Once the It couple in high school, Gabriella and Richard parted ways when they were eighteen.
Today, Gabriella is a single mother to the nine year old daughter he never knew.
Her ambition is to offer her daughter the best possible life, a goal which she tirelessly pursues every day.
Success is all Richard has ever known. A ruthless tycoon to a multi-million business empire, he lives an opulent life surrounded by beautiful women.
But no one ever captivated his heart like his high school girlfriend once did.
Which is exactly why he tracks her down when he needs a quiet place to lie low for a while.
Two wildly different worlds suddenly collide as Richard breezes back into town and finds out about the daughter he never knew.
Nine years might have elapsed but as Gabriella and Richard meet again, neither one of them is immune to the electrifying connection between them.
Will they ever find their way back to each other again? And what happens when an unforeseen danger lurks quietly in the background, waiting for the right moment to strike?
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Gabriella and Richard were high school boyfriend and girlfriend. There final year of High School they make love knowing that they would not see each other again. Richard is off to the Ivy league Columbia University in N.Y on a full scholarship and Gabi will stay in there small town in Washington State.
9 years later Richard scandalist sexual encounters are runing his credibilty. He is now a billionaire owner of a tech company that make cell phones ipads and such. So he returns home to his small town and meets up with Gabi and her daughter.
This is were the story goes off the rails. Richy is suppose to be highly intelligent but he cant count and see that Chelsea 8 years and 3 months old with his grey eyes is his child. Until the end of the book he thinks Gabi had sex with another nameless man days after he left. He was a dumb man. Gabi doesn't tell him he is the father when he ask who Chelsea's father was. I would not have told him either.
The other big problem I had with the story was one of Richy stalker girlfriends kidnaps Chelsea. The author could have use this as a teaching moment. Most decent parents teach there children safe words and slogans and tell them never go off with someone even a person you know unless they can answer the safe word or slogans. Also if forceably being aducted do all you can to scream and fight and draw there blood. It the abudctor takes you to his lair they can do all sorts of things to you. I taught these skills to my kids are soon as they could talk. This whole kidnapping scene was just poorly done. Lazy writing and a lost opportunity to help young parents who really don't know to teach there kids safety techniques.
There is not much interaction with Chelsea and Richy. Even after she is kidnapped and him and Gabi bring her back home. Chelsea just goes to her room without a word and Gabi and Richy go Gabi's room and have wild sex. They didn't even check on there daughter after a traumatic ordeal. She only 8. The author must not have any children and if she does she souldn't.
Yes..I found this a "so-so" read. No real thrills, a lil slow. What saved it for me was the undying love lying dormant for years while two people moved in opposite directions doing what they felt best for each other & themselves. But fate intervened and a gem named Chelsea moved mountains with one phone call. Gabriella & Richard we're destined to be together it seems but only when the time was right. A cotton candy romance both fanciful and down to earth. 👍
I really really really don’t understand this book period. I get it’s fiction, but seriously!!! I couldn’t get past the whole kidnap this is my daughter scene.. I was skimming already, but after that I just couldn’t read anymore.
Good story, a little slow getting started but enjoyable. A lot of words before you get to the plot. Not sure how I feel about that. I still look forward to her next story.☺
Again I was expecting that pizzazz that brings fire in your belly when reading a story, nothing happened the best lively character was the daughter both parents seemed dull.