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Free to Breathe
Baker Corinna Freeman cut all ties with Colby Hunt when she learned what the handsome military officer really thought about her and her cooking skills. She walked away; heartbroken, pride in tatters, keeping secrets she was far too young to shoulder.
Now, a decade later, Corinna’s reputation is legendary — both in and out of the kitchen. This bold woman is determined to live life to its fullest while she can.
There’s just one major problem...
Colby’s suddenly turning up everywhere acting as if nothing has changed between them in the last ten years. It infuriates her because he can still stir her up.
Colby Hunt never understood why Corinna walked out of his life without a word. He’s not letting this chance pass to figure out what happened with the voluptuous beauty who captured his heart. Despite his anger, he’s never really let her go.
But there’s something she’s hiding...
Unlike Corinna’s perfect cakes, secrets fall apart. When they do, they will test the strength and courage of not only Corinna and Colby but the entire Freeman family.
Now, a decade later, Corinna’s reputation is legendary — both in and out of the kitchen. This bold woman is determined to live life to its fullest while she can.
There’s just one major problem...
Colby’s suddenly turning up everywhere acting as if nothing has changed between them in the last ten years. It infuriates her because he can still stir her up.
Colby Hunt never understood why Corinna walked out of his life without a word. He’s not letting this chance pass to figure out what happened with the voluptuous beauty who captured his heart. Despite his anger, he’s never really let her go.
But there’s something she’s hiding...
Unlike Corinna’s perfect cakes, secrets fall apart. When they do, they will test the strength and courage of not only Corinna and Colby but the entire Freeman family.
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Published June 1, 2022
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Tracey Jerald knew she was meant to be a writer when she would re-write the ending of books in her head on her bike when she was a young girl growing up in southern Connecticut. It wasn’t long before she was typing alternate endings and extended epilogues “just for fun.” After college in Florida, where she obtained a degree in Criminal Justice swearing she saw things she’ll never quite believe and never entirely forget, Tracey traded the world of law and order for IT. Her work for a global internet startup transferred her to Northern Virginia where she met her husband in what many call their own happily ever after. They have one son. When she’s not busy with her family or writing, Tracey can be found in her home in north Florida drinking coffee, reading, training for a runDisney event, or feeding her addiction to HGTV. To follow Tracey, go to her website at http://www.traceyjerald.com. While you’re there, be sure to sign up for her newsletter for up to date release information!
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September 23, 2019
Spoilers ahead, this gets very, very ranty and is gonna be filled with bad words so you may want to back away!
Welllllll I'm mentally throwing an adult tantrum, screaming in my head "this is bullshit!!!!!" Over and over because honestly this is a hulk smash kinda read and all because of the motherfucking zero! Now from the four and five star reviews on Amazon and gr I should've known but still I willingly dived into this book.
Random thoughts
So, Cori is another sibling who's parents sold her to fund their drug habit, at college with her sisters she meets Colby and for the first time after being rescued she starts trusting a man who becomes her friend. She shares her secrets with him and he promises to never leave her in the dark. This is our introduction to Colby
"What the hell am I supposed to do?
“I’ve wanted to fuck you since you sucked my cock dry the other night.”
Addison giggles, and the noise is tinkling and grating. “Why don’t you kill the lights and get on with that, then?”
The lights? No. He won’t forget his promise to me, will he? I’m choking on fear so thick it’s like hardened cookie batter. I’m about to gag. I haven’t been without a light on in the dark since the night I was rescued from the shipping container where Ali, Holly, and I were huddled together for a month in the oppressive dark. I desperately begin to chafe my fingers back and forth against one another from where I’m wedged unseen in the corner between Colby’s dresser and his closet. Just like Ali would always do to keep me calm.
As I watch the man I’ve been slowly falling for pull his shirt over his head, he does something he swore he’d never do. He plunges me into the pit of darkness without a lifeline..........
breaths. “I’m going to fuck you hard this time. Then, we’ll see how the night plays out,” Colby mutters. Soon, the groaning escalates as Colby rams into Addison. I can’t shift or I’ll expose myself. I listen closely, trying to find a good time that will cloak my escape out of this new reason to hate the dark.
Addison pants, “I never thought I’d get my turn. You kept looking, but you’d always go somewhere else.” Now, I’m desperate for escape, but just as I’m about to crawl toward the door, I’m frozen by her next words. “I kept thinking you were going to fuck that Freeman cow before you left instead of me.”
My entire world stills. It shouldn’t hurt. I’ve heard the whispers about how Ali, Holly, and I couldn’t be related since we look nothing alike. When I sat on the couch crying about it, my family and Colby assured me I was beautiful. My heart blossomed under their gentle nurturing.
Now, it fractures when I hear Colby’s breathless laugh.
Laugh.
“Cori? She’s sweet. Had a rough life. I feel bad for her sometimes.”
The blonde bitch laughs before saying, “You’re the one who’s sweet to take that on, Colby. Not many guys would.”
“I can handle Cori.”
Addison snorts. “I can tell. She’s so huge I’m amazed even you can get your arms around her. And these are some pretty impressive arms.”
“So, she’s a little on the chunky side, Addison. Who cares? It’s not her I’m in bed with tonight, is it?”
“No, it’s not,” she purrs.
So the h overhears that and goes through a lot more trauma before the night ends. She cuts off contact with him until 10 years later he's back and wants to know where things went wrong with them.
After the friendship ends Cori dates a lot of guys, kisses many but only sleeps with a few. She develops a rep as a slut which the H's friend is all too Keen to tell him about and which the Fuckwit H isn't pleased with!
To this day, even as I work for her brothers-in-law, her eyes are still hostile toward me. If I was reading Corinna right, I’d think she felt betrayed somehow. But how could she even think that when I’d once loved her with every fiber of my being?
⬆ Those are parts of Colby's inner thoughts about Cori, seriously maybe has a slit personality because I don't get how he could've done what he did and still claim this!
More of his bs................
I was leaving. She was damaged. Nothing good could come from the two of us being together. At least, nothing good for her. For me, it would have been the closest thing to heaven before I went through my rotation and likely got myself shot for daydreaming of the woman I left behind.
I found somewhere else to take care of my needs. Random chicks I’d bang who meant nothing more than releasing an ache caused by dark hair and golden eyes. I’d lose myself in the sex while thinking of what it would be like to wrap Corinna’s silky locks around my fist as I pounded into her body. It didn’t matter what color eyes the body beneath me had; it was always Corinna staring back at me. Corinna’s smile. Something I haven’t seen directed at me in more years than I care to count.↩ I want to break his face so bad! 🤦😂
He shakes his head back and forth. “I fucked her both times because I couldn’t have you and she was available. I fucked her to get you out of my mind. The first time, I was trying to protect you from something I now realize, in hindsight, I should have given you a choice on. I assumed you were broken, unable to handle what I wanted from you.”
