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What a gem of a read this one turned out to be! It has been such a great year of reading books from new to me authors, they have all been hitting it out of the park. I found Vow of Atonement to be a rather enjoyable read with little bits of suspense that kept me hooked the entire time. Add in one of my favorite tropes of all time, second-chance romance, to top it all off.
I will say that Harper and Roman's love was something that we've seen before, falling in love during their teenage years, but the hero making the ultimate choice of leaving because he thinks she would have a better life without him. Oh, how I despise when the hero decides to make a decision on both accounts, I understand that they mean well, but there's always two people involved in a relationship. However, their story was a complete tragic one. With Harper losing her entire family in a brutal way, in just one day, all she had left was Roman and her "uncle"/second-father. But the moment she needed Roman the most, he completely shattered her world even more than what it was before. Fast forward to 10 years later, a man wiggles his way in to stir up some serious trouble in Harper's life and the only person she knows that would drop everything and come in a heartbeat is the very man that broke her heart.
I absolutely adored Roman so much, he eased his way back into Harper's life, effortlessly. She fought it so hard and her reasons are justified, but I just loved how suave he was about it. And boy, he can speak Spanish to me any time of the day! Shoot, anyone can speak any foreign language to me ;-) Their chemistry is still sizzling like they've never been apart and it seems tough for Harper to avoid the alpha that is Roman, shoot, I sure wouldn't have been able to.
I really loved the suspense part of the story, it's obvious who the bad guy is, but there's always the question of what and why. And I was still surprised with the twists that Emma added in. It'll definitely keep you on the edge of your seat because Emma does a wonderful job keeping us waiting until the right moment for everything to go down.
Even though Vow of Atonement is the second book in the series, it is a standalone and you won't be confused at all by who all the other characters are. I was able to follow along easily and I'm definitely going to go back and read the first book in this series. Definitely a solid first read from this author and it won't be my last!