*Is it possible to love the one who broke you?*
A fighter with a chip on his shoulder.
A woman with a grudge to settle.
He is her greatest weakness.
She is his ultimate opponent.
He is the one person to break through her defenses.
She is the one person who can bring him to his knees.
Thorn – when love and hate collide, it ignites a love affair to last a lifetime.
"The man who loved me was a fighter. He was dangerous, treacherous, and he called me his thorn. I was his strength and his weakness all rolled into one and he was mine. He was trained – bred – to play a pivotal part in an underworld concocted of violence and destruction. The question was, could I love him in spite of the danger he represented to my life? Could I love him in spite of the danger he represented to my soul?"
Noah and Teagan's fragile relationship never stood a chance – not with Noah's meddling stepsister and Teagan's overbearing uncle – not to mention Noah's aggressive ex, Reece, and the volatile criminal gang out for both their blood.
Fast forward to seven years later, and, Noah fresh out of a prison cell, has taken the sports world by storm. He's the best. A fighter. The champ. Unattainable. Unbeatable. But none of that matters to Noah. All he wants is vindication and revenge on the woman who broke his heart and abandoned him when he needed her most – his Thorn.
Teagan has spent the last seven years licking her wounds in a backstreet flat in Cork City. Left reeling over Noah's actions that night, Teagan has spent years trying to piece her life back together, but the memory of what she saw that night continues to haunt her, making her bitter and cold. Desperate to move on from Noah once and for all, Teagan throws herself into a relationship with her first-love Liam, forcing herself to move on despite the protests of her heart.
A fighter with a chip on his shoulder.
A woman with a grudge to settle.
He is her greatest weakness.
She is his ultimate opponent.
He is the one person to break through her defenses.
She is the one person who can bring him to his knees.
Thorn – when love and hate collide, it ignites a love affair to last a lifetime.
"The man who loved me was a fighter. He was dangerous, treacherous, and he called me his thorn. I was his strength and his weakness all rolled into one and he was mine. He was trained – bred – to play a pivotal part in an underworld concocted of violence and destruction. The question was, could I love him in spite of the danger he represented to my life? Could I love him in spite of the danger he represented to my soul?"
Noah and Teagan's fragile relationship never stood a chance – not with Noah's meddling stepsister and Teagan's overbearing uncle – not to mention Noah's aggressive ex, Reece, and the volatile criminal gang out for both their blood.
Fast forward to seven years later, and, Noah fresh out of a prison cell, has taken the sports world by storm. He's the best. A fighter. The champ. Unattainable. Unbeatable. But none of that matters to Noah. All he wants is vindication and revenge on the woman who broke his heart and abandoned him when he needed her most – his Thorn.
Teagan has spent the last seven years licking her wounds in a backstreet flat in Cork City. Left reeling over Noah's actions that night, Teagan has spent years trying to piece her life back together, but the memory of what she saw that night continues to haunt her, making her bitter and cold. Desperate to move on from Noah once and for all, Teagan throws herself into a relationship with her first-love Liam, forcing herself to move on despite the protests of her heart.
I was hesitant to read this book because of the blurb. I HATE love triangles. They annoy the hell out of me. The drama, the back and forth, it's a headache LOL
But, there's no love triangle in this book. Teagan doesn't move on with Liam. She doesn't push herself into a relationship either. They're literally friends with a business together. That said, towards the seven years, towards the present time in the book, Teagan does have ONE drunken one night stand with him. One she regrets and makes sure to tell him so and that she was sorry. Which ruined their friendship.
The book basically starts off from where Treacherous ends. With Noah raped and left drugged in his room, after Teagan walks in on it. She does find out the truth but never once confronts herself on the fact she could have stopped it. That did surprise me.
It goes through the years of Noah in prison, and Teagan's life back in Ireland. But... It really does continuously repeat itself over and over again. It got to the point I did have to skim over pages because I'd already read what was said before.
However, before you think I HATED the book, I didn't. Around 80% the book got really good. It felt like the story for me had begun. It stopped dragging and got to the real action.
Yes, Noah comes back for Teagan but both have changed, both have been scorned and neither are willing to admit to that.
But it ends with a cliffhanger and it leaves us wondering just what will happen between the two. With Noah's life and his luck, it was always a 50/50 chance of shit hitting the fan. Or in Teagan's case, a bullet and a rose on her bed.
So if you started this book and put it down for the reasons I mentioned above, pick it back up and read. This author is so talented. Her writing is exceptional. And although she did repeat the same things said over and over, and it did drag, it doesn't change that she's a pretty amazing writer. I even had the pleasure of meeting her at a signing this year and she's one of the nicest people I've ever met. She's wonderful.
Make sure you keep at it... I promise, it gets soooooooo good.
3*
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