"I was the little girl who loved you from afar. I was the woman who gave herself away for you and ended up losing a lot of who she was."
"Then allow me to give back some of what I stole."
After being dumped by her fiancé, Eleanor Carrington flees to Paris to help her self-medicated mother. While keeping her mom from popping pills like gummy bears, Eleanor launches a new, no-strings-attached life plan with absolutely NO falling in love whatsoever. On her part at least, because her self-esteem could do with one or two Frenchmen going un peu crazy for her.
What she doesn’t need is for her first Grand Amour, Zachary Murdoch, to burst back into her life. Whatever shit-show she’s just been through was a stroll. What Zach put her though was a climb up Mount Everest. Barefoot. In a bikini.
Now a club-owner in Paris, Zach is intrigued by the troubled woman who was once the sweet girl he had to give up. Offering a shoulder for her to cry on is what he owes her. Loving her is what he lost the right to. Because there’s a reason he broke up with Lenor and that reason is why she’s in Paris.
But Paris is known as the City of Love…
Will he be her turn at love?
*** You Turn is a contemporary adult romance and part of the Second Chances series. However, Lenor and Zach’s story can be read as a stand-alone novel. There is no cliffhanger. ***
"Then allow me to give back some of what I stole."
After being dumped by her fiancé, Eleanor Carrington flees to Paris to help her self-medicated mother. While keeping her mom from popping pills like gummy bears, Eleanor launches a new, no-strings-attached life plan with absolutely NO falling in love whatsoever. On her part at least, because her self-esteem could do with one or two Frenchmen going un peu crazy for her.
What she doesn’t need is for her first Grand Amour, Zachary Murdoch, to burst back into her life. Whatever shit-show she’s just been through was a stroll. What Zach put her though was a climb up Mount Everest. Barefoot. In a bikini.
Now a club-owner in Paris, Zach is intrigued by the troubled woman who was once the sweet girl he had to give up. Offering a shoulder for her to cry on is what he owes her. Loving her is what he lost the right to. Because there’s a reason he broke up with Lenor and that reason is why she’s in Paris.
But Paris is known as the City of Love…
Will he be her turn at love?
*** You Turn is a contemporary adult romance and part of the Second Chances series. However, Lenor and Zach’s story can be read as a stand-alone novel. There is no cliffhanger. ***
Gods, I loved this book. The twists and turns kept me hanging on to the story, although at times I did feel a bit overwhelmed by the plot, which I think was what kept me from rating this book a full 5 stars. You Turn could be considered quite a fast-paced and easy read, although not entirely. Kudos to the author for being able to keep the reader on his/her toes, never straying too far from the storyline of the book, and all the while retaining some light humour and banter. Except for a part in the beginning, You Turn kept me really entertained and there was just the right amount of plot twists to entice the reader to keep on reading.
You Turn is told from dual POVs, which makes the story all the more interesting and gave me some relief from all the whys, whats, and whos rampaging around in my head. At the beginning, we are given a vague introduction of the past selves of the two protagonists, Zach and Eleanor, who is mostly referred to as 'Lenor' in the story. To me, it was a bit misleading as I was given a different view of the two main characters than how they were later portrayed in the story. However, I think that was how the author meant the readers to see those two characters as. Lenor was not the same lovesick and needy girl as she was a few years back. Zach hated himself for how he treated Lenor and tried to redeem himself in every way possible. We were given these small bits of their earlier lives and attitudes so we could gain some insight on what their problems were and this also helped tremendously in the character development.
Every plot twist in this book was carried out perfectly. There were some sharp turns but the author took great care to add some extra details here and there to help build up the plot twists before they happened. I love how she could make us all fall in love with her characters. I love how she could just take the perfect scene and destroy it. I love how she'd make us feel the same way the characters do for each other. The way she patched everything up was beautiful and perfect. Marion Croslydon broke my fragile, bookish heart again and again by placing the characters in difficult situations but manages every time to make everything right once more with that special way of hers. She wins me back every time and I applaud her for that.
The two main characters, Zach and Lenor, were so well-developed. I had never really thought that I would own such strong feelings for them by the end of the story. I could feel Zach's earnestness to bring Lenor back and I could understand Lenor's inner turmoil about letting this troublesome boy, one that she had particularly tried to block all memories of him from her mind, back into her life. The problems they had along the way of re-building their relationship was what made their story even more genuine and rememberable. Reading about how they dealt with the people that interfered with their relationship is one of the things I love best about this story. You Turn satisfied me in so many different ways, and Zach and Lenor's relationship is one that I probably won't forget.
The two main characters, Zach and Lenor, were so well-developed. I had never really thought that I would own such strong feelings for them by the end of the story. I could feel Zach's earnestness to bring Lenor back and I could understand Lenor's inner turmoil about letting this troublesome boy, one that she had particularly tried to block all memories of him from her mind, back into her life. The problems they had along the way of re-building their relationship was what made their story even more genuine and rememberable. Reading about how they dealt with the people that interfered with their relationship is one of the things I love best about this story. You Turn satisfied me in so many different ways, and Zach and Lenor's relationship is one that I probably won't forget.
- Anyone who is looking for a good romance story!
- Readers who are in the mood for complicated relationships
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