↩ this guy is such a fucking prince I tell ya!
From the very first word of Colby's POV I wanted to stomp on his dick with steel toed boots. He goes on and on and on about how much he cared for Cori, how special she was to him, how attracted he was to her and how much he loved and wanted her but as a victim of human trafficking he knew she was too broken for a relationship 10 years ago so does this wonderful hero take his time and build up to a beautiful relationship with our h thereby giving her time to heal from what she'd endured......oh no dear ole Colby proceeded to fuck many women to get Cori out of his head including the extra special bitch above. And even though he'd fucked lots of OW over the 10 years( including fucking the skank Bitch from above again!! 2 years before he returned to town) he's never stopped thinking of the h or wanting her.
Now my stomach was churning at this point and I already wanted to string him up by his innards but what made me put this lousy motherfucking son of a donkey's asshole on the same shelf with Chace from Breathe by KA is when he offers his explanation of why he said what he did years ago to the skank. See I expected him to say he was so drunk he had no idea what he was saying but nope he said he'd said dumb shit to the skank just to get his dick wet! The things he said about his friend! This woman he cared so much about! Was just so he could score with some random piece of ass!!!!!!!????? I mean what the fuck are we 5 starring here???? Seriously how does someone like this earn forgiveness and an hea with the same woman he could say those things about just to get sex!!? I have so many quotes highlighted where he talked about how much he cared for her then but omfg that first sex scene with the OW doesn't show that!!!!!
Off course the OW has to make an appearance, turns out she works with his best buddy the psycho Jack. And of course this woman has to let the h know that she'd been with the H 2 years previously and was perfectly willing to go another round on his dick
For the first maybe 40% I absolutely loved Cori, she didn't put up with Colby's shit and she wasn't afraid to let him have it! I was totally on board.......until Colby's friend delivers some letters he'd written to her while in the army. That opens the doorway for her to reach out to Colby because never mind the shit he said above they could still be friends
When the h/H get together she turns into every other willing doormat that's ever made me want to punch them in the vagina! Cori had a brain tumor that see kept from her family and in the beginning I admired how she handled her medical struggles then she turned into this weeping hysterical mess making a whack decision as dufus settles into her life.
Now as his typical of this author of course some random crazy has to come in to spice things up. Said crazy is the H's best friend/ possible brother. He's apparently been secretly psychotic for a while never mind the fact that he runs a successful medical practice his crazy overflows at the idea that the slutty, fat and unworthy h could get the oh so prestigious Colby Hunt grandson of a senator and all. This guy says some things to the h about the H having sex with the OW that made me feel to throw up in my mouth. That aspect of the plot was thrown in for drama's sake because it isn't explained properly or concluded properly
We then get the completely devoted H as the h goes through the surgery to remove her tumor but by that point I was rooting for him to die and her to move on with someone else. This was just too damn much! I'm going to quit the series for now even though I wanted to read the other sisters stories but at this stage, to preserve the health of my Kindle I'm going to have to quit while it's still intact!
Welllllll I'm mentally throwing an adult tantrum, screaming in my head "this is bullshit!!!!!" Over and over because honestly this is a hulk smash kinda read and all because of the motherfucking zero! Now from the four and five star reviews on Amazon and gr I should've known but still I willingly dived into this book.
Random thoughts
So, Cori is another sibling who's parents sold her to fund their drug habit, at college with her sisters she meets Colby and for the first time after being rescued she starts trusting a man who becomes her friend. She shares her secrets with him and he promises to never leave her in the dark. This is our introduction to Colby
"What the hell am I supposed to do?
“I’ve wanted to fuck you since you sucked my cock dry the other night.”
Addison giggles, and the noise is tinkling and grating. “Why don’t you kill the lights and get on with that, then?”
The lights? No. He won’t forget his promise to me, will he? I’m choking on fear so thick it’s like hardened cookie batter. I’m about to gag. I haven’t been without a light on in the dark since the night I was rescued from the shipping container where Ali, Holly, and I were huddled together for a month in the oppressive dark. I desperately begin to chafe my fingers back and forth against one another from where I’m wedged unseen in the corner between Colby’s dresser and his closet. Just like Ali would always do to keep me calm.
As I watch the man I’ve been slowly falling for pull his shirt over his head, he does something he swore he’d never do. He plunges me into the pit of darkness without a lifeline..........
breaths. “I’m going to fuck you hard this time. Then, we’ll see how the night plays out,” Colby mutters. Soon, the groaning escalates as Colby rams into Addison. I can’t shift or I’ll expose myself. I listen closely, trying to find a good time that will cloak my escape out of this new reason to hate the dark.
Addison pants, “I never thought I’d get my turn. You kept looking, but you’d always go somewhere else.” Now, I’m desperate for escape, but just as I’m about to crawl toward the door, I’m frozen by her next words. “I kept thinking you were going to fuck that Freeman cow before you left instead of me.”
My entire world stills. It shouldn’t hurt. I’ve heard the whispers about how Ali, Holly, and I couldn’t be related since we look nothing alike. When I sat on the couch crying about it, my family and Colby assured me I was beautiful. My heart blossomed under their gentle nurturing.
Now, it fractures when I hear Colby’s breathless laugh.
Laugh.
“Cori? She’s sweet. Had a rough life. I feel bad for her sometimes.”
The blonde bitch laughs before saying, “You’re the one who’s sweet to take that on, Colby. Not many guys would.”
“I can handle Cori.”
Addison snorts. “I can tell. She’s so huge I’m amazed even you can get your arms around her. And these are some pretty impressive arms.”
“So, she’s a little on the chunky side, Addison. Who cares? It’s not her I’m in bed with tonight, is it?”
“No, it’s not,” she purrs.
So the h overhears that and goes through a lot more trauma before the night ends. She cuts off contact with him until 10 years later he's back and wants to know where things went wrong with them.
After the friendship ends Cori dates a lot of guys, kisses many but only sleeps with a few. She develops a rep as a slut which the H's friend is all too Keen to tell him about and which the Fuckwit H isn't pleased with!
To this day, even as I work for her brothers-in-law, her eyes are still hostile toward me. If I was reading Corinna right, I’d think she felt betrayed somehow. But how could she even think that when I’d once loved her with every fiber of my being?
