Elena Matthews ~ Look After You
Synopsis
The birth of your firstborn child is supposed to be the best day of your
life, a joyous occasion. Well that’s what twenty-eight year old Ava Jacobson
thought. That is until her life takes a drastic turn for the worse and her
daughter is born three months earlier than planned, weighing only two pounds,
two ounces.
A distraught Ava is thrown into the deep end of motherhood and instead
of being able to hold her baby like other moms, she has to sit back and watch
her daughter fight for her life in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit,
while her fiancé, Sebastian Gilbert is in the midst of a messy war in
Afghanistan. Ava is left to pick up the pieces with the help of her only
friend, Caleb Summers.
When her vulnerable state hits an all time high, she finds solace in an
unexpected pair of intense green eyes. Eyes that belong to her daughter's doctor,
Ashton Bailey, and she falls, like she has never fallen before. However, for
the sake of Sebastian she desperately tries to fight against her newfound
feelings for Ashton, but eventually the pull between the two is so strong that
it is impossible for her to stay away.
Then when Ava is convinced things can't possibly get any worse, a cloud
of blackness closes in on her as the secret demons of her past come back to
haunt her, with news that will irreversibly shake her entire world
forever.
As Ava’s roller coaster ride she calls life begins to circle the drain, she quickly learns that even through the darkness of evil, there is always that one person who will look after you and have the ability to pull you away from the brink of no return, when nobody else can.
Review
JESUS! The Drama in the book literally kicks off in book one. From page one I was hooked. So hooked having to put my kindle down felt like it was causing me pain. THANKS Elena! LOL. I felt like I was on an emotional Roller coaster. There was so many up's and downs. AND just the right amount of Hotness ;)
As you know from the Synopsis poor Elena's world is turned upside down when she goes into labour a few months early. That taught of Loosing her little girl in unbearable. On top of that she has to go threw it alone! No she is not single, BUT the men in her life aren't currently around. And the sad thing is for Ava this is just ONE drastic thing in her life. The life she left behind at 18 is still in the back of her mind waiting to pop it's ugly head out. This girl really needs to catch a break :(
Soooooo the men if her life......
Her partner Sebastian is away in Afghanistan. He was meant to get back when the baby was around 2 months old. Ava was ready for that. BUT this she was not ready for. And Sebastian is just *Sigh* perfect. Having been with each other four years they truly love each other. And it tears him apart knowing he isn't there for her when she's going threw all of this.
BUT, she may of had to go threw the birth alone but she's not fully alone. She has got her bestest friend in the world Caleb by her side. He just happened to be miles from the ground flying(No he's not superman) somewhere when Ava's baby wanted to make an early arrival. He is everything you would want in a best friend. He is so loving and caring AND calls her out when she's wrong on things. And he knows Ava better then anyone. Even better then Sebastian.
But, that's not the only men in Ava's life...... Well not after the baby arrives......
Enter Doctor Ashton Bailey.....
God even his name is sexy!
Ashton is the baby's Doctor. And right from the first meeting there's fire works. Ava can't explain it though. She's with Sebastian. She LOVES Sebastian. So why does she keep feeling Drawn to this Doctor. Ava and Ashton do get......closer. Friendly, yes they become 'Friends' while all this is going on. He makes her laugh and right now that is what she needs to get her threw this time. She thinks that everything will be okay, as long as they stay friends nothing will happen. Just because she's REALLY likes him doesn't mean he like's her. AND let's not forget she's with someone. Yes SEBASTIAN! But sometimes your head and your heart ignore each other just to piss you off.....
Two men wanting your heart..... But only one can win...... One has to have there heart broke......
This book was AMAZING. As I was reading it I kept saying 'This is the author's first Novel.....REALLY?' I couldn't believe it. So if this book is so good and its the first I can only imagine how good the next will be! I am already DYING for book two. As you will be when you've read this book, so don't say you weren't warned.
About the author
Independent author Elena Matthews
was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she lives with her other half,
but even after eight wonderful years, she is still waiting for that epic proposal. Elena enjoys spending
quality time with her friends and family, especially her four-year-old niece,
Caitlin, who is the apple of her eye (She’s a little monkey too!). Elena is
positive Caitlin is the love child of Jekyll and Hyde. Thankfully, the
joys of being an auntie, means she can hand Caitlin back over to her mum and
dad when she’s all tired out!
Elena spent three years of her
life at Salford University studying media production, to decide at the end of
her degree she no longer wanted to pursue a career in the media. Instead, it
took her another two and half years to realise her calling. Writing. Now she
lives and breathes her writing. She even had to tell her colleagues at work
whenever she is found daydreaming at her desk, it’s because she is conversing
with her characters.
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Excerpt
I feel as though I am drowning in the deepest of waters, without
a life jacket, with no way of survival. I abruptly pull my hand out of his and
bury my face deep into my hands. I angrily bite against my hand as I mumble, “I
don’t how much more I can cope with.”
“Hey.”
My eyes water at his sympathy and that only makes me feel worse.
I cry hysterically, wishing for just one moment that I wasn’t the poor girl
with the preemie baby daughter. That I wasn’t the poor girl whose fiancé, was
in Afghanistan, that I wasn’t the poor girl who was being tormented by her
demons and fears. I want to be a girl, a normal girl without a worry in the
world.
Of course, the perfect life doesn’t exist for me. It never has.
Suddenly I feel a dip beside me on the sofa, and when a pair of
strong arms wrap around my shaking body, I accept them and bury my face into
the incredible warmth of Ashton’s chest. I cry hysterically into the spot where
his heart sits. After a few deep breaths, the steady beat of his heart begins
to create a calming effect, and I don’t ever want to let go.
Ashton rocks me back and forth as I grip hold of his white coat,
pain ricocheting through my body, causing me to wail through my ugly cries. I
feel a comforting tingle move down my spine as he lightly strokes his hand
through my long hair. Somehow I must have lost my ponytail holder from its
messy bun during my hysteria. He doesn’t utter a word as I lose control of my
emotions. He just lets me break down into his arms. I know how inappropriate
this would look to an outsider, how bad this would seem to Sebastian, but right
now Ashton’s arms are all I have, and whether it is right or wrong, I like how
he is making me feel. I finally realize how much I have missed him, how much I
missed the friendship that we developed during the confined environment of this
hospital. He made my day that little bit brighter. I could do with a pick me
up, especially after the past week. I hate to admit it, but I love the way his
arms feel around me, it feels natural. It feels perfect.
The room is silent when my tears eventually dry up. The only
thing I can hear is the drumming of his heartbeat and the soft sound of light
breathing coming from Ashton. I know, now that I have stopped crying that I
should let go of him, but for some reason I don’t. I just keep locked into his
embrace, and for the first time in a long time I finally feel content, and I
don’t have the weight of my demons hovering over me. I finally feel safe.
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