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Being Yours #1
Never Letting You Go
When Avalynn fell in love with Cameron, she was sure he was the perfect man. Once she said I do, she realized it was all a lie.
Marrying Avalynn secured Cameron's future as the CEO of James Enterprise and cemented the lies he told.
After thinking they were finally going somewhere, Ava see's Cameron on the news, with his very pregnant ex-girlfriend. With the marriage contract up, Ava files for divorce.
There's just one problem--Cameron never wants to let her go, vowing to show her she's more than just a security deposit.
This is book 1 in a brand new Novella Series. Each book is totally Cliche and super cheesy ;) Also, all novella's will be standalones.
Approx 40Kwords
Marrying Avalynn secured Cameron's future as the CEO of James Enterprise and cemented the lies he told.
After thinking they were finally going somewhere, Ava see's Cameron on the news, with his very pregnant ex-girlfriend. With the marriage contract up, Ava files for divorce.
There's just one problem--Cameron never wants to let her go, vowing to show her she's more than just a security deposit.
This is book 1 in a brand new Novella Series. Each book is totally Cliche and super cheesy ;) Also, all novella's will be standalones.
Approx 40Kwords
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First published January 1, 2016
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Dawn Martens
56 books2,033 followersDawn Martens is a young, spunky Canadian Author. Being a wife to Colin, a mother to three beautiful little girls (Sarah (2007), Grace (2010), and Ava (2014)) and of course best friend to fellow author Glenna Maynard, hasn't stopped this Canadian Firecracker from pursuing her dreams of becoming a writer!
Dawn's number one passion in life is the written word, and she's extremely thankful that she has the ability to share the ramblings from the characters inside of her head with the rest of the world!
She also may or may not have the hugest girl crush on Author Kristen Ashley, who is her personal idol and helped inspire Dawn in the beginning of her Indie career.
Dawn's number one passion in life is the written word, and she's extremely thankful that she has the ability to share the ramblings from the characters inside of her head with the rest of the world!
She also may or may not have the hugest girl crush on Author Kristen Ashley, who is her personal idol and helped inspire Dawn in the beginning of her Indie career.
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June 23, 2023
What the ever loving f**k did I just read?
I didn't need for this to be a safe read, so to speak, but I certainly wasn't expecting this level of stupidity.
Something about the way she mentioned my date doesn’t sit right with me.
I wish she never overheard Becky and me talking that day. Things would be different. She’d never know about the marriage terms, and she could be under me, or over me, any time I wanted. But when she heard what we were saying, all of the hopes I had with her died.
I just wish I could make her see that I really do want her, and not just in name only.
Here's a clue for you, einstein. If you want to convince your wife of convenience that you'd like to take your relationship to the next level, don't bang other women. I know it's a revolutionary concept but I've heard it works.
I can't even with the ridiculousness that is this story. I don't need a safe book but I do need a well written, slightly believable book. This ain't it.
I didn't need for this to be a safe read, so to speak, but I certainly wasn't expecting this level of stupidity.
Something about the way she mentioned my date doesn’t sit right with me.
I wish she never overheard Becky and me talking that day. Things would be different. She’d never know about the marriage terms, and she could be under me, or over me, any time I wanted. But when she heard what we were saying, all of the hopes I had with her died.
I just wish I could make her see that I really do want her, and not just in name only.
Here's a clue for you, einstein. If you want to convince your wife of convenience that you'd like to take your relationship to the next level, don't bang other women. I know it's a revolutionary concept but I've heard it works.
I can't even with the ridiculousness that is this story. I don't need a safe book but I do need a well written, slightly believable book. This ain't it.
June 23, 2016
Completely idiotic plot aside, the writing itself is really, really lacking - I felt like I was reading a third grade book report. I would highly recommend a review of The Elements of Style for future efforts.
As for the continual H cheating and then his supposed true love of the h discovery - well, I have read more convincing HEA outcomes on bathroom walls -
Srsly, if you do a cheating romance, the cheater needs to redeem themselves in a massive way - when that doesn't happen the only thing left is disgust for the cheater and contempt for the cheated on who is too stupid to dump the skanky cheating nematode.
There are just no words for my boundless disgust for the h in this one who not only needed a backbone, she needed a whole skeleton and brain transplant.
I also have absolutely no respect for an idiot who thinks sticking around for a marriage after finding out that the man was using you is a great way to live - the disgust for this pathetic h really ruins the suspension of belief and the utter lack of a coherent time line with a logical series of plot points to follow means that the entire story is disjointed and practically incomprehensible.
I kept trying to figure out where the wormholes everyone was using were, the way the timeline bounced around, and I finally gave up at the 45 % point and skipped to the end as characters did complete 180's in a paragraph or less and I could't find proof that it was an evil clone substitute sub plot.
An outline with the purported plot and outcome at the beginning of this and future books would surely save a lot of frustration on the reader's part.
Between the nausea inducing H, the gut churning contempt for the h and the really disjointed and immature writing style, this book was a huge fail on multiple levels and pretty much removes this author from my library.
As for the continual H cheating and then his supposed true love of the h discovery - well, I have read more convincing HEA outcomes on bathroom walls -
Srsly, if you do a cheating romance, the cheater needs to redeem themselves in a massive way - when that doesn't happen the only thing left is disgust for the cheater and contempt for the cheated on who is too stupid to dump the skanky cheating nematode.
There are just no words for my boundless disgust for the h in this one who not only needed a backbone, she needed a whole skeleton and brain transplant.
