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She’s a gorgeous nightmare and he’s a wicked dream…

Do you know what it feels like right before lightning strikes? How you can feel the current running through your veins? The trembles of warning that ripple through the air? It was a thrill Tamar King chased all her life until it became the very thing she had to escape.

For the last four years, Tamar King has hidden herself in an isolated world she created. She was safe. No one could touch her. Until Lyrik West walked through her door.

He’s the lead guitarist for Sunder and everything she can never have.
The dark and beautiful rock star becomes everything she craves.

Lyrik’s life has been devoted to his band and that success has cost him. Bitter, hard, and filled with regret, he refuses to lose himself again, but from the moment he sees her, he wants one night with Tamar King.

The gorgeous bartender is more than he bargained for.
Their attraction is consuming. Their desire overpowering. With one touch, they ignite.

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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary and new adult romance. She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life. Years later, she shared a short story she'd been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children. Connect with A.L. Jackson online: www.aljacksonauthor.com www.facebook.com/aljacksonauthor Text "jackson" to 96000 to keep you in the know!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ A.L. Jackson Books Inc. (March 1, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 406 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938404963
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938404962
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.02 x 8 inches
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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.

Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, BLEEDING STARS, FIGHT FOR ME, CONFESSIONS OF THE HEART, FALLING STARS, REDEMPTION HILLS and TIME RIVER novels. Get her latest single mom, neighbors-to-lovers, small town romance stand-alone, HOLD ME UNTIL MORNING, out now!

If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.

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Customers find the story heartfelt and realistic. They praise the writing quality as incredible and lyrical. They appreciate the complex characters and their emotional depth. The book is described as beautiful and inspiring.

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138 customers mention "Emotional content"135 positive3 negative

Customers find the book emotional and intense. They describe it as heartfelt, passionate, and realistic. The stories make readers feel the pain and loss of love.

"...Her latest novel, ‘Where Lightning Strikes’ is a beautiful, passionate, and completely heart wrenching story of two lost people who are both..." Read more

"...Let me start by saying how much I just love the way this story is told. I lose myself in Amy's words and I never want to come up for air! I. Can't...." Read more

"...A perfect ending to an intense, emotional read. A fantastic story once again and I cannot wait for the other band members to get their turn...." Read more

"...This love story is incredibly emotional, intense, and absolutely breathtaking. It is a must read!!! I can’t wait for Austin, Ash and Zee’s books!!" Read more

110 customers mention "Story quality"110 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story quality. They find it heart-wrenching, passionate, and beautifully crafted. The characters are complex and the story is poignant about finding love. Readers appreciate the epic ending and surprises.

"...‘Where Lightning Strikes’ is a beautiful, passionate, and completely heart wrenching story of two lost people who are both completely hardened from..." Read more

"...OK not only is the story AMAZING, the characters complex but it is HOTTTTTTTT!!!..." Read more

"...A perfect ending to an intense, emotional read. A fantastic story once again and I cannot wait for the other band members to get their turn...." Read more

"...The layers to this man are endless and he is just full of surprises. Tamar is beautiful, tenacious, guards her heart and who she trusts...." Read more

98 customers mention "Writing quality"92 positive6 negative

Customers praise the writing quality. They find the prose lyrical and flowing smoothly. The story is intense, emotional, and filled with great dialogue. Readers enjoy the book as much as the previous Bleeding Star novels.

"...With such beautifully written sentiment, I don’t think I have ever read a book before where I have highlighted so many passages or written so many..." Read more

"...But you can see it, feel it, taste it. (No really the writing is so spectacular, descriptive.. I just don't have words - that you feel right along..." Read more

"...Once again AL Jackson totally captivated me with her poetical and lyrical prose and totally submersed me into Lyrik and Tamar’s story...." Read more

"...The writing is amazing and I felt like I was watching a movie unfold before my eyes. I could feel every emotion the characters experienced!..." Read more

66 customers mention "Character development"66 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the character development. They find the characters believable and interesting. The story is described as a great read with an emotional storyline.

