Title: Salvation
Author: Noelle Adams
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Genre: Adult/New Adult Contemporary Romance
Synopsis
It was just a normal Tuesday afternoon. I was twenty-three and thinking about my new designer boots. They kidnapped me for ransom. They raped me before I was rescued. My therapist says that talking about it means I'm starting to heal.
I don't really think I am.
It's even harder to talk about Gideon. He couldn’t save me when it really mattered, so he keeps trying to save me now. He refuses to give up on me, and I can’t make him understand. There are some things you just can’t be saved from.
Warning: Salvation is a love story that follows a difficult path of healing after sexual assault. It is a true contemporary romance, but it addresses very hard issues, including rape and attempted suicide. Please consider whether this book is for you.
Excerpt
When the car stopped and the
trunk opened, I was aware enough to try to get away. One guy was hauling me out
of the trunk, and I got a good look at him. He was horrible. His head was
shaved, and he had tattoos all over his arms and neck—nearly covering all the
skin I could see except his face. He smelled strongly of a repellant
aftershave. Just the sight and smell of him made my stomach churn, and I
instinctively threw out my elbow, connecting with the general vicinity of his
groin.
I didn’t connect hard enough.
He roared in outrage and struck
me hard in the face.
Before that moment, I’d never
been hit in my life, except maybe in some sort of childish slap fight when I
was a kid. It shocks you—that sudden crack of pain, the way it jars your whole
body. I fell to the ground, unable to see through the blur of water in my eyes.
My stomach heaved, and I retched painfully—either from the drug or the blow.
Maybe both.
I heard voices, speaking in a
language I didn’t know. Then hands dragged me to my feet and made me walk.
I was dimly aware that I was
pushed into the back door of a row house—from the alley—and that was so strange
to me. I wasn’t taken to an abandoned warehouse or a sleazy drug den or some
shitty apartment on the wrong side of town. It was an everyday, normal row
house. Not in the nicest neighborhood, but in a neighborhood all the same.
It was so incredibly strange.
I still couldn’t see or think
very well, but I know there were more scary guys in the house. Some were gross
like the tattoo guy and some were decent looking. There was way too much
aftershave in the room, and it made me queasy.
They were all speaking in the
foreign language. I didn’t know then that they were Albanians.
I didn’t know anything then.
Lorie's Review
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
Salvation is a story about healing and finding love under the most unlikely of circumstances. It’s a heartbreakingly wonderful tale told with compassion and understanding.
One minute Diana is a normal girl walking down the sidewalk admiring her new boots and in the blink of an eye her life is changed…..forever. She’s snatched off the street and thrown into the trunk of a car. Who, what, why???? Diana is targeted as a result of her wealthy father’s business dealings. She’s taken to a house and thrown into a basement room. But she’s far from alone in that room.
Gideon is an undercover FBI agent whose cover has been blown. He’s in the basement room awaiting his fate when Diana is thrown into the mix. Gideon feels an obligation to protect Diana and does what he can to shield her from the situation. The most likely scenario is Diana will merely be held for ransom, but her worst fear comes true. Never did she expect to be raped. Unable to stop it from happening, Gideon bears the guilt of not doing more….. he couldn’t save her.
But Salvation isn’t about WHAT happens to Diana. It’s about how she comes back from such a tragic event, and from where and in whom she finds her strength. It’s a struggle for her, but she’s not the only one that lost something that day in the basement. She and Gideon develop a bond that helps both of them heal. The road they travel together isn’t easy, and there are many battles to be fought along the way.
My heart hurt for both of them, and I couldn’t help but sit there rooting for them to make it. I was hoping for a magic wand that would just take all of the hurt away. The story telling made it REAL, and it was more than easy to get pulled into Diana and Gideon’s struggles. The author did a wonderful job with the tough subject matter. The story is told with sensitivity and compassion.
I’m so glad I picked this one up. It’s a fabulous story of love, survival, and learning to move on.
Salvation is a story about healing and finding love under the most unlikely of circumstances. It’s a heartbreakingly wonderful tale told with compassion and understanding.
One minute Diana is a normal girl walking down the sidewalk admiring her new boots and in the blink of an eye her life is changed…..forever. She’s snatched off the street and thrown into the trunk of a car. Who, what, why???? Diana is targeted as a result of her wealthy father’s business dealings. She’s taken to a house and thrown into a basement room. But she’s far from alone in that room.
Gideon is an undercover FBI agent whose cover has been blown. He’s in the basement room awaiting his fate when Diana is thrown into the mix. Gideon feels an obligation to protect Diana and does what he can to shield her from the situation. The most likely scenario is Diana will merely be held for ransom, but her worst fear comes true. Never did she expect to be raped. Unable to stop it from happening, Gideon bears the guilt of not doing more….. he couldn’t save her.
But Salvation isn’t about WHAT happens to Diana. It’s about how she comes back from such a tragic event, and from where and in whom she finds her strength. It’s a struggle for her, but she’s not the only one that lost something that day in the basement. She and Gideon develop a bond that helps both of them heal. The road they travel together isn’t easy, and there are many battles to be fought along the way.
My heart hurt for both of them, and I couldn’t help but sit there rooting for them to make it. I was hoping for a magic wand that would just take all of the hurt away. The story telling made it REAL, and it was more than easy to get pulled into Diana and Gideon’s struggles. The author did a wonderful job with the tough subject matter. The story is told with sensitivity and compassion.
I’m so glad I picked this one up. It’s a fabulous story of love, survival, and learning to move on.
4 STARS!!!!
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