Atone (Recovered Innocence #2) by Beth Yarnall
{Details} eARC, February 23rd 2016 by Loveswept. Source: eARC provided in exchange for an honest reviewBeth Yarnall’s sexy and emotional Recovered Innocence series continues as two broken souls discover that keeping their hands off each other is even harder than facing their demons.
Beau: Six years. That’s how long I spent behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit—the murder of the woman I loved. Now I’m free, but life on the outside is a different kind of prison. I don’t know who I am or who I want to be. At least I have my sister, Cora. She never stopped believing in me. She even got me a job at the private investigation agency that cleared my name. And then Vera Swain walks into Nash Security and Investigations and kicks my world on its ass.
Vera: There’s only one thing that would make me come out of hiding after two years on the run: finding my sister. I made the mistake of telling a monster about her, the same monster who beat me and broke me. Now I’m forced to confide in Beau Hollis of Nash Security and Investigations. He looks at me like he knows me—the real me. He sees too much, makes me feel too much. The pleasure he offers is exciting and addictive. But I can’t fall for him . . . because my love could get us both killed.
Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title. (Blurb via Goodreads)
{Rating} 4/5 - I really liked it!
{Review}
Dark. From the very first this book had a much darker feel than Vindicate, but where the characters are in their lives, where they've come from, endured, survived... it's a dark place they've come from.
Beau is still stuck. he may be free from his cell
but he doesn't know who he is after all the plans of his life died with
Cassandra. I appreciated seeing the other side of his life with Cassandra from what we saw in Vindicate, all the things he wouldn't tell his sister; and though it made my heart ache I understood him better.
Vera is living a lie. Well, less like living, more like existing. She's always ready to run, never putting down roots, never trusting, never letting her guard down. I felt for her as she struggled with her secrets, her past and how terrifying it was to trust Beau with her truths. I loved Beau and Vera together; seeing what they were able to do for each other, helping each other forgive themselves, to move past the horror they endured.
Vera is living a lie. Well, less like living, more like existing. She's always ready to run, never putting down roots, never trusting, never letting her guard down. I felt for her as she struggled with her secrets, her past and how terrifying it was to trust Beau with her truths. I loved Beau and Vera together; seeing what they were able to do for each other, helping each other forgive themselves, to move past the horror they endured.
Again I felt that the ending was a bit too rushed for my taste though I loved the event that the book ended on (which I can't spoil, but I liked how the promises were fulfilled.) Beau and Vera's path wasn't easy, it was very hard and it hurt, but the earned their happily ever after.
All in all, an excellent follow up to Vindicate and confirmation that Beth Yarnall deserves a place on my auto to-by list.
All in all, an excellent follow up to Vindicate and confirmation that Beth Yarnall deserves a place on my auto to-by list.
