I was given this book for an honest review. Gina Robinson does a fantastic job with this story and the characters. I have never read anything by her and I am a fan now. The story was smooth, put together nicely and the characters are lovable.The story follows Logan and Ellie. Ellie Martin is a strong young beautiful woman who has had some major problems in her short life. Her boyfriend Austin cheated on her in the worst possible way, so she has sworn off men. How can you put your heart out there to get trampled on again. Then their is her mother who is insecure, beautiful, hateful, and always has to have a man. I believe she feels like Ellie is competition instead of daughter. Her mother always hit on her boyfriends, told her she was ugly and anything else to put her down. Her mother has also never told her who her father was, but after a horrible incident involving her mother, Ellie stumbles upon it. Ellie searches for her biological father and has decided to try and meet him. She ends up transferring colleges to be close too him and ends up getting a job in the same department he works for. Her goal is to meet her dad to find out if she is doomed to be like her mother or if their is another side to her. Her first night there she meets a hot guy with a black eye who helps her through a challenge that she wants to overcome. She is drawn to him, but doesn't want to be. Logan, oh Logan...he is a gorgeous, hot body and all around sexy guy....He has his own set of secrets too. He wants Ellie, but he needs to get through his own problems first before he can be with her. But he is drawn too her too.They begin as friends and soon love blooms, but their secrets are getting in the way of something more. Can they get past their secrets and give in to temptation or not? As the story goes on you see their secrets come to life and Wow was I shocked at Logan's secret. I figured out Ellie's secrets with her dad right away and also the other one, but still the one secret was a WOW moment too.This book is wonderfully written and definitely hooked me. I can't wait to continue on with the story. Gina Robinson does an excellent job! Read this you won't be disappointed! BOOK REVIEW by Michelle 3rd April 2014:RATING: 4 STARS!I enjoyed Reckless Longing. Ellie and Logan are great characters.Logan had me scratching my head a couple times with his behavior. I really liked him, but he kinda made up a bullshit reason at the start when he met Ellie, which I didn’t see necessary. Then later on in the book he was on a date, yet he didn’t want to date Ellie, due to his reasons.WT!When he is switched on with Ellie he is a really nice guy. He has some painful secrets that made me cringe for him.I did laugh at how well the lads apartment was set up with very female kitchen products. I mean a mixer, really? I just didn’t see them whipping up a pavlova. They had all the bases covered for Operation Cobblestone Bar.Logan was the rare college man who had a kitchen equipped with a heavy-duty standalone Kitchen Aid mixer.Heheee!!The one guy that made me laugh was Dex. He is an awesome character. He is smart and quite the plotter of devious ways to sic it to a certain Professor. He is great fun to read. “Don’t go soft on me, Ellie. Believe me, nerdy guys fight to be TAs precisely because of the female attention they expect from girls that are way out of their league. Let him have his day and his fantasies.”Ellie has her agenda for meeting her father who works at the college she is now attending. Now I didn’t say she was going to confess who she was to him.Or does she?Jason is a really nice guy. He has a really great soul and knows how to help the students out and keep their secrets.I really enjoyed operation Cobblestone Bar, although I did wonder how the poor chef felt who had her recipe stolen. Navel piercing, black eye, secrets, Cobblestone bars, exploding devices ( well sort of ) and a Professor who really had me questioning who they let into these positions, throw in some angst and this was a great start to this series.College life, it certainly kept these characters on their toes.Michelle
What do You think about Reckless Longing (2013)?
Is a great book to read forever and ever
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