⬆ Those are parts of Colby's inner thoughts about Cori, seriously maybe has a slit personality because I don't get how he could've done what he did and still claim this!
More of his bs................
I was leaving. She was damaged. Nothing good could come from the two of us being together. At least, nothing good for her. For me, it would have been the closest thing to heaven before I went through my rotation and likely got myself shot for daydreaming of the woman I left behind.
I found somewhere else to take care of my needs. Random chicks I’d bang who meant nothing more than releasing an ache caused by dark hair and golden eyes. I’d lose myself in the sex while thinking of what it would be like to wrap Corinna’s silky locks around my fist as I pounded into her body. It didn’t matter what color eyes the body beneath me had; it was always Corinna staring back at me. Corinna’s smile. Something I haven’t seen directed at me in more years than I care to count.↩ I want to break his face so bad! 🤦😂
He shakes his head back and forth. “I fucked her both times because I couldn’t have you and she was available. I fucked her to get you out of my mind. The first time, I was trying to protect you from something I now realize, in hindsight, I should have given you a choice on. I assumed you were broken, unable to handle what I wanted from you.”
↩ this guy is such a fucking prince I tell ya!
From the very first word of Colby's POV I wanted to stomp on his dick with steel toed boots. He goes on and on and on about how much he cared for Cori, how special she was to him, how attracted he was to her and how much he loved and wanted her but as a victim of human trafficking he knew she was too broken for a relationship 10 years ago so does this wonderful hero take his time and build up to a beautiful relationship with our h thereby giving her time to heal from what she'd endured......oh no dear ole Colby proceeded to fuck many women to get Cori out of his head including the extra special bitch above. And even though he'd fucked lots of OW over the 10 years( including fucking the skank Bitch from above again!! 2 years before he returned to town) he's never stopped thinking of the h or wanting her.
Now my stomach was churning at this point and I already wanted to string him up by his innards but what made me put this lousy motherfucking son of a donkey's asshole on the same shelf with Chace from Breathe by KA is when he offers his explanation of why he said what he did years ago to the skank. See I expected him to say he was so drunk he had no idea what he was saying but nope he said he'd said dumb shit to the skank just to get his dick wet! The things he said about his friend! This woman he cared so much about! Was just so he could score with some random piece of ass!!!!!!!????? I mean what the fuck are we 5 starring here???? Seriously how does someone like this earn forgiveness and an hea with the same woman he could say those things about just to get sex!!? I have so many quotes highlighted where he talked about how much he cared for her then but omfg that first sex scene with the OW doesn't show that!!!!!
Off course the OW has to make an appearance, turns out she works with his best buddy the psycho Jack. And of course this woman has to let the h know that she'd been with the H 2 years previously and was perfectly willing to go another round on his dick
For the first maybe 40% I absolutely loved Cori, she didn't put up with Colby's shit and she wasn't afraid to let him have it! I was totally on board.......until Colby's friend delivers some letters he'd written to her while in the army. That opens the doorway for her to reach out to Colby because never mind the shit he said above they could still be friends
When the h/H get together she turns into every other willing doormat that's ever made me want to punch them in the vagina! Cori had a brain tumor that see kept from her family and in the beginning I admired how she handled her medical struggles then she turned into this weeping hysterical mess making a whack decision as dufus settles into her life.
Now as his typical of this author of course some random crazy has to come in to spice things up. Said crazy is the H's best friend/ possible brother. He's apparently been secretly psychotic for a while never mind the fact that he runs a successful medical practice his crazy overflows at the idea that the slutty, fat and unworthy h could get the oh so prestigious Colby Hunt grandson of a senator and all. This guy says some things to the h about the H having sex with the OW that made me feel to throw up in my mouth. That aspect of the plot was thrown in for drama's sake because it isn't explained properly or concluded properly
We then get the completely devoted H as the h goes through the surgery to remove her tumor but by that point I was rooting for him to die and her to move on with someone else. This was just too damn much! I'm going to quit the series for now even though I wanted to read the other sisters stories but at this stage, to preserve the health of my Kindle I'm going to have to quit while it's still intact!
avoid
August 3, 2022Self note avoid- lots of pet peeves and turn offs.
- plain Jane, overweight h. Fat shamed.
- H fucks ow (h in hiding sees and hears them), he and the ow fat shames the h while having sex with each other. (descriptive love scene with Ow).
- H breaks an important promise to the h, so he could sleep with the Ow.
- plain Jane, overweight h. Fat shamed.
- H fucks ow (h in hiding sees and hears them), he and the ow fat shames the h while having sex with each other. (descriptive love scene with Ow).
- H breaks an important promise to the h, so he could sleep with the Ow.
September 22, 2019
I honestly dont know how any author could write the first scene of what the hero did to the heroine, and still expect people to support him 😒 I will never understand the plot point that is so popular. All it does is create a mountain to climb over for most readers. Thank God this was KU.
March 13, 2024
No worth reading. I tried to read it, really I did. But it is laughable. It is ludicrous.
The heroine was sold by her parents to some sex slave traffic and she was rescued but traumatized.
She was afraid of the dark. She met the hero at college and they became friends. He gave her the key of his room so she could feel safe. Then one night at a party he took a girl there and turned off the lights, so the heroine was forced to stay in the dark and she also was forced to see them screw. Of course she had a crush on him.but this is not even the worse because said girl was one of the mean girls and made some awful remarks about the heroine weight and the hero agreed with her saying he only felt sorry for her.
The heroine also finds out she has a brain tumor.
Ten years later the hero never understood why she shut him out suddenly. He was so in love with her, you know, that he kept screwing ow for ten years because this is what you do when you are oh so in love with someone.
The pitiful excuse for his behavior is that he couldn’t have her so he screwed other girls, included the one who was mean to the heroine.
- first thing first. There is no reason why he couldn’t have the heroine if he wanted her. Nobody would shoot him. The heroine was not that traumatized that she couldn’t have sex with other people. She was scared of the dark. This is a pitiful excuse that the author made to justify his fuckboy ways, that’s all.
- years later, they eventually clear the air and he understood why she shut him out of her life. It would seem he suffered soooo much during those ten years and felt abandoned and betrayed by her, but then he thinks that he doesn’t have to apologize for the fact that these past years he had a life, that is , he enjoyed screwing his way around while he was supposedly pining for the heroine so where is the truth? Was he pining for the heroine and living a very unhappy life or was he living his life enjoying it? Author really made a mess with this.