I also have absolutely no respect for an idiot who thinks sticking around for a marriage after finding out that the man was using you is a great way to live - the disgust for this pathetic h really ruins the suspension of belief and the utter lack of a coherent time line with a logical series of plot points to follow means that the entire story is disjointed and practically incomprehensible.
I kept trying to figure out where the wormholes everyone was using were, the way the timeline bounced around, and I finally gave up at the 45 % point and skipped to the end as characters did complete 180's in a paragraph or less and I could't find proof that it was an evil clone substitute sub plot.
An outline with the purported plot and outcome at the beginning of this and future books would surely save a lot of frustration on the reader's part.
Between the nausea inducing H, the gut churning contempt for the h and the really disjointed and immature writing style, this book was a huge fail on multiple levels and pretty much removes this author from my library.
June 22, 2016
Want to read about a glutton for punishment female lead? Well this book has the most pathetic martyr for a female read the likes of which I have not read about in a long time!!!
f-ck-no
June 20, 2016I don't know what happened to my spoiler.
I read a sample
This H is a cheater he married the h because of his fortune lying to her made her think he was in love when he wasn't. During the 6 years of marriage he was not celibate he cheats with his fuck buddy.
I don't know but this author is not safe I had read a couple of her books and she always writes about cheating Hs
I read a sample
This H is a cheater he married the h because of his fortune lying to her made her think he was in love when he wasn't. During the 6 years of marriage he was not celibate he cheats with his fuck buddy.
I don't know but this author is not safe I had read a couple of her books and she always writes about cheating Hs
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2016
I was warned. Did I listen? Nope, and ended up wasting time when I could have been reading really good stuff like Barbara Cartland or Twilight.
The heroine is an idiot. She jumps into a MOC the same day she finds out the love of her life married her only to maintain control of his father's company. How does that happen? She overhears the H talking to his girlfriend saying he had to marry her to keep his company. He still wants to stay married to her although he will end it in six years so he can marry another woman. So, our spineless wonder, aka the heroine, instead of getting her little tycoon doll out and sticking pins where the sun don't shine so he's both impotent AND infertile, stays married to him.
After a couple of years the braintrust, aka the hero, decides he loves her. Does he tell her knowing she loves him? Nope. Why not? I dunno... he's as stupid as the heroine?????
Along the way we have such winning moments where the supposed mistress entertains at the MC's house and tells the h what to wear. The h dabbles in dating but it doesn't go anywhere. What else? Secret baby. Second not so secret baby that belongs to the OW but does the baby belong to the H? Random characters that are supposed to mean something but are randomly introduced as if we had already read about them.
I bow down to the superior reviewing power of others.
The heroine is an idiot. She jumps into a MOC the same day she finds out the love of her life married her only to maintain control of his father's company. How does that happen? She overhears the H talking to his girlfriend saying he had to marry her to keep his company. He still wants to stay married to her although he will end it in six years so he can marry another woman. So, our spineless wonder, aka the heroine, instead of getting her little tycoon doll out and sticking pins where the sun don't shine so he's both impotent AND infertile, stays married to him.
After a couple of years the braintrust, aka the hero, decides he loves her. Does he tell her knowing she loves him? Nope. Why not? I dunno... he's as stupid as the heroine?????
Along the way we have such winning moments where the supposed mistress entertains at the MC's house and tells the h what to wear. The h dabbles in dating but it doesn't go anywhere. What else? Secret baby. Second not so secret baby that belongs to the OW but does the baby belong to the H? Random characters that are supposed to mean something but are randomly introduced as if we had already read about them.
I bow down to the superior reviewing power of others.
dnr
January 15, 2018“You better still be a virgin, Ava. You’re my wife, and you told me you were a virgin before we got married. If I haven’t touched you, you should still be one, and if you aren’t, I swear to fuck I’ll kill the bastard who fucking touched you.”
That snaps me out of my daze. “We’ve been married four years, Cameron. You haven’t been celibate, so why the hell would you think I was?” I snap at him.
His face looks murderous. Uh oh. “The last year has been your fault!” he snaps back at me.
I sit straight up and glare at him. “How the hell is anything my fault? You’ve been with Becky,” I tell him in disgust. “I loved you, and you broke my heart! Did you forget that part?”
“I haven’t touched Becky since we married,” he replies to me.
I burst out laughing. “Right,” I snort. “Even if you haven’t touched Becky, you have been with others,” I say with an eye roll.
“Yes, I have, and you know that. But we didn’t have that kind of marriage before, and then I gave you signs I wanted you. Then last year, you start dating that fuckwad, Zach, not even giving me a second glance,”
This guy is absolute GARBAGE!
That snaps me out of my daze. “We’ve been married four years, Cameron. You haven’t been celibate, so why the hell would you think I was?” I snap at him.
His face looks murderous. Uh oh. “The last year has been your fault!” he snaps back at me.
I sit straight up and glare at him. “How the hell is anything my fault? You’ve been with Becky,” I tell him in disgust. “I loved you, and you broke my heart! Did you forget that part?”
“I haven’t touched Becky since we married,” he replies to me.
I burst out laughing. “Right,” I snort. “Even if you haven’t touched Becky, you have been with others,” I say with an eye roll.
“Yes, I have, and you know that. But we didn’t have that kind of marriage before, and then I gave you signs I wanted you. Then last year, you start dating that fuckwad, Zach, not even giving me a second glance,”
This guy is absolute GARBAGE!
June 21, 2016
It's impossible to say why I didn't like this without giving spoilers.
Ava marries Cameron, she's madly in love with him, it's their wedding day and she overhears him at their reception talking to another woman named Becky who's pissed because he's married Ava as he's been with Becky for years. It seems that to head his fathers company Cameron has to marry, but his father threatens to give the company to Cameron's uncle if he marries Becky. But he still intends to be with Becky even now.