"...With such incredibly complex characters, I could feel the deep anguish and torment of Lyrik and Tamar and wanted to cheer them on in hope they..." Read more

"...and soft interior - it all just combines to make a fabulously interesting person! And Lyrik... oh Lyrik. Lyrik just got inside me and made me swoon...." Read more

"...Tamar is beautiful, tenacious, guards her heart and who she trusts. No matter how hard they try to deny it they are drawn to each other – pulled...." Read more

"...door, I promise you, it's going to hurt." The supporting characters were so wonderful in this book..." Read more

53 customers mention "Beauty"53 positive0 negative

Customers enjoyed the book's beauty. They found the story inspiring and beautiful to read. The cover and blurb drew them in with their appealing imagery. Readers appreciated the bold font style and color palette.

"...Also beautiful and contradicting, she was the perfect complement for Lyrik with her tough girl demeanor, equally devastating past, and soft heart...." Read more

"...When they come together it is both explosive and beautiful...." Read more

"...To see the changes in these two was intense and beautiful to read, you could see little splinters of armour being chipped away with every..." Read more

"...This love story is incredibly emotional, intense, and absolutely breathtaking. It is a must read!!! I can’t wait for Austin, Ash and Zee’s books!!" Read more

31 customers mention "Tear jerking"27 positive4 negative

Customers find the book emotionally engaging. They mention it rips them apart and builds them back together. The book is described as strong, emotional, and powerful. Readers appreciate Lyric's vulnerability and protectiveness, as well as Tamar's vulnerability and insecurities.

"...And I just adore Tamar - her sass, her vulnerability, her insecurities, her hard exterior and soft interior - it all just combines to make a..." Read more

"...This story made me laugh, cry, I mean really cry, stole my breath at times and feel pure joy at other times...." Read more

"...I hurt for Tamar and I loved the fierce protectiveness that came out in Lyrik. He didn't run away...." Read more

"...Tamar has been a bartender for 4 years now. She feels very safe and feels like Shea and her Uncle and Shea's little girl are her family!..." Read more

26 customers mention "Feel"26 positive0 negative

Customers find the book engaging. They find the story tender and comforting, with Lyrik and Tamar finding each other. The characters have a soft exterior and a hard interior that complement each other well. The book gives readers a good feeling of warmth and makes them feel emotional.

"...Lyrik with her tough girl demeanor, equally devastating past, and soft heart...." Read more

"...sass, her vulnerability, her insecurities, her hard exterior and soft interior - it all just combines to make a fabulously interesting person!..." Read more

"...really step back and look at me." When these two loved, they loved so hard. And when things got rocky, my heart broke into pieces...." Read more

"This book!! Holy moly!! The feels, the angst, the secrets, the lies of love. They grip you from the start and don't let you go!!..." Read more

23 customers mention "Pacing"23 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's pacing. They find the stories engaging and intense, keeping them hooked from start to finish. The storyline holds their attention and keeps them reading. Readers mention that the entire book keeps them hanging onto every word and feeling the emotions of the characters.

"...Tamar Gibson Beautiful Red Head, killer body and can kick your ass in a minute. All a front to cover her painful past...." Read more

"...it first, but I think that it makes the story so much more full and enjoyable. "Make it if you want it to matter." P.s...." Read more

"...I really enjoyed the story. It was sweet and a crazy ride but worth it." Read more

"...The two characters of Lyrik and Tamar are engaging and written with some depth (yet the ultimate backstory for Tamar seemed a bit underdeveloped.)..." Read more

