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Pain Lived Series #2
Pain Lived, Love Found 2
Sarah Paris never had an easy life, but she took those lemons that life gave her and turned them into her special brew of hard knocks liquor. It’s the kind of liquor that never goes down easy and always burns. It matched Sarah’s brash, selfish personality; a personality that didn’t think twice about sleeping with her sister’s boyfriends or using men to get what she wanted. Life was unkind to her, so why not dish it back? Distancing herself from her family, she embarked on a secret life that introduced her to a world that would ultimately crush her.Sarah fought for her life and her sanity with the help of her best friend, Sandy, and her baby sister, Sloane. As she’s piecing her life back together, Sarah meets Roman Mancini, a man who awakened in her everything she'd hardened her heart to. He made her want things out of life that she always felt were unattainable, and he made her feel things that she never felt before - until someone from her past not only threatens her happiness, but her life and the lives of the ones she loves.Roman Mancini has a past that he worked long and hard to leave behind him. He’s a successful business developer who moved from New York to Detroit to help rebuild the inner city hit hardest by the economic downfall. However, someone behind the scenes is hindering his plans, and when he uncovers who it is, he realizes that it goes deeper than he thought. In the meantime, in the unlikeliest of circumstances, Roman meets a beautiful woman who instantly fascinates, infuriates, and turns him on all at the same time - Sarah Paris. As they get to know each other, they find out that their pasts are intertwined and things become very dangerous for both of them. Roman vows to protect Sarah and her family and does everything in his power to do so.Will Sarah be able to tackle the pain of her past so she can have a future with Roman? And will Roman be able to once and for all put his past behind him with the hopes of starting a new life with Sarah?
329 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 12, 2015
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Thalia Lake
4 books36 followersI began writing at the age of nine. I wrote short, funny stories for my siblings to read and laugh at. I kept writing ever since keeping journals and diaries. In the late 90's I began writing stories but never shared them with anyone else. In 2008 I was encouraged to take writing seriously by many people who have read snippets of my work. My confidence wasn't there so I hemmed and hawed until 2013. That's when I began writing seriously on my first novel Choosey Lovers. I took a leap of faith, submitted my work to a publisher and here I am today! I love reading more than anything else, and I love well written, well thought out books. I'm a romantic at heart so those are primarily the books that I read. I love interracial love stories and exploring that dynamic, so that's what I write about. I hope you enjoy my work.
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October 17, 2015
This Sarah's story. I wanted to read Sarah's story because she was painted as the awful traitor of a sister to her sisters in Pain Lived, Love Found Sloan's story.
I am glad the author was able to share with us what happened to Sarah to make her the woman she was and the pain that drove her actions which no-one in her family knew about. She came from the same dysfunctional family as Sloane but the dysfunction impacted Sarah in a different way.
Sarah meets Roman who we discover has Mafia connections just like Luca and his family (Sloan's husband) and they are aware of each other's families. Roman is a strong man who has experienced his own share of pain and could relate to Sarah. I wish there was more focus in the book on Sarah's relationship with Roman, on them being a couple and working through their issues together. However all the minor characters in the story who showed Sarah love needed to be talked about too.
Sarah's story did not impact me in the same way as Sloane's story did. However, the same theme ran through this book which is a woman who loved her cheating husband more than she cared about the welfare of her own children! This will never cease to amaze me how women can do this, sacrifice their innocent children for a man and a no good one at that!
I was glad that Sarah's story showed the siblings all maintaining strong relationships with each other and that they survived their experiences to become productive citizens in society.
A great story!
I am glad the author was able to share with us what happened to Sarah to make her the woman she was and the pain that drove her actions which no-one in her family knew about. She came from the same dysfunctional family as Sloane but the dysfunction impacted Sarah in a different way.
Sarah meets Roman who we discover has Mafia connections just like Luca and his family (Sloan's husband) and they are aware of each other's families. Roman is a strong man who has experienced his own share of pain and could relate to Sarah. I wish there was more focus in the book on Sarah's relationship with Roman, on them being a couple and working through their issues together. However all the minor characters in the story who showed Sarah love needed to be talked about too.
Sarah's story did not impact me in the same way as Sloane's story did. However, the same theme ran through this book which is a woman who loved her cheating husband more than she cared about the welfare of her own children! This will never cease to amaze me how women can do this, sacrifice their innocent children for a man and a no good one at that!
I was glad that Sarah's story showed the siblings all maintaining strong relationships with each other and that they survived their experiences to become productive citizens in society.
A great story!