So Ava throws the rings at Cameron and files for divorce, wrong!! She's not only a doormat but she's a desperate doormat. She agrees to stay married to him for six years, then they will be able to divorce. He continues his relationship with Becky, and other women, at one point he allows Becky to organise social events at his and Ava's home even allowing Becky to tell Ava what to wear. Although he claims he didn't realise Becky was being a bitch. Eventually Ava does get a bit of a backbone and goes on dates with other guys (no sex she's still a virgin) but Cameron doesn't like that. At the six year mark Ava flees, but Cameron then decides he wants her.
I hated all the characters especially Cameron, Becky was OTT and totally unbelievable. While Ava just irritated me. Oh and the flipping between the past and present was annoying.
Ava marries Cameron, she's madly in love with him, it's their wedding day and she overhears him at their reception talking to another woman named Becky who's pissed because he's married Ava as he's been with Becky for years. It seems that to head his fathers company Cameron has to marry, but his father threatens to give the company to Cameron's uncle if he marries Becky. But he still intends to be with Becky even now.
So Ava throws the rings at Cameron and files for divorce, wrong!! She's not only a doormat but she's a desperate doormat. She agrees to stay married to him for six years, then they will be able to divorce. He continues his relationship with Becky, and other women, at one point he allows Becky to organise social events at his and Ava's home even allowing Becky to tell Ava what to wear. Although he claims he didn't realise Becky was being a bitch. Eventually Ava does get a bit of a backbone and goes on dates with other guys (no sex she's still a virgin) but Cameron doesn't like that. At the six year mark Ava flees, but Cameron then decides he wants her.
I hated all the characters especially Cameron, Becky was OTT and totally unbelievable. While Ava just irritated me. Oh and the flipping between the past and present was annoying.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 20, 2019
I can't even .....
This chick is thicker than two short planks, he's a total irredeemable pig and they deserve each other. I don't mind cheating in books if it's not done gratuitously, this was so way beyond that it was out of the stratosphere.
How I got to 68% without murdering my Kindle is beyond me.
This chick is thicker than two short planks, he's a total irredeemable pig and they deserve each other. I don't mind cheating in books if it's not done gratuitously, this was so way beyond that it was out of the stratosphere.
How I got to 68% without murdering my Kindle is beyond me.
avoid
May 22, 2022Cheater + doormat h
Might appeal to readers who insists on having celibate h.🙄
Might appeal to readers who insists on having celibate h.🙄
May 13, 2017
cheater scumbag + evil mistress +heroin is a doormat = too dumb to live
July 31, 2016
Is this book an actual joke?
I'm sorry but Ava agrees to a sham wedding with a stipulation of six years before she can ask for a divorce so her boyfriend, Cameron can receive his company from his father. After 3 months of dating.
And after six years of marriage, the first four years he was fucking other women, waving his "extras" in her face but expected Ava to remain a virgin, and got insanely jealous when she dared to date. Hah.
Why did she do it all anyway if she wanted nothing out of the divorce settlement after six years of her life. He doesn't even know her for the six years at all, and she shows her true side to all her other friends. This book does nothing but endorse doormat behaviour, introducing double standards and making it acceptable to take back your cheating husband who treats his exes like trashy whores and ruins your life so he can inherit his damn company. What a coward with no remorse.
JOKE.
I'm sorry but Ava agrees to a sham wedding with a stipulation of six years before she can ask for a divorce so her boyfriend, Cameron can receive his company from his father. After 3 months of dating.
And after six years of marriage, the first four years he was fucking other women, waving his "extras" in her face but expected Ava to remain a virgin, and got insanely jealous when she dared to date. Hah.
Why did she do it all anyway if she wanted nothing out of the divorce settlement after six years of her life. He doesn't even know her for the six years at all, and she shows her true side to all her other friends. This book does nothing but endorse doormat behaviour, introducing double standards and making it acceptable to take back your cheating husband who treats his exes like trashy whores and ruins your life so he can inherit his damn company. What a coward with no remorse.
JOKE.
April 16, 2023
I FINALLY found it!! I have an annoying habit of getting random book scenes stuck in my head… usually around 1am when I’m trying to sleep… and this took FOREVER to figure out. The scene happens to be the foundation of the plot… The H and h had a whirlwind courtship/engagement (off page before book starts). At the reception, Ava overhears her new groom (Cameron) talking to his “ex” (Becky) that he only married her because he’d been forced (via the will) to either marry someone (other than Becky) or lose his father’s company. I remembered the h was devastated but couldn't remember anything else.
This had the ingredients to be juicy AF, but unfortunately everything is handled with immaturity and illogically.
“You heard, didn’t you?” he asks from behind me. “Yeah,” I say simply.
Then she agrees to have an on paper only marriage for six years for the promise of cash. No dying inside… no screaming… nothing. Then we FFW the six years to her wanting a divorce.
The issues…
❌ Nothing is handled logically. There are so many times within the book that characters act ridiculous even for soapy reads.
❌ The flow is clunky. The timeline jumps all over the place, we skip the 6 years then have random flashbacks from her POV (5 years, of marriage, 3 years of marriage, etc.) to the present, then repeat similar flashbacks from his POV.
❌ The writing isn’t great. Clunky flashbacks aside, there’re still grammar/editing issues. Nonsensical bits. I was confused several times… musing on past events told in present tense, characters popping out of nowhere, personality changes for no reason.
