Item: Escaping Reality
Rating: 4.00
Author: cocktailsandbooks

by Lisa Renee Jones

His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn't trust him. I shouldn't tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breathe? He is what I need.

At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loved to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she's finally dared to believe she is forgotten-even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets her guard down, the ghosts of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run.

On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing recluse billionaire, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take "no" as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give?

Once I started reading ESCAPING REALITY, I couldn’t put it down. In fact, I finished it in one day. It has a lot of twists and turns and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time I was reading this book.

Amy is a twenty four year old woman, who has been on the run for six years under an assumed name. She lost her family to a tragedy and has been afraid someone is after her ever since. My heart went out to Amy, because she has such a sad, empty life. Amy doesn’t know who is after her, so she questions the motives of everyone she meets and is afraid to trust anyone.

Amy has lived in New York and is moving to Denver because she fears whoever is after her, may have found her. On the plane to Denver, Amy is seated next to Liam and she feels an instant attraction to him. Amy is confused because Liam makes her feel and say things she usually doesn’t. She has learned to be closed off and not give too much away, but with Liam, she wants to share all her secrets.

Liam is an architect, traveling to Denver for a meeting, to discuss plans for a building he has been asked to design. I liked everything about Liam he is a sexy, good looking confident billionaire, who radiates control. He has been hurt and gone through pain and is drawn to Amy. Liam seems to understand Amy and is patient with her and doesn’t ask too many questions.

Escaping Reality is well written with an intriguing plot, sizzling hot romance and well developed, believable characters. This book had me questioning everyone’s motives and not trusting anyone Amy meets or knows. I loved everything about this book, except the cliffhanger ending.

Reviewed by Karen for Cocktails and Books

Escaping Reality (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen, #1)

by Lisa Renee Jones

Reviewed by Cocktails and Books on Aug 11, 2013

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