I came close to having that once with my own family. I had a loving mother that treated me like her little princess. My father was, and still is, the biggest support system in my life, but even his love isn’t enough for me at times. I would have been a proud big sister at the age of seven, but Antonio Jr. was torn away from us before he was even born.
I was destined to be alone and hurt, both emotionally and physically scarred.
The only skeletons that remained of my once happy family was a father I adored, but who lived hundreds of miles away, and a mother whom I had spent most of my own life saving from her demons.
Like many people, they are scarred so deep that when they bleed, it is a reminder that they are still human.
I have a secret. A secret only I know about. I keep my secret well, and keep it hidden from the peeping eyes of the world.
At least I tried… that is until two angels barged into my life, and into my scattered heart. Their presence in my life spun me on my heels, turning my world yet again upside down, and right side up all at the same time.
What I find could either save me, or finally push me over the edge.
Here is my story…
Overall
Rating: 4.5 Rockin’ ★★★★☆
“I was damaged goods. There was no hope for a girl like me. Just a tragic ending somewhere along the narrow and forever winding road.”
“If you drown…I drown, baby.”
Ocean’s Collide is M.A. DeOlmos’ first book in her Ocean’s Trilogy. I was hopelessly lost from the beginning with the very well developed characters and their plight’s. From the very beginning I was drowning in story. I was captured by the way the author developed the characters. They were shapely and fully formed. I felt their pain, weaknesses, and passion.
Lawrence “Law”, to his friends is an awesome guy all around! Law was an MMA fighter during high school and was really good. I loved him from the beginning to the end. I could totally tell he was caring, funny, sexy and all with a heart of gold. He’s finally got together the funds to open his own MMA studio and he’s stoked.
Livie Acosta is a young woman coming into her own. She lost her mother and her father is all she has left. She is trying to lose track of the demons that disturb her. Livie is desperate to find a job and begin her career, in fitness of course. Of all the places in all the world, she had to walk into the newly opening MMA studio of Lawrence Hawthorne.
Ocean Hawthorne, the cousin and fellow MMA fighter, is angry. He’s mad at the world, upset with his family, and punishes himself regularly. After his stint in rehab, he’s trying to tamper things down. When his cousin, Law, asks him to co-own an MMA studio, he might just get the chance to start over, fresh and new.
Will Livie get the job of her dreams and stop her haunting demons? Can she find the happiness that she deserves? Will Law and Ocean’s studio be a success? Who will Livie give her heart to? Read this book! Just beware…there is a cliffhanger that will make you beg for the next book!!!
This story has everything! From friendship, compassion, and a bit of erotica but most of all love, the book is packed full. In a most unusual triangle with family and devotion, the author brought a new spin to how being under the most dire of circumstances that everyone deserves to be happy. I loved, loved, loved, reading this book. It brought tears to my eyes and caused my heart to sing. Way to play it, Melissa! ~TSRBR
Hero – Lawrence Hawthorne 5.0 stars
Hero – Ocean Hawthorne 4.5 stars
Heroine – Livie Acosta 4.5 stars
Steam Level: 4.5 stars
Plot: 4.0 stars
Cliffhanger: YES!
Would I recommend this book: Yes!
Would I read other books by this author: Yes! Absolutely! She’s on my reading radar!!! Can’t wait to read the next book!
***Received an ARC of this book from the Author in
exchange for an honest review***
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