Braelyn
I’m nobody. Homeless, afraid of my own shadow and haunted by memories. I went through the motions, but I wasn’t living. Until him. He made me live again. He became my everything. Until he came back. The man that caused me to live in my own personal hell for years.
Ethan
Brae is broken. She’s haunted by memories. I saw the fire in her eyes flicker and it was enough. It consumed me. I was determined to see her thrive. I didn’t expect to fall in love with her and that it would become everything. Nothing will stop me from protecting her. He will pay for her pain.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING…
“EEEKKK!!! Just freaking WOW!!! **sigh** Ms. LeAnn nailed it again!” ~5 Star Review by Ms. Me28
“Ms. Ashers will have you enthralled from start to finish with Loving His Forever and wanting to read the next book…” ~5 Star Review by April (Goodreads)
Loving His Forever is a amazing story about emotional and physical healing, and the undeniable power of LOVE. How with the help, support, care and love of someone you can overcome anything.
We got our first glimpse into this couple and their story in Protecting His Forever and I was immediately drawn to them and curious about their tale.
Three years prior to the events in this book, something terrible happened to Braelyn. Her sexual assault not only stole the thing she was saving for her ‘one and only’, and stripped her away from everything, but coupled with her horrible childhood, it was her breaking point. She saw no hope for her future and ran away and lived on the streets, barely surviving from day to day.
Being broken inside, being empty, is a horrible feeling. Pity is something you can’t help but feel. I was raped. I hate that word. That word destroyed me. Took my innocence, my life, everything I worked hard for.
When her worst nightmare catches up with her, and she manages to barely escape, she sees no other way than to ask her best friend Sidney for help. What she didn’t expect was that this help comes in the form of the delicious cop, Ethan, Sidney’s brother.
A protector by nature, Ethan immediately comes to the rescue, ready for anything. That is, except being knocked on his ass by the very sight of Braelyn.
She nods and then smiles at me. And just like that, I’m a fucking goner.
And valiantly embraces this feeling. Braelyn becomes the center of his world, and her healing, emotional and physical, as well as her happiness and smile, become his life’s mission.
It was definitely not an easy battle, Brae had so many healing to do, and so many barriers to overcome, but Ethan was there for her, every second, always her rock, and never demanding or pushing for anything in return.
“Braelyn, you deserve so much more than the life you have been dealt. I see you. I see a strong-ass woman who has fought as hard as she can. I can see the fire in your eyes still in the depths, wanting to come out. What happened to you doesn’t define who you are. You can’t control what’s happened to you, no matter how much we want to.”
I loved both characters, so much, and Braelyn broke my heart with her pain and struggles, but she showed how strong we can arise even when we see no hope or future. But Ethan, WOW, he knocked it out of the park in the hero department. He was absolutely PERFECT!!! So much so that he was catapulted directly to my list of best book boyfriends. He had not one moment of hesitation and the way he treated Brae, like she was the most precious and unique thing in the world (for him, she was) completely stole my heart… Absolutely dreamy… Sigh…
The story is beautifully told, and it shows the incredible development of the characters. I truly felt what Brae and Ethan were feeling, and I cried, laughed and rejoice with every step they took into their relationship, and into an epic LOVE.
The secondary characters were just as amazing and the subplot gave us some extra spice in the story. My only wish, and hence the not full 5 stars, was that the action part was not so sudden, that the mistery, the villain discovery and side plot had not been so abruptly unveiled and solved, in the last chapter of the book. It felt a bit to fast, like something more was missing. But that is just a minor detail in all this wonderful story, and that epilogue was superb. I couldn’t be swooning more, because come on, I love an amazing HEA, and these two more than deserved it!
LeAnn Ashers created a brilliant story in this book, and considering it’s her second one, it proves her immense potential. With all the bits and teases we got from so many other interesting characters, I can’t wait for what comes next! I have no doubt that like this one, it will be a MUST READ!!!
Ethan has branded himself into my soul. When we’re apart, it feels like my heart is missing a part of itself. He owns the other half of it. The way he smiles, laughs, holds me at night protectively. He makes love to me like it’s his last day on earth.
ARC kindly provided by the author via Enticing Book Journey Promotions in exchange for an honest review
LeAnn Asher’s is a blogger turned author who spends her days reading and writing She released her debut novel early 2016, and can’t wait to where this new adventure takes her. LeAnn writes about strong minded females and strong protective males who love their women unconditionally.
