Aaron and Patience were wonderful. There was complexity and simplicity to the characters. The story for me was just that and more.
Patience knew from an early age that she wanted to work in some way with books. She was a bookworm. I loved that about her. I loved that the one man she loved was also her teenaged rescuer. Aaron was a man of few words. He was also a man from a damaged background. He was a man that loved his family but also loved one woman. The one woman he pushed away. She disappeared from his life six years ago. She was the light for his darkness. The two meet again both on a trip to Chicago. Both happen to be at the same club. Both drawn to each other. Patience was not willing to be so forgiving. It was her own body that betrayed her. Then there was the encounter at the hospital. The encounter that changed Patience life. She just was not sure if it was for the best.
These two had a second chance at a first real opportunity to be together. This time she would be his wife in all ways. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start. It shows the challenges in love, pain, hurt, lose, past wrongs. Aaron was a typical male in not explaining the situation that tore them apart. Instead, I felt that he was not willing to fight for her. The things he said to her were almost as bad as her finding out the truth. She was just the side piece to the one he was to marry.
There was so much going on in this story. Stalking. Watchful eyes. Cute kids. Family love, loyalty, and respect. There was angst, love, passion, death, abuse, Then there was the kidnapping of Patience and a mad man wanting to kill her children This was such a good story for me. I am excited that we now have a narration duo. I am not sure if I need to have my head or speech checked. I did not like the way that Tyler kept pronouncing Townsend. Is it Town-send or Towns end? I have added this to my repeat-listen and my favorites list.