an intense, intoxicating, and incredible story of epic love, the kind that strikes hard and fast like lightning, scorching the s
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an intense, intoxicating, and incredible story of epic love, the kind that strikes hard and fast like lightning, scorching the s
Where Lightning Strikes is an intense, intoxicating, and incredible story of epic love, the kind that strikes hard and fast like lightning, scorching the soul and crashing through the heart while emotions pour like a rain storm. This is not a typical rock star romance. This is a tale that’s full of feels. Like a kiss takes the breath, Where Lightning Strikes steals the feels. They are no longer yours. You. Are. Owned. By. This. Story.Oh did Where Lightning Strikes strike me like a sucker punch: fast and furiously. After just a few pages, I was swept into this story with a force as strong as the wind. Captivated. Consumed. Controlled. I was all in—so much that it was difficult to tell where the story and I began, and ended. Body trembling. Breath holding. Fingers coiling. Eyes tearing. Lips quivering. Heart beating. Emotions bleeding. Mouth smiling.Where Lightning Strikes is a penetrating force that permeated though me so quickly that I had to take a few breaks at first to reign in or try to suppress the flowing waterworks. My emotions battled with my brain to stay strong but were powerless as the tide pulled me into this powerful and poignant tale. Each wondrous word cut through me like a sword, willing my feelings to escape as they quickly splattered, crashing all over the pages. Tears cascading like waves hit almost immediately, never relenting the whole time. Heartbreaking. Hopeful. Happy.I love Baz and Shea’s tale told in A Stone in the Sea and Drowning to Breathe so much—a story that will stay with me forever. With anticipation and anxiety, I could not help but wonder if I would love Lyrik and Tamar’s story as much. If this book would measure up to its predecessor, a duet that both hurt and helped my heart. Dare I say that I adored this story too…maybe even more?Tamar ‘Red’ King. Red-haired, blue-eyed, petite, curvy, and inked. A perfect pin-up girl package. Beautiful. Sassy. Smart. Bartender at the bar owned by her bestie's uncle. She came to Savannah to escape her painful past, so devastating that she has sworn off men for good.That is until Lyrik West turned her controlled and closed world upside down a year ago and hasn’t left her mind since.“I sought safety from that storm in the walls I’d built up around myself…Yet somehow he kept reappearing at the fringes of my life, pushing and prodding and drawing me back into all those excited, convoluted feelings I didn’t want to feel. Lyrik West.”Lyrik West. The lead guitarist of Sunder and panty-melting hot. Cocky. A manwhore. The ultimate alpha. Dark-haired and dark-eyed. Tall. Built. Covered in ink with art and words that reveal clues to a painful past, the tattoos telling more than words ever will. Women as bed-warmers—nameless, faceless vessels to ease only the physical needs.Women did not matter. Except Tamar. Lyrik entered the Savannah bar one night with his band, Sunder, and saw the red-headed sassy siren who blew his mind away. Unforgettable. Tamar mattered. A year later when Lyrik is back with the Sunder band in Savannah, she still matters.“Damn, I loved a girl who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind while her body told an entirely different story. That was the type of contradiction I craved. The push and pull. Hate bristling with want. That girl was a bundle of fireworks and I was certain we’d go boom.”Like a hurricane, Lyrik and Tamar blew into each other’s lives. Their chemistry and need sparking an explosion with flames that have burned and still burn from ocean to ocean. With Sunder back in town, Lyrik and Tamar are combative once again with sharp tongues slicing insults at each other, masking the burning desire that’s brewing and ready to combust. Tamar hates and wants Lyrik. Her body sparks with need in his presence. Traitorous. Helpless. Heated. Alive.“Why did I want him so badly? But I guess the saying was true. We always want what we shouldn’t have.”As the lead guitarist for the popular worldwide and hot band, Sunder, Lyrik can have any woman he wants. Women throw themselves at him constantly. He is never with one—at least two women hang off of his arm and in his bed. One woman haunts his head. The spicy siren. Tamar.“…Every time she told me I couldn’t have her, the need she stirred in me just grew. She was like a red-headed siren, circling and circling and circling me on unsettled waters until I was trapped in some kind of vortex.”This story oozes angst, so much that Lyrik and Tamar’s addiction to each other becomes mine. I’m tethered to them, and can’t get enough.The cat and mouse game they play is dangerous, hurling insults like missiles that penetrate with pain.“I didn’t love women. But I wanted one. I wanted her. Tamar King. We had a love/hate relationship. I loved messing with her and she loved to hate me for it.”For Tamar, Lyrik is consuming her. This beautiful and complex man is a mystery that she wants to solve.