The first in a new three book series from Ghiselle St. James:
This is not a fairytale. This is not a story of a woman who is perfect. This is not the story of a perfect couple that sails off into the sunset. This is gritty. This is frustrating. This is heartbreaking. This is my story, hard as it may be to tell.
**********
My name is Sullivan Beal – at least, that’s what I tell people – and I live life by my own rules. Most of my adult life has been spent hiding from my past. That is, until I meet HIM face-to-face.
Ben Hayes is the demanding C.O.O. who is hell-bent on having me for himself. But, I’m wrong for him. I know it, the universe knows it. If he ever found out who I really am, how utterly tainted I am, he wouldn’t waste his time wanting me.
There are things in my past that would destroy everyone in my wake. But Ben is relentless, trying to break down the walls around my heart that a messy past has caused me to construct. It’s a pity he doesn’t know…I am too tainted for love.
“Love isn’t for me, and my kind of love is too tainted, too blemished to share with anyone.”
I was hooked from the get go
of this book. It grabs you and before
you blink you are at the end and craving for more. The characters are well developed and you
feel you are there. Sullivan knows what she has and uses it
to her advantage. Ben is you typical
alpha male. The chemistry between these
two are explosive.
Sullivan tries to fight the
connection between them to protect Ben from her past. The past will always come back to haunt
you. She tries to find the right time to
tell him but the question is, will it ever be the right time? Ben is everything
you want in an alpha male with a twist. He knows what he wants and doesn’t mess
around. He chases after Sully
relentlessly. He will use whatever he has to to achieve his goal and is not
afraid to change or admit he is wrong.
Will they get past the walls
that Sullivan has built? Will she finally tell him of her past? And will he be
forgiving or walk away when he finds out? Check it out and see. I cannot wait for the next book due to the
end having me on the edge of my seat. I
am craving for more.
~~Kellie~~
This isn't a perfect story. It's gritty, dark, frustrating but beautiful. Love isn't all hearts and flowers and bullshit declarations that are hollow and empty. If you love someone, you have to PROVE you're worth they're love. The road to happily ever after is paved with mistakes and horrible decisions...don't hold mine against me.
*******
Sullivan: I have been captured by the only person I hate in this life; a person that I once foolishly loved. He is poison to me. Will I ever be free of him? Will I ever see Rachel again? Will I ever see my parents, my brother again? And Ben...will he ever know how I feel about him? So many wasted days I spent resisting him. A tear trickles down my face at that; because as I see Rick shaking that needle with a wicked gleam in his eye, I know this is the last time anyone will ever see me alive.
*******
Ben: I've worked very hard to maintain this control I have, but in just a few weeks Sullivan Beal came into my life and toppled my carefully constructed walls, and for a moment I didn't care. Now that she is out of my life, I should be happy...but all I can do is think about her; how I miss her smile and how she made me feel free. I have to get her back. The love I have for her may not be perfect, but our relationship scarcely is. And that's what makes it perfect. She may be tainted with demons from her past that she holds close to her chest, but I will free her from them; because as frustrating as my sweet girl is...I'm in this for the long haul. She might be broken, but I love her anyway. But one phone call...that dreaded phone call has me in a tailspin. Sullivan is kidnapped & it's a race against time to find her before he hurts her... Or worse...
Amazon UK
OMG!! I loved this
book better than the first. These two
have been through so much. They break up
in the first book. Ben goes back to his
was as Sully goes through hell and back.
Then you throw in the crazy ex. Ben
finally pulls his head out of his ass and goes sees Rachel to try and fix
things with Sully. But he gets the phone
call that crashes his world. Sully is kidnapped
and to top it off Rick, the crazy ex, had help from a person that is close to
them.
This book is mostly in Ben’s point of view so you get to see
this through his mind. I love the chemistry between these two. I adore these characters. This book picks up from where the first one
left you. I am looking forward to see
what the author has coming up next.
Ghiselle St. James is a Jamaican author who has a never-ending love for written thoughts: poetry, song lyrics and fiction. A songwriter by the age of 9, Ghiselle enjoys singing just as much as she loves writing. She has been writing erotic novels since she was 13 years old. Never mind that they went unpublished; she had something inside her that wanted to break free…and it helped that it made her popular with the boys (hehe). Writing has been her outlet for most of her life, and will continue to be.
Ghiselle lives in Jamaica with her husband, Chris, and her handsome baby, Panthro the cat. She works full time but always makes time for music, writing, reading and chatting on Goodreads.
Ugh, I hate talking about myself in the third person.
Anywho…
I went to the Jamaica Theological Seminary (haha, yes!) where I studied Social Work and graduated with honors in June 2010. Since then, the writer in me has reawakened and hasn’t gone to sleep. I completed my first novel in January of 2013 which led me into writing my debut novel South Row in March 2014.
I pray my passion brings you as much joy as it has brought me.
