Traded

Ok. Nothing great. Story line is good, the details are not

Great read cant wait to read the next in this series

This was the best story! Must read.

The story was great.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE!

From beginning to end this book had my attention. We start off with Elena and her verbally abusive husband, Dominic, who is probably one of the worst characters I have met. The way he talks and treats his wife is abhorrent and made me want to punch my phone so that he could receive it in his fictional face. Thankfully, {although not ideal or conventionally} Elena is able to get away from Dominic and finds herself surrounded by a group of people that are more than willing to help her recognize her worth.  The way Ashton and Elena come to meet each other is not even close to being a normal situation and could have gone horribly wrong and led Elena down a much darker path than what she was already dealing with, but she got Ashton and he ended up being exactly what she needed. Ashton is a gentleman. He treats Elena with respect and spoils her in all the ways he can. Slowly, Elena starts to realize how wrong her relationship with Dominic is. She begins to understand that she has a voice, an opinion, and that she is allowed to follow her dreams. It was an emotional journey to take with Elena. She transforms from an insecure young woman into a sexy, confident, sticks up for herself individual. Ashton makes it his mission to make sure Elena leaves his home confident and ready to take on the world, and cut her good for nothing husband out of her life. She blossoms into the woman she is meant to be with the confidence and self-worth that Ashton supplies her with.  But of course, Ashton falls for her and when it's time for her to go he's not so sure he can. Elena has experienced and discovered more about herself in her short time with Ashton and now she is ready to live her life rather than just survive.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review. Note: This story does have moments of severe verbal abuse. This was a concern for myself as I do not care for abusive stories. I gave this a try and and have no regrets! This is a story about Elena. She is married to a horrible man who has her so brainwashed that she believes that being a wife is being a slave. Her husband is so far in debt that he has the bright idea to trade her for his debt. This is where Elena meets Ashton. Ashton is the debonair devil loanshark. Ashton is so beside himself at the trade that he agrees to it just to get this scum out of his face. Elena is scared to death but to be a good wife she agrees to go along with it. Dominic, her husband, is quick to let her know she is to do whatever Ashton wants...absolutely WHATEVER he wants. At first she doesn’t understand as Ashton doesn’t want to make her come to his bed, clean, or cook for him. Instead he takes it upon himself, and some amazing side characters, to help her along an amazing journey of self discovery. Ashton helps to show her the strong woman she is and exactly how that strong woman should be treated. “It’s never easy to see what’s wrong when we want it to be right.” “I was Ashton’s musical instrument and damn he was an expert at playing me.” This is an explosive story about overcoming what life throws at you along with some very (and I mean very) hot scenes and twists that you will never see coming. All along the story you know something is going to happen, you try and anticipate what Dominic will do...but when it happens....Boom! I have to be very honest, I almost passed this book up due to the abuse aspect of this story. I am so very happy I didn’t. Falling in love with the devil can have its perks! 5 STARS!