❌ The h is an absolute doormat allowing the OW to trample her even meeting once a week to receive marching orders… the OW even picks out her clothes… for the first part of the book. Then she randomly switches to a “feisty” cop biting tough girl.
❌ So many 🙄🙄 moments. Like a grovel speech that starts with, “When I first met you, your ass drew me in, then your eyes. Or when first seeing her newborn, “She’s so ugly,” Ava says, staring at her. I burst out laughing.
Bottom Line- I really like trashy/soapy reads, but this was ridiculous. The actions of the characters are beyond crazy… to give you an idea what you’re working with without spoiling this one… I’ll set up the next book’s scenario that was introduced. Ava has two friends from different friend groups – Alana and Kristi. Alana is dating Bryce when Ava discovers he’s also dating Kristi. Ava calls Alana to tell her that he’s cheating, but Alana lets her know that Bryce is actually dating her (Kristi) as a favor of Kristi’s sister to help her wade back into the dating pond. So, Alana knows all about it and is ok with it… even that he’s sleeping with both cuz she’s not really that into him anymore… but Kristi has no idea. 🙄🙄
Safety- First several years of the marriage is on paper only. They both date other people, but only the H has sex with OP. During that time, he says he’s never with Becky sexually, but she’s around and treats Ava terribly. He does cut Becky out when he finds out but does have sex with other women. We don’t get any details; we’re just told he wasn’t celibate until the last 3 or so years when he decided he wanted to make a go of it with the h. They’re in a sexual relationship the final 2 years.
This had the ingredients to be juicy AF, but unfortunately everything is handled with immaturity and illogically.
“You heard, didn’t you?” he asks from behind me. “Yeah,” I say simply.
Then she agrees to have an on paper only marriage for six years for the promise of cash. No dying inside… no screaming… nothing. Then we FFW the six years to her wanting a divorce.
The issues…
❌ Nothing is handled logically. There are so many times within the book that characters act ridiculous even for soapy reads.
❌ The flow is clunky. The timeline jumps all over the place, we skip the 6 years then have random flashbacks from her POV (5 years, of marriage, 3 years of marriage, etc.) to the present, then repeat similar flashbacks from his POV.
❌ The writing isn’t great. Clunky flashbacks aside, there’re still grammar/editing issues. Nonsensical bits. I was confused several times… musing on past events told in present tense, characters popping out of nowhere, personality changes for no reason.
❌ The h is an absolute doormat allowing the OW to trample her even meeting once a week to receive marching orders… the OW even picks out her clothes… for the first part of the book. Then she randomly switches to a “feisty” cop biting tough girl.
❌ So many 🙄🙄 moments. Like a grovel speech that starts with, “When I first met you, your ass drew me in, then your eyes. Or when first seeing her newborn, “She’s so ugly,” Ava says, staring at her. I burst out laughing.
Bottom Line- I really like trashy/soapy reads, but this was ridiculous. The actions of the characters are beyond crazy… to give you an idea what you’re working with without spoiling this one… I’ll set up the next book’s scenario that was introduced. Ava has two friends from different friend groups – Alana and Kristi. Alana is dating Bryce when Ava discovers he’s also dating Kristi. Ava calls Alana to tell her that he’s cheating, but Alana lets her know that Bryce is actually dating her (Kristi) as a favor of Kristi’s sister to help her wade back into the dating pond. So, Alana knows all about it and is ok with it… even that he’s sleeping with both cuz she’s not really that into him anymore… but Kristi has no idea. 🙄🙄
Safety- First several years of the marriage is on paper only. They both date other people, but only the H has sex with OP. During that time, he says he’s never with Becky sexually, but she’s around and treats Ava terribly. He does cut Becky out when he finds out but does have sex with other women. We don’t get any details; we’re just told he wasn’t celibate until the last 3 or so years when he decided he wanted to make a go of it with the h. They’re in a sexual relationship the final 2 years.
April 7, 2021
I wanted angst and there was a tad. The dialogue was very immature. The plot was very unrealistic and ridiculous. I didn’t feel any chemistry between the characters. Married for 6 years with no communication, but they both actually love each other while they’re seeing other people. Mmmkay. She remains a virgin the whole time, though. I skimmed the end of the book because it lost my interest. The beginning had potential, but this book just didn’t do it for me at all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 24, 2023
If I were this author, I would make this poor excuse for a "book" out of circulation. It's impossible for anyone in this century to write this shit and not feel embarrassed.
April 17, 2020
Both the hero and heroine in this book were idiotic. The heroine, we later find out, is supposed to be feisty and have a temper, but she’s a complete spineless doormat with the hero. I mean, she finds out on her wedding day that her husband doesn’t love her and that he will be seeing another woman and she just agrees to it like a moron. Their relationship and personalities weren’t well-developed and I was relieved when the book ended. I didn’t care about either one of the main characters or what happened to them. The premise would’ve lent itself well to plenty of angst but I didn’t feel any emotional involvement.
September 22, 2023
I read this story back in 2016. That year was a shit show for me, So many of my loved ones passed awy that year that I was in a horribly depressing funk that entire year. I read this story back then, and apparently I hated it. I recently DL'd and dove into this baby again this week (I didn't remember ANY OF IT, or even realize I had read it before-I blame the vortex of depression from 2016). I loved this story this time around. I'm seriously in the minority of ratings, but I really did enjoy the whole ride this time. Even the ridiculous aspects, lol. So, I'm changing my rating, changing my review, and seriously going to dive into book 2. I should probably re-read a bunch of my lower reviewed stories from that year.
not-happening
June 21, 2016cheating is not romantic
April 11, 2025
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May 4, 2021
Your mine
I loved all the drama in this, it was crazy but Oh so good. Cameron I wanted to slap a few time especially when Avalynn finds out the reason he married her by over hearing Becky and him on her wedding day.
