ROMANCE

Breathe

Crimson Romance: S. & S. Jan. 2018. 256p. ebk. ISBN 9781507207918. $4.99. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
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Ellen Hunter has been living in Boston for four years. She still considers England home despite making only annual visits, but with true friends she can count on and a job she loves, she wonders what will come next with a soon-to-expire visa. The reason she fled England has led to living in fear and distrust, especially where men are concerned, but Ellen blames herself. Kane Fielding was shoved into his CEO role at Fielding Paper at the very young age of 22, after his father was killed in a tragic plant fire. Now history is repeating itself as several of his locations have been lost to fire, and it is evident that the cause is arson. With the weight of his family legacy on his shoulders, Kane has been happy to fill the playboy/career advancer role in the society pages for a variety of up-and-comers. Kane requires a relationship that will provide the love and support he needs. Ellen has to find a relationship built on trust and not fear. Certainly these two were meant for each other. Ellen's sexual assault and its impact on her are haunting in their accuracy. Kane's life in a fishbowl is even more poignantly realized when the effects seep into Ellen's life.
VERDICT In the midst of the #MeToo movement and a lack of celebrity privacy, no romance could be more apropos for exploring these issues. Libraries should add this debut novel to their romance collection.
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