“He pressed my hand to my chest. It felt way too strong, and damn it, his heart had to have been beating just as hard as mine. Something flashed in those eyes. Something soft. That was all it took, and something soft inside me wanted to give. To give up and give it all.”Hot and cold like the flu, burning like a fever. The temptation becomes too hard to resist. Eventually, even temptation has an expiration date.“My tongue darted out and swept across my bottom lip. Dying for a taste. F it. Figured she was going to kill me anyway. My mouth came down on hers…My palm moved hot over that tat of temptation. The apple and the serpent…I wondered who of us was who.”Two months in Savannah until Lyrik has to return to LA with Sunder. Two months to give in to temptation, the heat that flows between them like hot lava for over a year. Two months to claim every part of each other. Two months to forget the past—the pain—and focus on the present.“She was like a bundle of fireworks just waiting for a match. Now I was standing in the flames.”Lyrik and Tamar are kindred spirits. Two lost souls who have given up hope. Raw with regrets. Filled with emptiness. Void of emotion. Their pained pasts haunt the present, threatening the future.My heart shatters, bleeding across the pages, tears that start as drops now flow freely. These characters? They are more, so much more, as they steal my soul.“Sorrow…filling up that dreadful, hollow space. As if we somehow fit. Because the anguish in his voice? It promised he was as empty as me. Lonely recognized lonely. And my heart recognized him.”Oh the feels. My heart. I’m not sure if it can take much more as it is shattered so much. I pray that it’s repaired soon.Tamar and Lyrik are tethered to their painful pasts. Balls and chains. Both hold the keys to unlocking each other’s hearts that are barricaded by walls that are slowly crumbling. Piece by piece. Word after word. Kiss after kiss.Tamar is scared and confused.“I hated being this girl. Fearful and scared of emotions I didn’t want to feel. But that’s how this boy made me. Shaky and confused and losing the grip of the carefully constructed walls I clung to.”Lyrik is trying to hold on to his heart, guarding it from girl who is so close to getting inside.“Red was trying to take me places I didn’t want to go.”I want to hug them both, as they are suffering from demons long locked up but waiting to be freed.The desire that burns from the outside starts to seep its way into dangerous territory, close to the heart. Frozen hearts begin to thaw. Emotions begin to surface.“Guard you heart. Too late. It belonged to him.”Lyrik is healing Tamar, protecting her and helping her release the chains of the past that bind her. She wants to heal him too, release his demons.“Regret. Sorrow. Lust. And a longing that nearly brought me to my knees. Desire trembled through my body. I wanted to crawl beside him. To discover every secret. Even though I got the crumbling feeling knowing him would be the end of me.”Though Lyrik thinks he is dark and destined for sorrow in a self-induced prison, he is an instant light in Tamar’s dark life—a beacon of brightness to which she can't help but follow. He thinks he is unworthy.I want to hug Lyrik hard and shove him to Tamar, shout that he needs her to heal him. She has the key to his heart…his happiness. He doesn’t see the light.“I knew without a doubt that this girl didn’t need that. She needed no part of my black, filthy heart. She needed the good I couldn’t give.”I’m torn apart inside. I don’t know how I have tears left, but they keep flowing. My heart keeps shattering. Over and over.“My insides felt raw and achy and sore. As if I was bleeding out. Bleeding for this boy when he was only going to cut me deeper. God, this got messy and fast. And I knew better. I knew it all along.”Hard. Where Lightning Strikes hits hard. Your heart is hit the hardest. Shattered…so many times. This book…a life changer. Soul-stealer. Heartbreaker. A must-read. Not just a rock star story but so much more.Where Lightning Strikes spins your emotions around like a hurricane—anger, happiness, sadness, frustration, and most of all hope. Hope for a happily ever after. AL Jackson's perfectly penned words are poetic, poignant, powerful, and pull at your heart. Relentlessly. Your heart is tugged so hard when reading this story that it turns into an experience—an enthralling, emotional, and exceptional experience—with an immersion so gripping and gut-wrenching that you are rendered with a deep connection that remains long after you turn the last page.Five stars are simply not enough for this emotional roller coaster ride. This beautiful and brilliant story stole everything. My heart. My soul. Every feel. I don’t know if this soul-wielding story will give them back. I don’t know if I want it to, as Where Lightning Strikes struck me hard with a book that is so devastatingly beautiful and brilliant. Imperfectly perfect.5 but should be 10 beautiful, broken, brilliant, and imperfectly perfect stars
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2016
    A.L. Jackson is an amazing author who continues to captivate me with her eloquent words and touch me deep in my soul with her stories. Her latest novel, ‘Where Lightning Strikes’ is a beautiful, passionate, and completely heart wrenching story of two lost people who are both completely hardened from their past and trying to protect what is left of their damaged souls.

