Somehow pain has a way of finding me no matter how hard I run from it … My life was finally settling into a good routine. Cal and I never seemed to lack something fun to do when we weren’t working. Why did my past have to expose all the secrets I wanted to keep hidden from the world … from Cal? I could have done it alone. I did before, I could have again. Here he is though. Boy does it feel nice to be able to lean on someone else. But how long will he stay? It feels wrong to doubt that our relationship … friendship will withstand this.
This trilogy is a slow burn romance, but Gigi will get her happily ever after … eventually.
Forced to face the unpleasantness of her past, Gigi also has to accept that she's not alone. She has people who care about her even though she tries to isolate herself emotionally. I wept, so hard, during this story, that I had to stop reading because I couldn't see! And any time away from it, I resented. From Liz's story, we had an idea of what happened to Gigi, but even Liz didn't know it all. Cal continues to be wonderful, but Gigi can't see how he feels. On to book three!
I really like most of these characters, even the main female lead Gwen, but I am getting a little tired of the constant deception she runs on herself and others. It just does not run true to who she is supposed to be. I liked the first book in the trilogy much better. I really can not see the draw for Cal in this book for her. Hope number 3 is better. In saying all this I want to assure you the story is okay it just seems drawn out to me