Trust Me by Kristin Mayer

TRUST ME by Kristin Mayer

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kristin Mayer is a wife, a proud mother, and a full-time Analyst and Import Manager. Since an early age, she has always enjoyed reading and writing. While visiting her father one weekend, he suggested that she should take up writing again. With family and a career, she didn't give it a lot of thought, until a story entered her mind and wouldn't leave. It just kept forming and developing over a couple of months.

At the beginning of 2013, she decided to sit down and write it all down, but she kept it to herself. One sentence developed into two, and before she knew it, she had the makings of a novel.

Kristin tries to live life to the fullest during every moment. She loves to travel and meet new people. She holds a degree in International Business and uses it daily in her job. Kristin now adds "author" on her list of jobs, and feels very blessed and thankful.

SYNOPSIS:

A difficult year filled with loss and heartache leaves Allison Scott withdrawn and emotionally disconnected. When she is finally ready to move forward with her life, she embarks on a getaway vacation to Miami, determined to find healing from the painful memories in her past. Damien Wales also has a tragic past that has left him a cold and distant person. However, the moment he sees Allison, he’s inexplicably drawn to her, and he is a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. A sunset stroll brings the two together. Allison feels an undeniable attraction to Damien, but she’s hesitant to get close to anyone. Damien will do everything he can to keep Allison in his life, but his overprotective and domineering demeanor might just push her away. When Damien’s dark past begins to collide with his present, Allison’s life is put in danger. Damien must keep her safe, but some things are just out of his control. Trust Me is the first book in the Trust Series.

MY REVIEW:

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review

4 out of 5 Stars!!!

Allie Scott has had a very difficult last year. She lost both her parents at the same time and if it wasn’t for her best friend, Allie would have stayed a recluse and withdrawn from everyone and everything in her life. A year later, Allie has decided that she needs to find herself and is taking a weeklong vacation to Miami, Florida…alone. However, while trying to start over fresh and finding herself, Allie runs into the sexiest man she has ever laid eyes on, Damien Wales.

Damien Wales is in Miami for business and is instantly drawn to Allie. Most woman would do anything to get with Damien, but he has to work to gain Allie’s trust and to become comfortable with him. They immediately have a strong and intense connection that takes both by surprise. Damien is not about to let Allie run away from him.

Allie is very confused by her feelings for Damien in such a short period of time; and at times she has a hard time processing everything that is happening. Damien is overly protective and very concerned with Allie’s safety, which she has a hard time understanding. The closer Damien and Allie get the more of Damien’s past collides into his present which puts Allie in danger.

Allie finds herself being very honest and open with Damien, but knows that he has been holding back from her. Will Damien’s lifestyle and past destroy their relationship or will nothing be able to keep them apart. Will Damien be able to keep Allie safe or will he be unable to protect her from the threat?

I had mixed feelings at the beginning of this book. At first, I had a hard time getting into the book. It just started a little slow for me. However, by the middle of the book I was completely invested in the story and the characters. By the end of the book I was dying to know what was going to happen next.

I have a hard time when characters in books just meet and instantly are madly taken with each other. I believe in the intense feelings you can have, but to me that is more lust than anything. I did like both characters and I thought the build up to them was well written. Their relationship moved a little fast in the beginning for me, but I was glad to see it stretched out and the level of actually getting to know one another there was in the book.
I did enjoy all the twist to the characters and the different sides to them. I did not see a lot of that coming. I love not being able to foresee things in books. Once all their skeletons were out of the closet the book became very interesting !!

I love suspense being thrown in with a romance story. And alpha males are so incredibly sexy!!! I absolutely loved how Allie handled Damien when he was trying to boss her around. It was believable and she was not about to allow him to order her around or walk all over her. Not only did I love Allie and Damien; I also adored Allie’s best friend, Sam. She cracked me up and reminded me of my best friend. I loved their banter and how they would do anything for one another.
Allie is a strong woman who isn’t in your face, but deals with things in her own way that make people slow down and think about the situation instead of just reacting. She is level headed. Damien, on the outside seems to have it all, but a dark past has caused him to withdraw and keep people at an arms length…until he saw Allie.

I loved the twist and turns this book has taken. It will keep you turning the pages to try and solve this puzzle. I like that when you believe you have it all figured out there is another twist that completely throws your conclusions out the window. There is a cliffhanger to the book, but in a way that gets you excited to read the second book.

Kristin Mayer did a great job writing “Trust Me”; the plot and character development was wonderful. I am excited to read the second book in the series, “Love Me”. My only problem with “Trust Me” was the slow beginning, but stick with it and you will really be glad that you did!!