimaginable heartbreak stops her world on a dime, Kate falls into a three-year blackness of self blame that brings her to the edge of life, itself. As time finally brings light back through tiny cracks of renewed desire, Kate moves out of the prison she made for herself in her mother’s home to find a new reality, rooming with her best girlfriend, Charlie. Yet, to be free is to be vulnerable, and Kate’s choices more than ever mark a splattered line between being happy and being dead. Care to choose? Here’s your menu: A strangely alluring building manager so possessed with wanting you for his own, he’ll bury more than the fact he has a girlfriend; a buff college student for whom you are clearly hot, as are all the other girls on campus; a pushy lawyer who is as handsome as he is intoxicated with conquest, who doesn’t take no for an answer, who gets what he wants — always.Sometimes, it’s whom you choose. Sometimes, it’s who chooses you. If you’re Kate, it’s both, and it puts you on a perilous road where good looks and humor are the thin masks of jealous delusion and utter violence.You’re in trouble when the sum total of your choices is written in blood red

 

 

 

 

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Kate has gone through loss and guilt, and has tried to stay away from All men. She just became a shadow of herself and lived in a shell. She finally decided to try to move on with her life by moving with her best friend. As she tries to settle into her new life, going to school and work, she finds not only one man, but three men wanting to be with her. Little does she know that one of them could be the death of her... Literally!
 
Wow! What an Intense story! This book has it All! Romance, Love, Mystery, Thriller, and a whole lot More!I really was on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen. I mean, one minute I'm turning the pages because I can't wait to see who she picks, AND... Want to read the romance in this book! The romance is Yummy!   The mystery keeps you on your toes!   Your mind is everywhere!
Mystery... Romance... What will Rodger do?... What will Neil do?... What will happen?!? I was feeling all this at once and More!This is just... Intence!
I mean,  you can't help but to swoon over Neil! He is yummy and sweet and caring and Ugh! Can I have him? But then you wonder what's going to happen with Rodger! What is this man going to do?!?!?!!! We also have the playboy Mark! I mean one minute you are not sure about him, the next you feel for him!
 
Talk about emotional overdrive!There is so much going on in this story and it is so hard to say anymore without giving anything away! You have to read to see what I mean about how Rodger is and how Neil is!
 
This is a good read if you like romance with a twist of thriller. I really enjoyed the story in this book. It was a nice change from other romance I have read. It really is a page turner because you just can't help but to want to see what Rodger is going to do!
 
It does leave you on a cliffhanger, however the second book is already out so there is no wait after you read this one. I Like how the author ended the way she did. It left you wanting to know what is going to happen. It was quit Intence! The ending works in this book, I think if she was going to write a second then the ending in the first should have been done this way.(You will see what I mean)
 
I would recommend this book and give it a 4.5 rate. I would also warn about the cliffhanger, but let it be known, There is a book 2! (and its already out!!)
 
Thank You Carlie for this book! I needed a read like this ;)

 

About the Author:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlie Sexton has had a passion for reading her entire life. She loves it so that she dedicated her life to educating children. As a teacher, she has had the profound pleasure of teaching children to read and explore their imaginations through a good book. Just recently she decided to write a story that had been on her mind. Now she has several that she wants to turn into additional books. Writing has become a passion that she dearly loves.
 
Carlie lives with her handsome husband in Southern California. They enjoy the relaxed lifestyle that California provides. They have two beautiful dogs, but no children.
 
You can connect with Carlie on Facebook via her author page at facebook.com/carliesextonauthor, email her at Carliesexton@ymail.com, or visit her blog at CarlieSextonRomance.com to see what is next on her horizon. If you enjoyed part 1, then you will be happy to know that part 2, Taken by You is on its way for you to read it. It will be released no later then July 2013. It is the continuation of the story between Neil and Kate with many twists and turns.
                                                                     Carlie
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