Avalynn is a better person than me I would have told him to go to hell. But hey what goes around comes around and Cameron learns how love can hurt when he get Divorce papers.
Can the pregnancy save their marriage?
I loved all the drama in this, it was crazy but Oh so good. Cameron I wanted to slap a few time especially when Avalynn finds out the reason he married her by over hearing Becky and him on her wedding day.
Avalynn is a better person than me I would have told him to go to hell. But hey what goes around comes around and Cameron learns how love can hurt when he get Divorce papers.
Can the pregnancy save their marriage?
August 8, 2019
Total shit.
This author is going on my never again shelf. Not because of the OW/cheating but because she can’t write for shit. Move over EL JAMES...there’s another author who writes worse than you :/
This author is going on my never again shelf. Not because of the OW/cheating but because she can’t write for shit. Move over EL JAMES...there’s another author who writes worse than you :/
October 3, 2016
this dude was so rotten that i wanted to kill him then spit on his dead body. cheats on his wife for years with his slut on the side. worst. book. ever.
June 17, 2016
Title: Never Letting you Go
Author:Dawn Martens
Series:Being Yours Series
Publisher:Self
Reviewer:JoAnna
Release Date:June 20, 2016
Genre(s):Contemporary Romance
Page Count:146
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Blurb:
Review:
Let me start by saying this was a quick and decently paced read, I actually read it in one go. This book is told in the present and in the past with both Cameron and Avalynn's point of view. Never Letting You Go is book 1 in a series of standalone novella’s.
I started this book and was already angry at Cameron. Then when I finished this book I had to laugh at Avalynn and her comment.
We start of with Avalynn preparing to walk down the aisle. She is so happy and in love.She is looking forward to watch the future holds with this man that she is starting a new chapter in her life. Only she doesn't know the truth about Cameron. When she finds out she is devastated and embarrassed and doesn't want to hear “I told you so.”
She thought that things had changed. She sees that maybe that haven't. With the contract nearing it’s six year expiration date Avalynn takes matter into her own hands. She doesn’t want to deal with it anymore. She feel ashamed angry and sad. Like she has been lied too.
Over the course of the contract Cameron sees things and maybe just maybe he is changing. Cameron doesn’t really know Avalynn as he thought he did. When the truth comes out it’s hard for Avalynn to believe. There was a lack of communication on each of their parts. If they would have just communicated no drama. We all know we need drama in a book. We crave it.
I really enjoyed Cameron’s point of view, because we got to see what he was really thinking, not just what Avalynn was thinking.
Join Avalynn and Cameron on their journey and see if they can get past the lies and deception. This is book one in the Being Yours Series
Review Copy of Never Letting You Go provided by the Dawn Martnes/JOMP Promotions for an honest Review. Reviewed by JoAnna from Alpha Book Club
Author:Dawn Martens
Series:Being Yours Series
Publisher:Self
Reviewer:JoAnna
Release Date:June 20, 2016
Genre(s):Contemporary Romance
Page Count:146
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Blurb:
When Avalynn fell in love with Cameron, she was sure he was the perfect man. Once she said I do, she realized it was all a lie.
Marrying Avalynn secured Cameron's future as the CEO of James Enterprise and cemented the lies he told.
After thinking they were finally going somewhere, Ava see's Cameron on the news, with his very pregnant ex-girlfriend. With the marriage contract up, Ava files for divorce.
There's just one problem--Cameron never wants to let her go, vowing to show her she's more than just a security deposit.
This is book 1 in a brand new Novella Series. Each book is totally Cliche and super cheesy ;) Also, all novella's will be standalones.
Review:
Let me start by saying this was a quick and decently paced read, I actually read it in one go. This book is told in the present and in the past with both Cameron and Avalynn's point of view. Never Letting You Go is book 1 in a series of standalone novella’s.
I started this book and was already angry at Cameron. Then when I finished this book I had to laugh at Avalynn and her comment.
We start of with Avalynn preparing to walk down the aisle. She is so happy and in love.She is looking forward to watch the future holds with this man that she is starting a new chapter in her life. Only she doesn't know the truth about Cameron. When she finds out she is devastated and embarrassed and doesn't want to hear “I told you so.”
She thought that things had changed. She sees that maybe that haven't. With the contract nearing it’s six year expiration date Avalynn takes matter into her own hands. She doesn’t want to deal with it anymore. She feel ashamed angry and sad. Like she has been lied too.
Over the course of the contract Cameron sees things and maybe just maybe he is changing. Cameron doesn’t really know Avalynn as he thought he did. When the truth comes out it’s hard for Avalynn to believe. There was a lack of communication on each of their parts. If they would have just communicated no drama. We all know we need drama in a book. We crave it.
I really enjoyed Cameron’s point of view, because we got to see what he was really thinking, not just what Avalynn was thinking.
Join Avalynn and Cameron on their journey and see if they can get past the lies and deception. This is book one in the Being Yours Series
Review Copy of Never Letting You Go provided by the Dawn Martnes/JOMP Promotions for an honest Review. Reviewed by JoAnna from Alpha Book Club
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June 30, 2016Seeing as how I only got through the sample I won't rate the book. The following is just my reason for not having the patience to finish (or really begin) the book.
This story opens on the wedding day of h/H. Avalynn (Ava) is the very definition of a blushing bride, and Cameron is just there. I immediately took a disliking to the heroine.
Ava’s mom: “Wow, baby, you look beautiful.”
