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Jessie Jones is living the life--except for the fact that she earns it by working the streets. She's been under pimp Spence's thumb for fourteen years, and she isn't looking for change. That is, until undercover cop Gabe walks into her life and offers her something she's never had before: a love, a future, a home. But even if Jessie could walk away from Spence, there are darker forces of evil who want her to stay put, or worse, dead. In this romantic suspense, author Heather Huffman delivers an adventure from the vibrant streets of St. Louis to the caves of the Ozarks as Jessie discovers whether she can love another, whether she can love herself, and whether any of it is enough.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Romance, crime, action, mystery, thriller, good cops/bad cops - all elements of a good story are present. The story is captivating and thought-provoking. I also appreciate that prostitutes are portraited as normal women who have emotions, thoughts, dreams, hobbies, and humour like everyone else; but who unfortunately ended up in the harsh world of prostitution. The main characters Jessie and Gabe are funny, likeable, intelligent and brave; and you make wish to follow them through the end.
So why didn't I think that this book is fantastic? The writing is poor in several places. The story is slow at the beginning, then moves on very quickly, after it suddenly ends.
By all means, give it a try - especially now it's free - it's still a good weekend read!
So why didn't I think that this book is fantastic? The writing is poor in several places. The story is slow at the beginning, then moves on very quickly, after it suddenly ends.
By all means, give it a try - especially now it's free - it's still a good weekend read!
126 of 130 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jessie spent her childhood in and out of foster homes and she had no one to turn to and nowhere to go after being thrown out at the age of 18. She ends up spending the next 14 years of her life working as a prostitute, a role that deep down she despises. Her pimp, Spence terrifies her and it is clear that up until now she has spent most of her time trying to keep on the right side of him or face the consequences.
One night she meets Gabe, an undercover cop and finds herself attracted to him in a way that she has never experienced before. Very quickly her life begins to change as she begins to experience the normality that a loving relationship can bring. However, before she can commit to spending her life with Gabe she knows that she must find a way of breaking her ties with Spence as he will never willingly let her go.
As you would expect, things very quickly begin to go wrong and Jessie finds herself in a very dangerous situation.
Although Jessie is a prostitute, the story does not focus in any depth on her working life; there is very little in the book that would be likely to offend those who might not agree with her occupation.
On the face of it, this would be classed as romantic fiction. However, there is a strong underlying message throughout the book about how many modern day prostitutes are living as slaves, having to do as they are told by their pimps or otherwise face the consequences.
The book is a fairly quick read and it could easily be finished in a day. Having said that, the characters and the storyline will draw you in quickly and keep your interest throughout.
This book was free to download but I would have happily paid the full price for it.
One night she meets Gabe, an undercover cop and finds herself attracted to him in a way that she has never experienced before. Very quickly her life begins to change as she begins to experience the normality that a loving relationship can bring. However, before she can commit to spending her life with Gabe she knows that she must find a way of breaking her ties with Spence as he will never willingly let her go.
As you would expect, things very quickly begin to go wrong and Jessie finds herself in a very dangerous situation.
Although Jessie is a prostitute, the story does not focus in any depth on her working life; there is very little in the book that would be likely to offend those who might not agree with her occupation.
On the face of it, this would be classed as romantic fiction. However, there is a strong underlying message throughout the book about how many modern day prostitutes are living as slaves, having to do as they are told by their pimps or otherwise face the consequences.
The book is a fairly quick read and it could easily be finished in a day. Having said that, the characters and the storyline will draw you in quickly and keep your interest throughout.
This book was free to download but I would have happily paid the full price for it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fantastic story of Jesse who became a prositute because of the difficult circumstances in her young life. Gabe is supposed to arrest Jesse to question her about her pimp Spence but can't find it in his heart to do it. Against all odds the form a strong bond and fall in love but Spencer is possesive and his mistakes may ruin any chance of happiness for Gabe and Jesse if they don't shut down his buisness and find out who he really work for. I really loved this book fall of good/ bad cops, baddies adventure and a love story all in one. I really love the ending and this was fantastic as is free on kindle at the moment.
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Great read
I was bit dubious about the book but thought the story sounded OK. Great love story and thriller. Easy reading and had me in suspense, tears and laughing all the way through it.
Published 3 days ago by MagsK
Suffers from false assumptions which mar the story
This book suffers from two big faults - firstly, it perpetuates the prostitute with a heart of gold myth (otherwise known as Julia Roberts syndrome) and secondly, it assumes that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anne
Disappointing and unbalanced..
I selected this book on the other reviews and I feel I ought to have taken more time to read them as the clues were there! Read more
Published 2 months ago by StevenM
brilliant
I would recommend this book, the story is fantastic. when I read just the first few pages I wasn't sure where the story was going, I read a few more pages I then found it hard to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. G. Organ
An easy read
Having read some of the other reviews, I thought some of them were rather harsh. At the end of the day, I got this as a free download. Read more
Published 4 months ago by anniegirl
Not a complete throw-away but close...
Throwaway.. Hmm where to begin? I've been putting off writing this review because, to be honest I'm not really sure what I thought of this book, and that can never be a good... Read more
Published 4 months ago by ille13
Readable, but predictable
All in all I enjoyed the book. I agree that the prostitution was glossed over and almost made glamourous. Read more
Published 5 months ago by L. P. Sayer
Awful
This book was so bad I felt compelled to write a review to warn others.
The story is badly written and completely predictable. Read more
The story is badly written and completely predictable. Read more
Published 5 months ago by cc
Terrible
Predictable, unrealistic and does the opposite of what the author intended by giving a sugar-coated impression of prositution and organised crime. Awful. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mel
amazing !!
This book was amazing i couldnt wait to down load more... It was good from beginning to end...Hope theres more to come xx
Published 6 months ago by michelle b
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