Hayley and Parker are twenty-one-year-old cousins. Their parents have shared a home since the day they were born.
Hayley and Parker have shared everything, straight down to their birthday’s.
Even though it’s warped, they have fallen in love, and operate as if they are one. They're as close as a couple can become, leaving no space for anybody or anything to come in between them.
What happens when catastrophe hits and shreds Hayley to a million pieces? Will, it put distance between Hayley and Parker or will it draw the cousins closer together?
Hayley will go through many emotions. Only this time she doesn’t share them with her cousin, Parker. She pushes everybody away from her, including the love of her life.
Everyone assumes the unthinkable can never happen to them and overlooks the slightest situations in life. This is Hayley’s story, a young girl who never imagined the unimaginable until it happened to her.
We all heard of the bad guy, who gets that happily ever after when he doesn’t warrant one. So, is it possible for A Real Hero to have a happily-ever-after?
*No Incest — Not blood-related.* *Trigger warning — Dark Erotic — Mature Audience Only*
Great Storyline! A great storyline that was edgy and emotionally gripping for this 4 Stars but I'm a read it once and done firm believer! An intriguing storyline that I stuck with up to chapter 10 and then threw my hands up and said I'm done!!!! I've never been so irritated or stopped reading a book but 70% of this read is re-reading the same thing over and over again. Anyone that is an avid reader will say that one of there biggest pet peeves is having the writer shove the same lines at you on repeat as if you aren't intelligent enough to to pick up on what happened how it happen and why it happened. I do not need to read it 50 plus times trying to convince me of the point you are trying desperately to get across is just a waste of my time. I'm not a child and if I were I still would not need for the same exact words to constantly be brought up or be reminded of the same thing over and over again like a broken record stuck on repeat to fully understand the logistics of this story. I believe in read it once and be done occasionally a max of no more than 4 times but this is clearly by far out of my league or I'm just not smart enough to go along with wanting to keep re-reading the same dialogue. No thanks, I'll break that record and throw it in the recycle bin!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Hayley and Parker, 21-year-old "cousins", have fallen in love. After the revelation of their love to the family, a brutal attack occurs and their story of healing begins. They have to figure out how to come together to get back to the love they once felt. The family has to figure out how to be there for each other and the young couple as well. The plot was solid and the content relevant. For this to have been a truly stellar read, the story would have had to have been written true to its region and research on a few topics would be helpful. The family is from Arkansas, but then it changes to Alabama. They are southern either way. The verbiage chosen throughout 75% to 80% of this story severely disrupted the flow. I'm a Southerner and we don't usually refer to young men as lads. For example this comment from one of the mothers regarding give the father's needs after hearing some disturbing news "Provide him with a little space to accommodate to this. " I believe "acclimate" would have been a better choice. OR, "I couldn't discard you from my mind". Incorrect verbiage also made an attack scene and its aftermath less intense than it should have been. A few other areas that would have improved the story would be developing the characters, making the reactions to certain situations more believable and adding depth to the story by filling in the missing holes would have aided in bringing the story a bit of realism. These changes would have pulled me in as a reader and allowed me to become invested in the characters and their outcome.
Random comments: What was the reason behind constantly reminding the reader that they are "cousins" every other page? What was going on with the attacker during the hallway scene if everyone is attending to the victim? The victim and attacker are kept under the same roof for at least one night. The victim was expected to rest? No one batted an eye at the murder? The overly dramatic reaction of Parker falling to his knees and crying out in the hospital after a verbal dressing down by Stephanie over his wife's mental state was out of place. I would not substitute the word complicated for hard in certain situations i.e. "it' complicated as f**k to keep my hands off her"
I think the author had a great story that got lost somewhere in translation. This is one I would love to see pulled, re-edited and then re-released.