Letters
to Luca
By
M.R. Joseph
Synopsis:
The course of true love never did
run smooth~ Shakespeare
Leighton Parks~ I only wrote the love letters to my high school crush for fear if he truly knew my identity, I would be rejected. I wasn't the most confident girl in my school, and he was well... he was Luca Ferro. How could he ever be interested in a shy, book worm like me? That's why I wrote them. To tell him all the feelings I had for him. When I stopped writing the letters, I never imagined that 10 years later they’d come back to change my life, forever.
Luca Ferro~ I always believed in soul mates, finding that one true love. And I found her, my letter girl, but never knew who she was. She was a mystery. Her letters, her words, meant more to me than anything. I searched for her, thought of her day and night, but never found her. I gave up on the idea of finding the missing piece to my puzzle—that is until she walked right into my life and I didn’t know what hit me.
A chance encounter brings Luca and Leighton together ten years later at their high school reunion. Will past secrets threaten to destroy their futures, or will love be written in the stars for them just as it was in Leighton’s letters?
Leighton Parks~ I only wrote the love letters to my high school crush for fear if he truly knew my identity, I would be rejected. I wasn't the most confident girl in my school, and he was well... he was Luca Ferro. How could he ever be interested in a shy, book worm like me? That's why I wrote them. To tell him all the feelings I had for him. When I stopped writing the letters, I never imagined that 10 years later they’d come back to change my life, forever.
Luca Ferro~ I always believed in soul mates, finding that one true love. And I found her, my letter girl, but never knew who she was. She was a mystery. Her letters, her words, meant more to me than anything. I searched for her, thought of her day and night, but never found her. I gave up on the idea of finding the missing piece to my puzzle—that is until she walked right into my life and I didn’t know what hit me.
A chance encounter brings Luca and Leighton together ten years later at their high school reunion. Will past secrets threaten to destroy their futures, or will love be written in the stars for them just as it was in Leighton’s letters?
Teaser
My View
This
is the 3rd and final book in the Reunion series (each stand-alone),
and believe it or not ‘Reunion’ the first in the series was only ever supposed
to be seen by family and friends. This
was then followed by ‘You Belong With Me’ which I have been waxing lyrical
about on my Facebook page and Blog to the point where M.R. Joseph may take out
a restraining order on me. Anyhow, I was
beyond excited to be asked to take part in the Blog Tour and to review this latest
book from the lovely Ms Joseph and well, I sat and read ‘Letters to Luca’ in
one Sunday sitting. Dogs neglected, Husband going hungry, ironing ignored.
“Have
mercy on my soul dear Lord for I am lustful and needy, and it’s all because of
this boy”. – Leighton
Yep
that just about sums up how I was feeling 50% in and Ms Joseph can certainly
turn up the steam a notch when she wants to.
Each
of the Reunion series have been a love story, stories of a lifetime of loving someone
that is interrupted by life itself and the timeframes of the books always, to
me, make them more believable, as the relationships grow and develop.
Leighton
had loved Luca, idolised him from afar, the plain girl unable to tell the high
school heart throb of her feelings for him in person and so she wrote him
letters. Letters written so beautifully
and from the heart that they captured Luca’s heart & soul without her even
knowing it.
“The
only thing that got me through those dark times were the letters. The letters from the woman that could
possibly be love of my live, and I have no idea who she is”. Luca
10
years on Luca is settled in his family’s business and Leighton is no longer the
plain Jane she once was, but she is in a whole world of hurt and goes back home
to lick her wounds.
And
bingo they kind of bump in to each other, she still madly in love with him, he mesmerised
by this beauty he can’t remember from school.
The
POV’s from each of them were fun and I always like a good male POV. Leighton’s internal musings are totally
relatable for us girls.
“He has a runner’s body, built to last, built for fucking sin, and I’ve
had that….twice. Yep. Me. Yay, me!”
Leighton
Inevitably
there are those characters we would like to hunt down and hurt badly, however
once the truth about the letters comes out, Luca’s reaction was not what I
expected at all and took me totally by surprise.
No
spoilers here so I won’t go in to detail but let’s just say waterproof mascara
and tissues are essential.
So
if I haven’t made myself clear, I totally, utterly, completely adored this book
and I cannot recommend it enough, M.R. Joseph has once again produced a dream
of a love story and I will continue to stalk her from afar.
About the Author:
I'm a book enthusiast, turned
author, who loves all things "Happily Ever After".
My first book, 'Reunion' debuted
in November, 2012. Meant only to be a Christmas gift to my family and closest
friends, word got out, and here I am. The second in the series, 'You Belong
With Me', released in March, 2013, and the final installment in the series,
'Letters to Luca', will debut August 1st.
Mom and wife by day, writer of contemporary
romance by night, I believe in soul mates, true love, and all that mushy stuff.
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