Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Left Behind – Vi Keeland and Dylan Scott

Two stories so deeply intertwined, you’ll think you know how they intersect…but you’ll be wrong….

Zack Martin

The day I met Emily Bennett my whole world changed. Sure, we were just kids, but I was old enough to know my life would never be the same. She was my best friend. My destiny. My fate. I wasn’t wrong…I just didn’t know how twisted fate could be.

Nikki Fallon

After the death of my mother, moving from my dark and dreary trailer park to sunny California, I was focused on one thing – finding a sister I’d only just learned existed. Falling in love with him wasn’t part of the plan. But he filled a void I never knew was possible to fill. He had to be my fate. My destiny. Until the day I finally found out who my sister was…and how twisted fate could be.

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Release Date:  October 16, 2014
Publisher:  Self Published
Source:  TRSoR Promotions
Reviewer:   Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

I’m not even sure where to start with this book because it absolutely blew me away.  The authors created a story that intertwined the hero and heroine in a complex and often times heartbreaking story.

Zack and Nikki have both had more than their share of heartbreak for just starting their senior year of high school.  Both have suffered unimaginable losses and struggled with how they are supposed to move on.  It’s not until they meet each other, on Nikki’s first day of school, that things start to change for the both of them.

Nikki, living in California with an aunt she doesn’t know, is trying to find the twin sister she didn’t know she had.  But in California, Nikki’s life is much different than the one she lead in Texas.  She has a somewhat stable home life and doesn’t have to worry about her aunt abusing drugs and alcohol like her mother.  She has a group of friends larger than the one person she trusted with her inner most secrets in Texas.  And she had Zack.  A boy who made her feel too much and who distracted her to the point she was forgetting why she was in California.

Zach was dealing with his own mess.  Beaten down by grief after the death of this girlfriend, Zach is barely existing.  But when he meets Nikki at a study group, he’s inexplicably drawn to her, which worsens the guilt he feels.  Slowly, the draw to Nikki is too much and he lets go of the grief and starts living again.  He realizes what he feels for Nikki is much more than what he ever had with his ex and his knows he’ll do anything for Nikki.

I loved the twists and turns of this story.  How Nikki and Zack where tied together before they even knew it.  How soul mates will find a way to be with each other, despite the circumstances.  While the story was quite heartbreaking, there was an underlying feeling of hope for the hero and heroine.  Hope that they’d be able to leave the past behind and continue building their relationship.  Hope they can both forgive the adults that seemed to make somewhat of a mess of their young lives.

A beautiful story, that is riveting and demands a reader’s full attention.  This is, most definitely, one of my top reads for 2014.

He looks up and I watch his eyes take me in.  Slowly.  They rake over me, dropping from my eyes to my glossed lips down to my exposed shoulders.  Taking his time, he follows the neckline of my simple, yet body contouring sundress, lingering when he reaches my full breasts.  I’m sufficiently covered, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t aware that the dress showed off my assets well.  Tight around my chest, gathering snuggly at the waist, with a scant amount of cleavage.  Just enough coverage to still leave something for him to imagine.  And I watch his face change as his imagination takes off running.

His eyes drift down my legs, tanned now from the eternal California sun.  Momentarily he’s lost in what he sees and doesn’t even notice I’m watching him leer.  Totally worth the extra effort getting ready tonight, I couldn’t be happier at the reaction I get.  Eventually, his eyes make their way back up to mine and I arch one eyebrow, letting him know he’s been caught.  A normal reaction might be to look embarrassed or perhaps even flustered a little.  But not Zack.  Instead, he flashes me a wicked grin.  “You look incredible.”  He’s the one doing the leering, yet I’m the one who ends up blushing.

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Vi Keeland is a native New Yorker with three children that occupy most of her free time, which she complains about often, but wouldn’t change for the world. She is a bookworm and has been known to read her kindle at stop lights, while styling her hair, cleaning, walking, during sporting events, and frequently while pretending to work.  She is a boring attorney by day, and an exciting smut author by night!

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Dylan Scott is a New York trial attorney, wife and mother of four.  She believes her job as a trial attorney is a subcategory to the field of entertainment more than law.   With a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature she believed teaching English was a destined career choice until she realized her life long talent of “argument” could actually be her job.   A recent, fairly boring, midlife crisis resulted in a brief stint as a middle school English teacher which confirmed that she wasn’t ready to give up the law.   Dylan has also taught legal courses at the college level and worked with at-risk inner city youth in the roles of mentor and coach.  She is co-author Vi Keeland’s biggest fan.

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