October 15, 2015
Roman & Sarah's story- BRAB ONLINE BOOK CLUB
This author is relatively new to me, but after reading her first book which chronicled Sloane's story, I couldn't wait to read this one. I am pleased to say it is well worth reading.
Sarah Paris was regarded as the most dysfunctional of a highly dysfunctional family. The abuse she and her siblings endured at the hands of their parents, brings tears to my eyes. What was not evident in the first book was the level of pain she experienced; which led to some very destructive behavior. It also did not show that most of those behaviors were just how it was perceived by others.
Roman Mancini is a man determined to leave a life of crime behind him and become a better person. From the time he and Sarah met, there was instant chemistry. Both were two headstrong, stubborn people, but that combination led to an explosive relationship.
I enjoyed this book so much that I will be on the lookout for future projects.
This author is relatively new to me, but after reading her first book which chronicled Sloane's story, I couldn't wait to read this one. I am pleased to say it is well worth reading.
Sarah Paris was regarded as the most dysfunctional of a highly dysfunctional family. The abuse she and her siblings endured at the hands of their parents, brings tears to my eyes. What was not evident in the first book was the level of pain she experienced; which led to some very destructive behavior. It also did not show that most of those behaviors were just how it was perceived by others.
Roman Mancini is a man determined to leave a life of crime behind him and become a better person. From the time he and Sarah met, there was instant chemistry. Both were two headstrong, stubborn people, but that combination led to an explosive relationship.
I enjoyed this book so much that I will be on the lookout for future projects.
October 16, 2015
Awesome Story
I was happy to see that Sarah got herself together. This was an eye opening and heartfelt story dealing with someone who was damage because of abuse but over came it with family and finding love. My only disappointment is she and Roman would not have at least one biological child. I have no problem with adoption but I knew he wanted his own and I thought she would surprise him later, everyone got what they wanted why not him.
I was happy to see that Sarah got herself together. This was an eye opening and heartfelt story dealing with someone who was damage because of abuse but over came it with family and finding love. My only disappointment is she and Roman would not have at least one biological child. I have no problem with adoption but I knew he wanted his own and I thought she would surprise him later, everyone got what they wanted why not him.
September 18, 2017
A Long Time Coming. (Little Girl Lost Finally Healed)
Roman and Sarah were meant to be together forever. They had so much in common. Through everything they went through drugs prostitution backstabbing killing. They never judged one another. The love Sarah and Sloane 2 sisters finally coming to gather after all these years due to misunderstanding. Book talks about the pain that Sarah carried for years just by what people thought of her and only to find out she had been raped. I can honestly see the reason she changed to being someone else. Roman had his flaws to due to family especially also. Mob ties he had to get away from. Sandy is the perfect person who stuck by Sarah through all of her demons. Luca you got to love him. The problem was in part 1 the book really never just actually spoke of mafia ties. But anyway marvelous book. Also you got to love Ace. I kinda felt sorry for Leo for having a crush on Sarah and knew there was not a chance for them. But I loved Sarah for wanting to do things on her own. She's not lost anymore. This has been long time coming to be finally loved and free of pain👍
Roman and Sarah were meant to be together forever. They had so much in common. Through everything they went through drugs prostitution backstabbing killing. They never judged one another. The love Sarah and Sloane 2 sisters finally coming to gather after all these years due to misunderstanding. Book talks about the pain that Sarah carried for years just by what people thought of her and only to find out she had been raped. I can honestly see the reason she changed to being someone else. Roman had his flaws to due to family especially also. Mob ties he had to get away from. Sandy is the perfect person who stuck by Sarah through all of her demons. Luca you got to love him. The problem was in part 1 the book really never just actually spoke of mafia ties. But anyway marvelous book. Also you got to love Ace. I kinda felt sorry for Leo for having a crush on Sarah and knew there was not a chance for them. But I loved Sarah for wanting to do things on her own. She's not lost anymore. This has been long time coming to be finally loved and free of pain👍
April 7, 2024
They were resilient, they survived!
They lived through pain as children and as adults, as a result of that childhood, they lived through pain as adults. The Paris siblings were all each other had for support and love. They did more than survive, especially Sarah, who really had a hard life. Her sister Sloan was right when she said something happened to Sarah to make her into the person she turned into. Sarah had been haunted by nightmares of her assault. She self medicated the only way she knew how. Her best friend Sandy, helped her to get clean because she saw what was underneath the hurt and her potential. It was not until she met Roman Mancini did she have the desire to extricate her mind of her demons with counseling.
