Rose of Thorne by Mia Michelle Review & Blog Tour

Disclosure: I received an ARC in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are completely my own.

Blurb:

When a drunk driver tragically orphans Skylar Rose at the age of sixteen, she leaves her dreams behind and takes on the daunting task of helping her elderly grandmother raise her young sister. While other girls her age were living a typical carefree life, she was picking up double shifts at a local café and struggling to pay the bills.

Always putting her sister’s needs and school first, Skylar has never had time to date or develop relationships. Now a senior in college, she has her sights set on an amazing internship opportunity. The last thing she needed was for a sexy distraction like Sebastian Thorne to walk into her life.

Sebastian Thorne had been an entitled and reckless nineteen year old when he got behind the wheel of his new sports car that night. When his night of indulgence goes tragically wrong, Sebastian hesitantly turns to the one person, he knows can make everything go away…the one person he hates ..his father.

Now twenty-six, Sebastian is the young enigmatic and powerful CEO of his late father’s design company, Thorne Enterprises. With both millions in the bank and a new woman on his arm almost every night, the world never knew the dark secret he carried inside. Still plagued with nightmares from the night of that horrific accident and having to leave the beautiful girl behind, Sebastian vows to find the one that haunts his dreams. Sometimes the choice of revisiting our past opens the door to a future that we never thought possible.

Haunted by their past, these two want nothing more than to have their life given back to them. But what do you do when the person who gave you back your life, was the very one that took it from you in the first place?

* BOOK 2 THORNELESS will follow VERY VERY SOON!! Contains sexual content and abusive situations. Recommended for readers 18+ years.

Excerpt

I step in front of the mirror at the bathroom counter to splash cool water on my face. Gripping the cold Italian marble countertop I stare at myself. When the world looks at me they see Sebastian Thorne, CEO of Thorne Enterprises; a young and wildly wealthy bachelor, who takes the world by storm and never backs down when he wants something. Never. But that is not the man that I see when I look into the mirror. No, I see a coward, A man who has grown up in a life that he does not deserve. You see, no one knows my secret. Since my father passed away I am the only living soul who knows what happened that night. Yes, my father had made damn certain of that when he covered up any evidence of the accident.

Review

I really enjoyed Rose of Thorne by Mia Michelle. I was drawn in from the first chapter and wanted to know what was going to happen next. Mia Michelle weaves a dramatic, romantic, and amazing story of two people struggling to find their place in this world.

Sebastian struggles throughout the entire story with holding onto his secret, so that Skylar will never find out. He is intense and overbearing, but sweet and loving. Oh, he’s a sexy, walking contradiction. I love it! Skylar is the young college student trying to graduate and making sure that her little sister has everything that she needs. I really like Skylar’s character. She’s been through so much in her young life, including the death of those that were dearest to her.

Sebastian is able to keep his secret for most of the story, but it comes to a head and does not have a happy ending. I was crushed, but then I had to look at the facts and would I be able to forgive someone who kept that from me? I honestly don’t know. Mia Michelle made me think, and she definitely made my heart ache. This is such a emotional, gut-wrenching read with delicious sex scenes.

This is a cliffhanger, but at the end of the story we’re lucky enough to get a glipse into the second novel Thorneless. I’m not usually one for cliffhangers, but this is a do-not-miss book!

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Bio:

Mia fell in love with the literary world at a very young age and began putting her active imagination to pen and paper by the age of six. Over the years, she has filled up numerous shelves with her notebooks and journals of her favorite stories. Twelve years ago, Mia began drafting The Thorne Series and through encouragement of a close friend, decided to finally take the leap of faith to bring her dream to life. She openly admits to having a hopeless infatuation with her Kindle and suffers from the one-click book addiction (No intervention required).

Mia is currently a stay at home mom who has mastered the fine art of making a PB&J sandwich in between laundry and shuttling kids to ballet and swimming. In her spare time (“What spare time?” She laughs), she enjoys photography, traveling, and having a girls night out with her pals. She enjoys the simple things in life, such as sleeping more than 3 hours per night and 10 minute showers without being interrupted by children yelling “mommy” from the other side of the bathroom door.

Mia Michelle resides in Tennessee with her soul mate and husband of 18 years and their 2 beautiful young children. She is currently working on her Masters in Counseling and drafting her new series.