Oh Ollie, Ollie, Ollie!! How I have been waiting for your story!! And A.L. Jackson delivered it in spades! From the moment we first met Ollie in the Fight For Me Series novella Hunt Me Down, I was intrigued by him. And I was doubly intrigued with the way that Nikki Walters would make eyes at Ollie and joke: "I'm going to flirt with Ollie over there and see if I can finally get that man to crack." which of course made me start thinking that there has been something going on that we just haven't been made privy to yet.
Well, whatever I thought might have been going on was not at all what we find out in Lead Me Home. Turns out Ollie and Nikki have known each other for a very long time. Have been integral parts of each others lives since childhood. Lives they thought they would spend together until the most horrific of events occurs that alters their lives forever. Ollie's sister, Nikki's best friend, disappears. Ollie was supposed to be watching over her, but in one small act of selfishness, he wasn't watching over her on that one fateful night.
In each of the previous books in the series, Nikki has always come across as a fun loving, self-proclaimed matchmaker who injects humor into every situation. But the smiles she keeps plastered on her face really are just a mask for the heartache she has been enduring for the past fourteen years. She not only suffered the loss of her best friend, she lost Ollie too when he closed himself off from her. Now she's just been going through life, watching Ollie from a distance, hoping against hope that he'll find his way back to her one day.
Amy injects Ollie and Nikki's story with so much emotion throughout, I had to keep tissues handy at all times. Told in dual points of view, as well as chapters told in the past, the reader gets the whole devastating story of what happened when Ollie's sister Sydney disappeared. And since then, Ollie has spent his life searching for any clue as to what happened to her, always holding out a small glimmer of hope that she might still be out there somewhere. It was his job to protect her, and he failed. Because of this, he doesn't feel like he deserves to ever be happy again, doesn't feel he is worthy of loving anyone. Especially Nikki. She is the only thing that brings him any glimmer of light, but he can never have her again. She deserves to find happiness and love, just not with him. Only, the thought of her finding happiness and love with another man rips his guts out.
This story has a big suspense element in it, with Ollie and Nikki discovering her trashed apartment. Ollie immediately goes into beast mode, demanding she come and stay with him so he can keep her safe. He may never be able to be with her again, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been watching over her all these years. Always keeping Nikki in his sights, keeping his promise to always protect her. He failed his sister, he isn't going to fail Nikki. And with the anniversary of his sister's disappearance quickly approaching, his feelings for Nikki come to the forefront and his resistance to her wears thin, especially with her right there in his house.
I loved how complex and intertwined Amy made this story. Ollie's primary focus has been searching for any clues as to what happened to Sydney. But now someone is threatening Nikki, and the tangled web of characters and events - past and present, are slowly moving them in a direction they never anticipated. Just when Ollie finally gives in to the feelings he's always carried for Nikki and it looks like they may be finding a way to move forward together, devastating revelations hit them from both sides and I found myself reaching for those dang tissues once more! Gah!! Amy just about killed me with the suspense and anticipation of what was coming!
Even though each of the books in this series are standalones, I strongly suggest reading them in order, starting with the novella, Hunt Me Down. I am not just saying that because I am OCD and need to read in order, but I say it because there are interconnected characters who were also heavily affected by Sydney's disappearance all those years ago. And while you will be perfectly fine whichever order you read the books, I think the impact you will feel when revelations come to light in this book will carry a heavier weight. Either way, you will feel the impact and the emotions one way or the other. Just for curiosity sake, I would love to get a reader's opinion of how the story impacted them by reading Lead Me Home prior to reading Show Me the Way.
It was so wonderful to see all of the characters I've fallen in love with through this series. And as the last book, Amy brings everyone and everything full circle and gives her readers the happily ever afters that each and every couple we've met along the way deserve. Although, in my opinion, there's still SO much story that could be told!! If I had my way, Amy would be just keep writing stories about these amazing characters, keeping us updated on their lives, writing the next generation kid's stories.... I would read them all!!
I really can't decide which story of the series I loved the most. Each one stole my heart in their own special way. This is why I love Amy's books so much. She just writes amazing, heartfelt stories that totally captivate me and keep me thinking about the characters long after I've finished reading. I can't wait to see what she has in store for us next!
