Blog Tour + Review: Awakening (Destined #2) by Suzanne Ashley

Blurb:

Mira’s broken and battered. She’s fighting to put herself back together while her heart is trying to forget. Can she continue moving forward with one man while in love with another?

Skylar’s wrestling demons he never imagined in his wildest dreams. The girl he’s been in love with for years finally has feelings for him. There’s only one problem: her heart might lie somewhere else. How long until his will power shatters?

Who will seize Mira’s heart and never let go? Will these feelings ever go away or will they be an AWAKENING?

Buy Links:

Mirage (Destined #1) (The Destined Series)
Inception (Destined #1.5) (The Destined Series)
Awakening (Destined #2) (The Destined Series)

Goodreads Links:

 Awakening | Mirage | Inception

Our Review:

5 Stars

This book is awesome! I recommend that you read Mirage and Inception before you read Awakening. If you have not I suggest you stop reading this review as it might contain spoilers. Why ruin an amazing love story by reading it half way thru. Suzanne you have added another fictional boyfriend to my list. I have been on a “Sky” high for the past few days; just the thought of him has me swooning.

Awakening starts off right where Mirage left off. Mira has woken up from her coma and has to face reality and deal with the fact that Danny is alive and Skylar is not hers.

Skylar has been in love with Mira since the first day he saw her. Now Mira wakes up and finally says the words that he has been desperately waiting to hear. Out of loyalty to his best friend, Skylar steps away and gives Mira time to heal and sort out her feelings. He has more to lose, the love of his life, his best friend, or possibly both.

Mira tries to make her relationship with Danny work out, but everything is different.  She has changed and has mourned the loss of Danny and given her heart away. Eventually Danny realizes that he has also changed. When she was in a coma he was preparing himself for the worst and in his own way he had also mourned her and found solace in someone else.

Once I started this book I couldn’t put it down. I finished it within a few hours. This book broke my heart more times than I can count, more for Skylar than anyone else. I am looking forward to reading the next installment in the Destined series, Kylee’s story. 

EXCERPT:

I continue to giggle all the way down the hall and into the elevator. As soon as we hit the elevator, the proximity of Skylar to my humming body really hits home and I feel a sudden wave of arousal. I haven’t felt this way since I woke up, not even with Danny. Glancing over at Skylar, I can see him fidgeting around.

As I’m looking at him, he turns to face me, and I can see the arousal in his eyes. He casually licks his lips and shoves his hands into the pockets of his jeans. I smile and turn back to face the front of the elevator. I have him right where I want him.

About the Author:

Ashley Suzanne is a married mother of three little boys as well as a daughter, aunt, sister, best friend, birth mother, blogger, book whore and author. Ashley is a native to the suburbs of Detroit, with most of her family living in Kentucky and New York.

You can usually find Ashley sitting in bed, with her laptop, playing on Facebook, pretending to write, entering giveaways (she's also a swag whore) or on a football field with her oldest son, Tyler. Yep, not only is she a football fan, she's a football mom!

When she's reading, it's typically something to do with romance, erotica being her favorite genre. Ashley co-owns a blog, 2 Chicks and a Blog, with her GBFF Manda. She's a total fan-girl over a few authors, Pamela Ann, Brooke Cumberland, SE Hall, Madeline Sheehan, Jasinda Wilder, Angela Graham, CM Stunich and Riley Rhea to name a few.

Ashley has no pets, unless you count her children and she is a little OCD. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite drink is cherry vodka and coke and double chocolate brownies are a must.

Author Links:

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