Fairy tales aren’t real…but love is.

Sara has a kick-ass life—loyal friends, a house in San Francisco, and an amazing job as a virtual assistant. It’s perfect…except that Sara doesn’t actually exist. She’s just a borrowed name that Andi Clark hides behind. Using a fake identity lets Andi stay safely shielded behind the screen of her computer and concealed from the real world. With her history, pretending to be someone she’s not is the only way Andi can make up for the mistakes of her past. Not exactly ideal, but hey, no one’s life is perfect.

Actually…

Hayden Bennett’s life is pretty damn perfect. He’s married to a beautiful woman, lives in a luxury apartment, and is prepped to take over the multi-million dollar company his father built. Perfect…except that his wife is madly in love with someone else, his career is meaningless, and he’s forgotten how to live, let alone be happy. But when Hayden hires a new virtual assistant named Sara, her sharp wit and intelligence leaves him wanting something more. Something real. Something incredible.

Two people need to wake up to understand how perfect they are…for each other. If they can’t, any chance either of them have of finding a happily ever after will be virtually impossible.

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This highly-anticipated sequel to DARKER WATER is Hayden and Andi’s story, and this is how their fairytale begins:

Once upon a time there was a woman who made the mistake of trusting the wrong man. And that mistake led to another. And another and another, each more damaging than the last. But the woman was as ignorant of her mistakes as she was of the damage they caused. Until she was punished for them.

Around the same time, but in a totally separate part of the city, lived a noble man and his beautiful wife. Though their castle was the envy of all, its empty halls echoed of loneliness and regret. For the man had lived his entire life asleep, and both of them remained silent of who they truly were and what they truly wanted.

And then one day, the woman entered the man’s life and forced him to awaken…

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One of my favorite parts of any book of Lauren’s is how snarky her characters act.  I love the way she has her characters bantering back and forth.  It gives you a big look into her personality as a writer and person.

This story is about Andi who is friends with Laney from book 1.  Andi is hiding out because she got into some trouble when she was younger.  She is living and working under a falsa name of Sara.  She gets a job as an assistant to the rich, powerful and very married Hayden.  They two click instantly forming an easy going work relationship.  They are both work-a-holics because they don’t have anything except work in their lives.  When their virtual chats start to become more “casual” and less “formal” we can see both people changing and looking to a future. Neither every thought about a possible future so it kind of freaks them both out.  Him because he SEEES something he wants and has no clue how to get it.  Her because she SEES something she wants but knows her past will ruin it for her.  There are a few plot twists with some espionage, family secrets being told from multiple people plus will our characters ever get to BE together.

I enjoyed the story but felt it was a little bit slow in the beginning to middle of the story.  The middle to end of the story did get much faster with the story. I think Lauren is an amazing writing and very skilled in her craft.  I think she can weave a story together really well with characters that are flawed but flawed in a way that you can relate to them 100%.

I am looking forward to Carson and Laney’s novella because something was very off with the two of them at the end of the story.  I am also looking forward to Clare getting a story because she is a really good person who got stuck in a bad situation too.

Lauren Stewart lives in Northern California with two of the most amazing children that the world has ever seen. She reads almost every genre so, naturally, her writing reflects that. With every book, every story, you’ll find elements of other genres–fantasy, mystery, romance, paranormal, suspense, YA, women’s literature, all with a touch of humor because what doesn’t kill us should make us laugh.