This book doesn't work for me. I think the problem is the author wanted the hero, Alex to be an Alpha male type but he's controlling and cruel and crosses the line way too many times.
In other books by other authors who have written successful Alpha men, the men are controlling and bossy and they do make decisions for 'their woman' and they are even mad at them at times but it never physically harms them or sometimes its something that's to protect them.
If you can get past the rape, mental insanity treatment, then the other big no is after really being together, spending real time as a family, another woman kisses him and he kisses her back, nothing else happens but the heroine witnesses it, he gets angry when she calls him out on it. A true man would not have gone there, not at this point in their relationship.
He does eventually redeem himself after a pity party and 3 months of punishing his 4 year old daughter by cutting himself out of his life completely, because he's not worthy and made so many mistakes.
It is hard to understand why she took him back and wanted anything to do with him. ( )

555 stars!

ARC provided by author for an honest review!

Jettie Woodruff is a MASTER at making me want something I have no business hoping for! Anyone in their right mind wouldn't wish for such things! Good thing I'm rarely in my right mind!



Well done! I loved Underestimated but this book was just...WOW!



This is going in my favorites, for sure!! Any person with a maternal bone in their body can relate to this story! Jettie Woodruff is an automatic read for me going forward! I can't wait for other to read this! ( )