Quality all around

N.R Walker knows how to tell a story - and yes - you might feel it's predictable - just to be surprised with little twists and turns. And as ever - it´s the relatable characters that reel you in - you start liking them, rooting for them, loving them and you feel for them. Not an easy feet for any author - but N.R Walker gets me every time! Joel Leslie is a gem when he is reading - and time just flew by. 2 thumbs up!

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viel mehr als eine wunderschöne Lovestory, plätschert nicht nur an der Oberfläche!

einerseits eine gefühlvolle Liebesgeschichte, andererseits wird ein nach wie vor erschreckend häufig vorkommendenes und trotzdem tabuisiertes Thema tiefgreifend angesprochen. umso wichtiger, als es meines Wissens für "nonnormative" Beziehungen noch nicht einmal Zahlen gibt, sprich noch viel weniger Hilfe...und vielleicht hat der ein oder andere nach dem Lesen "nebenbei" ein aufmerksameres Auge für den Familien - und Freundeskreis bekommen. Und wer denkt, die Geschichte sei überzogen - ist sie leider ganz und gar nicht...
kurz, rundum ein gefühlvoller, ergreifender Roman!
Das Buch ist absolut lesens/hörenswert und der Sprecher ist ebenfalls fantastisch. höre jetzt direkt das nächste.

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Such a beautiful and romantic story!

Aubrey and Patrick's story is one of my favorite. I cannot fathom how strong a person must be to get away from their abuser. How strong they have to be afterwards to deal with the aftermath, to not get jaded. How strong they have to be to open themselves up again, to let themselves be 'vulnerable' with someone else. Many battered spouses might think themselves weak, or unworthy, even after they got away or survived, but the opposite is true IMO. Nobody knows their own strength until that time when you have to take a step.

I think that is why I'm so drawn to that kind of stories. I also loved this authors "Yanni's Story". Even though I abhor abuse, homophobia etc. I love stories about people's stories about the times after the fact, their road to happiness and fulfillment. And that is exactly what this book is about. It is about two people finding each other at the right moment in time, one still grieving for a man he dearly loved and one running away from the shadows of his past abuser. They both sooth each other, find strength and love in each other's arms.

It took me the second time around to understand what Aubrey really was afraid of, why he didn't want to confide in Patrick. It wasn't that he was afraid, that Patrick would love him less or see him as weak. He wanted to protect him and give him plausible deniability because he knew he had broken the law. He actually confided little bits about his past, just not the ones that could, in his mind, get Patrick into trouble should the police later talk to him.

The only thing I cannot understand is why he didn't go to the police in the first place. But that is my self talking, a person who has gladly never been in such a position myself. I don't know what goes on in the head of an abuse victim. I hear that oftentimes they don't think rationally when it comes to those kind of things. That they are so mentally manipulated that they think that the police won't be able to help them or that the abuser has far more reach than they actually have.

I'm just glad that Patrick and Aubrey found each other... and maybe it actually was fate, was meant to be somehow.

The only sad thing about the book is sadly Joel Leslie. I keep doing this to myself, because I love listening to my favorite books being read to me, but mr. Leslie's voice just sadly isn't for me.

Book quotes:
If I was adrift and lost, and I certainly felt it some days, then he was my shining beacon, my tether and guide to something good and whole.
My lighthouse.

Maybe it was something I needed to say. Maybe it was something he needed to hear. I dunked the bread into the soup and said, "Everything about you means comfort to me. The way you wrap your arms around me is like a blanket. your voice is never loud or angry, just warm and safe." I ate the bread without looking at him. I felt if he saw the vulnerability in my eyes, I'd break apart. "Kind of like I'm lost at sea and you're the lighthouse and safe harbour. I know when I'm with you, no one can hurt me."

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