Sunday, July 15, 2018

REVIEW: Return (Second Chance #2) by Kemmie Michaels


 


*Intended for an adult audience*

Second Chance Novels book 2

For Mason, every smile is forced. Every joke represents effort. Bartending stands as a calculated decision to be a regular guy. In spite of his best efforts, life at such an easy pace is painful…because Mason was raised on a diet of crushing adrenaline and fierce, strategical thinking. His time in the Special Forces ended two years prior, but his drive and skill remained the strongest part of his being. 

When his skills are needed again, Mason wakes up from a two-year haze and rescues the damsel. Mission accomplished. Victory had. 

…Devastation returns. 

Mason has no idea how to return to his everyday existence, not after flexing every strength he'd pushed aside. The simple truth is he can't. Balance, he decides, is the key: remain his joke-cracking self with his friends, and indulge in some ass-kicking on the side. 

Together with Sofia 'Dig' DiGiacamo, Mason plans to eliminate every point of corruption they can uncover. A life of purpose fills him again, but the pressure threatens to rip him painfully apart. The turmoil stirs ugly memories of his Army career, adding an explosive element to his world.

Every day he fights corruption, every evening he fights himself. But still, Mason grits his teeth and grins. He's determined to keep his life, love, past, shame, desperate need, and suppressed anger all hidden behind his smiling, regular guy, bartender self. His fight remains an unending circle, and Mason battles on every front.


Mason oh man I kept rooting for him and through his struggles with himself and his relationship at the begining of the book. He so didnt want to hurt his girlfriend and lose his friends in the process but his feelings for Sophia and wanting to be the real him not the fake him are causing him to war with himself so much.

Sofia is such a strong woman so full of courage and determinations even after all the hurt and pain she has gone through. How she struggles with doing what right and trying to keep her feeling for mason to herself.

These two are so perfect for eachother.

I wont lie when he cheats on his girlfriend and breaks her heart i cried so hard it was heartbreaking and then his full breakdown afterwards because of the guilt of what he had done. So very very powerful.

I just love this author and cant wait to read the next in this series.

5 stars

Mother of Two Boys...
My husband and I have been married for 18 years and are blessed with two amazing young men. They are 11 and 13 right now, and both are on very different parts of the autism spectrum. I've learned so much being their mom and I feel pretty lucky to have become part of a community of loving, understanding people. 

Romance Novelist...
I've always loved to write. I've written for newspapers and magazines, also a host of personal projects. Then in December of 2012 I was reading on my first Kindle, gobbling up romances left and right. That's when I fell in love with Raine Miller's Ethan Blackstone, by the way.

I was inspired to sit down and write. Three years later, I've published eight books, written another, and started on two more. Feel free to contact me at kemmieauthor@gmail.com. Happy reading!

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