Toxic by Rachel Van Dyken
5 Stars|Amazon | Goodreads
My Review:
This novel was absolutely beautiful. It was heartbreaking, and emotional, and beautiful. It also had the tell tale RVD humor that we all love. A perfect blend was formed in this book. I couldn't put this book down. It was consuming in its telling of a story that won't let you go. Gabe. We met his in Ruin, but now week really MEET him. Its all a lie. All of it. He is so broken it rips your heart out. Such remorse for such a genuinely good person to have. This is a tear jerker for sure. It pluck the heart strings and makes you fall. The pain though? The pain he feels is whats toxic. Gabe has regrets. Just like all of us, but his regrets tear him apart. They are a constant in his every thought. Till we meet Saylor. Love at first sight is not what I would say about these guys. No, I would call it immediate attraction. That attraction allows Gabe to forget for one second. Thats all, then it forces him to face the music.I loved the fact that this novel had such a strong lesson in it. Actually it had a few. But they weren't lessons you had to search for, they were lessons you literally felt while reading the book. A must read."I'm falling for you too. I haven't fallen. Falling. As in still falling, still in the air, still trying to get used to the idea that I've just nose dived off a cliff with every intention on making sure landing doesn't break my fall."
Giveaway
Synopsis:
Everyone has a secret...Gabe Hyde is on borrowed time. He's been hiding
his identity for over four years-hidden from the world that used to adore
him--obsess over him--driven to the edge of insanity by one poor choice.
But that one choice, altered the course of his
life forever.
Pretending isn't all it's cracked up to be,
especially when pretending means hiding your real self from the people that
care about you the most. But if anyone ever discovered the truth it wouldn't
just be his life at risk--but hers. Saylor doesn't hate men.
Just Gabe.
Only Gabe.
He's a reckless, happy-go-lucky, silver spoon
fed pain in her ass. Everything about him makes her more and more confused.
Unfortunately they both donate time at the same Group Home. If she wasn't afraid
of flunking, she'd be long gone. She hates that she's attracted to him almost
as much as he hates that he's attracted to her--and she can tell, especially
since their first encounter ended up making her knees so weak she couldn't form
coherent sentences for weeks afterwards. But the closer she gets to him, the
more confused she becomes. He isn't who he says he is, and he's hiding
something big. What happen when two worlds collide? Two worlds
that never should have met in the first place? Some secrets are too big to be
hidden forever--the only question? Will his destroy everyone he loves? Or
finally bring about the redemption he's been craving for the past four years?Everyone has a secret...What's yours?
Rachel
Van Dyken’s Bio:
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York
Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and
contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee
at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband and their snoring Boxer, Sir
Winston Churchill. She loves to hear from readers!
Author Links:
Website: http://rachelvandykenauthor.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelVanDyken
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachVD
Rachel Van Dyken Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4882127.Rachel_Van_Dyken
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