Title: Storms Over Secrets (Over #3)
Author: J.A. DeRouen
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Synopsis
Promises are lies dressed up for the party.
Secrets poison the fairest of fairy tales.
Lies stain the purest of loves.
I’ve paid the ultimate price for my choices. The tendrils of those sins bind me to my past. The remnants of my love hold me captive.
Then he walks into my life, and makes me believe in second chances. He awakens feelings in me I know I shouldn’t have. I yearn for a future without guilt. With him, I dream of a love untainted.
Regret is a far-reaching emotion. It barrels through time like a blazing comet, and its path isn’t always straight. No matter what I feel, I cannot bring myself to regret the time I’ve spent with Cain.
But it doesn’t mean I can have him.
My name is Celia Lemaire and this is my story of broken promises.
Storms Over Secrets is the third book in The Over Series, a group of interconnected standalone novels.
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Elizabeth's Review
4.5 Stars – One of the Best Books I’ve Read
Review Copy provided by author
J.A DeRouen is an author that I’ve been wanting to read. I’ve had her books sitting in my “to read” pile for a while now and finally got to read her work with Storms Over Secrets. My thoughts now include, “What have I been waiting for!”
In Storms Over Secrets, we meet Celia, an early 20’s counselor who has a truck full of baggage. Decisions made when she was a high school senior way heavy on her and have her believing that she doesn’t deserve love. Then she meets Cain and that hunky game warden won’t take no for an answer.
Ms. DeRouen does a fantastic job of weaving past and present so that we learn Celia’s secret and her heartbreak while we also see Cain begin to bring her back to life first as friends then as a romantic interest. Just when we thought they might have the beginnings of something, the past comes back in the form of a friend that doesn’t understand.
Celia is a young woman that my heart just hurt for while reading her story. She had so much to deal with at 17 and her support system failed her and other peoples’ guilt caused them to blame her. She took that blame and spent six years punishing herself and ultimately punishing Cain because he didn’t know why she refused to be with him romantically.
One of the things I enjoyed about this book is that not only did we transition from past to present to fully understand the story, we also got to see things from both Celia and Cain’s point of view. That helped so much because we not only got to see what was in their heads, but also how they reacted to each others behaviors.
As much as my heart hurt for Celia, there were also times when I just wanted to shake her. I loved that she finally stood up for herself and made a friend understand how she was hurting. How Storms Over Secrets ended was a happy surprise; Ms. DeRouen took us on a heartbreaking ride dealing with some very hefty issues and still found a way for there to be happiness in the end. I am looking forward to the opportunity to go back and read the two books that proceed Secrets in the Over series.
About The Author
J.A. Derouen lives in South Louisiana with her husband, son (aptly nicknamed “The Professor”), and her furry friend, Scout. She has earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and nursing. When she’s not writing or inhaling romance novels by the stack, she works as a women’s health nurse. She’s been an avid reader and daydreamer since childhood, and she’s never stopped turning the page to get to the next happily ever after.
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