- the heroine. Oh the heroine. She wasn’t celibate but barely. She only had four men in ten years, no ONS, and the one man she had a relationship with was a million times better than the fuckboy hero. What a sad creature is she? She admitted that the man wanted her and loved her as she was, and he was indeed her champion, but nope, she was stuck with a man who sold her out for a cheap fuck. So no, I don’t feel any angst in such situation because to me, if a woman prefers a man who treats her that way to a sexy, hot, good and loyal one. Well she deserves to be treated as dirt. It’s not as if she hadn’t a choice. She had it. And it disgusts me that she chose the hero.
- The hero turnaround is silly and incongruous. He decides in a couple of minutes that he has to have her and he goes possessive and macho after 10 years. Oh did I forget that he was with mean girl another time only two years before and the heroine had to be rubbed in the face with the fact? I mean, it was not enough that he screwed his way around for ten years he had to do it again with the same awful girl that was mean to the heroine?
- the betrayal and the hero’s behavior is worse and deeper than only having sex with another girl. He could screw a lot of of girls and even the mean ones. But he didn’t have to comply and agree with her about the heroine who, even if she wasn’t his girlfriend she was only his friend. Why did he have to shit over her? Why tell the girl he only felt sorry for her and she was pitiful? This would be a betrayal even if he never felt anything than friendship to her. He could have screwed the girl telling her to shut the fugg up without complying with what she was saying of his friend. This is even more unexcusable since he tells her was sooo in love with the heroine but couldn’t have her. The couldn’t have her doesn’t have any solid foundation, it’s a pretend. And if what he says it’s true and he was sooo in love with her and couldn’t have her, how come he was soooo horny to have ow that he admitted to things he was not thinking? He must have wanted ow so much and this is not consistent with what he was saying.
- the whole book is an unholy mess. Too many elements, the brain tumor, the sex traffic slave, the trauma. All was mixed up and not interesting enough. And the hero’s behavior, his feelings and his thoughts are all incongruous and inconsistent. His so called love, his sufferings, his hurts, yeah right, but then he admits he had a life meaning he had a lot of women, so no, I don’t know what is true and what is not.
I was at half the book and couldn’t take it anymore but I tried to end it because I wanted to see if it was redeemable in the end. It was not.
-the heroine hurt and the consequences of his betrayal, that was real, are awful and long lasting, but then she forgave and forgot as soon as she knew he wrote her letters but they were never sent to her. Really? How does it change what he did? If I had a friend, not a lover, a mere friend, and he talked of me in such a fashion with some mean person, he would be dead to me anyway. Dead. So after his behavior she suddenly decides they can be friends and can be together because.
The heroine was sold by her parents to some sex slave traffic and she was rescued but traumatized.
She was afraid of the dark. She met the hero at college and they became friends. He gave her the key of his room so she could feel safe. Then one night at a party he took a girl there and turned off the lights, so the heroine was forced to stay in the dark and she also was forced to see them screw. Of course she had a crush on him.but this is not even the worse because said girl was one of the mean girls and made some awful remarks about the heroine weight and the hero agreed with her saying he only felt sorry for her.
The heroine also finds out she has a brain tumor.
Ten years later the hero never understood why she shut him out suddenly. He was so in love with her, you know, that he kept screwing ow for ten years because this is what you do when you are oh so in love with someone.
The pitiful excuse for his behavior is that he couldn’t have her so he screwed other girls, included the one who was mean to the heroine.
- first thing first. There is no reason why he couldn’t have the heroine if he wanted her. Nobody would shoot him. The heroine was not that traumatized that she couldn’t have sex with other people. She was scared of the dark. This is a pitiful excuse that the author made to justify his fuckboy ways, that’s all.
- years later, they eventually clear the air and he understood why she shut him out of her life. It would seem he suffered soooo much during those ten years and felt abandoned and betrayed by her, but then he thinks that he doesn’t have to apologize for the fact that these past years he had a life, that is , he enjoyed screwing his way around while he was supposedly pining for the heroine so where is the truth? Was he pining for the heroine and living a very unhappy life or was he living his life enjoying it? Author really made a mess with this.
- the heroine. Oh the heroine. She wasn’t celibate but barely. She only had four men in ten years, no ONS, and the one man she had a relationship with was a million times better than the fuckboy hero. What a sad creature is she? She admitted that the man wanted her and loved her as she was, and he was indeed her champion, but nope, she was stuck with a man who sold her out for a cheap fuck. So no, I don’t feel any angst in such situation because to me, if a woman prefers a man who treats her that way to a sexy, hot, good and loyal one. Well she deserves to be treated as dirt. It’s not as if she hadn’t a choice. She had it. And it disgusts me that she chose the hero.
- The hero turnaround is silly and incongruous. He decides in a couple of minutes that he has to have her and he goes possessive and macho after 10 years. Oh did I forget that he was with mean girl another time only two years before and the heroine had to be rubbed in the face with the fact? I mean, it was not enough that he screwed his way around for ten years he had to do it again with the same awful girl that was mean to the heroine?
- the betrayal and the hero’s behavior is worse and deeper than only having sex with another girl. He could screw a lot of of girls and even the mean ones. But he didn’t have to comply and agree with her about the heroine who, even if she wasn’t his girlfriend she was only his friend. Why did he have to shit over her? Why tell the girl he only felt sorry for her and she was pitiful? This would be a betrayal even if he never felt anything than friendship to her. He could have screwed the girl telling her to shut the fugg up without complying with what she was saying of his friend. This is even more unexcusable since he tells her was sooo in love with the heroine but couldn’t have her. The couldn’t have her doesn’t have any solid foundation, it’s a pretend. And if what he says it’s true and he was sooo in love with her and couldn’t have her, how come he was soooo horny to have ow that he admitted to things he was not thinking? He must have wanted ow so much and this is not consistent with what he was saying.
- the whole book is an unholy mess. Too many elements, the brain tumor, the sex traffic slave, the trauma. All was mixed up and not interesting enough. And the hero’s behavior, his feelings and his thoughts are all incongruous and inconsistent. His so called love, his sufferings, his hurts, yeah right, but then he admits he had a life meaning he had a lot of women, so no, I don’t know what is true and what is not.
I was at half the book and couldn’t take it anymore but I tried to end it because I wanted to see if it was redeemable in the end. It was not.
-the heroine hurt and the consequences of his betrayal, that was real, are awful and long lasting, but then she forgave and forgot as soon as she knew he wrote her letters but they were never sent to her. Really? How does it change what he did? If I had a friend, not a lover, a mere friend, and he talked of me in such a fashion with some mean person, he would be dead to me anyway. Dead. So after his behavior she suddenly decides they can be friends and can be together because.
