Book Review: Forgiven by Carrie Aarons

Book 2 –The Nash Brothers Series

Review

An emotional and powerful book that shows the power of soulmates doesn’t die. Carrie Aarons builds up the characters turmoil to perfection.

Lily Grantham doesn’t rebel–always the perfect daughter just like her Senator father likes. But she has loved Bowen Nash since the moment she laid eyes on him in high school something her father has never approved of. She has never understood why Bowen walked away after their accident. Or why has always been so cold and distant to her since he returned to Fawn Hill. Believe her, she has asked–numerous times. He refuses to answer her. Instead he grunts or makes verbal jabs at her. Even years later, her eyes can always find him, she feels when he walks into the room, and her heart races at the sight of him.

Bowen Nash has two loves –baseball and Lily Grantham. Both he lost the night of the accident. Promises were made. Bowen has to break his and her heart in order to keep the promise he made to his father. It pains him every time he’s near her. Instead of showing her how much he still loves her, he’s mean to her hoping he can discourage her. Things have changed. He can no longer stay away from her, but at what cost?

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸:

In a split-second, a car crash killed almost everything between them. Ten years later, can one accidental ride fix tattered spirits, uncertain futures, and broken hearts?

Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash. She loved that boy since the day they laid eyes on each other, and it nearly ended them both. A decade later, and Lily still can’t move on. Even if Bowen has made it clear he doesn’t love her anymore.

Bowen Nash never wanted the life he’s trapped in. Destined for baseball fame and the love of his high-school sweetheart, that existence vanished in the flip of an old pickup. Now, he’s stuck in the town that produced his worst nightmare. Pretending to hate Lily Grantham guts him day in and day out. But to protect her from the ultimate secret, it’s necessary to break his own heart each time they pass on the street.

They’ve been fighting fate for as long as it’s been chasing them. And now, time is up.
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AUTHOR BIO:

Author of romance novels such as Red Card and Privileged, Carrie Aarons writes books that are just as swoon-worthy as they are sarcastic. A former journalist, she prefers the stories she dreams up, and the yoga pant dress code, much better.

When she isn’t writing, Carrie is busy binging reality TV, having a love/hate relationship with cardio, and trying not to burn dinner. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband, daughter and dog.