Sometimes, one dark moment is all it takes to turn your world black...
For 24-year old Dominic Kinkaide, that moment took place on the night of his high school graduation. One dark incident changed him forever. He's a hardened actor now, famous in the eyes of the world, but tortured in his own. He doesn't care about much of anything, except for losing himself in the roles that he plays.
23-year old Jacey Vincent doesn't realize how much her father's indifference has affected her. She is proof that sometimes it isn't one specific moment that wrecks a person, but rather it's an absence of moments. She's like a bird with a broken wing-strong yet fragile, as she tries to float through life, finding acceptance in the arms of random guys, one after the other... to fill the void that her father left in her.
Until she meets Dominic.
After jaded Dominic and strong-willed Jacey are thrown together, his secret and her issues create a dark and damaged energy that will soon turn their attraction to each other into an explosive storm.
Even though when the clouds have cleared and the dust has settled, both of them are almost obliterated... they've learned a priceless lesson.
Sometimes, before we fall... we fly.
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here is nothing light, fluffy, or easy about this book. This is a story about two flawed people that start of on a rocky relationship that will either put them back together again or shatter them once and for all.
Dom learned early in life that the only thing that's guaranteed in life is betrayal and pain. So he doesn't let anyone in. He wears a facade that's so well constructed even he has trouble recalling who he once was.
He hides beneath meaningless hookups, nameless women, his work, and alcohol. In short? He's an asshole.
Jacey struggles with demons of her own. After a stupid lack in judgement causes a devastating outcome she is determined to turn her life around and be a better, more responsible person. But then she crosses paths with Dominic Kinkaide. She can't help but feel attracted to the sexy movie star.
Dom knows that the secrets he has he will never be able to get over. They've broken him, and they can only hurt anyone that gets close enough to even attempt to reach them.
There was the intricate back and forth dance of 'I want you' but 'I can't', followed by 'I want you' but 'I shouldn't'. Which after a little was to much.
I wanted Jacey to be a little more harder at times and say no to Dom and not give in as easily as she seemed to. But then little by little we began getting more intimate glimpses of the man that Dom tries so hard to keep hidden.
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