January 25, 2019
4 ❤️❤️💔❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟s❣️
The Freeman family has a special place in my heart.
Corinna’s story brought out a lot of emotions. It was beautiful.
The Freeman family has a special place in my heart.
Corinna’s story brought out a lot of emotions. It was beautiful.
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September 22, 2019Ok I have only just started, but so far Hero is a pig. No excuse can make up for what he said, if you love someone you would kill another person for insulting them, not then insult them as well just to get your dick serviced. Also, the heroine being friends with Blake? Being called on stage? Seriously! Insert eye roll. Also? Also the hero who gets about judging the heroine for not being a virgin in a box is a joke! Are you kidding me! Jack just called her a c***, and the Colby said nothing! This is not a hero! I like Cori, but the sainthood is a bit much. Basically making sure her and Blake won a charity cooking show, running her own business, and sending enough cupcakes to feed a whole floor at a hospital, not a day off in six months, while dealing with a brain tumour? Also, friends or not, singing songs to Cori and rubbing his cheek against hers, while having a girlfriend is not ok.
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September 22, 2019
Yes, yes, I've read this crap a while ago and I won't even waste my time writing a review. Some things are what they are and there is no point in justifying or softening. In the case of this "book"? Just a lot of shit.
The one star is just to comfort the writer for wasting her precious time writing so much bullshit.
The one star is just to comfort the writer for wasting her precious time writing so much bullshit.
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September 21, 2019I ended up skimming to the end from the halfway point (hence no rating) and it didn’t get much better for me. I really liked Cori. She was the only reason I didn’t give up earlier. And there’s some great angst in here but in order me for me get past it, there needs to be some payoff. Some sort of redemption. But sadly, it didn’t happen. At least not for me.
Didn’t think much of her family who were more than happy for her to work herself to the bone, and not really paying attention to the fact she was sick until she was almost at breaking point. Granted, she didn’t share anything with anyone but surely when someone you care about is working hard and hasn’t had a day off in 6 months, you’d do something about it instead of piling more work on them while pretending you can’t do anything about it.
Besides all that, the thing that confirmed this was just a bit too ‘meh’ for me was because I never really felt the hero’s character had grown any by the end. He’s still the same as what he was in the beginning. And don’t tell me he’s loved her all those years ago. You don’t treat people you love like that. End of story.
I’m just not finding anything that’s working for me lately...
Didn’t think much of her family who were more than happy for her to work herself to the bone, and not really paying attention to the fact she was sick until she was almost at breaking point. Granted, she didn’t share anything with anyone but surely when someone you care about is working hard and hasn’t had a day off in 6 months, you’d do something about it instead of piling more work on them while pretending you can’t do anything about it.
Besides all that, the thing that confirmed this was just a bit too ‘meh’ for me was because I never really felt the hero’s character had grown any by the end. He’s still the same as what he was in the beginning. And don’t tell me he’s loved her all those years ago. You don’t treat people you love like that. End of story.
I’m just not finding anything that’s working for me lately...
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July 26, 2019
Colby 😍😍
Let's just say that he's perfect to me, so #TeamColby... for now 😉
December 19, 2021
My rating: 3 stars
What I liked: I loved Corrina(h) and how strong her character was. I really liked her “made up” family. The way they are all close and there for each other gave a nice touch to the story (definitely want to go back and read the other books in this series). I also liked how she told Colby(H) off.
What I didn’t like: I hated how Jack didn’t get more done to him. They should of stripped his medical license from him. I also wished Colby didn’t sleep with the mean chick again and that we got more of a confrontation with her instead of him just telling us what happened.
How hot was it: 3 out 5
Triggers/Details: In the beginning we are told that the h has issues with the dark because of her past (h was sold by her parents into a sex slave ring for drugs, the good thing that came out of it was that she meet others and they formed their own family) h while in college meets the H. They form a friendship. H has a crush on the h but thinks she won’t be able to handle a relationship because of her past. One night at a party h goes to the H’s room because she doesn’t like the dark and he told her that she can always go to his room (which he gave her a room to his key) where he will leave the lights on. When in the room she is startled when the H comes in with a chick that isn’t nice to the h. H is drunk and proceeds to shut the lights off and have sex with the chick. H and the chick proceeds to talk about the h (how she is fat). h waits for them to fall asleep, leaves the key and leaves. While leaving the H’s best friend sees the h is upset and starts making fun of her. h falls and hits her head on the way out. The next day she goes to the hospital and finds out she has a tumor. She doesn’t tell anyone and refuses to see the H. The story jumps 10 years later with the H finally confronting the h as to why she stop talking to him. H during the ten years went into the service, wrote letters to the h(which the h never got because his best friend kept them) and was shot. He also had many sexual partners and had sex again with the same chick that h caught him with in the beginning of the book. h also had sexual partners in the 10 years they were not together. The rest of the book is them finally talking about what happened and him confronting his “best friend”.
Final thoughts: This was an ok read for me. I needed more to happen to the ow and the “best friend”. I might go back and read more in the series, just not right away.
What I liked: I loved Corrina(h) and how strong her character was. I really liked her “made up” family. The way they are all close and there for each other gave a nice touch to the story (definitely want to go back and read the other books in this series). I also liked how she told Colby(H) off.
What I didn’t like: I hated how Jack didn’t get more done to him. They should of stripped his medical license from him. I also wished Colby didn’t sleep with the mean chick again and that we got more of a confrontation with her instead of him just telling us what happened.
How hot was it: 3 out 5
Triggers/Details: In the beginning we are told that the h has issues with the dark because of her past (h was sold by her parents into a sex slave ring for drugs, the good thing that came out of it was that she meet others and they formed their own family) h while in college meets the H. They form a friendship. H has a crush on the h but thinks she won’t be able to handle a relationship because of her past. One night at a party h goes to the H’s room because she doesn’t like the dark and he told her that she can always go to his room (which he gave her a room to his key) where he will leave the lights on. When in the room she is startled when the H comes in with a chick that isn’t nice to the h. H is drunk and proceeds to shut the lights off and have sex with the chick. H and the chick proceeds to talk about the h (how she is fat). h waits for them to fall asleep, leaves the key and leaves. While leaving the H’s best friend sees the h is upset and starts making fun of her. h falls and hits her head on the way out. The next day she goes to the hospital and finds out she has a tumor. She doesn’t tell anyone and refuses to see the H. The story jumps 10 years later with the H finally confronting the h as to why she stop talking to him. H during the ten years went into the service, wrote letters to the h(which the h never got because his best friend kept them) and was shot. He also had many sexual partners and had sex again with the same chick that h caught him with in the beginning of the book. h also had sexual partners in the 10 years they were not together. The rest of the book is them finally talking about what happened and him confronting his “best friend”.
