Title: Redemption
Series: Deviant #2
Author: Jaimie Roberts
Release Date: April 3, 2015
Synopsis
How could anyone move on from a betrayal so devastating, it cut down to the bone and rooted itself deep within? You could never forgive such heartache…
Or could you?
From the moment Tyler was six, she fell in love with that cocky eight-year-old boy with the black spiky hair, captivating blues eyes, and scruffy uniform. From the moment he punched a boy for hurting her, Tyler knew there was no going back. They were always meant to be together...
Always.
Then everything changed. The stage was set like a tragic Shakespearean play, and Tyler’s and Dean’s world—as they knew it—had ended.
Or had it?
Tyler
My name was Jessica now. I faked my own death, changed my identity, and moved thousands of miles across the ocean just to escape the one man I would never get out of my heart. I had a four-year-old son I adored more than anything in the world. On one fateful, horrific night, the life I knew disappeared in the blink of an eye. I left people behind. People I cared about. People I would never forget. People I loved.
But had I truly moved on?
No one said leaving behind the one man you had loved since you were six would be easy. I lived life day-to-day. I even met a man and tried to settle down. Evan was a man any woman would desire. So why could I not love him the way he obviously loved me? Why couldn’t I move past the dark-haired, blue-eyed boy who consumed my every thought? I may have left him, but he had never truly left me.
I could never love another man. Dean made sure of that the day he breezed into my life. I was only half a woman now. I had been broken and bruised by the one man I thought I could always love and trust. How could I let go of something like that? I suppose I just had to. I was just getting by with each day that passed. I was coping. I was managing, and that was keeping me from falling apart.
But then disaster struck again. And it was on that day…
Everything changed.
Dean
You can’t hide forever, Tyler. I will always be hunting you, always be searching, and will never give up. If there was ever one certainty in your life, it was that. You slipped through my fingers, not once but twice. You took my heart with you when you left me that day. No amount of alcohol, women, or punching bags would block you from my mind. You couldn’t be dead. I wouldn’t allow you to be dead. You’re out there somewhere. I must congratulate you that you had evaded me for this long. You always were a smart girl. How could I not have fallen in love with you? You did escape me this time, but I will find you, Tyler. I promise you that. And when that day comes… I will finally make you MINE.
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Review by Julie Sweetheart Obsessive Pimpette
I received this ARC for a honest review.
This second book was absolutely wonderful.
Finally the story takes hold and give you one great ride. Dean and Tyler are fabulous character as well as Jimmy and Tara.
So much love and emotion in this read.
Perfect writing. Highly recommend
This second book was absolutely wonderful.
Finally the story takes hold and give you one great ride. Dean and Tyler are fabulous character as well as Jimmy and Tara.
So much love and emotion in this read.
Perfect writing. Highly recommend
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Review by Mazzy Boss Lady
Read in January, 2015
This book is definitely not a fairy tale book and it is just how I like them.
I think that some of you will agree that this book tells a tale of a fantasy that deep down you would have, but wouldn't tell anyone.
Tyler is such a girl that expressed her want of a fantasy, but didn't know about how real it was about to become.
Dean I think is a character that you would love to hate, I understood in some ways the reasons behind his feelings towards Tyler. He went to the extremes of exacting his revenge, hoping that the outcome will come out in his favour.
Jeremy is a child that is older than his years and you will find yourself feeling for him, I think in the end he had his bit of happiness.
This is a read that will take you along for the ride, you will be engrossed within the pages and rooting for certain characters. It is a dark read and not suitable for readers that don't like taboo subjects.
I for one cannot wait for the next book by Jaimie
I think that some of you will agree that this book tells a tale of a fantasy that deep down you would have, but wouldn't tell anyone.
Tyler is such a girl that expressed her want of a fantasy, but didn't know about how real it was about to become.
Dean I think is a character that you would love to hate, I understood in some ways the reasons behind his feelings towards Tyler. He went to the extremes of exacting his revenge, hoping that the outcome will come out in his favour.
Jeremy is a child that is older than his years and you will find yourself feeling for him, I think in the end he had his bit of happiness.
This is a read that will take you along for the ride, you will be engrossed within the pages and rooting for certain characters. It is a dark read and not suitable for readers that don't like taboo subjects.
I for one cannot wait for the next book by Jaimie
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Review by
Nadia Chief Obsessive Pimpette
~*~ Obsessed by Books copy given in exchange for an honest review ~*~
Childhood friendships, three best friends that thought they would always be there for another morphs into something dark and twisted. Ian and Tyler grew up together, having only two years between them, their parents knew each other and they spent their childhoods in each other's shadows. Now adults Tyler is fast approaching 30, she is a successful journalist and works alongside her best friend Ian. They have a friendship that borders on a FWB and sometimes Ian takes the flirting a little too far but Tyler thinks nothing of it. She is blissfully unaware of his true intentions.
Now the third best friend Dean arrived in a blaze of flying fists, immediately becoming Tyler's hero. From the age of six she was aware of him as something more than friends. Their souls connected and they planned on a happily forever after. At sixteen they were planning on consummating their love but Dean had to leave due to family issues...promising to come back. Tylers parents never approved of him and she could never understand why they leaned in Ians favour.
We learn all the dynamics of the threesome in flashbacks to their shared youth and relive some sweet memories glimpsing who they were destined to be before an act of jealousy twisted their paths and made Dean very dark and Deviant.
Believing Tyler to be partly responsible for the death of his parents he embarks on a quest to destroy her as she has destroyed him. Carefully planning his retribution he stalked her every move and becomes her "Stranger." Playing to her fantasy of having an unknown man take her Dean uses the name Lotus to break down her inhibitions and infiltrate her every thought. She is totally unaware that she is being manipulated although her dreams are trying to break through her blindness.
