As her life spins out of control and the line between reality and fairytale blurs, she has to make a choice to trust or fall.

Pushing away those around her ensures they won’t get hurt when she succumbs to the same fate.Īll of that unravels when she meets Regan. Georgia Hall has spent most of her life in the shadows of her mother’s mental illness. When he befriends a local bartender, Regan wonders if he’s finally ready to let go. Although he’s surrounded by friends and music, one delivery from the post office reminds him that the past is always just around the corner. Regan Kane arrived in San Diego with nothing but a violin, his car and what feels like a lifetime of grief. * I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Darhower and look forward to reading what she writes next. The story flowed effortlessly and this was a beautiful follow-up to Sempre. Darhower weaves together a suspense, mysterious and sweeping love story that had me frantically turning the pages to find out what happens next. There is a bigger message of redemption, strength and fighting in the face of adversity.ĭarhower is a brilliant storyteller. Carmine and Haven’s story is so much more than a love story between two people. But the journey the characters take was moving and shook me to my core. I found myself swimming in a sea of emotions relatively early in this book. No longer the submissive and quiet girl, she is a fighter. She grows leaps and bounds in Sempre: Redemption, discovering who she is as a person and what she wants in life. Carmine helped her adapt, learn to live, and learn to love and be loved. In Sempre, she was thrown into a world that was completely foreign to her sheltered upbringing. She came from nothing and was completely isolated from the outside world. Haven is a strong and incredibly resilient character.

Sempre by jm darhower