Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams
A Review By: SB
What do you do when you want the one person you can never have?
Get in and get out. That was India Robidoux’s plan for this family visit. But when her brother needs her help with his high-profile political campaign, India has no choice but to stay and face the one man she’s been running from for years - Travis, her sister’s ex-husband. One hot summer night when Travis was still free, they celebrated her birthday with whiskey and an unforgettable kiss. The memory is as strong as ever - and so are the feelings she’s tried so hard to forget.
Travis Strickland owes everything to the Robidoux family. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for them - his divorce could never change that. Still, he has one regret. Impulsive and passionate, India always understood him better than anyone else. And the longer they work together on the campaign, the more torn he is. Coming between her and her sister is out of the question. But how can he let love pass him by a second time?
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: 2020
An installment in a Series? Yes
Narrator (s): Adenrele Ojo
Forbidden love is a strange bedfellow, particularly when it's the ex-husband and sister who are in love. Travis and India tried to deny their feelings for each other. However, in the end, denying their feelings led to angst and heartbreak for the one they tried to protect.
Synithia weaves a story that allows the reader to see the backstory and the “could've beens”. What I particularly liked about the story was the slow burn between these two. She developed their story so that by the end of the story, I was an India and Travis champion.
Adenrele’s performance with this story is stellar. She takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster.
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: 4 (It’s lit!)
Content Warnings? None