Ava: “I do, don’t I?” (in which she immediately points out to the reader that she IS NOT conceited).
I was willing to look past this, after all it is the girl’s wedding day, and she spent a lot of money and did a lot of planning so perhaps she deserves to be a little full of herself. But then on the very next page we get this thought.
Pastor DeVaughn was supposed to marry us, but after the death of his daughter, he pulled away from the church. It was disappointing, because everything was already planned, but at least this new pastor didn’t make us postpone or anything. He kept everything as it was. (Well Halle-freaking-lujah!)
Huh? Did I read that right? No sympathy, no compassion. We listen to this spoiled brat talk about how it was disappointing and inconvenient. This man lost his daughter and is most likely dying inside, but Hey that’s ok, because Ava didn’t need to postpone her wedding so all is right with the world. Now here I am on page 3 and I already hate the heroine. Not good.
Unfortunately that wasn’t the main problem. For me, I did not like the writing style. The whole 1st person POV in present tense just didn’t work with this author IMO. It came off as robotic and choppy. We were being told things instead of reading a setting and letting our imagination take us there, Ava’s narration spoke to the readers as if we are idiots.
Examples:
-My maid of honor, Kristi, has just started to walk down the aisle, so now it’s my turn. (No sh*t!)
-…the doors in front of us open and we step through, walking slowly down the aisle.
-The reception is lively, and everyone is having a great time. It’s been the best day ever. Music is playing, champagne is flowing, and cake has been cut. Today had been amazing, a real dream come true. (How so? Can you elaborate Ava? What specifically made it ‘a dream come true’? Was it the flowing champagne? The cake being cut?)
Anyway, as it turns out the entire wedding is a sham. Cameron only married Ava so he could secure a future in his father’s company. Ava finds out by overhearing Cameron telling his mistress during the reception. The whole thing was just nauseating because Ava just accepts it. She is heartbroken and humiliated since she really loved Cameron and imagined a future with him. This scum-bag lied, cheated, manipulated and used her, so what does she do? Nothing. Not a damn thing. Like I said she just accepts it. She will be his ‘wife’ for 6 years and agrees that they can be friends during the entire ordeal.
What I thought was going to be the best day ever has ended up being the worst. Although, I apparently get a great friend out of it. (Are you f-ing serious lady?)
Mind you, all of this is happening at their wedding reception. She finds out that she was used by the man she loves and that he has been banging another woman on the side and that he does not love her even though he said he did. I would’ve run him over with the limo, headed to the Caribbean on my own honeymoon and never looked back.
Not an enjoyable read for me. DNF obviously. Doormat, clueless, spineless heroine. Cardboard Hero and poor writing.
This story opens on the wedding day of h/H. Avalynn (Ava) is the very definition of a blushing bride, and Cameron is just there. I immediately took a disliking to the heroine.
Ava’s mom: “Wow, baby, you look beautiful.”
Ava: “I do, don’t I?” (in which she immediately points out to the reader that she IS NOT conceited).
I was willing to look past this, after all it is the girl’s wedding day, and she spent a lot of money and did a lot of planning so perhaps she deserves to be a little full of herself. But then on the very next page we get this thought.
Pastor DeVaughn was supposed to marry us, but after the death of his daughter, he pulled away from the church. It was disappointing, because everything was already planned, but at least this new pastor didn’t make us postpone or anything. He kept everything as it was. (Well Halle-freaking-lujah!)
Huh? Did I read that right? No sympathy, no compassion. We listen to this spoiled brat talk about how it was disappointing and inconvenient. This man lost his daughter and is most likely dying inside, but Hey that’s ok, because Ava didn’t need to postpone her wedding so all is right with the world. Now here I am on page 3 and I already hate the heroine. Not good.
Unfortunately that wasn’t the main problem. For me, I did not like the writing style. The whole 1st person POV in present tense just didn’t work with this author IMO. It came off as robotic and choppy. We were being told things instead of reading a setting and letting our imagination take us there, Ava’s narration spoke to the readers as if we are idiots.
Examples:
-My maid of honor, Kristi, has just started to walk down the aisle, so now it’s my turn. (No sh*t!)
-…the doors in front of us open and we step through, walking slowly down the aisle.
-The reception is lively, and everyone is having a great time. It’s been the best day ever. Music is playing, champagne is flowing, and cake has been cut. Today had been amazing, a real dream come true. (How so? Can you elaborate Ava? What specifically made it ‘a dream come true’? Was it the flowing champagne? The cake being cut?)
Anyway, as it turns out the entire wedding is a sham. Cameron only married Ava so he could secure a future in his father’s company. Ava finds out by overhearing Cameron telling his mistress during the reception. The whole thing was just nauseating because Ava just accepts it. She is heartbroken and humiliated since she really loved Cameron and imagined a future with him. This scum-bag lied, cheated, manipulated and used her, so what does she do? Nothing. Not a damn thing. Like I said she just accepts it. She will be his ‘wife’ for 6 years and agrees that they can be friends during the entire ordeal.
What I thought was going to be the best day ever has ended up being the worst. Although, I apparently get a great friend out of it. (Are you f-ing serious lady?)
Mind you, all of this is happening at their wedding reception. She finds out that she was used by the man she loves and that he has been banging another woman on the side and that he does not love her even though he said he did. I would’ve run him over with the limo, headed to the Caribbean on my own honeymoon and never looked back.
Not an enjoyable read for me. DNF obviously. Doormat, clueless, spineless heroine. Cardboard Hero and poor writing.
