The third book in the beloved #1 bestselling author’s sexy, romantic suspense Slow Burn series…
They say young love doesn’t last, but a girl from the wrong side of the tracks with unique abilities and the hometown golden boy were determined to defy the odds. For Zack Covington, Anna-Grace—his “Gracie”—was the one. Until one night forever alters the course of their future, when a devastated Gracie disappears without a trace, leaving Zack to agonize over what happened to the girl he loved. As the years pass, his desperate efforts to find her uncovered nothing.
Now working for Devereaux Security, he stumbles across a painting featuring a special place only he and Gracie would know. The image is too perfectly rendered for it to be coincidence. His Gracie must be alive. When he finally tracks her down, he is shocked—and heart-broken—to discover the wounded shell of the girl he once knew and still loves. Her psychic gifts are gone, and worse, she believes he betrayed her all those years ago.
Zack has enemies, and once his weakness is discovered, Gracie becomes a target for revenge. He’ll have to save her before he can earn her trust and her love. And he vows they’ll never be torn apart again.
5 star
I
was given this ARC for an honest review.
This
is book 3 in the Slow Burn series. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books
Keep Me Safe and In His Keeping and in fact I loved Safe At Last so much that I
couldn’t put it down; I had to read it all in one go.
For
12 years Gracie has lived in fear and utter desolation knowing that the only
person she has ever loved (Zack) betrayed her in the most heinous way. For
those same 12 years Zack too lived in fear, gripped in terror wondering why
Gracie was torn from his life, his future destroyed, leaving him without a word.
Although a part of them hates the other, there is underlying love in both their
hearts, although I suspect that Gracie would deny that emphatically.
A
chance meeting brings these two face to face again when Devereaux Security Services
(DSS) is asked to provide security at an art exhibition of an unknown artist. Can
you imagine the shock when Zack and Gracie (the unknown artist) see each other
for the first time in 12 years? Zack is incredulous and Gracie collapses after
being paralysed with fear when she sees Zack. The terror in her eyes breaks his
heart. He cannot understand her reaction. Lies, deceit, treachery and miss
communication abound between Zack and his Gracie.
An
enemy of Zack’s and the DSS rears its ugly head when Gracie is caught in the
crossfire with devastating consequences. Secrets will be revealed with such
anguish that as a reader I was heartbroken as the story unfolded.
What
an emotional roller coaster this book was to read. It deals with some extremely
heavy issues and I must say that Maya Banks wrote them with great integrity. At
no stage did I feel that they had been included for sensationalism. They were
an integral core to the story of Zack Covington and Anna -Grace (Gracie to
Zack).
This
book is one that touched me to the depths of my soul. So many layers, so much
heartache but through it all is Zack's determination to seek out the truth and
see justice, not only for Gracie but himself and to hold those responsible to
account.
Zack
and Gracie do eventually get to their happily ever after, however what they
have to endure is almost too much and I cheered long and loud when they finally
made it. If ever a couple deserved to find happiness again, it was these two.
I
cannot wait to read more in this series and hopefully we won’t have to wait too
long. Who will be next I wonder?
I
love Maya Bank’s writing and this book to me is another winner.
Maya Banks lives in Texas with her husband, three children and assortment of pets. When she's not writing, she can be found hunting, fishing or playing poker.
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