Forbidden by R.R. Banks

      Secrets Shared may Help To heal

First of all I’d like to say how much Javi, Veronica the heroine’s best friend forever, is integral to this story and he is just such a wonderful person yo have around. Everyone has secrets, but some people have more than others and they keep them even from their closest friends to keep the pain hidden within themselves.  This book is about two lonely people Veronica and Jude.  He was her professor for one of her classes whilst at college and she made an important impression upon him as did he to her. She never took any more of his classes as she couldn’t concentrate in lectures because she could only think of everything about him. But he wants to know her more and is just biding his time. He’s at least twice her age but absolutely gorgeous and a bit of  a mystery man around campus and very wealthy in that he doesn’t need to work but he does. He arouses suspicion amongst some of his colleagues when he gets Veronica to be his TA [Teaching Assistant] which he has never had before, but is using this as a ruse to get to know her better.  This is an emotional whirlpool with great passion, love and heartbreak.  I don’t think Jude or the readers will forget the scene where Veronica calls to see Jude before celebrating Halloween with Javi and his friends as that was one HOT and steamy encounters that proves to Jude that veronica is more than a one night stand and this scares him in come ways. Veronica [Ronnie to everyone else but Jude] has one tragic secret that only after they become intimate and then break up because of his emotional scars when she tries to help him, that she reveals to Jude about how she got a scar on her leg which he noticed when he very first saw her. This is after he reveals a truth about his past 19 years ago and the tragic circumstances that lead to his wife’s demise. The passion and love, that he refuses to acknowledge because he is scared, are so intense in this quite beautiful story by R.R. Banks.  In my humble opinion, this is his best story yet as it is about love and the many types of love you can have and how people can overcome and survive personal tragedies. I love this story and will most assuredly be re-reading this again as it is so well written. I received a free reader’s copy of this and voluntarily leave my honest opinion here.  I’m going to get my own copy of this as I want the exclusive book baby 4 the brothers which is included!

Definitely Recommended