Rescued

This book hits you with a one-two punch to the gut. It leaves you wrecked and emotional, sobbing into your pillow, and then gives you the ray of sunshine you need in order to recover.This book picks up where the first one left off. After the emotional break-up Lorrie and Hunter went through at the end of the first book, we finally get to see what Hunter was keeping secret. Why he was so determined to keep fighting and to keep pieces of himself from Lorrie. He didn't want to be a burden to her, but he didn't realize that she needed to have no barriers between them.This book took you on a journey as they struggled to be there for each other, while dealing with their own struggles. It shows the fine line we walk when we are drowning in our own pain and suffering, yet trying to keep it from those we need and love the most. The struggle to be strong, and to remain independent, is a real one. This story addresses issues that most people will never have to deal with, and it does it in the most beautiful way possible.I must admit that I wanted to thrown my Kindle several times while reading this book. It was just that powerful. While this series has some similarities to other fighter stories, this book was completely different in the most important ways. This story had me captivated from beginning to the end. The author certainly has a beautiful novel on her hands here, and I cannot recommend it enough.

When the last book, Wrecked, ended, Lorrie had gone home to her aunt's house after receiving a letter from her step-father (who had murdered her mother) asking for her forgiveness and telling her that he loved her. Lorrie had tried to reach out to her boyfriend Hunter, but couldn't find him anywhere, so she left a note at his place.Once at her aunt's, Lorrie has pretty much shut down. She sleeps all day, in between the nightmares she has of Marco, her step-father, and goes to therapy. Her therapist suggests that Lorrie write Marco back, and flat out ask him why he did what he did. Lorrie needs some much needed closure.Hunter, on the other hand, has sought out Lorrie and tracked her down to her aunt and uncles. The two go for a long walk where Lorrie tells him why she had to leave school, and Hunter reveals why he wasn't there for Lorrie when she needed him. With both revelations out, Lorrie now begins to obsess on if these two damaged souls should be together at all, since she can't be strong for her in her current state of hysteria, and Hunter, well, without revealing what his secret is, can't be there for Lorrie physically.I must say that I was sooooo eagerly anticipating this book, especially after the last one left me in tears, but this book left me cold. The characters felt mechanical and one dimensional. I didn't feel the passion between the two that I felt in the first book. The book felt like it was a child telling a story- first this happened, then that happened and then it ended. Yeah. Pretty much sums up how I feel about this book. Sad. I was hoping for so much more.

We begin the story with the h lying on her psychiatrist's couch *loud screeching tires sound* STOP, WHAT? Maybe this is different in other places, but around Chicagoland, I've seen a few psychiatrists, and never have I ever been asked to lay on the couch or a chaise lounge. I'm pretty sure that's a myth, which made me quickly lose faith that this book was going to be any good. Onward, because I rarely give up on a book. Only 2 books in 45 years of reading. SO...By the third chapter, this book was redeemed as I began crying."I nodded, sniffling and still recovering from the shock of seeing him. The pulse pounding through my ears was almost deafening."Yeah, I was nodding and sniffling, and recovering from the shock, too. If I were Lorrie, a regular, artist-type girl, I would be in shock every time a hunk like Hunter was in my presence.Okay, but Hunter isn't just a mountain of tattooed meat to be admired. Inside is something deeper, a man scared for his life, and just wanting to live a better life of his OWN choosing, not a life path designed by responses to his disease.I really enjoyed the story throughout the rest of the book. This is by far the best work I've read by this author so far. I'll be reading #6 and #7 in the Forever series soon, and have high hopes they'll be as good as these two, Wrecked and Rescued.Chapter Twenty-seven brings in a shocking twist that changes EV-ERY-THING. I felt sick for our MCs to have to move through such a cruel tragedy. But we do get a lovely HEA at the end.I'm not sure how these Forever books got lumped into one series, because I haven't noticed ANY crossover characters. Really, I feel books one to three should be combined into one novel. These two could remain a duet, and with them being better quality than the author's first works, I believe the price to be reasonable. Priscilla West, if you're reading this, I hope you'll reconsider the way you present your first three books. They're a bit of a gouge into your readers' pocketbooks.

