I loved this book! ( )

This book was a recommendation from Stacey is a SMUT Addict - no help needed . I'm glad she recommended it to me . It was a great read .

Sizzling Controversial Read!!!!!



Trapped in a web of hate with no escape, a young woman discovers her attraction to the man determined to protect her may be her undoing. Will time run out, or will he find a way to protect her before her abusive father kills her?

When Rowan is awarded a ballet scholarship to Michigan State University during her senior year of high school, her life’s dream is finally realized. Having lost her mother at an early age and being subjected to the abuse of a destitute drunken father, she has known unimaginable loss and heartache and been left wanting for a better life—a life now within her grasp. But with one ill-fated phone call, her life is turned upside down.

Logan is Rowan's best friend’s older brother whose career is taking off as he prepares to graduate law school and move cross-country to the prestigious law firm that has offered him a very lucrative contract. When Rowan finds herself at Logan’s mercy after he inadvertently learns of the abuse she has suffered at the hands of her father, their lives become intertwined in a way neither ever imagined nor wanted.

In an effort to protect her, but with his own hands tied by her unwillingness to report the abuse, Logan strikes a deal requiring Rowan to stay with him whenever there is a chance her father might be on a drunken binge—which is often. For her agreement and cooperation, he will keep her secret. Soon, their time together weighs on them both, and they find themselves constantly tempted to step outside the bounds of their supposed platonic relationship. But there is no point. The devastating fact of the matter is their lives are moving in opposite directions—a relationship destined to die before it even has a chance to live.

The ever present clock plagues them both as it ticks off the days until they are parted. But one all important question remains—after he leaves, how will he protect her from a father intent on hating her until the day he dies … or the day he kills her?

"Not having sex has never been so much fun."

Logan is the epitome of heroic. as much as I disliked him in the beginning and thought he was taking major advantage of Rowan. He always tried to do right by Rowan and quickly apologized the few times his careless words hurt her. He was her shelter in the storm her life had become around her drunken father and it felt natural for those feelings of protectiveness to evolve into something intensely steamier. The final moments of the book were Logan's finest though and were so sweet I knew he was up to something when he left her the note .

"This is my place. I belong to her and my place is by her side."

She is a victim, there is no doubt about this fact. But it isn’t all she is, and this story shows her inner strength and who she really is and who she is meant to be. There are many facets to what makes Rowan … Rowan. Abuse happens to be one of those things. Rowan is an amazingly strong character who always remains hopeful no matter how many times her father leaves her bruised and bloodied. The internal conversations she has with herself allow great insight into her thoughts and feelings and showed a young girl wise beyond her years just trying to find her place in the world. Her shyness was endearing and her quickly evolving relationship with Logan showed how unsure of herself she was but through him she gained unexpected confidence.


This definitely might make you shed a tear , and it has alot of Erotica in it . With that said this still is a great Read
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"Given the fact you're pacing about, I’m going to hazard a guess you're wondering why I’ve asked you to stay. Am I right?”

No - I didn't pull this quote from a historical novel and put it accidentally in a review for a contemporary one. Why, this is our kind hearted lawyer-to-be Mr. Logan speaking. Yes, he is a twentyfirst century gentleman "hotness incarnate" (not my words). And yes - as a person with a first hand experience of Law school I can assure everyone that all lawyers are selfish pricks kind and who throw legal terms at unnecessary points in a conversation because they are oh so knowledgeable. They always make the decision to forget that law exists and give shelter to underage "beautiful" best-friends of their younger sisters if they are victims of domestic abuse. No, really. They also retaliate to the abuser by hitting them back and fighting dirty if ever met face to face. They possess great deal of selflessness and their reason for continued silence on the matter and to not run to the authorities will be that the DA can charge them for abetment of the abuse because of their continued silence. Professional ethics, ya know?

Despite the entire situation with everything hurting my head I hated the way domestic abuse was taken. Lightly - and as a way to further the plot. Because really, if we wrote that Logan had abducted her and forced his oh-so-utterly-*insert gushing here*-gorgeous self on her the book wouldn't work with the audience or maybe it would. :/ Abuse is a serious problem. Maybe this is fiction - maybe the book is more focused on romance but the idea of a drunken father with no personality at all beating her up without a reason at all and unexplained seven years worth of bruises is a grave one. And Logan and Rowe's attitude towards it - I didn't see the same seriousness depicted.

I am honestly in no position to judge the entire story. I abandoned it at 50%. I tried to like this book - I tried as long as I could. But I didn't like the characters and the way the plot - which sounded so interesting in the blurb - was actually moving forward.

The urge to call Logan 'Mr. Lawyer Dude' and Rowe 'That Weird Chick Who is Full of BS' is growing

And of course the insta-love. How could I forget the insta-love? Oh Shut Up Shambhawi. They've known each other for 7 years. It isn't insta-love. Oh, lemme rephrase then.

And of course the insta-lust. How could I forget the insta-lust? Better? Yeah. One moment they were a girl and her best friends older brother. One phone call, one rescue and one platonic night together later they cannot thinking dirty thoughts of each other? And can you guess what happens next? Of course - the aforementioned best friend and the not-mentioned Girlfriend (whom he hadn't broken up with officially despite cheating on her acting on his great feelings of desire and forbidden love *eyeroll* towards Rowe)... Back to the point the two side characters disappear. As does the abusive father. And one would expect the pages to be filled with witty conversations, budding romance, cutesy scenes, right? NO.

We get internal monologues - of how hot he is, how beautiful she is, how beautiful he is, how innocent she is, how smart he is, how in need of his protection she is, and how this thought leads to the fact that they are imagining the two of them in the act of ding-dong-dang. No. Simply no. I cannot follow this train of thought.

I do not understand the ratings bestowed upon the book in GoodReads. I simply do not.


PS I realized I have mentioned nothing about Rowe's dancing in the review. That's how forgettable it was. ( )

A lot steamier than I expected! ( )