Little did she know that Roman was battling some of the same demons. He did not want to run Sarah away with his ultra alpha personality. He left his family's way of life to stay on the straight and narrow after he got tired of being his family's muscle. What was so crucial to Sarah and Roman's relationship was their complete honesty about themselves. Neither one of them backed away from the other after hearing the truth. Roman would do anything for Sarah, and his hand was forced to take a step back into the world he left behind in order to protect Sarah and have a future with her.
Thalia wrote a very heartbreaking story about a woman's survival of rape and her journey through life back to normalcy to find the love of her life. Reading that scene was very hard for me to read. The description of the incident was just too real for me. My heart broke for Sarah. It was also a story about a man cleaning up his life and becoming successful in a legitimate business, but he is ready after all he's done to have his own HEA.
I would have thought that the author would have saved Ace and Lola's story for their own book. Perhaps there could be one about her parents. I would love to read a story of how they got together.
They lived through pain as children and as adults, as a result of that childhood, they lived through pain as adults. The Paris siblings were all each other had for support and love. They did more than survive, especially Sarah, who really had a hard life. Her sister Sloan was right when she said something happened to Sarah to make her into the person she turned into. Sarah had been haunted by nightmares of her assault. She self medicated the only way she knew how. Her best friend Sandy, helped her to get clean because she saw what was underneath the hurt and her potential. It was not until she met Roman Mancini did she have the desire to extricate her mind of her demons with counseling.
Little did she know that Roman was battling some of the same demons. He did not want to run Sarah away with his ultra alpha personality. He left his family's way of life to stay on the straight and narrow after he got tired of being his family's muscle. What was so crucial to Sarah and Roman's relationship was their complete honesty about themselves. Neither one of them backed away from the other after hearing the truth. Roman would do anything for Sarah, and his hand was forced to take a step back into the world he left behind in order to protect Sarah and have a future with her.
Thalia wrote a very heartbreaking story about a woman's survival of rape and her journey through life back to normalcy to find the love of her life. Reading that scene was very hard for me to read. The description of the incident was just too real for me. My heart broke for Sarah. It was also a story about a man cleaning up his life and becoming successful in a legitimate business, but he is ready after all he's done to have his own HEA.
I would have thought that the author would have saved Ace and Lola's story for their own book. Perhaps there could be one about her parents. I would love to read a story of how they got together.
October 17, 2015
Wonderful Sequel!
Where do I begin? Sarah is/was something else! She was forgiven for things that most people would be cursed to hell for, but considering her family background and how the Paris kids parents aren't in their lives, I kind of understand why Sloane forgave her sister. They are all they have. The theme of getting help and forgiveness was the mainstay of this story from start to finish. Sarah and Roman not jumping into bed right away was very realistic and refreshing for me because Sarah still had a lot to work through and Roman was a gentleman in recognizing how vulnerable Sarah was. I also liked that this was an older couple and the issue of infertility was addressed. Adoption is a wonderful gift to give a child, and I'm glad both Sarah and Roman were open to it. Mr. Sullivan should have been erased from the face of the earth!! Ugh!! Otherwise this was another real, touching, well written story. I look forward to more books from Ms. Lake. I highly recommend this book.
Where do I begin? Sarah is/was something else! She was forgiven for things that most people would be cursed to hell for, but considering her family background and how the Paris kids parents aren't in their lives, I kind of understand why Sloane forgave her sister. They are all they have. The theme of getting help and forgiveness was the mainstay of this story from start to finish. Sarah and Roman not jumping into bed right away was very realistic and refreshing for me because Sarah still had a lot to work through and Roman was a gentleman in recognizing how vulnerable Sarah was. I also liked that this was an older couple and the issue of infertility was addressed. Adoption is a wonderful gift to give a child, and I'm glad both Sarah and Roman were open to it. Mr. Sullivan should have been erased from the face of the earth!! Ugh!! Otherwise this was another real, touching, well written story. I look forward to more books from Ms. Lake. I highly recommend this book.
October 24, 2015
In Pain Lived, Love Found 2, author Thalia Lake gives us Sarah's story. As the oldest of the six children of dysfunctional Paris siblings. No one really knew the pain behind Sarah's eyes, I totally wish that she would have cut that rat bastard gym teacher's ball off and fed them to him. What kind of warped sadistic mind takes his frustrations of what happen to him out on a child, I would have told. Sarah's childhood and most of her adult life was troublesome.