    Lyrik West is the lead guitarist for Sunder – the band in which he has sacrificed everything for. Very complex and completely tattooed in the love and pain of his past life and mistakes, he knows that he will never open himself again and he doesn’t deserve to be loved. Tamar King is running to escape her past – even if she has to recreate herself into someone else. With her shield fully in place, she is determined to do whatever she needs to protect herself from being hurt by another man again – especially a man like Lyrik West. Every time she is around him there is an electricity between the two that even she cannot deny, but she will fight against it at all costs.

    ‘Tingles lifted in stark awareness and the breath punched from my lungs. Want. Need. Like the boy held the power to expose every weak spot in my armor. I hated he had this effect.’

    Lyrik is determined that he will have her – even if only for a night - but what he doesn’t realize is that deep down Tamar is just as broken as he is. Could they possibly find freedom from the strings that hold them down in loving each other?

    Seriously, I think I fell a little bit in love with Lyrik in this story. He had such a deep torment inside that the only way he could truly express himself was through his music – the most painful parts in which he could not even find the words were for himself alone. So afraid of completely losing or forgetting the only bit of good from his past, he continued to torture himself in his mistakes and grief as a constant reminder. Yet, the tattooed bad boy had such a contradicting demeanor with so many endearing qualities of sweetness inside as well… ‘Make it if you want it to matter.’ My goodness, could he be any more adorable? I think I died a little bit when he shared his story with Tamar. It. Completely. Broke. My. Heart. When he finally expressed his feelings to Tamar with his words, ‘You are everything I never expected. Never anticipated. Everything I never knew I’d need.’ and ‘Blue, you sing my soul.’, it was so absolutely beautiful and touched my heart as well.

    Tamar had been through so much more than she should ever had to endure. Also beautiful and contradicting, she was the perfect complement for Lyrik with her tough girl demeanor, equally devastating past, and soft heart. She could ‘see’ the real Lyrik deep inside, and her patience with him was to be admired as he continuously opened up to her and then pushed her away. Although she didn’t realize it for herself, Tamar was incredibly brave, and I loved how she evolved in the story to finally see her strength within.

    I have to admit that this book got me down deep and completely consumed me. Very few books bring tears to my eyes, and this one not only did that but left me lost in the feels for days after reading it. With such incredibly complex characters, I could feel the deep anguish and torment of Lyrik and Tamar and wanted to cheer them on in hope they would find happiness together. With such beautifully written sentiment, I don’t think I have ever read a book before where I have highlighted so many passages or written so many quotes in one of my reviews. I just had to – it was that amazing!

    ‘She was every hue of color, reds and blues, the darkest black and blinding white. Energy and life. Boom.’

    This is such a great series, and I am anxiously awaiting Jackson’s follow up book with Austin’s story in 2016!

    ***Definitely a Top Read of 2016 – 6 Stars - Boom! ***
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2016
    A.L. Jackson's Where Lightning Strikes! I have been waiting to get the oh so sexy Lyrik in my hands! And it was beyond worth it!

    MMMMM.... this book is so delicious! Let me start by saying how much I just love the way this story is told. I lose myself in Amy's words and I never want to come up for air! I. Can't. Get. Enough! Not only is it super hot, but the language is both lyrical and stormy. It brings to mind the flash, heat and burn of lightning striking! I swear Amy is a frickin genius! The story will take you on an emotional rollercoaster that I promise you will be wanting to jump back on again and again.

    We have sexy, bad boy rocker Lyrik and sassy, in your face bartender Tamar. But things are never what they seem! So you know there is so much more going on beneath the tattooed surface of their skin. If you have ever read any of my reviews (and it is totally Ok if you haven't ;) not sure if you are missing out) you know that my favorite types of characters are flawed and real. And AL Jackson has produced two amazingly flawed, real people in this book. And she was portrayed them in a way that just gets under your skin.

    Let's talk about Tamar first - she is a wonderfully complex character. She comes across tough and pulled together. But if you look closely it is all an act. She is running and she hasn't stopped yet. That is until Lyrik SEES her. And I mean SEES her and EVERYTHING she is. Her past... well you will see, but my heart is still bleeding! She has built up walls now to protect her. But through the book we get to see all of her, just as Lyrik does. And I just adore Tamar - her sass, her vulnerability, her insecurities, her hard exterior and soft interior - it all just combines to make a fabulously interesting person! And Lyrik... oh Lyrik. Lyrik just got inside me and made me swoon. He comes across so hard and for good reason! (No, I'm not telling you! You need to read it, this one caught me completely off guard!) But underneath he is a man full of such love and tenderness. The baking a cake... the patchwork teddy bears... OMG I want me a Lyrik! And to top it all off - we get to see them grow in the book. Both together and as individuals and it is just so beautiful!

