For You (The 'Burg #1) by Kristen Ashley
Publication Date: March 14th 2011
About the Book:
Lieutenant Alexander Colton and February Owens were high school sweethearts. Everyone in their small town knew from the moment they met they were meant for each other. But something happened and Feb broke Colt’s heart then she turned wild and tragedy struck. Colt meted out revenge against the man who brought Feb low but even though Colt risked it all for her, Feb turned her back on him and left town.
Fifteen years later, Feb comes back to help run the family bar. But there’s so much water under the bridge separating her and Colt everyone knows they’ll never get back together.
Until someone starts hacking up people in Feb’s life. Colt is still Colt and Feb is still Feb so the town watches as Colt goes all out to find the murderer while trying to keep Feb safe.
As the bodies pile up, The Feds move in and a twisting, turning story unravels exposing a very sick man who has claimed numerous victims along the way, Feb and Colt battle their enduring attraction and the beautiful but lost history that weaves them together.
My Thoughts:
For You was
amazing, but it’s Kristen Ashley, so that’s not surprising. Loved everything
about it!
February and Colt had such a heartbreaking history and you
could feel the longing and sadness between these two when the story opened.
Colt is like a member of the family, taken in under February’s family’s love
and protection since he was five. From
there Feb has always been in love with him, even during their long years apart,
same thing with Colt. They were
childhood and high school sweethearts until they weren’t when Feb abruptly
breaks up with Colt, when she’s twenty and he’s twenty-two. They lead their separate lives, both getting
married and then divorced to other people, but Feb’s back in town for the last
two years, helping her brother run their family’s bar after their parents
retire. As a reader, you know, just know
these two are on a path towards each other, and fortunately Kristen Ashley
doesn’t make you wait too long.
A murdered woman turns up at the back of the bar and then a
sinister note points at Feb being in the center of the killer’s mind. Little does Feb and Colt know, they’ve been
the center of his focus for years. Colt is determined to protect Feb, never
mind their history, and in doing so something beautiful starts to happen again,
making me one HAPPY READER!!
“Like it right now or
not, Feb, coupla days ago, you gave yourself back to me. You think I’m letting
that go, think again because, baby, you’re fucking wrong.”
“I remember
everything about you and I remember all the reasons why I loved you. Never could
forget even when I tried.”
Chilling facts come out and danger is all around making this
a suspenseful read, leading up to a heart-stopping final showdown! Between the
oh-so-sweet romance, the revelations, and the suspense, I didn’t want to put
this book down. This is a long book, but
I was not bored for even one of those pages. Love Kristen Ashley! Love her
strong Alpha males! She is the Queen of writing Alpha males, but also the Queen
of writing loveable, spunky heroines. Colt
and February are no exception!
I finished this novel with a few tears in my eyes and my
heart soaring!
“One thing,” I said
into his chest, “one thing that’s good, Colt, and that is, every day, for all
these years, I thought of you, dozens of times a day. Every day. Every single fucking day.”
“February,” Colt
whispered.
“Still do, except,
now…it doesn’t hurt anymore.”
5 Suns
So happy you loved For You. This series is just amazing. Wait until you read At Peace (if you haven't already). It is without a doubt in my KA top three!
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