by Jay Crownover
Book: Marked Men #4
Publisher: William Marrow
Pub Date: April 29, 2014
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Will
their past determine their future?
Saint Ford has worked hard to achieve her childhood dream of becoming of nurse.
Focused on her work and devoted to her patients, there’s no room for love. She
doesn’t need a guy making waves in her calm, serene life—especially when he’s
the unforgettable hottie who nearly destroyed her in high school. Dark,
brooding Nash Donovan might not remember her or the terrible pain he caused.
But he turned her world upside down . . . and now he’s trying to do it again.
Saint has no idea that Nash isn’t the cocky player he once was. Uncovering a
devastating family secret has rocked his world, and now he’s struggling to
figure out his future. He can’t be distracted by the pretty nurse he seems to
meet everywhere. Still, he can’t ignore the sparks that fly between them —or
how she seems so desperate to get away from him. But the funny, sweet, and drop-dead
gorgeous Saint is far too amazing to give up on—especially since she’s the only
thing in his life that seems to make sense.
When Nash discovers the truth about their past, he realizes he may have lost
her heart before he could even fight for it. Now, Saint has to decide: is Nash
worth risking herself for all over again?
My Review: Nash is withdrawn from the world. Everything he ever knew was a lie. His dad didn't leave, his uncle who loves him, took him and raised him like a dad was actually just that.
Nash needs to pull himself together. He needs to leave his place, get back to it at the shop and go see Phil in the hospital. Its bad, and now is the time to go be with him and get the real story and continue forward.
Saint is the sweetest nurse you will ever find. She loves her work, caring for people and that includes helping Nash get off his butt and go see Phil. Saint still has this version of Nash from high school in her mind. What he said about her back then had done a number on her. Yet, she cant resist him still. He even got even hotter than he was in high school so clearly that isn't gonna help.
It took
a little bit, but Nash came around. The visit from Saint helped snap out of it.
He goes back to the shop and tries to ease his way back into his normal
life/routine.
Things between Nash and Saint is okay at first. Saint has her moments and still doesn't full trust Nash yet because of what he said back then. But she does see that he is different but still the past is blocking what could be. Nash has never spent this much time with a woman before and he wants her as the plus one to the wedding and meet his friends.
With some bumps in the road between them. Nash still has to handle Phil's decline and opening the new shop and everything that comes with a business. While that's going on, Saint is trying to just handle her own family stuff and the job of being a nurse.
In the end it finally happened for them. Took a while to get there with a lot in between but the ending we all know and love from Jay finally arrives and its everything.