    OK not only is the story AMAZING, the characters complex but it is HOTTTTTTTT!!! Tamar and Lyrik have this amazing chemistry - like lightning it flashes bright and lights everything up. A bit rough, tumultuous... they have this big push/pull thing going on. Because of their pasts, pasts they hold close to their chests, they can't seem to just pull each other close. But you can see it, feel it, taste it. (No really the writing is so spectacular, descriptive.. I just don't have words - that you feel right along with them.) When they come together it is both explosive and beautiful. And when they start to admit their feelings for one another... *SIGH* <b>You Sing My Soul</b> HOLY SWOON WORTHY MOMENT! These words hold such impact in this book! When you get to this part... AHHHHHH you will wish someone said this to you too. Melted my heart!! So as soon as I heard 'You Sing My Soul' whispered.... I just melted. Like who has a fan to cool me off? Or better yet does someone have a sexy Lyrik for me?

    I am not sure how to express how much I recommend this book, this series. And no you don't need to read the first 2 to enjoy Where Lightning Strikes. It is a stand alone! But each of these books have shot to the top of my I LOVE THESE FOREVER AND WILL RECOMMEND ALL THE TIME List!

    I received a complimentary copy of Where Lightning Strikes in exchange for my honest review.
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  • Marijke75
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in Germany on August 13, 2020
    Loved this book, very emotional. I’m loving these series and can’t wait to read Austin’s story. Thank you so much!
  • Kindle Customer Anna V
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enemies to Lovers
    Reviewed in Australia on May 2, 2022
    Lyrik and Tamar. Oh I loved these two. Enemies to lovers. They both of pasts they put up walls to protect or hide from. Slowly they break through the walls without meaning to and when a stranger recognises Tamar she is closer than she relises to facing her demons. They both need to face their demons before they move on. I loved the way this was written and the timeline in which the issues where revealed.
  • Lyn
    5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING READ!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2016
    A.L. Jackson does it again. This book was amazing! Raw. Intense. Emotional. Epic. Beautiful. I could personally relate to Tamar, which made my reading experience that much better because I dove right into the book and didn't resurface until the end. The roller coaster of emotions between Tamar and Lyrik had me always wanting to read one more chapter and never let it end. Beautiful story. One of my favourite books of all time and I recommend to everyone!!
  • MLM 66
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a Series... Prepare yourself for another emotional and brilliantly written story!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2016
    Here we go again.. A.L. Jackson continues to do what she does best, just like The Regret Series and especially The Closer to You Series we are emotionally bought to our knees!
    I've said it before.. I don't know how she does it but she does and I honestly don't know what it is about this brilliant Author she just has this wonderful gift, her stories are never just simply written they are full of depth and so much content and always so poetic.
    We know from the second book that Lyrik and Tamar had a little bit of attraction going on between them but that's all it was attraction but it was there simmering.
    Where Lightening Strikes opens up with Lyrik hot on Tamar's heels, it's been a while now and Lyrik can't resist anymore but he's about to meet his match.
    Just like the previous two books in this series and in fact everything from Jackson you are hooked from the very beginning but you are never quite sure of the full impact until it's too late and before you know it you are drowning in another compelling story.
    Tamar and Lyrik both had pasts that held dreadful painful memories and heartache and over the last few years had been living their lives very differently.
    Tamar had denied herself of any sort of relationship and Lyrik, well he'd been pretty reckless or so it seemed but there was that attraction again which is now really bubbling or should I say sizzling.!
    Tamar and Lyrik's story keeps you on the edge, nothing is revealed about their pasts you can't imagine what they have been through all you can do is guess but when everything comes to light.. You are not even close and as per usual I've spent most of my time in tears but nothing new there!
    It takes time we are put through the mill, Tamar and Lyrik work through their issues and eventually it all pays off, it's a really beautiful ending to a really beautiful compelling story.
    I remember Austin leaving towards the end of the last book and that was a heartbreaking moment, he didn't feature at all in this book, we know how troubled he is, he's carrying so much guilt on his shoulders and already the anticipation is building ready for his story Through The Storm it's going to be another heartbreaking story I'm sure!
    What I love about this series is that every book has been a big read but I think the last series was too, no scrimping on storylines here!
    Thank you A.L. Jackson!
  • GMR
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in Canada on May 28, 2021
    A page turning suspenseful masterpiece filled with emotion angst, heartache and a lot of wisdom. A must read that captivates and captures the readers attention. 👍👍👍