I'd like to say I can give a normal book review for this one, but I just can't. Here's what I can do: Describe exactly what happened while I read this book, starting with my terrible decision to open it while I was on my treadmill.

It's 6pm on a Wednesday and I have had one of those rough work days you bring home with you. I fully intended to use the treadmill to get out some frustrations so the SO and I could have a peaceful dinner and watch one of our shows. I had finished an ARC book earlier in the day, so didn't have anything new open and I wasn't feeling the other ARCs on my Kindle. I'm one of those mood readers and when my mood is sour I need something that makes me forget. K. Webster, as I recently found out, is one of those authors that writes books that make me forget. I typed her name into my tablet, found the set of 4 books that I have yet to read and just clicked one. I didn't double check the synopsis or reviews, just picked one. That book ended up being Give Me Yesterday, by K. Webster and Elle Christensen, which I would have known was an ugly cry kind of book had I just taken five extra minutes.

Here we are on the treadmill, we are reading about this high school aged couple who have a child, this is cute, it isn't what I expected, but it's cute. I'm at 3.5 MPH right now, just getting into my pace, when BAM, K. Webster and Elle Christensen rip the foundation out right from under you. I gasp mid step and have to pause my treadmill. To myself I think, "this is one of those books I am not going to make it through with out ugly crying, I should pick another book, this is not a good night to read this book." I happen to be one of those people who ignores my own common sense and advice.

It has now been two miles and just enough time to get me about 40% through, I am liking the characters and I like the general direction this is going. Ice Queens are my favorite type of heroines and hot men with sordid pasts always make my stomach get butterflies, so of course I am totally loving Tori and Chase. I have laughed several times, I've definitely figured out there's going to be ridiculously hot sex between these two, and I've forgotten that I am reading a Webster book. THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.

Since I am now fully immersed in this book I have cancelled all plans of human interaction with my SO and he has resigned himself to the couch with a movie (and a beer) where I later join him with my tablet. I am literally ignoring everything, I even decline our dinner plan in exchange for soup and a sandwich, because this is easier and means I can read more. I am fully committed to this book, because I want to see Tori open up about grief and I want to see her do for Chase what he did for her. While I both feel for Tori and her grief, I think it's been too long for her and I am thrilled to see her living. I am also thinking Chase is awful deep inside and really starting to think he probably is an insane person and everything is going to be all twisted up. I am getting glee out of knowing something big is coming. I've now promised my SO I will take a shower and actually put the book down in exchange for watching Agent Carter, or he'll watch with out me, and this will start a fight. No book is worth a fight.

But then it is. As I am getting ready for my shower, nose deep into my tablet, I read a certain scene that leads up to a cemetery. I stop in my tracks, I turn my tablet off, and I ugly cry my way into the shower. I have said out loud, once in the living room, and now again in the bathroom, "I am not finishing this fucking book." Unfortunately, SO isn't done with his movie, and as I settle into the couch to wait for it to end he hands me my tablet and because I am such a glutton for punishment I open up to the page I stopped at. Not only that, I got back about 20 pages and re-read the scene again! I am bawling, I am hiccuping, and I am interrupting the movie to explain, in great detail, what's going on in this book.

Thank goodness K. Webster and Elle Christensen do this thing where they redeem themselves and give me an ending that makes things better. I mean not perfect, because obviously my hearts out on the floor in a million pieces and my face is bright red, but at least I know not all hope is lost. They also happen to write amazing epilogues that make me smile and calm down. Unfortunately, they also are gluttons for punishment and they add in this scene, right at the end of the book, that makes you look at all of this from the other side and guess what, you're crying. Again.


As you can tell from my rating, I loved Give Me Yesterday, it's emotional, it's heart-breaking, it's beautiful, and it's unique. I wasn't expecting anything while I read and when I got to the end, the part that broke my heart, I was truly surprised. Both authors write in such a way that you can't guess what's coming next and that is part of why I love them, and sort of hate them right now. The characters need one another in a way that makes you actually believe in them, you want to see them heal one another, and you want to see them grow into who they've kept themselves from being for so long. I was never bored, there are amazing secondary characters, and I, like always, liked the smut scenes. It's a captivating novel that does not disappoint and I recommend it to any of my fellow readers who like emotional books that suck you in. ( )

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GIVE ME YESTERDAY

Read This Review on your own risk, this is about deleted review posted and deleted 14 Sep 2017!
Here is the deal with said deleted review!

I read this particular book this week and last night decided I’ll quickly do a review!

Then accidently on purpose, I deleted said review, why WOULD I DO THAT



Because said review sucked big time off course, and yes I know I should not have deleted the book from my read list because I lost all the updates and comments from friends but ALAS *GIVE ME BACK YESTERDAY IS NOT POSSIBLE*!



See what happened was the following:

1. I Started typing away on this review directly on GR last night 14 Sep 17, not the usual word document I do, where I copy and paste afterwards – nope straight onto GR, no saved copies, – any screen prints accidently saved on GR will be appreciated!

