Review: Unbound – Cara McKenna

An all-new novel from the author of After Hours.

She set out to find herself, and discovered the darker side of desire.

Merry’s lost a lot recently—first her mother, then close to a hundred pounds. Feeling adrift, she strikes out in search of perspective. A three-week hike through the Scottish Highlands was supposed to challenge her new body and refocus her priorities, but when disaster strikes, she’s forced to seek refuge in the remote home of a brooding, handsome stranger…

Rob exiled himself to the Highlands years ago, desperate to escape his own self-destruction. Haunted by regrets, he avoids human contact at all costs…but when Merry turns up injured, he can’t very well run her off. And as he nurses her back to health, Rob can’t resist his guest’s sweet demeanor—or her flirtatious advances. The igniting passion between them rouses a secret appetite Rob has long struggled to keep hidden. But Merry craves nothing more than to help Rob surrender to his desires, and the journey draws the lovers into an entirely different kind of wilderness.

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Release Date: October 15, 2013
Publisher: Intermix
Source: NetGalley
Reviewer: Sheri V
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

A story of finding oneself and accepting what one finds, this is an interesting story. It wasn’t exactly what I expected but definitely interesting. The book starts off in an interesting way, the quickly had me firmly rooting for Merry. I enjoyed the way Merry goes off to Scotland to hike, and enjoy the changes in her life, only to fall ill and to meet the mysterious hermit like Rob.

Rob has made changes himself, and had a hard past. He doesn’t want people around yet he can’t turn Merry away. They are both difficult characters, yet somehow they struggle and push to be together. They don’t expect it to last, yet it does with just a bit of kink thrown in, this is definitely a slow build, but their struggles and other issues give the happily ever after a very satisfying feel to it.

This is a very emotional book, Ms. McKenna does a wonderful job, pulling the reader into their struggles and dragging them along on the emotional rollercoaster, as these two finally become who they were always meant to be.

I would recommend this book. It’s not a soft sweet romance but it’s definitely an emotional story that stuck with me well after I finished it.