Final thoughts: This was an ok read for me. I needed more to happen to the ow and the “best friend”. I might go back and read more in the series, just not right away.
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June 12, 2023DNF @62%
I was going to call it quits at ~30%. Call me horrible but Corinna is too Mary Sue for me lol. Her entire story is this:
1. Kidnapped and Sex trafficked at age 15
2. Found family with the victims
3. Went to college, met Colby who fatshamed and betrayed her and trashtalked her with a random girl he was trying to fuck
4. Same night finds out she has a brain tumor
5. SPENDS 10 YEARS WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE ABOUT THE BRAIN TUMOR
6. Becomes a baking queen and SUPER rich with her family
7. Besties with celebrities, makes free cakes for kids with cancer, etc etc, other OTT shit
Colby in contrast was boring.
1. Rich kid with billionaires and politicians in his family, abused by his dad who wants him to make weapons for the country
2. Enlists in the military instead
3. Sends 37 letters over 10 years to his douche best friend to give to Corinna while he's in war and the best friend doesn't do that
4. Fuckboi extraordinaire
Yes I know this doesn't sound boring but next to Cori, he was bland asf to me.
Corinna was just OTT. I can't read this anymore. I barely blinked at the fatshaming Colby did, that was an asshole move and I didn't go into this thinking I'd like him anyway. I'm just disappointed in how annoying Cori became. Is she super stressed because she's had a tumor since birth? Probably, and that's why she's acting the way she does. But she just doesn't seem like a real character to me.
Ok that's it folks ✌️
I was going to call it quits at ~30%. Call me horrible but Corinna is too Mary Sue for me lol. Her entire story is this:
1. Kidnapped and Sex trafficked at age 15
2. Found family with the victims
3. Went to college, met Colby who fatshamed and betrayed her and trashtalked her with a random girl he was trying to fuck
4. Same night finds out she has a brain tumor
5. SPENDS 10 YEARS WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE ABOUT THE BRAIN TUMOR
6. Becomes a baking queen and SUPER rich with her family
7. Besties with celebrities, makes free cakes for kids with cancer, etc etc, other OTT shit
Colby in contrast was boring.
1. Rich kid with billionaires and politicians in his family, abused by his dad who wants him to make weapons for the country
2. Enlists in the military instead
3. Sends 37 letters over 10 years to his douche best friend to give to Corinna while he's in war and the best friend doesn't do that
4. Fuckboi extraordinaire
Yes I know this doesn't sound boring but next to Cori, he was bland asf to me.
Corinna was just OTT. I can't read this anymore. I barely blinked at the fatshaming Colby did, that was an asshole move and I didn't go into this thinking I'd like him anyway. I'm just disappointed in how annoying Cori became. Is she super stressed because she's had a tumor since birth? Probably, and that's why she's acting the way she does. But she just doesn't seem like a real character to me.
Ok that's it folks ✌️
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June 10, 2025DNF-First off the H didn’t say she was a cow his hookup
Did. I didn’t think he said anything so life altering considering they weren’t a couple. Second I Don’t like romances with brain tumors. Third this book
Was boring.
Did. I didn’t think he said anything so life altering considering they weren’t a couple. Second I Don’t like romances with brain tumors. Third this book
Was boring.
September 25, 2019
The guy was just too much of a d-bag for me!
I just can’t do like this one. I read everything, and I really love an alpha a**hole who is brought to his knees when he Mets a girl that he lives. It this isn’t that story. This is the kind I hate. Where the hero is “nice guy” (in this case a soldier to boot) and we are supposed to be ok with the fact that he treated her like crap because he “loves her”, but he doesn’t have to change any behavior because he is already such a great guy. Except that he wasn’t. He has no loyalty. He dogged the girl that he “loved” just to get laid. He said awful things about her to someone that he knew was a horrible person, definitely the type to repeat it to everyone that they knew. He is a major slut, but slut-shamed her the when he heard she had slept around (even knowing for a fact that she was a virgin when he knew her and he definitely wasn’t. The fact is that she didn’t (has only been with 4 guys compared to his likely hundreds) still wasn’t enough for him to even try to apologize for screwing anything that walks when he supposedly loved her. He said that he refused to apologize for the time in between because he didn’t know why she mad. It wasn’t cheating but come on if he loved her as much as he said he did I don’t buy him having to sleep around as much as he did. It makes no sense. His reason for not being with her was that she was too broken, insert eye roll. If he actually loved her the way he said that he did he would have wanted to help heal her, not just take all of the best parts of her when he needed them and then go screw someone else. There wasn’t some deep dark reason for his issues. His only trauma was being raised a rich kid whose dad hit him once when he told him that he wanted to join the army. He was just a spoiled brat who seems to just want to have his cake and eat it too. Long story short. This could have been a decent story (with the same plot and ending) if the “hero” was less of a do*chebag.
I just can’t do like this one. I read everything, and I really love an alpha a**hole who is brought to his knees when he Mets a girl that he lives. It this isn’t that story. This is the kind I hate. Where the hero is “nice guy” (in this case a soldier to boot) and we are supposed to be ok with the fact that he treated her like crap because he “loves her”, but he doesn’t have to change any behavior because he is already such a great guy. Except that he wasn’t. He has no loyalty. He dogged the girl that he “loved” just to get laid. He said awful things about her to someone that he knew was a horrible person, definitely the type to repeat it to everyone that they knew. He is a major slut, but slut-shamed her the when he heard she had slept around (even knowing for a fact that she was a virgin when he knew her and he definitely wasn’t. The fact is that she didn’t (has only been with 4 guys compared to his likely hundreds) still wasn’t enough for him to even try to apologize for screwing anything that walks when he supposedly loved her. He said that he refused to apologize for the time in between because he didn’t know why she mad. It wasn’t cheating but come on if he loved her as much as he said he did I don’t buy him having to sleep around as much as he did. It makes no sense. His reason for not being with her was that she was too broken, insert eye roll. If he actually loved her the way he said that he did he would have wanted to help heal her, not just take all of the best parts of her when he needed them and then go screw someone else. There wasn’t some deep dark reason for his issues. His only trauma was being raised a rich kid whose dad hit him once when he told him that he wanted to join the army. He was just a spoiled brat who seems to just want to have his cake and eat it too. Long story short. This could have been a decent story (with the same plot and ending) if the “hero” was less of a do*chebag.
