Melanie Moreland reviews All Falls Down & All Cried Out by @AKMorgen #romance

A few months ago, I was given the privilege of reading the ARC of Ayden K Morgen’s book All Falls Down, then recently for the sequel All Cried Out.  I am thrilled to share my thoughts on the books with you.

All Falls Down

When Savannah Martin walks in on her abusive boyfriend and her best friend in bed together, she thinks life can't possibly get any worse. And then she wakes up in a hospital in Italy, scared and alone. With nowhere left to go, Savannah runs to the family who took her in when her mother abandoned her as a teenager. 

But things aren't as simple as they were then. 

For starters, two years of constant emotional abuse has broken Savannah in ways she's not sure can be repaired. And patriarch Matthew Talbot has been murdered, leaving his eldest daughter, Lexi, in charge of a global non-profit and her younger sisters. 

Jared Corbit, Lexi's gorgeous boyfriend, is the only thing standing between her and whoever murdered her father. That doesn't stop Savannah from falling in love with him. She knows it's wrong, but she just can't stay away from him when he makes he feel like no one else ever has before. 

Finding out his relationship with Lexi is a ruse should make things easier, but when the truth is finally revealed, Savannah's fragile world threatens to fall apart. There's a murderer on the loose, and he's gunning for the only family she has. To save their lives, she and Jared will be forced to make a decision that just might destroy her completely. 

How is she supposed to let the man she loves be with another woman?

All Falls Down on Amazon.

My Thoughts

All Falls Down is a love story about two very different people.

Savannah—the abused, scared woman who so desperately longs to belong somewhere, yet has never felt like she was good enough.

Jared— the strong, confident man who wants to show her she belongs with him—no matter what they have to overcome.

There are obstacles everywhere they turn.  People, situations, unforeseen dangers keep threatening the fleeting happiness Savannah is too scared to believe can truly be hers. Her emotional well-being is fragile at best ,given the situation she has recently fled from, and once again, it is put to the test with Jared.

Jared is a man torn between duty and desire.  His wants to do the right thing, to follow through on his promises, yet in doing so, threaten the very thing that has come to mean more to him than anything else in the world— his “beautiful girl”—his Savannah.

Ayden K Morgen spins an emotional, heart gripping tale of love, mystery and deceit. Her words flow like water—beautiful and sustaining. You feel the emotions of the characters— the highest of highs and the lowest of lows as they fall in love and are forced into decisions that threaten to end them forever.

I loved the story from the start to the end, devouring her words as quickly as my finger could turn the page. Ayden has a way of painting the scene and delivering the words so clearly, it’s as if you were there with them.  Pain, fear, love, and tenderness live in these pages.  I am so glad she brought them to life. A story I will read over and again, simply to soak up the beauty that lies within it.

All Cried Out

With Jared Corbit and Savannah Martin's wedding day quickly approaching, everything should be golden for the two, but their trouble has only just begun. When the media learns of the damage Stewart Paulson has inflicted on the Talbot family, Savannah and Jared get caught in the cross-hairs. 

Even worse, the past has caught up with Savannah in a big way, and nothing will prepare her or Jared for the danger headed their way or the devastating decisions they'll be forced to make as a result. 

Jared's determined to protect his fiancée from the people milling in the shadows, but good intentions only go so far. When Savannah learns the truth he's desperately trying to keep from her, their future together begins to unravel. How can she trust him when he's lying to her? And just how far is he willing to go to protect the woman he loves from her past? 

All Cried Out is the exciting follow up to Ayden K. Morgen's All Falls Down. 

All Cried Out on Amazon. Release Date: 6/7/15.

My Thoughts

Sometimes you read a book you love and the author follows it up with a sequel that leaves you wanting. Other times the sequel makes you fall in love all over again.

Such is the case with All Cried Out by Ayden K Morgen.

Jared.

Sigh.

What can I say about a man who loves a woman so deeply, his every thought and action revolves around her?  His need to protect and care for Savannah is the all-consuming drive behind his actions. When her ex-boyfriend soaks his evil self into their present, threatening both her and their future, Jared is a man possessed.  He cannot allow the malevolent force that belittled and broke her down once to get close enough to do it again, and his training and expertise kick into high gear.

It is a hunt that almost takes away everything he holds dear—including his own life.

One he would give gladly as long as she was safe. But one she cannot live without.

What a ride.

What a man.

So I had to admit, perhaps the sequel did leave me wanting. Wanting more of them.