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 William and Maggie were in love six years ago but then William left her to go back to college. He hasn't returned home since because he can't face the heartbreak she caused him. When his aunt is dying, he returns and sees Maggie and also a shocking surprise. He wants to know why she didn't follow him six years ago and he knows he still loves her and wants to save her. Can Maggie escape the awful pattern of abuse? Alternating POVs and flash backs to six years ago show us how their love almost saved Maggie and how hopefully it will again. There was also a very small supernatural aspect, between a few chapters, that showed William's dreams of future events that come true. 
 This book was way more intense and heartbreaking than I was expecting. It was so real, raw, and emotional that at times my heart was hurting with the characters and I was near tears. Maggie had been emotionally and physically abused as a child and then got herself into another similar relationship with Troy. Desperate to escape her father she thought Troy would be the better choice. Six years ago William saw how Troy treated her and stood up against him. Maggie continued to see William in secret and they fell in love. 
 I spent a large part of this book being angry as well as sad. Angry at William for not getting her away from Troy and her father six years ago and then angry at Maggie for not reporting the abuse to the police and for not going with William. The author did a great job in showing just how difficult these situations can be and how broken these characters were that they were too afraid to make a change. Each time I thought I understood, a new layer was peeled back and then I would understand further why Maggie would suffer through. I just wanted to be angry and blame someone but the person to blame was the abusers and that is who I was most angry and disgusted with. Maggie was threatened, so broken and scared, and also wanted to protect her sister and mother. Troy was a big figure in her small town. There is never an easy way out. 
 Some of the scenes were really difficult to read but there were also wonderfully sweet and romantic scenes between William and Maggie. Maggie was just 18 and William 21 when they first met. Six years later William is not going to let history repeat itself, but Troy, now Maggie's husband, is just as angry, abusive, and even more dangerous than ever. Towards the end I was so nervous and just aching for these characters, but for those like myself, that can't bare a sad ending, I will say that finally in the very end things come together as best they can and there is a second chance at a happy life. 
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 "I will never regret you." 
 "I reached up to cradle her face in my palm. The six years we'd been apart had wiped out the little innocence she'd had left and added a new darkness I wished I could erase. But beneath it all, I saw she was still the same beautiful girl, the one who'd opened up t me and shared her secret life. The who, as scared as she'd been of it, ha loved me. Tears swam in the depth of her eyes and slid down her face." 
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 *I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review*