As Sarah starts to turn her life around she meets Roman as his "date" to a business function, things between them start off as heated as they began. Roman is all alpha male and let's Sarah know that he doesn't play games. As trouble walks back into their lives in the form of Sarah's drug dealer ex and Roman'e nemesis Carter Williams, these two find that they want each other as have never wanted anything more.
As Sarah starts to turn her life around she meets Roman as his "date" to a business function, things between them start off as heated as they began. Roman is all alpha male and let's Sarah know that he doesn't play games. As trouble walks back into their lives in the form of Sarah's drug dealer ex and Roman'e nemesis Carter Williams, these two find that they want each other as have never wanted anything more.
October 23, 2015
Sarah is amazing.
This book touched me in so many ways. It shows that no matter what life you have led, redemption is possible if you want it. I so loved how Sarah's life was not all flowers and sunshine but even through all her pain she was able to bring herself out of the hell called her life. It showed we never know why someone lives the way they do and we shouldn't be so quick to judge and throw relationships away. Sarah and Roman are a inspiration to all who think their past dictates their future. This book is not just a love story, it's a story that says your pain is not who you are, your healing is. And there's hidden strengths in all of us.
So thank you for one of the best reads I've had this year. Great job!!!!
This book touched me in so many ways. It shows that no matter what life you have led, redemption is possible if you want it. I so loved how Sarah's life was not all flowers and sunshine but even through all her pain she was able to bring herself out of the hell called her life. It showed we never know why someone lives the way they do and we shouldn't be so quick to judge and throw relationships away. Sarah and Roman are a inspiration to all who think their past dictates their future. This book is not just a love story, it's a story that says your pain is not who you are, your healing is. And there's hidden strengths in all of us.
So thank you for one of the best reads I've had this year. Great job!!!!
May 8, 2018
Good turnaround story
This book is a good turnaround story. Sarah faces a lot in her childhood and adult life. She dealt with abuse of every variety, causing her to feel and deal with a lot of pain. However, she inflicted pain on to others, especially her sister Sloane, because she wanted others to feel like she felt. Sarah participated in a lot of things to survive and they all weren't the best situations. When she did her best friend a favor, she ended up meeting the love of her life. But to be truly happy and free, she had to heal from her past experiences, hurt, and pain. She had to face her demons and make amends with her family. Sarah turned her life around and was finally awarded with love and affection that she never had before.
This book is a good turnaround story. Sarah faces a lot in her childhood and adult life. She dealt with abuse of every variety, causing her to feel and deal with a lot of pain. However, she inflicted pain on to others, especially her sister Sloane, because she wanted others to feel like she felt. Sarah participated in a lot of things to survive and they all weren't the best situations. When she did her best friend a favor, she ended up meeting the love of her life. But to be truly happy and free, she had to heal from her past experiences, hurt, and pain. She had to face her demons and make amends with her family. Sarah turned her life around and was finally awarded with love and affection that she never had before.
October 21, 2015
I love this book more than the first one.I love all the siblings have so much love toward each other despite of the shitty upbringing.Finally all the girls got their men tht love them unconditionally.
October 26, 2015
Loved this series
This sequel was a good follow up. It touched on some real life issues that people who have made some very bad decisions life face on a day to day basis. The pain lived and n love that was found for each of the characters just poured out of the pages!!!
This sequel was a good follow up. It touched on some real life issues that people who have made some very bad decisions life face on a day to day basis. The pain lived and n love that was found for each of the characters just poured out of the pages!!!
November 13, 2015
It was okay
It was ok. I didn't enjoy this as much as I enjoyed the first book. I'm glad Sarah got her story so that we could finally figure out why she was the way she was but it just didn't spark an interest that the first book did.
It was ok. I didn't enjoy this as much as I enjoyed the first book. I'm glad Sarah got her story so that we could finally figure out why she was the way she was but it just didn't spark an interest that the first book did.
July 27, 2016
Love found
This was an excellent part two. So many questions and issues that were brought up in part one were answered in this book. I am so proud of Sarah and her resiliency. Everyone found love in the end. Great story from a great author.
This was an excellent part two. So many questions and issues that were brought up in part one were answered in this book. I am so proud of Sarah and her resiliency. Everyone found love in the end. Great story from a great author.
October 15, 2015
Excellent
This book was good from the beginning to the end. I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book.
This book was good from the beginning to the end. I really enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book.
October 16, 2015
Reclaimed love found
October 25, 2015
Nice
I found the story good but a bit slow at the start. Eventually it all was nicely wrapped up in the end.
I found the story good but a bit slow at the start. Eventually it all was nicely wrapped up in the end.
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