Starting her own column "Love from Afar" Tyler builds a relationship with a young boy in the hospital and forms a deep loving friendship with him. We see another side to Tyler and my heart felt bruised after I read their scenes. I won't give anything away but Jeremy was the light in the darkness in this book.
Tyler submits to the very unusual agreement with her stranger/stalker and as we read Deans POV see he too is being sucked in to his own plans as his Uncle advises him,
"You seek havoc, but all you'll end up finding is repair."
The plot thickens and wow what an ending. Suffice to say the devil is unmasked and things are not what they seem...will Tyler be reunited with her childhood love Dean? Can they bury the past and heal old wounds...
A four star gripping read.
Childhood friendships, three best friends that thought they would always be there for another morphs into something dark and twisted. Ian and Tyler grew up together, having only two years between them, their parents knew each other and they spent their childhoods in each other's shadows. Now adults Tyler is fast approaching 30, she is a successful journalist and works alongside her best friend Ian. They have a friendship that borders on a FWB and sometimes Ian takes the flirting a little too far but Tyler thinks nothing of it. She is blissfully unaware of his true intentions.
Now the third best friend Dean arrived in a blaze of flying fists, immediately becoming Tyler's hero. From the age of six she was aware of him as something more than friends. Their souls connected and they planned on a happily forever after. At sixteen they were planning on consummating their love but Dean had to leave due to family issues...promising to come back. Tylers parents never approved of him and she could never understand why they leaned in Ians favour.
We learn all the dynamics of the threesome in flashbacks to their shared youth and relive some sweet memories glimpsing who they were destined to be before an act of jealousy twisted their paths and made Dean very dark and Deviant.
Believing Tyler to be partly responsible for the death of his parents he embarks on a quest to destroy her as she has destroyed him. Carefully planning his retribution he stalked her every move and becomes her "Stranger." Playing to her fantasy of having an unknown man take her Dean uses the name Lotus to break down her inhibitions and infiltrate her every thought. She is totally unaware that she is being manipulated although her dreams are trying to break through her blindness.
Starting her own column "Love from Afar" Tyler builds a relationship with a young boy in the hospital and forms a deep loving friendship with him. We see another side to Tyler and my heart felt bruised after I read their scenes. I won't give anything away but Jeremy was the light in the darkness in this book.
Tyler submits to the very unusual agreement with her stranger/stalker and as we read Deans POV see he too is being sucked in to his own plans as his Uncle advises him,
"You seek havoc, but all you'll end up finding is repair."
The plot thickens and wow what an ending. Suffice to say the devil is unmasked and things are not what they seem...will Tyler be reunited with her childhood love Dean? Can they bury the past and heal old wounds...
A four star gripping read.
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Review by Emma Mistress of all Dark & Twisted
Deviant by Jaimie Roberts is not a sweet fairy tale, it's not a love story, nor is it a romantic novel. It's a dark, sinister and an insidious tale of heartbreak and revenge. Every page, every sentence draws you in, makes you want to know more about these people who are driven to extreme measures. The twists and turns,while unexpected, are so well thought out and planned that you can't put this book down.
Tyler is a 30 year old journalist, who really has never got over the boy she fell in love with at 6 years old. Dean was her one and only, but he disappeared when she was 16. Never to be seen again. But now, Tyler is being stalked. Scary, horrible and eerie? Not for some reason to Tyler. She is not scared, in fact she almost enjoys it. She's intrigued and curious about her stranger, but what path will he lead her down and will she be prepared for what she discovers down there?
Dean is powerful, strong and wealthy men. But moreover he's pissed off. He loved Tyler but she betrayed him. Now, he will make her pay: simple, logical and reasonable to him. He is finally ready to begin his revenge, but can it do without risking his well thought out plan!! As with many events not all is always as it appears and if "you seek havoc, but all you'll end up with is despair."
This is a definite must read for anyone who likes stories of revenge, lust and plenty of twist and unexpected turns.
*** read and reviewed on behalf of Obsessed by Books ***
Tyler is a 30 year old journalist, who really has never got over the boy she fell in love with at 6 years old. Dean was her one and only, but he disappeared when she was 16. Never to be seen again. But now, Tyler is being stalked. Scary, horrible and eerie? Not for some reason to Tyler. She is not scared, in fact she almost enjoys it. She's intrigued and curious about her stranger, but what path will he lead her down and will she be prepared for what she discovers down there?
Dean is powerful, strong and wealthy men. But moreover he's pissed off. He loved Tyler but she betrayed him. Now, he will make her pay: simple, logical and reasonable to him. He is finally ready to begin his revenge, but can it do without risking his well thought out plan!! As with many events not all is always as it appears and if "you seek havoc, but all you'll end up with is despair."
This is a definite must read for anyone who likes stories of revenge, lust and plenty of twist and unexpected turns.
*** read and reviewed on behalf of Obsessed by Books ***
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Review by Julie Sweetheart Obsessive Pimpette
I received this ARC for a honest review.
Tyler is a hard worker and a sweet character.
Ian is a good friend or so you would think.
Dean is the best character to read about. He is really lost and playing his revenge game.
Will he succeed?
No spoilers here. Read: you will not be disappointed.
Tyler is a hard worker and a sweet character.
Ian is a good friend or so you would think.
Dean is the best character to read about. He is really lost and playing his revenge game.
Will he succeed?
No spoilers here. Read: you will not be disappointed.
Author Bio
In June 2013, Jaimie published her first book, Take a Breath, with the second released in November 2013. With the reviews, Jaimie took time out to read and learn how to become a better writer. She gets tremendous enjoyment out of writing, and even more so from the feedback she receives. If you would like to send Jaimie a message, please do so by visiting her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJaimieRoberts.
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