4.5 
 What the heck did I just read? That was way intense! 
 Alright, this will be very quick since I really, really HAVE TO start with Greg's book and I don't want to forget what I have to say for this one. 
 Oh-kay.. so Axel.. 
 Yeah.. Axel.. 
 Hmm.. Axel 
 I'm sorry what? 
 Haha! Sorry! I was dreaming of his hot bod! 
 Ahhhhhh! Yeah, I think with the description and everything in the book, he's one of the biggest guys to grace my fiction world. He's as you may have already deducted, hot, macho alpha, protective, easily jealous, very intense. 
 Izzy is his sweetheart from before. They've been through so much, but by some frustrating twist of fate, they lost touch. Fate brings them back together again after Izzy goes through a lot of bad stuff. When Axel finds her, he has his hands full because she's not the girl he left from before. She's battered, broken and ready to just give up. We wouldn't have that, would we? So even though he's mad at her himself, he sets out to find answers as to why everything seems so effed up in her life. 
 I swear I cried for them and what they've lost. I felt anger for them, I felt their frustration and I felt their sadness for time wasted. :< 
 When everything comes into focus, they find themselves in each other's arms again... but not without a threat. Izzy's CRAZY EX HUSBAND is out there. He's out for blood. Luckily, Axel is not a guy to be trifled with. PLUS, he has back up. OH AND WHAT SWEET DELICIOUS BACK UPS THEY ARE!!! They all help her throughout the mess that is her crazy ex. 
 I had fun reading this mainly because of the interaction between ALL of the characters. I think I've mentioned this before in UNEXPECTED FATE, but it bears mentioning again. The strong point of this book is not exactly just the couple themselves. It's their relationship with everyone and the way they just come into the fold. They treat everyone as family. They are just... there. And I love that. 
 All in all, this is a really good book to start a series with. Awesome introduction! 
 Read this if you like action, a bit of drama and some hilarious moments!