Need You Now by Molly O'Keefe releasing September 9, 2019

5 stars


Rosa and Marco, well, they broke my heart. They broke it when they were teenagers; they broke it when they were young adults trying to make life work; they broke it as the parents they are, trying to do what is best for their daughter.

Marco wants Rosa, only Rosa, and has since he first laid eyes on her in high school. He had her, but he lost her. He had her again for a brief shining moment, and then he lost her for years. He thought he’d have her again, but she rejected him, and then turned away from him at every possible moment. He aches he wants her so much, and that makes him angry and confused

Rosa, oh, as Rosa’s story unfolds, and unfolds, and unfolds, you cry for her. She went through so much and kept trying to do right, but life kept tracking her down. She is single-minded in her devotion, and doesn’t consider anything else. She hurts, is hurts, does hurt, but for her, it is for the best of Marco and their daughter. Then the full truth comes out, and you crack right there with her. That crack, that moment, sets things in motion.

Marco and Rosa, they broke my heart, but they made it, finally. They had the rockiest of paths, and it cut them and hurt them, but the love they felt for each other, it held them until they could get it all together again. They made it in the end, but their scars will touch your soul as much as it formed theirs. A brilliant story with a woman who did everything right, and the man who wouldn’t let her forget how loved she truly was!

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