January 22, 2019
I have to start off by saying I LOVE this story, I LOVE the Freeman family and I certainly LOVE Tracey Jerald. Why??, well she did it again, she managed to write yet another beautiful story about another amazing couple, this time revolving around Corinna Freeman and Colby Hunt.
These two gave me butterflies and all the feels for how much I was routing for them. Their story is unique in that they shared a past, a friendship in college that somehow was shattered for over ten years until they meet again. Corinna wants nothing to do with Colby but he has other ideas as he has always loved her and wants nothing more than to rekindle what they once shared, a beautiful friendship. This proves to be a difficult task as both have demons both past and present that could stand in their way.
But I will say this, this story, Cori and Colby's story captivated me from the start and had me intrigued right to the last page. It depicts friendships, loss, heartache and a love worth fighting for right to the end. Once again I love the Freeman family dynamics and the strong family bond they all share through their support, understanding and the love they have for one another. Their banter and interaction enlightens you and always leaves you laughing but at times has you in tears for how this unique family loves and will fight for their own.
I commend Tracy Jerald once again for her creative writing skills turning words into a beautiful, loving, compassionate story. I was sad to see Corinna and Colby's story come to an end but I can't wait to read Em's adventures next. Long live the Feeemans!!
These two gave me butterflies and all the feels for how much I was routing for them. Their story is unique in that they shared a past, a friendship in college that somehow was shattered for over ten years until they meet again. Corinna wants nothing to do with Colby but he has other ideas as he has always loved her and wants nothing more than to rekindle what they once shared, a beautiful friendship. This proves to be a difficult task as both have demons both past and present that could stand in their way.
But I will say this, this story, Cori and Colby's story captivated me from the start and had me intrigued right to the last page. It depicts friendships, loss, heartache and a love worth fighting for right to the end. Once again I love the Freeman family dynamics and the strong family bond they all share through their support, understanding and the love they have for one another. Their banter and interaction enlightens you and always leaves you laughing but at times has you in tears for how this unique family loves and will fight for their own.
I commend Tracy Jerald once again for her creative writing skills turning words into a beautiful, loving, compassionate story. I was sad to see Corinna and Colby's story come to an end but I can't wait to read Em's adventures next. Long live the Feeemans!!
February 25, 2019
4.5 STARS
Another excellent story from Tracey Jerald, that focuses on Corinna Freeman, the baker of Amaryllis Events.
This is a very emotional and poignant love story that focuses on an old friendship that turned sour. Corinna Freeman and Colby Hunt were best friends and loved and confided in each other until one day, Corinna sees and hears something that shatters her heart and their friendship.
But that day, not only did she lose her soul mate, she also lost a piece of herself that she manages to keep a secret from her sisters and brother for many years.
When Colby Hunt re -enters her life after ten long years, secrets begin to unravel that shatter him and the rest of the Freeman family .
Can Colby fix what he broke all those years ago, and is his love for Corinna still strong enough to see her through her darkest days and fix her broken soul?
A wonderfully written story, laced with suspense and heartbreak, forgiveness and loss.
Highly recommended!
Please note, although this can be read as a standalone, this is book #3 in an interlinked series about the Freeman family.
Another excellent story from Tracey Jerald, that focuses on Corinna Freeman, the baker of Amaryllis Events.
This is a very emotional and poignant love story that focuses on an old friendship that turned sour. Corinna Freeman and Colby Hunt were best friends and loved and confided in each other until one day, Corinna sees and hears something that shatters her heart and their friendship.
But that day, not only did she lose her soul mate, she also lost a piece of herself that she manages to keep a secret from her sisters and brother for many years.
When Colby Hunt re -enters her life after ten long years, secrets begin to unravel that shatter him and the rest of the Freeman family .
Can Colby fix what he broke all those years ago, and is his love for Corinna still strong enough to see her through her darkest days and fix her broken soul?
A wonderfully written story, laced with suspense and heartbreak, forgiveness and loss.
Highly recommended!
Please note, although this can be read as a standalone, this is book #3 in an interlinked series about the Freeman family.
June 5, 2021
liked it but forgiving cobly all of a sudden was not it for me.
May 20, 2025
This started off really fun, but fizzled out at somewhere around 40% through. Turns out all these two kids needed to do for ten years was have a conversation (yeah, okay, the discovery of Colby's letters helped) and then the romance was pretty much resolved. I was hoping for some family drama, but Corinna hasn't gotten in contact with any of hers that were still alive, and Colby's mostly happens off-page. From there, it pretty much becomes a drama about Cori's health. And normally, I'd be all about that (Lord knows, Maggie's Dad is one of my favorite so-disastrous-it's-fabulous books). But everything is so... wholesome...? I guess?
This was my first outing with the Freeman family, and their antics were super-entertaining, even if the romance didn't do much for me. I'd be interested in going back and reading about Ali and Cassidy, but goodness, the writing in this got super-overwrought at times, and I'm not sure I have it in me. Dialogue that wouldn't be out of place in a soap opera, but don't actually sound like real things people say (at least not with that amount of earnestness) was all over the place. I wish now I'd highlighted some as I was reading but the only one I got was at the end:
Honey, no, go to a doctor. That's not love, that's sleep apnea.
This was my first outing with the Freeman family, and their antics were super-entertaining, even if the romance didn't do much for me. I'd be interested in going back and reading about Ali and Cassidy, but goodness, the writing in this got super-overwrought at times, and I'm not sure I have it in me. Dialogue that wouldn't be out of place in a soap opera, but don't actually sound like real things people say (at least not with that amount of earnestness) was all over the place. I wish now I'd highlighted some as I was reading but the only one I got was at the end:
"Every morning I wake up shaken because the intensity of my love for you causes me to stop breathing."
Honey, no, go to a doctor. That's not love, that's sleep apnea.
July 13, 2019
Tissues by the cases are a requirement!
OMG..each book in this series has taken me emotionally on a journey I found to reach my soul, squeeze tight, and cleanse my tear ducts. I've read them a little out of order and sworn that no way could the next reach me emotionally any further than the one I've read before.... boy have I been wrong!
Free to Breathe left me with ugly sobbing tears, I couldn't read it while with anyone else because I just couldn't stop the tears chapter after chapter. This book has got to be the most emotional of the series, I still have 2 books left to read and if author Tracey Jerald out does this one I'll have to bow at her feet!!!