2. It is my PMS time meaning I sometimes *Post Meaningless SHIT*

3. My 2 Pit-bulls!

a. I have 2 x pit-bulls as most of my friends know both over a year old, one a pure bred and the other well not!
b. Now what did they have to do with said review, absolutely nothing as they did not write said review, but they are part of the mess I created! See while I was typing away on said F@ckup review my dogs started fighting, let me explain what happened
c. I gave the dogs each a big bone to chew on, so my female dog – ate hers in a rush. The Male dog ate his like a true gentleman – problem was after the bitch ate her bone she wanted his bone, he off course was angry as said bitch already had one, then they started fighting over said bone, now have anyone ever seen 2 x pit-bull’s fight – NO – it is scary as shit, and as my male dog is not a proper pit-bull he usually looks much worse after the bitch decides he’s a shitty partner, do not fret they just fight until their hormones settle – go read up about why dogs fight!
d. Now usually I have some water nearby – they hate it if I pour said water all over them when they fight! Let’s be honest there is no way I will try to pull them apart, those dogs are strong and scary when fighting, BUT alas I love them both so I forgive shit like that easily, and they feel so guilty about fighting with each other that they lick each other for hours nonstop.
e. So last night there was no water nearby as I was in the study, but I did have a glass of Coca Cola nearby – and NO I do not drink Diet coke hate the taste! So the next moment I emptied my glass of Coca Cola on them. Sounds like a good solution – NO was a shitty solution BUT the dogs did stop fighting with no damage to their furs, so it was a good solution at the time
f. The thing is if you pour said Coca Cola on the dogs everything is on floor and the walls as well, Coco Cola is sticky and yes it was a mess! I left like that for another 10 minutes! UNTIL!!

4. My husband was not at home when said dog incidents happened, the next moment he drove into the driveway and what did I do – I posted the review, because instead of cleaning up the Coca Cola mess I kept on typing said review until I heard his car.

5. After an hour off cleaning Coca Cola mess I had this weird feeling I must really read what I posted and said on said review.

6. AND OMG I made so many grammar errors, okay I always do! But that grammar was especially bad on that one! Then I edited the grammar errors and reposted said review, then after another hour I thought “hmm that was really an f@ckup review, and people will think I am a nut case or something” and I decided I needed to start over – PROBLEM was it was past bed time so I rather deleted it book read included!

And that my friends are how I accidently and on purpose deleted the review!


K. Webster written a book recently that created quite a stir! I do not go according to rumors. I read whatever I want whenever I want to, that book caused some opinions from readers which were according to me a bit unfair as it is a fictional book with fictional characters and an idea that went to shit, but I suppose everyone is entitled to their own opinion!

See what I cannot understand about social media is, that people can blow up a situation or something so bad that they can ruin said person without knowing them, maybe they think they know the person, or they can form opinions about the person but that is just what it is – OPINIONS! In my opinion we ALL done something that people can chat about for days on end, I did, and yes I would apologize if it will mean anything to anyone, just say when or where and I will apologize, but what I learned is to most offended people apologizing will mean nothing!

As the saying goes those who care does not matter and those who matter do not care!



The review

This book is currently freebie and it is awesome, and written by 2x authors Elle Christensen and K Webster. I cannot recall when I cried so much as in this book, I cry when I am sad, when I am angry, sometimes when I am extremely happy. But mostly when I am angry! In this book I cried because it broke my heart for Victoria and what happened to her when she was 18!

I think the parts of the book that K. Webster wrote was Victoria POV. But I can be wrong!

You need to meet Chase – he is a total alpha dirty talker and off course my bb, and Vitoria is a broken but strong ice queen who does not let anyone break that ice barrier – until Chase!

Synopsis:
High powered divorce lawyer, Victoria Larkin, is known as the ice queen. Tough. Emotionless. What they don’t know, is that ten years ago, she lost everything. Including her hope for the future.

Chase Monroe struggles with his own demons. Devastated by guilt and on a mission to correct his past, he uses his skills as a college psychology professor to help others move beyond their grief.

When Victoria is forced to attend grief counselling, she meets Chase, and there is an instant attraction. Chase is determined to help her confront her past and find happiness. Victoria is afraid to relive her pain.

Just as they begin to step forward, tragedy strikes and throws them backwards, and they find themselves, once again, shackled to the past.

Can Chase and Victoria find the path to a happy future together? Or will they forever be wishing for yesterday?

**Recommended 18 due to language and sexual content

To the authors:
I loved this book and it was according to my standards a 5 star read, go read it to decide for yourself, it is worth it and at this point of time free!



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A gut wrenching prologue in which the heroine suffers devastating losses then the book time jumps ten years which finds Victoria Larkin now a high powered divorce attorney but completely emotionally shut off and has closed herself off from family. Tori’s refusing to deal with her grief even after all this time has landed in hot water with her boss when she blows up during a meeting with clients which gets her sent to long overdue grief counseling.

Chase Monroe is a college professor who also heads a grief therapy group. As a reader we know he just doesn’t just run the group but he is also a member but we are not told what traumatic thing happened in his past. He is immediately drawn to Tori and vies to get her past her icy exterior. His wooing of her was quite sexy. Both of them have deep seated grief and help the other start on the road to accepting the traumatic things that happened to them in the past.

There is a huge detour for both before they are finally able to get that long overdue happily ever after but it was bittersweet once they finally do.
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