~Synopsis~
In this thrilling and sexy follow-up to Sempre, two young lovers struggle to keep their relationship intact after they become deeply enmeshed in the dangerous mafia-run crime ring they once tried to overthrow.Haven Antonelli and Carmine DeMarco have been through a lot. Haven was taken in by Carmine’s father, and with his family’s help, she escaped a gruesome fate. However, saving Haven from the dark intentions of a mafia family cost Carmine a steep price: he was forced to swear loyalty to them.
Now, still passionately in love, Carmine and Haven must face the fall-out of Carmine’s forced service, as Haven discovers terrifying secrets about the family that enslaved both her and her mother—and why she matters so much in this intricate web of lies.
~Tonya's take~
What do you do when you think you have everything you've wanted, to wake up one morning to find your one true love is gone?
Haven thought she finally had the life she had dreamed of. Love, happiness and a family to call her own after losing her mother. However, she knew the threat of the mafia was still lurking over them.
Carmine loved his hummingbird with everything that he was. After freeing Haven and Corrado vouching for her, Carmine knew that their lives would be a constant threat.
Sempre Redemption takes us on a journey through Haven and Carmine dealing with mafia life and how they learn to live with and deal with the consequences made.
I feel Haven grew through this story and was able to come to terms with her freedom and what it meant to be free to do as she pleased. This was a huge accomplishment for her and in things that we take for granted on a daily basis.
Carmine had a lot of growing up to do within himself through this story. He had to learn to deal with mafia life, the love of his life, and living with his past. He made his mistakes but along the way was able to see that life can give you all that you desire if you let it.
Love can conquer all things. When two people love each other the way Haven and Carmine loved each other, you can endure anything life throws at you. This continued story of love, life and healing is one that i personally feel everyone should read. J.M. Darhower has pulled me from my normal genre into this world of excitement, angst and feeling that no other author has done.
~Excerpt~
“Another nightmare?” she asked, walking over to him. He glanced up at her as his fingers stilled, the music stopping, but Haven barely noticed. She couldn’t focus on anything but the green eyes boring into her. Once so alive with passion, she saw nothing but deep sadness marring the bright color.
Carmine set the guitar aside and moved his legs to make room, motioning for her to join him. She climbed into his lap and he wrapped his arms around her.
“Not a nightmare this time,” he said. “It was a good dream.”
“What was it about?”
“You,” he said quietly. “You made a painting—some abstract shit, I don’t know—but it was so good they hung it in a museum and raved about how talented you were. It was like you
were the next fucking Picasso, tesoro.”
She laughed. “I don’t even know how to paint, Carmine.”
“You could learn,” he said. “Would you want to?”
“Maybe, but I don’t know how good I’d be.”
“Oh, you’d be good,” he said confidently. “You shouldn’t doubt yourself. You can do anything you set your mind to.”
“Except for play the piano,” she said playfully. “Or the guitar.”
He chuckled. “Yeah, for the sake of everyone’s ears, we ought to leave music to me, but the rest is all you. You can probably do all of that, you know. Draw, paint, sculpt shit into weird shapes and tell people it’s something it doesn’t look anything like. That takes talent.”
She smiled. “And you think I have that kind of talent?”
“Of course,” he said. “There’s gonna be no stopping you once you get started.”
“Thank you,” she whispered, a swell of emotion surging through her at his words. “It means a lot that you believe in me.”
“I’d be an idiot not to,” he said, kissing the top of her head.
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