Book title: Awaken by Nina Lane
Series: Spiral of Bliss #3
Genre: Contemporary Romance 18+
Release date: January 7, 2013
Event organized by: Literati Author Services, Inc.
*SYNOPSIS*
“I love that you love me, professor.”
“I love loving you, beauty.”
Since their intense, passionate beginning, Professor Dean West and his wife Olivia have fought dark secrets and betrayal in order to save their marriage. Now reeling in the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Liv and Dean are driven further apart by a vindictive threat to Dean’s career.
Struggling to stand on her own for the first time in years, Liv is determined to defend her husband and prove herself. Then an unexpected letter dredges up old insecurities and endangers Liv’s newfound independence. As Dean fights for his professional life, he is forced to confront his worst fear when he discovers that he can’t protect his beloved wife from her own painful past.
*REVIEW*
6 BREATHTAKING ~ MAGNIFICENT ~ SOUL-ETCHING STARS!!!
My Liv:
My Dean:
“Sometimes your heart gets so filled with emotions that words alone can’t express them all. So you need singing and dancing, a philharmonic orchestra, and a full chorus backing you up. Because there is THAT MUCH inside you.”
That sentence above just described my thoughts for this book. As a voracious reader whose acquired tastes constantly changes, my feelings for Dean and Liv, however, have never wavered. This married couple’s journey was emotionally tumultuous, intensely passionate, and their love is one of those rare, special, incomparable loves that lasts for an eternity.
This book picks up right after the events of book 2 where Dean faces the imminent crisis of having to leave Liv. In the past, no matter what happened or who stood in their way, Dean and Liv have always been able to stand their ground because they were together. Now with Dean leaving, they are at a loss.
“I don’t know where we go from here.”
“I don’t know either. But why does either of us have to know? There doesn’t always have to be a plan.”
“Yes, there does.” - Dean and Liv
Nevertheless, they do separate for the time being, but are always on each other’s mind. The way that a picture will remind them of a distant memory, the way that a certain place brings back a joyous occasion, and the nights where both Liv and Dean have sexy, erotic dreams of coming back to each other – all of this and more was painstakingly breathtaking as they both explored the insecurities still festered within them, but at the same time, longed and ached for each other with a fervor and passion that only this couple could bring out.
“I’d had visions of our reunion – hot, sweaty, naked visions.” - Dean
Their reunion – short and priceless as is – is bittersweet. More and more problems from book 2 continue to shake Dean and Liv’s foundation, as well as buried insecurities come back to life and test the strength of their bond. It got to a point where I had to stop, pause and ask my boyfriend: “Can anything worse happen to this couple? This couple that only wants to be left alone and simply love each other?” Not ashamed to say this, but this third book made me bawl like a baby. The raw, undeniable need and connection Dean and Liv have...it’s unparalleled. Dean’s alluring magnetism. Liv’s seductive innocence. Together, their exquisite, enthralling love for each other. It’s truly a spiral of bliss.
“Somehow, always, everything is okay when it’s just the two of us alone together.” - Dean
But it’s not enough. At least, not then. Not when Dean is on the verge of losing his esteemed job and reputation and Liv battling a past she never foresaw coming into the present.
“We look at each other. We both feel it, the sharp invasion of the rest of the world into our space.”
For all the obstacles that they had, I never for a second doubted Dean and Liv’s end outcome. Throughout this book, I found myself falling over and over and over again with them. I fell in love with Dean’s fierce protective and possessive nature. I fell in love with Liv’s gentle, kind heart, and most of all, I fell in love with how they fell in love with each other, completely and irrevocably all over again.
This is one phenomenally well-crafted love story that will have its own special place in my heart, and though the books are over, their love isn't. Their story is one I can read over and over again and NEVER tire of.
“You and me, professor.”
“You and me, beauty.”
ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for an honest review. Please note that all quotes are from an advanced copy and may be subject to change in the final edition.
~Review by Feifei
*PURCHASE LINKS*
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See full series reading order and purchase books 1 and 2 for just $.99!
SERIES READING ORDER
*PURCHASE LINKS*
AMAZON US LINK
AMAZON UK LINK
See full series reading order and purchase books 1 and 2 for just $.99!
SERIES READING ORDER
*ABOUT THE AUTHOR*
USA Today bestselling author Nina Lane writes hot, sexy romances and spicy erotica. Originally from California, she loves traveling and thinks St. Petersburg, Russia is a city everyone should visit at least once. Nina also spent many years in graduate school studying art history and library sciences.
Although she would go back for another degree if she could because she's that much of a bookworm, she now lives the happy life of a full-time writer. Nina's novel The Erotic Dark hit #1 on Amazon's Erotica Bestseller list, and Allure is a USA Today Bestseller.
*GIVEAWAY*
Tour-Wide Giveaway
Feifei! I can't tell you what your review means to me - I'm so thrilled that you love Liv and Dean so much and that the ending of their story resonated with you, especially as I really wanted to give them they ending I thought they deserved. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such an incredibly thoughtful review, and to Forever Me for participating in the blog tour. I'm beyond grateful for the support and praise - thank you thank you! ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read these they sound awesome Thank you for the giveaway.
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