August 14, 2024
No. Just no. This is a marriage of convenience not done well at all. I'm finding with this author's work her characters have a lack of development and are emotionally stumped. Everyone has about as much emotion as a wet noodle, and her FMC's are walkovers. Cameron tricks Ava into marrying him to keep his father's company. Ava overhears him talking to slutty side piece Becky and promise's of being together after the six year contract is done. He finds out she overheard everything and confronts her. Something along the lines of "let's be best friends instead." She's like oh darn, then agrees. Zero emotion. She carries on, stays celibate during their sham marriage, but he's slinging his dick left and right for two years. I would've cared, but since these characters have zero emotion I couldn't care less. Not only that. I know this is fiction, but it was completely unrealistic. And the next story in this series? No thank you. Alana and Bryce get propositioned for Bryce to fake date Ava's bf Kristi by Kristi's little sister. Apparently Kristi hates men. How this comes about I have no idea. But Alana has zero problems somehow with her boyfriend sexing another woman? Yeah, so ridiculous. Basically poor Alana seems like she's going to be a fade to black character while Bryce and Kristi end up together in the next book. Unless this author has Alana have a personality transplant and all of a sudden becomes evil, because actually she's a sweet character. A dumb one, but sweet.
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October 2, 2021
I loved all the drama in this book, it was crazy but oh so good. Cameron I wanted to slap a few times especially when Avalynn finds out the reason he married her, by over hearing Becky and him on her wedding day.
What comes around goes around and Cameron learns how love can hurt when he gets divorce papers. Will the pregnacy save tge marriage?
What comes around goes around and Cameron learns how love can hurt when he gets divorce papers. Will the pregnacy save tge marriage?
June 20, 2016
Dawn knows I love a great twist and this doesn't disappoint. Ava sweet Ava my paper heart hurt for her. I was so pissed at Cam in the beginning but the more I read about him the more he grew on me. a great summer read that doesn't shy away from real life topics.
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June 20, 2016Note to self: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
July 31, 2018
Well, that was a disappointment...
I was going to hate-read this, because sometimes you just want to read something that makes you super mad. Instead, the whole thing was kinda meh.
The writing was bad, but I've seen worse. The sex was boring. Like seriously boring. And the story basically skipped their first time which is just... No. I'm pretty sure that if the protagonists' first time takes place within the time frame of the story, it has to be shown (unless you fade to black, but then you have to fade to black every time). I think that's a rule.
The skipping back and forth is annoying and kind of pointless. I can think of at least two flashbacks near the end of the book that I could have done without. Pretty sure the story would have had better flow if it had gone in a straight line, timeline-wise. If all the flashbacks had been properly worked into a straight timeline, a lot of waffling back and forth could have been avoided.
On to the H! What a fucking prince. He didn't make any sense. If he never intended to marry Becky, why did he heavily imply that that was the plan at the wedding? If he was just placating her, why didn't he tell the h that after she overheard him? I'm pretty sure that if he'd just told the h 'look, Becky and I used to be a thing, but I don't want to marry her and it's not about my father' 's will, I'm marrying you because I think you're awesome and I want in your pants, but I said all that shit to Becky because she's a loony tune and I don't want her to make a scene' the h, being severely lacking in spine, would have been fine with it. And what was with the whole 'Becky plays hostess' thing? Why? I mean, you have a wife. Let her do the thing businessmen's wives are supposed to do, and keep Becky away from her ffs.
And as for the 'friends' thing, he was a pretty shit friend. Friends respect each other. They don't humiliate their friends. And inviting the woman your friend/wife thinks you plan to marry once she's out of the way, and then paying more attention to the other woman? That's humiliating. I wouldn't have stood for that, and no woman with a spine would have. And doing that kind of thing makes the H a dick.
Let's move on to the dating thing. He dated other people. It's right there on the page, he goes out on dates and presumably gets laid. And then. AND THEN !! He has the gall to be upset at the idea that his wife might not be a virgin anymore. I'm sorry, bro, but when à girl gets married, she expects to lose her v-card, if she still has it. If her husband doesn't take care of it, and instead goes around sleeping with other women, I figure she's well within her rights to go looking elsewhere. Or, you know, annul the marriage. No need to get a divorce, although if she DID want to get a divorce and take him to the cleaners in the process (YES DO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA) she can cite both her continuing untouched status and his adultery and never have to work ever again. I think the double standard in this book is sickening, and it's never really addressed. He thinks to himself that he doesn't really have the right to get mad, but she never calls him on it, she just pretty much accepts that he's mad that she is turning the tables on him, and that's okay. What. I mean. What??
And then there's the arbitrary time limit. Why six years? What's with that? And if he stays married to the h for six years, does he then get the go-ahead to marry Becky? And how does this work anyway? Can a will stipulate things like that?
I want to know why he kept Becky in his life for so long if he wasn't sleeping with her. Like, she's an awful person. If she was amazing in bed I could kind of see it (I'd think he was slime, but I could understand it) but as it is she's just a horrible person who brings nothing to the relationship but drama. And how did Becky end up arranging all these parties for him anyway, because apparently he didn't know? Or did he know and just didn't know what a cow she was being about it?
The h is a wimp who goes back to him without a grovel and lets everyone in the story walk all over her. He never even says 'babe, I'm sorry I married you under false pretenses and spent four years playing away before realising that you're the one I wanted. Forgive me?' he never once acknowledges that he had hurt her immeasurably (aside from one throwaway line when she leaves the party with the OM, when he wonders if that was what she felt like, but I'm pretty sure he just went' nah, women don't have feelings like real people do, and it's not as though she loved me or anything. I mean, a girl who saved herself for marriage would TOTALLY marry someone she didn't love!') or tries to make up for it. He just bullies and seduces her into coming back.