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A STUNNING and SOUL-SHATTERING Second-Chance Romance That SLAYS!!!
Second-chance romances where soulmates find themselves together again are MY KRYPTONITE, and A.L. Jackson’s words are my soul-slayers and heart-hitters. Together, they are unstoppable! A.L. Jackson wrote such a HEARTBREAKING and HEARTWARMING second-chance romance—the perfect story for Ollie and Nikki, and my favorite in this series—that I don’t think I can write enough words to accurately describe how LEAD ME HOME made me feel. UNEQUIVOCALLY MOVING and UNRELENTING, Lead Me Home is a FORCE OF FEELS and I felt its force hit my heart like that of a thousand winds. Push and pull went the book that bled angst; push and pull went my heart, a heart that bled for every word. SO INTENSE. SO IMPACTFUL. SO INSPIRATIONAL. SO IRRESISTIBLE.After meeting Ollie earlier in this series, I knew his and Nikki’s story would be the hardest to tell and the most heart-rending to read, this slow burn of the beautiful beast and his stunning sunshine. He’s broody, protective, devastatingly handsome, and all alpha. Ollie’s story GUTTED ME. Wrenching pain for his pain. This big, beautiful, blue-eyed beast OWNED ME. ALL OF ME.Nikki, this gorgeous gal and splash of sunshine, I adored her! Her story shattered me too, and her ability to light up the darkest situation wowed me. One powerful and inspirational heroine.I didn’t have to read but a few words to know that this book was going to break me. Lead Me Home didn’t just break me; this devastatingly beautiful book ANNIHILATED ME! Lead Me Home led me around by the heart where I was the earth and it was the sun, pulling me toward every word. A force of feels. I FELT EVERY ounce of sweetness, smolder, swoon, heartbreak, hope, and happiness. I FELT this hero and heroines’ story as if it were mine. I felt every emotion in a story that MEANT AND MEANS THE WORLD!”I will ruin you, Nik. We both know it.”“You ruined me a long time ago.”Each word a spark.Each spark a feel.Each feel on fire.Word for word.Tear for tear.Feel for feel.ALL THE FEELS.OH DID I FEEL!”I would kill for you, Nikki. Die for you.”THIS Robin Hood romance-like line MELTED me into a puddle. This knight of a hero SLAYED me with SWOON. So much swoon! Sweet sigh. A man willing to kill and sacrifice for his lady is the definition of honor and hero. SO MUCH SWOON!!!”How am I looking at you.”“Like I mean something.”“You mean everything.”A STUNNING and SOUL-SHATTERING second-chance romance of survival, salvation, and slow-burning love, Lead Me Home will claim your heart in a tale with a heartbeat of its own. Lead Me Home tugged my heart from the very first page ... CLAIMING IT ... CLAIMING ME. The lyrical-like Lead Me Home sang to me like a heartfelt country ballad—so full of sweetness and sorrow—so full of heart and soul. My heart is still stuck in this story—my sunshine and my storm—an emotional journey I didn’t want to ever end.The man who had wrecked me.The one who had saved me.LEAD ME HOME, HANDS DOWN, IS A TOP 2018 & LIFETIME ROMANCE! A.L. Jackson paints a passionate, poignant, and stunning story of epic love in Lead Me Home, the kind of love that lasts a lifetime, the kind that sparks the soul where you feel everything. Bravely tackling tough and sensitive subjects in Lead Me Home, A.L. Jackson masterfully shines light on the dark and ugly so healing can happen after heartbreak. This tale of tides—highs and lows, and pushes and pulls—sank into my soul, pulling me under, where I was drowning in emotion, an emotional eclipse that brought my senses to life. Lead Me Home led me and my emotions EVERYWHERE in a story that was and is EVERYTHING.”It’s always the one who causes the biggest commotion inside us who leaves the biggest mark.”🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 devastatingly beautiful ‘dragonfly’ stars
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A.L. Jackson... You have done it again.!! 5+*
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“FLY” FLY” Dragonfly! Ollie and Nikki Story!
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