Forever Bound

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Forever Bound

Forever Bound

by: Deanna Roy
My Rating: five-stars



Published by: Casey Shay Press on July 28th 2015
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Coming of Age, Contemporary

Pages: 300
Series: Forever Innocent #4
Also in this series: Forever Innocent, Forever Family
Also by this author: Forever Innocent, Forever Family, The Billionaire's Ballet, Forbidden Dance
Disclosure: I was invited by the author to read this title in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. I received no monetary compensation, and all comments are subjective and mine alone.



Synopsis

Jacket Blurb: Jenny is a girlfriend-for-hire, the platonic kind. While under contract with her movie director boyfriend, glamour has ruled. Designer gowns. Red-carpet premieres. And, of course, seeing her face in the tabloids.

But her reign has come to an end. Her sugar daddy has fallen in love -- with someone else. Her contract is over and tonight she has to end it publicly by making sure the paparazzi "catches" her with another man. She just has to find the man.

Chance has been hitchhiking across the US, playing and singing for tips. This is the life he's always imagined, and the farther he gets from his disastrous family in Tennessee, the better he feels. An unexpected invitation to sing with an indie blues group at a movie premiere party gives him a sweet taste of fame. As a bonus, a beautiful girl with pink dreadlocks only has eyes for him.

But the collision between Jenny and Chance is more emotional and intense than either of them expected... and presents a set of consequences for each of them.






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When I was asked to help promote the release of Forever Bound, I was thrilled. When I was given the opportunity to review it, I was over the top ecstatic! I’ve read the other books in the Forever series by Deanna Roy and really enjoyed them, so I had high expectations when I started reading. Deanna not only met those expectations, she surpassed them!

 

Now, you know I don’t do plot summaries in my reviews. A book should be enjoyed by the reader, as the author intended—not summed up by a blogger. This takes away from the experience of reading the story… of getting pulled into the world the author has created… of wondering, “what’s next?” So, nope, can’t do it. Other bloggers/reviews do, and I respect their work, especially as an author. Okay, totally off the point. (Keep reading. The review comes after this short break of my ramblings)

 

What I need to say is, Deanna Roy’s series touches on women who have lost babies. She’s a huge advocate for parents who have endured the trauma of a miscarriage. As a women who has suffered numerous miscarriages, one in the second trimester, which nearly broke me, I appreciate how she delves into the subject with a touch so soft it’s as if she’s soothing the hurt of parents who’ve lost a child. It’s a hard topic to venture into. So many authors either use the topic frivolously, or gloss over it like it’s nothing… I mean, it’s just a miscarriage, right? Um, no. I thank Deanna for sharing her inner hurt with those of us who have suffered a miscarriage, and for doing so with such tenderness and deep understanding of the feelings that go hand in hand with the hurt. Okay! Enough of that. While the book does touch on that subject somewhat, it’s not what it’s about.

 

Forever Bound follows Chance (added to the list of book boyfriends!), and pink-haired Jenny. I have to admit, I didn’t connect with Jenny for the first third of the book. I thought her actions were too over the top. But as I started learning the reasons for her wacky behavior, I came to love her! She really grew over the course of the story, and, I guess, her wild behavior and flaws were what made her “human.” Chance, well, yum. Gotta love him. He’s a loner, a nomad. He has inner demons chasing him, and while you get glimpses of what happened in his past, you don’t really get the whole story until the end, and it will have your heart squeezed in two. I loved him at the beginning of the book… I loved him more at the end. Yes, he’s flawed, but that’s what makes a character great. We are all flawed. A perfect character isn’t just fake, it’s unbelievable, and (worse) impossible to relate to.  

Favorite quote…

“I screwed up at the speed of ejaculation”

                                                                          ~Jenny

The plot and sub-plot of the story were awesome, and unique. And the feels! Wow, I just can’t say enough good things about Forever Bound. I haven’t read a story like it, and that was refreshing. I couldn’t put it down. I had (have) a migraine for two days, and when I have one this bad, I can’t work or read. It’s double agony. But, thank the good Lord, there’s the option to have my Kindle read to me. Yes, it’s a robotic voice and it is irritating in that regard, but I was able to block out the robotic voice and focus on the story, it was that good! Boring mechanics… all good. There was a handful of grammatical errors, but nothing that detracted from the story. The pacing was good. The idea and presentation of the plot and subplots was awesome. The characters were well developed. Secondary characters could have used a little umph, though.

 

Bottom line: Read it. It’s well written, as we expect from an author of Deanna Roy’s caliber. It’s a great storyline. And just because I wrote a bit about miscarriage, don’t think that it’s all about that—it’s not. A woman who has never had a miscarriage will love the story just the same. Jenny and Chance will keep you reading way past your bedtime… send tingles up your spine during the yummy parts… and give you butterflies at the connection between them. It’s a book you don’t want to miss. And don’t worry if you haven’t read the first two books in the series. Forever Bound works as a standalone. So, seriously, stop reading right now and get your copy of Forever Bound. You won’t be sorry. 

 

CharacterInterview    

 
Today we’re chatting with Jenny, a character in Deanna Roy’s Forever Series. She had bit parts in all three Forever books, but takes the lead role in the newest standalone romance — Forever Bound.  
Q: So, tell us about us about the boyfriend.
A: The old one or the new one? The old one was a big secret. He was a movie director who hired me to be his girl. I was contractually obligated to wear designer clothes, spend his money, and go to A-list parties on his arm.
Q: So why is he the “old” one?
A: He fell in love! With someone else!

Q: So he ended your contract?
A: Yes! And took away the credit card! Not only that, I had to get “caught” by the paparazzi cheating on him with some new man, so he could establish a clean break with the press.

Q: Did you find a new man?
A: Of course. He was divine. He sang with the band at the after party for the premiere of that big dinosaur movie.

Q: And you got the pictures?
A: Well, I might have slightly overachieved on that. We went to the beach. Got a little crazy. And there may or may not have been footage of us skinny dipping in the ocean.
Q: Holy cow! Did he see it?

A: I don’t know. He’s disappeared off the face of the earth. Nobody knows his last name.
Q: Are you ever going to see him again?
A: I’m going to try. I’m going to search for him. Somebody has to know who he is.
Q: Was he that good in the ocean?
A: The short answer is, “Yes.” The long answer, well, that’s the whole story. Wish me luck. I’m definitely going to need it.
You can follow Jenny’s journey in finding the one guy she actually sees a future with in Deanna Roy’s newest standalone romance in the USA Today bestselling Forever series — Forever Bound.

 

About Deanna Roy

Deanna Roy is the six-time USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction.

She is a passionate advocate for women who have lost babies. She has several books on the subject, including her bestseller FOREVER INNOCENT, a romance about a couple whose baby is taken off life support at seven days old.

She has run the website PregnancyLoss.Info for fifteen years, including many large spin-off support groups both online and in person.

To learn about new releases, sign up for her subscriber list at http://deannaroy.com/news. She has regular giveaways in conjunction with major pregnancy loss events.

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