The Debt by Karina Halle

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The Debt by Karina Halle

Released August 29, 2016
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Her life changed in an instant.
And he’s the only one who could have prevented it.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Pact and The Lie comes a new standalone contemporary romance about those McGregor men.

Jessica Charles shouldn’t have even been in London when the unthinkable happened.
She should have been back at home in Edinburgh, perhaps hanging with her boyfriend, having drinks with her sister or doing yoga with her group of friends. She should have been going on in her normal, dependable life as always.
But on that fateful day in August, when a mentally-ill ex-soldier opened fire in public, Jessica’s world changed forever.
Now single and crippled from the gunshot wounds, Jessica finds herself scared and alone, losing faith in herself and humanity with each agonizing moment that passes.
That is until a stranger enters her life. A stranger who makes her live again.
Keir McGregor has always been the strong, silent type. Throw in tall, dark, and handsome and you’ve got pretty much the perfect Scotsman.
Except Keir is anything but perfect. He’s got a past he’s running away from and a guilty conscience he can’t seem to shed. But the more time he spends with Jessica, the more he falls in love with her.
And the more his secret threatens to tear them apart.
He may have been a stranger to her.
But she’s never been a stranger to him.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

The Debt is heart pounding, heart stopping, heart achingly beautiful and will leave you with Keir and Jessica in your thoughts long after you finish their story.

“I don’t feel beautiful—I feel starved. The way he’s kissing me lights my body on fire, puts the sun in my soul. I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt like this, and in these heady moments, just his mouth, his taste, his hands at my chin, in my hair, I’m someone else entirely.”

Both Jessica and Keir had tragic pasts that I can’t ever imagine struggling through. I personally can’t relate with any of the issues that these two have faced, but I know others can and think The Debt will hit close to more people than I would like to know.

“I wanted to escape. This is my escape. Keir can make me start anew.”

I was frustrated through the majority of The Debt, (characters tend to do that to me) but it was so well written that I couldn’t put the book down, it grabbed me from the beginning and I was determined to see these two broken people heal each other and it was worth every bit or angst and frustration I felt.

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