VBT# Next To You - Claudia Y. Burges

Review: Where Life Takes You - Book#1 Life Series - Claudia Y. Burgoa - July 2013

 Growing up , life was not easy for Becca Trent - in fact it was awful and downright cruel. It ended up getting worse when Becca's mother met a man she loved who had two children already of his own. One included a girl named Lisa who was a year older than Becca. Becca had always wanted a sister , but in fact what she got was the start of someone who would do absolutely everything and anything in her power to ruin Becca's life and take her place as Becca's mother's daughter. The perfect daughter whereas Becca was always viewed as the screw-up. Lisa though was really screwed up and one tragic night where alot of bad stuff went down, which as you read the book you will understand why Becca is the person she is and Lisa was killed. Becca's mother and family have always blamed Becca for her death, so Becca escaped and was exiled from the family. Years later , she met Dan who became her life saviour, best friend and confidant. Dan is always there for Becca and it makes readers wonder whether Becca and Dan will become an item sooner or later as Dan is the playboy rich boy. Where Life Takes You though is not about the romances between Becca and Dan , or the family dynamics between Becca and her family and friends. But more so this book, is the journey of Becca and how she moves past in her life through therapy and journalling etc.

Synopsis: Next To You - Book #2 Life Series - Claudia Y. Burgoa - July 2014

Him

…I need time. Time to heal those wings and learn to use them…

Was part of the letter Rebecca Trent, Daniel Brightmore’s fiancée and best friend left when she ran away. The person he trusted the most for the past decade disappeared without giving him a second glance. She taught him how to love, believe in family and that everyone deserves a happily ever after. Now he’s struggling between wiping any traces of her from his life and drowning his sorrows away with the help of his new best friends—Don Julio and Jack Daniels.

Her

Rebecca’s past suffocated her to the point of not wanting to continue, her lifeline and the only reason to live began to withdraw from her. She wished it had been her imagination, but heard it loud and clear: “If not, there’s always a divorce, nothing is forever.” This time it became a leave or die situation. Something has got to change—she had to change. Packing light and leaving a letter behind, she takes a journey that can help her find herself through the shards of her painful childhood.

As letters, memories and stories are exchanged, two once inseparable people reconcile what’s left of their relationship. Beyond the confines of everything they built together, they’re left with two lonely people searching for what it means to be whole. Will they find meaning under their bruised psyches or will their pasts get the better of them?

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