CARMIE'S REVIEW - A Time For Hope is book three in the Lexi series and can be read as a stand-alone or as part of the series. I loved all the books in the Lexi series and recommend that you read them all. The characters step right off the pages and into your heart - all larger than life. You feel like you have met the members of Power Station and have a ring-side seat to their crazy fish-bowl world. The story opens with Lexi recovered physically from the attack but emotionally unstable and tired of feeling like a victim. She wants, no needs, everything to go back to the way it was before but doesn’t know how to make it happen. It’s killing her inside to have lost the intimacy that she shared with Alex; Alex doesn’t want to inadvertently take Lexi back to the attack with his lovemaking and wants to be sure Lexi is ready before resuming sexual activities.Alex surprises Lexi with a visit from her friend Taylah, who was introduced in book one. The ladies head out for a day of shopping with Lexi’s bodyguard present and a night of clubbing. Lexi has an epiphany as a result of some great advice from Taylah.“I wasn’t shocked at Taylah’s candor, hell, I’d never known her to hold her tongue and what she was saying made all kinds of sense to me. Everyone was tip-toeing around it but there was no point in trying to hide it. I would always wear the scars of my past, it’s what I did with them that counted now. It had felt good to make some decisions today. Not over-thinking, just doing. I was back in the driver’s seat and the only person stopping me from moving was…myself. That’s a tough realization to come to – I was my own worst enemy. What she said was true. Deep down I knew what I had to do but for whatever reason I was scared; wondering if I’d measure up to my previous self. The self-doubt was the chain that weighed me down. No more. I was worth more than that, damn it. I owed it to myself.”Lexi’s love for Alex is bigger than the past and she knows it’s worth fighting for. The depths of their love for one another is astounding and comes across the pages clear as daylight. Lexi shared this thought with us. “Yep, I was never going to get used to this, to him. Not just because he was Alex Stone, ‘cause that shit is so far off the crazy chart that I can’t even comprehend it. I met, fucked, fell in love and married Alex Stone – sexy, alluring, talented, incredibly good looking and smoking hot in bed Power Station guitarist. I lived it and I still can’t believe it happened! But the truly remarkable part was that I was with a man (no matter who he was publicly) that loved me, accepted me and I loved him right back.”Their night of clubbing set into motion a few other sub-story lines. The club they went to was one that Taylah recently redecorated. They meet the owner, Nick, no last name and he seems familiar to Lexi but she can’t put her finger on it. Alex notices Nick’s interest and his protective urges come out full force. Lexi does meet up with Nick and finds out he orchestrated the meeting with her; He is the older brother of Riccardo Cassius, an ex-flame of Lexi’s. Riccardo has kept tabs on Lexi and got Nick to promise he would watch her because he still cares about her. Nick offers to make Lexi’s attacker disappear as a belated wedding gift.As Lexi works through her healing it becomes more and more apparent that Alex needs some healing too. Lexi and Alex start butting heads more and more about his protective urges. Add the pressure of an upcoming tour, the media presence and the lingering issue of the attack (the court case) will Lexi and Alex be able to keep their life and love together or will it careen wildly out of control? This is the final book in the Lexi Series. It is fun to catch up with the Power Station band, as they are such an entertaining group. As the story of Lexi and Alex continues, their love grows stronger. Lexi finally gains the confidence in herself that helps her mature. Alex is such an understanding and very patient husband. His devotion to Lexi is unwavering. He accepts her just as she is, and supports his wife through thick and thin. Lexi even manages to surprise Alex a couple of times in this story. It is my understand, even though this is the last book in the Lexi Series, the story will continue with a new series about Power Station. Rating: 4.5 Stars
What do You think about A Time For Hope (2014)?
A really great way to end the Lexi Series. God Alex is one gorgeous man!!
—esther_jay
