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Because of You: A Second Chances Novel Paperback – January 18, 2016

by RaShelle Workman (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
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There's a first time for everything... and sometimes that means a first time at a second chance. It's been seven years since Maddie Martin's parents died. Their killer wasn't just a random stranger, but her best friends' father. Kyle Hadley. The boy she's been in love with since she was old enough to understand the emotion, the boy she promised all of her firsts to. Worst of all, Kyle's father got away with it, and Maddie hasn't seen Kyle since. That changes on her first day of college. Seeing Kyle again brings back all of her childhood feelings of friendship and love for him, but it also brings back the anger, sorrow, and pain she's been trying to bury because of his father. Kyle Hadley has no idea why Maddie quit talking to him, especially when he needed her most. But he got over it, refusing to waste his life mourning the only girl he ever loved. There are too many women, too much of life to experience to bother thinking about Maddie. Except he does. And when he sees her again, he knows it. But there are problems beyond Kyle and Maddie and their old feelings. The two of them are in danger and one or both might end up dead.
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  1. Print length
    242 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Curiosity Quills Press
  4. Publication date
    January 18, 2016
  5. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.55 x 9.02 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1620070472
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1620070475
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Curiosity Quills Press (January 18, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1620070472
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1620070475
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.55 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 20 ratings

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RaShelle Workman

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RaShelle Workman writes low heat YA Paranormal Romance, Fairytale Retellings, and Science Fiction. She also writes paranormal cozies and supernatural suspense. Her fantastical stories have been sold all over the world and are loved by millions.

As an Amazon top-five and international bestselling author, she loves creating new worlds and chatting with others about them. Not to mention talking all things books, marketing, and sales. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, whipping up taco recipes or taking walks with her puppy.

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Kathern Watts
5.0 out of 5 stars Because of You
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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I was given this as an arc to leave an honest review. When Maddie was a child Kyle was her best friend. His father was very abusive to him and was always beating on him. Maddie would take care of Kyles injuries. One night she came home and found her parents lying in a pool of blood. She ran outside and hid. She saw the killers and one of them was Kyles father. She went to live with her aunt and uncle and never spoke with Kyle again. She went to college and Kyle was there. He pretended he didn't know who she was at first. He was classed as a Ladies Man who liked whips and chains. They have some problems they have to work out before they can get their friendship back on track. Like finding her parents killer for one thing. As usual Rachelle Workman has done an awesome job. I highly recommend this book. You will love it.
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Tiffany Holme
4.0 out of 5 stars Another awesome book by RaShelle Workman
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
When everything that you know is taken away from you, and the one person you've always loved may be another person you can't trust what happens?

Having read this author many times before I was excited to try something new. I know that Workman has written in this genre before, but I have only read her paranormal works. I wasn't let down. I was highly addicted very quickly to this read and finished it in under a day without a thought. Because of You became the read that I didn't see coming, with an originality that I enjoyed.

This book put into play the question of how you stay you when everything changes. The answer was simple... You don't really, but at the same time some things never change. Sometimes you just can't help who you love, and the feelings that never went away. Maddie and Kyle's lives were shattered in their own ways and despite their close childhood, they lost each other. I was very aware that the romance was going to happen with them, it was just more of a when. However, there was always the question of what really happened, and what was really going on. I enjoyed the pacing and that despite the fact I suspected what it was, I could never really be sure.

The main characters Maddie and Kyle were not quite your typical characters. Sure they had the tragic backgrounds, but they also had a background together that started it all. Maddie and Kyle were inseparable and lost when they lost each other. Their reunion was not what you would expect and neither quite knew what to do. I both enjoyed and cringed at moments. Neither knew how to feel about seeing each other again and it led to some painfully awkward moments. For Maddie it was not knowing how to handle seeing the only boy/man she has loved, and at the same time the son of the man she believes killed her parents. For Kyle it was denying that the girl that left and never looked back with his heart, was there and in front of him again.

I instantly liked Maddie as she was easy to relate to and feel for. No, I never lost my family the way she did but she was real. Maybe a little sheltered and a little naive but written perfectly. Though she had changed from the little girl Kyle once knew, losing her parents and Kyle had left her wounded. Despite her improvement she still had some healing to do. I enjoyed that Workman didn't write her into this girl that had perfected herself and moved on. Though Maddie was a good person and had a lot of inner strength, she still struggled with controlling her feelings. There was a lot of character growth and building throughout with Maddie and I enjoyed every step.

With Kyle, admittedly I liked him right from the start. Sure her was painted as a ladies man, an "I don't give a damn man," but it was so easy to see how Maddie effected him. However, I was irritated by his inability to actually question the girl he loved so much on what really tore her away from him. I understood that he just wanted her back, and that it easy to leave all of the random girls behind but I wanted more of a stand from him. I wanted him to be everything that he was to Maddie, but I also wanted him to express more frustration with her. He had lost just as she had and despite being with family that raised him a little better, he knew there was something that wasn't quite right. But there I would not hesitate to swoon over this man myself a little.

Because of You by RaShelle Workman was the kind of read I needed. It was easy, sweet, deep and well developed. This is the type of book that you pick up when you want to get lost for a few hours and just get lost. The writing is wonderful and has me looking forward to rekindling my love for previous works of this author, as well as some of the ones I haven't had the chance to pick up yet. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes new adult but wants something a little lighter.
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stacey c. brown 👑💎,❤️
5.0 out of 5 stars murder betrayal love and truth
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016
so what happens after 7 years of your parents and the fact you know who killed them but can't say due to your life may be in jeopardy . and what if after 7 years your once best friend and someone you once saw yourself with for the rest of your life but must leave because you are afraid he may be like his dad . but what happens when you meet in College and life turns out where maybe you can have a second chance . and what if you find out your family cost someone you once knew so much heartache do you still have their back or do you give that to the one person who truly had your back when you were 11 years old find out by buying , reading and then review
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Justirishgirl
1.0 out of 5 stars fade to black - sexist & steroytpical
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016
I expected the story to be NA as the hero and heroine were college students but instead it was YA. The heroine was so immature and the one love making scene, which was at the end of the book, was fade to black. I like chemistry and hotness in my romance books but this was lacking both.

It was irritating that it is not ok to have complete love making scenes between the hero and heroine but it is ok to have him a player who engages in a three way with two other girls just after talking to the heroine again. It was such a turn off for me. Also it made me think less of him and the story. If hero is a player, then I at least want him to stop sleeping around after meeting or seeing the heroine again or at the very least after realizing he has feelings for her. He didn't and what is worse is he had deep feelings for her but slept with the two other girls anyway because he wanted to have fun. Supposedly the hero always had deep feelings for the heroine. He had been writing her basically love letters since they parted and was excited when he found out that she would be attending the same school as him. He sees her again at a party, speaks to her, supposedly heart broken because she does not immediately fall into her arms and then goes gets it on with two women and we are suppose to feel sorry for him. By contrast the 18 year old heroine has never even kissed a guy, much less slept with someone. I think that is sad that she will only ever kiss one person in her entire life and that one person not only kissed an excessive amount of women but done much more with them as well. It is so sexist and I am so tired of authors and their double standards. If I knew that was the type of story it was, then I would have not wasted my time reading it. The only good thing about it is that it is a KU book so I did not loose any money.
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KER
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2016
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Another good book from Ms Workman.
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