Outside of all the emotional content inside the pages of this beautifully written emotional journey is the journey of the family that's been throughout the series( boy do I love these characters), and the journey of Cori and Colby- one that is sad and beautiful and everything in between! Colby defiantly became my favorite of the guys after this one!!!!
**Please DO NOT attempt to read this without Kleenex within reach-- consider this a friendly heads up!!**
* I really hate to do this .....editing errors while reading are something I catch- both as an editing student and as a reader who reads as much as I do. Their something I cringe at, both when an editor is used and when ones obviously not. In this case an editor was used but i found myself rereading a handful of times due to what were probably oversights. WITH THAT BEING SAID... I'd normally rate a book at 3 stars for editing errors.....BUT....I'D STILL RATE THIS BOOK 10 STARS!!!!
OMG..each book in this series has taken me emotionally on a journey I found to reach my soul, squeeze tight, and cleanse my tear ducts. I've read them a little out of order and sworn that no way could the next reach me emotionally any further than the one I've read before.... boy have I been wrong!
Free to Breathe left me with ugly sobbing tears, I couldn't read it while with anyone else because I just couldn't stop the tears chapter after chapter. This book has got to be the most emotional of the series, I still have 2 books left to read and if author Tracey Jerald out does this one I'll have to bow at her feet!!!
Outside of all the emotional content inside the pages of this beautifully written emotional journey is the journey of the family that's been throughout the series( boy do I love these characters), and the journey of Cori and Colby- one that is sad and beautiful and everything in between! Colby defiantly became my favorite of the guys after this one!!!!
**Please DO NOT attempt to read this without Kleenex within reach-- consider this a friendly heads up!!**
* I really hate to do this .....editing errors while reading are something I catch- both as an editing student and as a reader who reads as much as I do. Their something I cringe at, both when an editor is used and when ones obviously not. In this case an editor was used but i found myself rereading a handful of times due to what were probably oversights. WITH THAT BEING SAID... I'd normally rate a book at 3 stars for editing errors.....BUT....I'D STILL RATE THIS BOOK 10 STARS!!!!
May 23, 2019
Cori the family baker with her own secrets that she hasnt told her family come back to haunt her when she has to face her own personal health issues.
Cori’s best friend from childhood Colby has been discharged from the forces, he wants to reunite with Cori but will he find out why Cori wants nothing to do with him.
This book will have you in tears, excellent, best one of the series .
Cori’s best friend from childhood Colby has been discharged from the forces, he wants to reunite with Cori but will he find out why Cori wants nothing to do with him.
This book will have you in tears, excellent, best one of the series .
June 2, 2019
Heart wrenching
This was about everything i have felt before. Pain, loss, love, hope and its clear that the author shows her knowledge of what a broken human has gone through, from childhood to adulthood. Thank you for reminding me nothing is guaranteed and never forget who you are.
This was about everything i have felt before. Pain, loss, love, hope and its clear that the author shows her knowledge of what a broken human has gone through, from childhood to adulthood. Thank you for reminding me nothing is guaranteed and never forget who you are.
July 21, 2019
Each book I think to myself “this is my fav one”...and I said it again!
Colby and Cori’s story was so beautiful! I was txting my friends with updates....”now I’m crying (pic was attached to to as well)”....”now I’m laughing”....that makes (for me) an amazing story and prime example of the authors ability to bring their characters to life.
“I’ll be with you in the dark to pull you out”
That right there!!!!
Colby and Cori’s story was so beautiful! I was txting my friends with updates....”now I’m crying (pic was attached to to as well)”....”now I’m laughing”....that makes (for me) an amazing story and prime example of the authors ability to bring their characters to life.
“I’ll be with you in the dark to pull you out”
That right there!!!!
October 27, 2019
Emotional roller coaster!!
Wow where to begin! This is a beautifully written story which had me totally enthralled throughout this additive page turner and I highly recommend for all readers. This is one of those unique stories which draws in the reader from the very beginning and remains in your thoughts for a long time after finishing!!
Wow where to begin! This is a beautifully written story which had me totally enthralled throughout this additive page turner and I highly recommend for all readers. This is one of those unique stories which draws in the reader from the very beginning and remains in your thoughts for a long time after finishing!!
June 16, 2021
I wanted to hate it, caused it made me bawl like a baby.
I wasn’t sure about the book at first. But the small preview had me hooked to buy. It’s the first book I’ve read from this author and it twisted my heart with so much emotion. Being handicapped and living with pain, you can survive with a spouse who loves you and your families support.
This story is a wonderful heart clenching story that brings to life what happens with tragedy!
Please, do yourself a favor and read it. Oh, and have a box of tissues on hand.
I wasn’t sure about the book at first. But the small preview had me hooked to buy. It’s the first book I’ve read from this author and it twisted my heart with so much emotion. Being handicapped and living with pain, you can survive with a spouse who loves you and your families support.
This story is a wonderful heart clenching story that brings to life what happens with tragedy!
Please, do yourself a favor and read it. Oh, and have a box of tissues on hand.
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August 12, 2021Five stars!!
I absolutely loved the interactions between all the characters, especially the loving and humorous ones. The sex scenes were loving yet hot at the same time. Also, having the different points of view is something I enjoyed. I loved how Corona and Colby were able to find each other, in more ways than one. Definitely going to read the next book.
I absolutely loved the interactions between all the characters, especially the loving and humorous ones. The sex scenes were loving yet hot at the same time. Also, having the different points of view is something I enjoyed. I loved how Corona and Colby were able to find each other, in more ways than one. Definitely going to read the next book.
January 25, 2019
Ekkkk this series!!! This family is simply amazing!! All different but same... if that even makes sense! This one brought the most tears of them all!!! You absolutely want be disappointed!!!!
June 30, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
September 3, 2019
Colby & Corrina
This is the third book in the series, and it has all the feels!!! I’m not a crier but this story had my tearing up multiple times. Colby and Corrina are such strong characters and their love for each other shines bright!
This is the third book in the series, and it has all the feels!!! I’m not a crier but this story had my tearing up multiple times. Colby and Corrina are such strong characters and their love for each other shines bright!
March 16, 2024
DNF @ 30%. Writing is fine, just really boring and I’m having a hard time getting into the story or even connecting with any of the characters.
May 11, 2019
Review of Free to Breathe (Amaryllis Series Book 3)
I loved reading this book and look forward to reading more books written by this author. I would highly recommend this book to everyone. I won this book through a giveaway on Goodreads website.
I loved reading this book and look forward to reading more books written by this author. I would highly recommend this book to everyone. I won this book through a giveaway on Goodreads website.
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