Today is Release Day for Escaping Me by Elizabeth Lee and you really should pick this one up. Good girl meets bad boy and there's chemistry ... lot's of chemistry!! Check out the teaser and Tami's review and enter the giveaway while you're here!
TITLE: Escaping Me
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Lee
GENRE: New Adult Contemporary
RELEASE DATE: July 30th, 2013
All she wanted to do was forget. Forget the memory of walking in on her boyfriend in the middle of, well, another girl. Forget how she had her entire life planned out. And, forget about being perfect all the time. Unfortunately, she was Whitney Vandaveer and despite the fact that she moved to the middle of nowhere—she couldn't.
He always knew he would never be more than nothing. No job, no money, no future. Cole Pritchett had accepted the fact that he would always be the screw up and he was okay with it. Until he met her.
Here's the thing they quickly found out—sometimes we all need a little help escaping who we think we are.
It’s so
hard to describe how I felt when I finished Escaping Me. It was a delightful read and I had that kind
of *sigh* moment, where you feel fulfilled and happy for the characters. This is a gorgeous story about working out
who you are, finding someone who accepts just that and falling in love.
Whitney
Vandaveer is the daughter of a successful and wealthy lawyer. Her boyfriend is exactly the kind of guy her
father expects her to be with and her life is planned out ahead of her. That is until she catches her boyfriend
cheating on her. Whitney heads to her
mother’s farm to spend time with her sister Mallory and her mother for the
summer break. It’s an opportunity to
think about what she wants for her life, now that everything she thought she
wanted doesn't seem so appealing.
Cole
Pritchett is a hot head (oh and a hottie!). Sent away from
his home town by his brother because he’s stretched the friendship with the law
one too many times. Cole finds himself
playing white knight to Whitney when she pushes herself too hard on a run and
passes out in her driveway. There’s a
good chunk of Cole that doesn't want to play Good Samaritan, he just wants to
live a quiet existence and avoid others for as long as he can to increase the
chances that he won’t beat the crap out of someone. But Whitney’s good looks aren't lost on him and
he does the right thing, returning her to her mother’s farm.
The
relationship between Whitney and Cole develops fairly quickly, but what I
really liked was the way they grappled with the issues they faced. Both of them were working so hard to escape
who they had been, to be ‘better’. And
what they found in each other was an acceptance of who they were. Both had had experiences that left them
feeling deficient, but they had just enough self worth to want to try to be
different. They manage to connect in a
way that allows them to do just that.
There isn't a major event or drama in this story that they have to recover from. There is a series of issues they face that
challenge their relationship and test their ability to not fall back into old
habits.
In each
other they find enough to feel worthy of the other, which inspires them to
pursue what they really want in life. There is a happy ending and no cliff
hanger. Oh and it would be remiss of me
not to mention Elizabeth Lee can write very steamy love scenes ... *fans self*
I
really enjoyed Escaping Me. There are a
number of other wonderful characters, Mallory; Whitney’s sister, Zeke; Cole’s
workmate, Leanne; Whitney’s mum. Even
Whitney’s dad turns out to be not quite as pompous as I first thought. If you’re looking for a feel good story, with
just a tiny touch of drama then I suggest you pick up Escaping Me.
4 out 5
stars
I like feel good stories with great main and secondary characters and a no cliffhanger finally is perfect! haha
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