Synopsis.
For Adriana Monroe life couldn’t get any better. She has great friends, her photography business is booming and she married Alex, her childhood best friend. Life is perfect. It’s a fairy tale really.
But one night changes everything for her.
Suddenly she’s alone. She’s afraid to trust and afraid to love. Most of all she’s afraid she’s broken beyond repair. Nightmares torment and haunt her every time she closes her eyes.
Will she ever be the same?
For Tucker Stavros it looks to the outside world like things come easy for him. He’s gorgeous, rich, famous, has a hot girlfriend. Hell, he’s a movie star. If women aren’t trying to get with him then men are wishing they are him. What they don’t see is the broken child hiding behind the smiles he fakes for the cameras. They don’t see the man who wakes up drenched in sweat from his nightmares from a past he can’t escape.
Betrayal sent him running.
A chance encounter throws Tucker and Adriana together. They try to fight their attraction for each other. They feel they’re too broken for the other.
Will they continue to suffer in the hell of dreamland separately or will they find that Waking Up to real life together can be so much sweeter?
Abbys Review.
Guilt, sorrow, longing, pain, emptiness; these are just a few of the emotions that Adriana Manroe is dealing with after the death of her husband Alex, the love of her life, "I miss you so much Alex. I wish I could kiss you one more time. Touch you... in any way. I don't know how to do this without you."
How can she ever bring herself to move on?
Tucker Stavros; the movie star, the man everyone want to be or be with. He seems to have it all. But when he is betrayed by his girlfriend of two years, he can't take it anymore and takes off.
Tucker, on his quest to just getting away from it all, finds himself taking the advice of his Grams and ends up on the doorstep of Adriana. Unbeknownst to him, this angel of beauty is a broken soul.
They end up on a journey of self discovery; both broken and not knowing how to move on, they seem to help each other. They both seem to have a way to break down each others walls in a way no one else has been able to before. They both find themselves wanting something more but just not knowing how to get there and make it possible. This a beautiful story. Yes, it has heartache and sorrow, but it also is a story of finding a way to move on in life and allow yourself to feel for another person again. This story is about love lost and love gained, passion in a way of sorrow and passion in a way of love and lust. This book will grip you and hold you hostage, daring you to put it down. You will go though a range of emotions, just like the characters in this book.
Oh, but don't get me wrong, this book is also a HOTT read. Yes, this is a very steamy read as well and you wont be disappointed.
"SHHH Tucker. Don't ruin it. I want this. You. Take me to my room please." Adriana
"I've wanted you, this since you turned around and smiled at me in your driveway. I thought... I thought... well i thought I was looking at an angel. All the times we've started and stopped." Tucker
The flow to this story and the connection you have to this book is perfect. You can't help but feel what they feel and want more.
I highly recommend this book and give it a much deserved 5 star rating. Thank you for such a great story with amazing characters!!