4 ½ Auh-Mazing stars
“Nate...he was a prince. A dirty talking,smart dressing, sexy as hell, renegade modern day prince.” ~ Camille
Audrey Carlan has rounded out her Falling Series with the last installment called Justice Falling. This final book is no less sexy, angsty, nor lovely then Angel Falling or London Falling. This series is not one to miss and in Justice Falling, we get to know Nate Stone from the Stone, Walker & Associates law firm, and Camille Johnston, both characters we met in London Falling.
Insta-love, well instant connection at least, is what drives one Nate Stone to pursue the lovely Camille. At first glance, Cami is nothing like the Reynolds sisters that are featured in the first two books of the Falling series. Cami comes from a completely opposite background and is working two jobs trying to forge a better life for herself and her son. But this young and fairly innocent women shares the same fortitude that makes the Reynolds sisters standout.
Cami’s lived a relatively solitary life and vows that nothing of her true personal life will be shared with her employer or impinge on her work life at all. But how the mighty fall and most assuredly when confronted by a sexy and saucy Brit. Enter one Nathaniel Stone.Surprisingly, something about Nate drives Cami to embrace the “ live in the now” and all the affection and attention that Nate bestows upon her is quickly embraced. When Nate swoops in to sweep Cami off her feet, she goes willingly, but withholds some pretty major things about herself, most importantly that she has a child. She also withholds the true nature of her second job as her shame is so great she believes Nate would never want her if he knew what she did part time, or that she had a child.
Audrey Carlan’s Justice Falling captures the innocence of young Cami, who has held herself away from the dating scene. Even with a child and a second job that would make most new suitors question her relative innocence, that is exactly what and who she is, an innocent. Cami is devoted to her son and the life she and Jin ( her best friend and roommate) have built. With this she is truly surrounded with love and has aptly built her life, their lives, using a set of rules that create boundaries, all of which will be tested upon her meeting Nate Stone. Camille is a delightful young women, with her share of hardships living in the foster care system and with an unexpected pregnancy at 18. She had no strong and true experience with love and devotion while growing up, and yet she forges this amazing family. This little cocoon shows that she really has the tools for love, she’s just been shafted by life circumstances. She’s emotional with all the highs and lows one would expect for a character in her situation and at her age.
Nate is no less Alpha male then the previous hero’s in the Falling series. With these men, when they see what the want they go wholeheartedly forward to obtain it. Nate has even less experience than Hank or Collier in the love department as he has never attached himself a a female for more than anything then a good time time. To this point in his life, Nates' libido and emotions had been simple: “Usually, I saw an attractive bird, went after her, and bedded her”. But with his exposure to multiple the couples he was now surrounded by, and via the organic connection and chemistry he and Camille share, Nate recognizes a new desire to “belong” to someone. Nate and Camille are tested by her omissions, but then are pushed even further by her past and an unforeseeable and very unfortunate connection. But Nate is a man of his word and he doesn't let us down. Of course, there are a few moments of tear your hair out angst, but thankfully these are resolved fairly quickly.
Told with alternating chapters and views of both Cami and Nate, we really get inside each of their heads and hearts. I always love getting this 360 view of a newly forming couple, heck of any couple, and Audrey does an amazing job giving us the thought processes and emotional sides of both characters. One of my favorite elements in Audrey’s writing is the dialogue, in particular is the banter shared mostly between the male characters. With the inclusion of Nate into the series, we get to see some delightful and witty banter between the Brit brothers, Nate and Collier. I thought nothing could top Hank and Oliver…
The Falling series is truly an example of “six degrees of separation” and this is all crafted together in a strong manner. I’m sad to say so long to this little troupe, Aspen and Hank, London and Collier, and now Camille and Nate, but I am thankful I've been introduced to Audrey’s writing and storytelling and look forward to see what rabbit she pulls out of the hat in her next writing endeavor.
4 ½ Auh-Mazing Stars to Justice Falling and my recommendation for the entire Falling series as a wonderful, not to be missed read in the romance/erotic genre.