And I'm not going to let the thing with the cops slide. What the hell was that? Taking her into custody? Putting her in a cell? Because she's trying to avoid this adulterous dickweasel whom her parents have sold her out to? Do these people realize that she can sue them for every spider in their cupboards for that stunt?
As for the bikers - I thought they helped abused women. How is helping a man track down his runaway wife helping women? I think if you're in the business of helping women escape bad situations, there isn't much room for judgment there. You can't help this guy because he's a clean-cut businessman and looks like an okay guy, and then promise other women that you'll keep them safe. You don't know what he's like behind closed doors. He could have been abusive, and they were helping him to find her! Actually, I think an argument could be made that the sleeping around and lack of respect for her feelings can be taken as emotional abuse. So well done, biker guys. You've helped a woman stay trapped in a bad situation. Good job.
Um.
It turns out I had a lot to say about this story. Maybe it was a pretty good hate-read after all.
I was going to hate-read this, because sometimes you just want to read something that makes you super mad. Instead, the whole thing was kinda meh.
The writing was bad, but I've seen worse. The sex was boring. Like seriously boring. And the story basically skipped their first time which is just... No. I'm pretty sure that if the protagonists' first time takes place within the time frame of the story, it has to be shown (unless you fade to black, but then you have to fade to black every time). I think that's a rule.
The skipping back and forth is annoying and kind of pointless. I can think of at least two flashbacks near the end of the book that I could have done without. Pretty sure the story would have had better flow if it had gone in a straight line, timeline-wise. If all the flashbacks had been properly worked into a straight timeline, a lot of waffling back and forth could have been avoided.
On to the H! What a fucking prince. He didn't make any sense. If he never intended to marry Becky, why did he heavily imply that that was the plan at the wedding? If he was just placating her, why didn't he tell the h that after she overheard him? I'm pretty sure that if he'd just told the h 'look, Becky and I used to be a thing, but I don't want to marry her and it's not about my father' 's will, I'm marrying you because I think you're awesome and I want in your pants, but I said all that shit to Becky because she's a loony tune and I don't want her to make a scene' the h, being severely lacking in spine, would have been fine with it. And what was with the whole 'Becky plays hostess' thing? Why? I mean, you have a wife. Let her do the thing businessmen's wives are supposed to do, and keep Becky away from her ffs.
And as for the 'friends' thing, he was a pretty shit friend. Friends respect each other. They don't humiliate their friends. And inviting the woman your friend/wife thinks you plan to marry once she's out of the way, and then paying more attention to the other woman? That's humiliating. I wouldn't have stood for that, and no woman with a spine would have. And doing that kind of thing makes the H a dick.
Let's move on to the dating thing. He dated other people. It's right there on the page, he goes out on dates and presumably gets laid. And then. AND THEN !! He has the gall to be upset at the idea that his wife might not be a virgin anymore. I'm sorry, bro, but when à girl gets married, she expects to lose her v-card, if she still has it. If her husband doesn't take care of it, and instead goes around sleeping with other women, I figure she's well within her rights to go looking elsewhere. Or, you know, annul the marriage. No need to get a divorce, although if she DID want to get a divorce and take him to the cleaners in the process (YES DO THAT, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA) she can cite both her continuing untouched status and his adultery and never have to work ever again. I think the double standard in this book is sickening, and it's never really addressed. He thinks to himself that he doesn't really have the right to get mad, but she never calls him on it, she just pretty much accepts that he's mad that she is turning the tables on him, and that's okay. What. I mean. What??
And then there's the arbitrary time limit. Why six years? What's with that? And if he stays married to the h for six years, does he then get the go-ahead to marry Becky? And how does this work anyway? Can a will stipulate things like that?
I want to know why he kept Becky in his life for so long if he wasn't sleeping with her. Like, she's an awful person. If she was amazing in bed I could kind of see it (I'd think he was slime, but I could understand it) but as it is she's just a horrible person who brings nothing to the relationship but drama. And how did Becky end up arranging all these parties for him anyway, because apparently he didn't know? Or did he know and just didn't know what a cow she was being about it?
The h is a wimp who goes back to him without a grovel and lets everyone in the story walk all over her. He never even says 'babe, I'm sorry I married you under false pretenses and spent four years playing away before realising that you're the one I wanted. Forgive me?' he never once acknowledges that he had hurt her immeasurably (aside from one throwaway line when she leaves the party with the OM, when he wonders if that was what she felt like, but I'm pretty sure he just went' nah, women don't have feelings like real people do, and it's not as though she loved me or anything. I mean, a girl who saved herself for marriage would TOTALLY marry someone she didn't love!') or tries to make up for it. He just bullies and seduces her into coming back.
And I'm not going to let the thing with the cops slide. What the hell was that? Taking her into custody? Putting her in a cell? Because she's trying to avoid this adulterous dickweasel whom her parents have sold her out to? Do these people realize that she can sue them for every spider in their cupboards for that stunt?
As for the bikers - I thought they helped abused women. How is helping a man track down his runaway wife helping women? I think if you're in the business of helping women escape bad situations, there isn't much room for judgment there. You can't help this guy because he's a clean-cut businessman and looks like an okay guy, and then promise other women that you'll keep them safe. You don't know what he's like behind closed doors. He could have been abusive, and they were helping him to find her! Actually, I think an argument could be made that the sleeping around and lack of respect for her feelings can be taken as emotional abuse. So well done, biker guys. You've helped a woman stay trapped in a bad situation. Good job.
Um.
It turns out I had a lot to say about this story. Maybe it was a pretty good hate-read after all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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