Wow, this was a totally unexpected two book mini-series. Yes I was attracted to it because it was YA/NA and about a cage fighter but this book is so much more!Both of the main characters, Hunter and Lorrie, have suffered and are continuing to suffer at the hands of fate but in finding each other they try, sometimes unsuccessfully, to save each other.After the cliffie at the end of Wrecked I couldn't wait to read Rescued and to see how Hunter is after his last fight both within the cage and with Lorrie.Lorrie has returned to her Aunt's house after being contacted by her stepfather and after having her heart broken by Hunter. As Hunter recovers from his fight though he knows that it's Lorrie he wants at his side for the most important fight in his life.You feel your heart breaking when you realise what demons Hunter and Lorrie are facing and Hunter especially, tattoos and muscles and all, is especially vulnerable which is hard to witness in someone perceived to be so strong.***Everyone saw the tattoos and muscles, but Hunter had shown me something deeper today. He wasn’t a mountain of meat that could take any abuse thrown at him in a cage. He was real. He had hopes and dreams and a heart bigger than that of anyone I’d ever met. I had broken that heart once, but he still came to find me.***I would seriously recommend this series to anyone who loves their fighter and NA/YA books. The stories are extremely well written and cause your emotions to go onto overload.Reviewed on behalf of Jezabell Girl & Friends....

I received a free copy of Book1 - WRECKED from Netgalley in return for an honest review and I gave it 5 stars. I went straight on to purchase RESCUED as I was blown away by the story and needed to find out how Lorrie and Hunter's relationship would progress.WRECKED ended with Lorrie running back to the only family she has and leaving Hunter behind to come to terms with his medical diagnosis and the resulting disability.There is a lot of angst and pain in this book and Lorrie has a lot to deal with delving into finding out why what happened to her parents happened and doesn't get the answers she wants. I felt for Hunter trying to cope with the unexpected way his life was panning out as well and ultimately was rooting for a HEA.Well done Priscilla West for conveying a real wealth of emotions in this story!

I read the first installment to the series and quite enjoyed it - not my most favourite of reads I must admit but I definitely wanted to buy and read the next book to find out what happened next. Well, what a huge disappointment. This book just goes on and on with no excitement or crazy attraction/lust like the first did, it's very boring and drab. All the lead character does is cry, I mesh honestly, I know she's had a rough time but how she gets from A to B with her eyes always full of tesrs I do not know! She's so whiney and pathetic in this installment, not to forget selfish and just a plain b!tch at times. Hunter becomes disabled but yet it's all still about her and the world continues to revolve around her and her problems, possibly even more so than it did prior to his MS attack. I'd avoid reading if I were you, I just wish I could have my time back (money wouldn't go amiss either in fact!). Don't think I'll be reading from this author again.

This book was completely different from the first book, but not in a good way. To be honest I found it a little boring as it mostly just focused on Hunters MS and Lorrie being unable to concentrate because she was anxious about Marco.In fact,that was all the book really focused on, with Hunter living with Lorrie and her Aunt and Uncles family when he come to find her, bring the kittens in tow.Yes, they both helped the other person be stronger to cope with their own battles, but Lorrie still acted a little immature.I don't know why, but book this book and the previous seemed to read in the past tense. We were reading events that were happening at the time, but the language used read as in the past. VERY annoying.I'm kinda sad to admit that I am glad that both this book and the series has finished.

I loved book 1 unfortunately I can't say the same about this book. For me the characters were dull and lacked any spark or connection. Lorrie was annoying if not more in this book,though hunter did seem more mature in this book. A lot of the story line feels unanswered, and unfinished. The epilogue was vague and tbh pointless it didn't clear anything up. Not sure if I'd buy any more by this author.