Packed with emotion yet sensually sexy Forever Devoted by Virginia Nelson is a story of a friendship that blossomed into so much more and I loved it. ~ Slick, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
12 Authors. 12 Zodiac Signs. 1 Explosive Series. What seductive, contemporary romance will you find today? TAURUS.
Robbie Jacobs is content being just one of the guys. For years, she’s run with her ‘Pack,’ a group of rowdy boys she went to high school with, used to party with, and now leans on in times of trouble. She has a couple gal pals, sure, but none of them are as close as the Pack…
Gray Smythe has been the unchallenged leader of their group of friends for years. Stoic, determined, he’s managed to be there for them all through some crazy shit. But when Robbie, the only girl in their group, gets into a car accident, the line between friendship and lover suddenly gets a hell of a lot thinner.
One stubborn Taurus man who’s sure he knows what’s right and wrong and one woman fighting to win back her body and a chance at love… Will Robbie believe Gray is actually Forever Devoted?
Review copy provided for an honest review
As someone who lost a relative to driving drunk, Forever Devoted by Virginia Nelson kind of hit me in the solar plexus. It was a well written and well thought out story that gave the reader a good look at the consequences of those actions without being preachy. It was also a very special friends to lovers romance that brought tears to my eyes with the devotion one man had to make the woman he’s always loved whole enough to accept the love he feels for her. This wasn’t an easy story but it was very real and while there was always a love between these two it morphed into so much more in the aftermath of the accident that changed their lives forever.
Robbie Jacobs and Gray Smythe (not Smith) have been friends since childhood. Both had home lives that left a lot to be desired and they formed their own family their “pack” as young children and along the way added a couple of others to their circle. Now grown with two the pack married with children Robbie is determined to make Gray finally see her for the woman she has become but one tragic mistake turns their lives upside down.
From the first scene of these two together the connection is strong and while it changes as adults there is an underlying closeness that can’t be denied. Flat out Gray is a remarkable man and friend for everything he does for Robbie as she battles her way back. I love that he never gives up hope, that he refuses to believe anything other than she’ll be okay, and that he loves and protects her with all his heart. I hated how Robbie suffered and could easily understand her frustrations with Gray given the fact that she was IN LOVE with him and felt he didn’t feel the same way. Her life was turned upside down and inside out and while she is grateful for Gray’s help she is also trying to figure out a way to move on and let him lead his own life. They struggled and a lot of it was because they didn’t quite communicate what they wanted from each other, but I also understood that Robbie didn’t want her heart broken and Gray was trying to be the good guy and not take advantage of her weaken state.
Through everything; their friendship, the caring and absolute trust they had in one another was there and in the end the utter devotion that they had for one another led them down the path to their happily ever after. Packed with emotion yet sensually sexy Forever Devoted by Virginia Nelson is a story of a friendship that blossomed into so much more and I loved it.
Thanks for the review Slick