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First and foremost this story brought to mind the legendary mythical phoenix. If ever two characters can be said to have risen from the ashes in triumph those two characters would have to be heroine, Julia Patterson and hero, Lucas Buchanan. I so admire both of them. They are so courageous, determined and dedicated to the ones they love. Julia amazes by constantly doing the things she has to do in order to protect her children at great personal emotional cost. Lucas amazes by his perserverence in loving Julia through all the bad times.
This was a very emotional read for me. Desiree Holt always gives the reader the best evil villains. She has truly outdone herself in this story with Julia's cold, controlling husband, Charles and his vindictive friend, Rod McGuire. I just hated them both and loved the strength of Julia's character to fight against them even though she falters along the way.
Anyone looking for a book with admirable characters, deliciously evil villains, an emotional storyline and an uplifting HEA will want to snatch up Finding Julia and start reading right away.

Finding Julia by Desiree Holt is another fine example of Ms Holt's story-telling skills. Julia and Luke's story is a roller-coaster ride of drama, suspense, humor and sizzling hot sexy bits. ALL of the characters in Finding Julia are well developed and perfect for this story. Ms Holt was on the top of her game when writing these characters, they're amazing. I totally enjoyed Finding Julia and look forward to my next book by Desiree Holt. Finding Julia is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

Luke and Julia meet at a time in Julia's life when everything is up in the air, and the instant passion claims them both. But then - disaster strikes, and what was about to start has to end, to the despair of them both. Now, fourteen years down the line, will they get their second chance at happiness?
Will Luke forgive the secrets Julia kept?
Contemporary romance, smutty fluff and angst in a great combo.

In good taste! This was not only sensual, it had a GREAT story to it. I didn't sneak and look ahead. I loved the ending!! I would have never thought of it! I recommend this author!! You don't have to hide the cover like in Fifty Shades…which I thought was
sick sex!

It was a good story and a lot of explicit love seens.

Predictable. Hard for me to believe she could be dumb enough to wait all those years to finally put her big girl pants on

As always, thrilling and cant put it down, a fast fascinating read for an afternoon and evening, fabulous write up

I must stress that the 3 star rating has NOTHING to do with the author's talent. She created a piece of work that left me thinking about my own approach to people like Julia and what I might need to change and understand in the future. My rating is on my personal feelings regarding Julia and the direction this story took along with the drag time in the story. In the synopsis you will see it said "fate was laughing at Julia....." well I don't think fate had anything to do with her story, I think her fear and weak spirit was what caused her to lose so many happy years in her life.
So many times I wanted to scream at her to wake up and go check out the things she was hearing. If rumors and threats were confirmed then find a lawyer to fight for you, at least have enough desire to rescue your children from the life she had with Charles. Julia's story was always one step forward and two steps back, even if it was just a hint of Charles memory that was enough to send her back those two steps. Luke was a dream come true, I think had I been in this situation I would have wondered if he was a bit too good to be true, but I can see her falling in love with him. What I am still left wondering is why she didn't trust him enough to help her and protect her and her children in order for them to be together. I explained Julia to a friend as an orchid, you have to be timely and precise in your treatment of her, she is easy to damage, intimidate and destroy, but she is also easy to find beauty in and to love.
Some blame Charles for tearing Julia and Luke apart, but I have to place the blame on Julia and Luke. They both could have fought for each other but they each gave up in their own ways, which made their reunion lack luster for me. This might be where fate comes into the story, but I personally still give the credit to choices they made.
So my confusion about how I feel regarding this story is due to the brilliance of the author. She kept Julia real, so real in fact it was easy for myself as part of society to judge her and mark her with the disgrace to all women brand. I am not proud of myself for getting angry at her, the author did a wonderful job at showing us the life of a woman who has been beat down by her husband, made bad choices out of trying to escape, kept secrets out of fear and just spent each day trying to survive and be there for her children. She also gave us a look into her world when she found the ounce of courage she possessed and took the chance without thinking it through. To just say screw the risks I am tired of not living. I think the author painted a pretty clear picture of how society views women who are in abusive situations and why they become a victim to ridicule as well as the abuse.
Luke, oh Luke...how I would have loved for him to have slammed his hand down on the table and yell at Julia once he found out the secret. I wonder how long she would have stayed silent if events hadn't unfolded as they did. Once again the author shows us how we tend to convict the man who shows the pain he is in while giving the love and forgiveness to the woman he desires. We call him weak but I think after the emotions I felt died down, he showed just how strong he really was.
I will admit if it was just these issues that frustrated me I would have given a 4 rating, but I did find a lot of the book dragging and my mind begging me to put it down and walk away. I couldn't do that though because with the author's style, I felt I would gain the answers soon and it would pick up again. I just wanted to see that consistent back and forth throughout the whole book, not just at the beginning and end.

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