Capture Buried (Hiding From Love, #4) Designed By Selena Laurence Conveyed As Physical Book
going to find Juanthe real Juan, I'm going to bring him back from the dark, deep place of pain and punishment he's been living in since that fateful day when he was seventeen, I know who he is, I'm going to make sure the world knows him too, "
Love isn't easy, Plain and simple. But it's worth fighting for,
And a fight is about to happen,
Beth Garcia fell in love when she was very young, She fell head over heels for her brother's best friend, She saw a future with him even though she never declared this love to him, Then, one day, that future she wished for was torn into millions of pieces, She had no idea that it would be seven years before she would see his face again, But would he still be the same
Juan Martinez had a good life full of friends, good grades and a mother who loved him, But all good things must come to an end, right! When Juan washis mother was deported back to Mexico and Juan ran, He ran so he wouldn't get caught and have to go back to Mexico, So, what does he do Joins the RH a, k. a. the Reyes Hispanos, one of the most wellknown gangs, Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, he is accused of killing a small child in a driveby shooting, Juans life would never be the same,
"Juan's life isn't the sort of thing you uglycry about, It's too dark and too serious for that, It isn't a soap opera or an inyourface reality TV show, Juan's life is a tragedy, pure and simple, "
While volunteering at a women's halfway house, Beth looks over to the men's facility next door and is speechless, Juan. Her Juan. He's home. But he's not himself anymore, He's done hard time and it shows all over his face, As you are reading, you feel the love and struggle between these two characters,
"I just want it to all go away so I can have that beautiful boy back, I want to be the sixteenyearold Beth who loved the seventeenyerold Juan, Both of us so innocent, so idealistic, so untried, "
Every time she broke through his hard shell, you cheered, Every time he put his guard back up, you cried, They knew their time was limited before the RH found him again, Once you're in a gang, you are there forever, Not always physically, but mentally, Juan struggles so much to keep Beth at arms length and to not let her see all the bad that comes with loving him, Being Beth, it doesn't stop her from proving that they can survive anything,
"See, you gave yourself away with that kiss, No man kisses a woman like that unless he really feels something for her, "
"I've never denied that I feel something for you, "
"Then you can't deny me, You can't tell me to lock my feelings away amd pretend this isn't something important, "
"Please don't do this, Beth, You know I can't resist you forever, "
"Exactly. "
When Juan's past catches up to his present, he and Beth are thrown into the life Juan has spent years running from,
"Just as people are separated because of wars, because of illness, because of death, Beth and I will be separated because of circumstances out of our control, "
Decisions have to be made, Danger stands lurking. Hearts must be broken. Lives will change forever. Can Juan and Beth's love survive it all Is it worth the fight
"He loves me, and he would rather live without me than see any harm come to me.
"
"And you are the only thing for me, The best, the worst, the everything, My world starts and ends with you, Beth Garcia, Te amo, mi corazon. "
Ahhhh! This book was amazing!! Selena had me on the edge of my seat so many times! I have never read a book that revolved around the life of a gang member before.
It's intense, people!! My heart was racing and my eyes were filled with tears through it all, I wanted to come through the book and hold Juan, I wanted to hold him and tell him how much his life is worth, I wanted to applaud Beth for being so determined to prove Juan's innocence and for loving him through everything, This story makes you think, You wonder about what your life would be like if you had this happen to you or a loved one, Would you fight like Beth Would you suffer like Juan Would you survive Great book!! Amazing read!! Congrats on another wonderful book, Selena!
"Life's full of risks, You can't live it without taking some, We're just learning how to live, " Stars
I'm going to find Juan the real Juan, I'm going to bring him back from the dark, deep place of pain and punishment he's been living in, I know who he is, I'm going to remind him who he is, and then I'm going to make sure the world knows him too,
In my typical fashion of doing things back asswards, I went into this book without having read the previousin this series, What Don't act like you're surprised, What can I tell you after finishing itthings,
. The story goes to prove what a fantastic author Selena Laurence is You can easily read this as a standalone I will now be going back and reading the previous, not because
I was lost in the story, but simply because I'm intrigued by the characters,
Juan Martinez has spent the pastyears in hell, He's lost his mother, his home, and life as he once knew it, Seeing no other alternative, he turned to the only option he thought was available to him joining the Reyes Hispanos, one of the most violent gangs in his town of Texas.
His life certainly hasn't been easy, and he's long since buried all his youthful dreams, The straight A student with dreams of a wife and a white picket fence has been replaced by the cold faced gangster that's learned to hide everything he feels, After serving hard time for being convicted of a death in a driveby shooting, Juan only wants one thing to hide, To hide from his past, to hide from his present, and definitely to hide from the gang that is already breathing down his neck and wants him back into the fold.
But all that changes when at his halfway house his past comes crashing into him in the form of Beth Garcia his childhood best friend's younger sister and the woman he's always loved.
Beth still remembers the boy that Juan used to be, and she refuses to believe in the facade of the dangerous gangster he now presents, She doesn't believe he's guilty of the crime he was convicted for, She sees beyond the hard exterior to the broken soul of the man beneath, The man that she used to know, and the man that she is determined to find again,
I can't give you any one word to describe this book, because it doesn't fit into any particular box or genre that I can think of, It was emotional, heart wrenching, at times sexy, and poignant,
I loved the strength in both of these characters, With every piece of the puzzle of Juan's past that gets revealed, you get further and further drawn into the story,
Juan for all his bad boy gangster ways was nothing like that with Beth, This was his childhood crush and the girl he always imagined himself being with, So while their connection is instantaneous when the reconnect theseyears later, you can understand it given their history, Though their relationship is not an easy one with the chaos that surrounds them from Juan's past life, There was action and quite a few nail biting moments that will keep you glued to the story from beginning to finish,
I also loved how Selena included Joss from sitelinkA Lush Betrayal in the end here, It was so flawlessly done and just added to my enjoyment of the story to see the two worlds tied together,
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sitelink I think Buried is my favorite Selena Laurence book to date.
I think I say that with every book, but seriously, it is, It touched my heart so much, Without getting into a political rant, I have seen this happen more than once and it breaks my heart, Parents do not bring their children up over the border via a coyote unless there are no other options, they feel like life will end if they dont take the risk.
It is one of the most dangerous things that you can do and I can only imagine the desperation a parent is facing if they take that route,
Thats what happened to Juan, His mom brought him up over the border and then she is deported later, His life fell apart. He knows how much she risked to keep him out of Mexico, to shield him, He turned to the Reyes Hispanos and in turn gets sent to prison for his involvement in a drive by,
I loved Beth, that girl doesnt take no for an answer and she goes after what she wants, Juan tells her to stay away over and over and she doesnt, She wants to find the Juan she knew and loved all those years ago, the Juan that grew up next door and was best friends with her brother, the Juan who was a part of her family.
There is so much more going on in Juans life and it is a dangerous life she is attempting to step into, She wont let him go through this on his own, She wont let him slip away again,
I just felt this story deep inside of me, Ive seen the desperation and fear in peoples eyes, Ive seen my own husband worried about family that are still in Mexico because of everything that is going on down there right now, I felt those feelings in Buried, just the repercussions of choices made,
It was just a beautiful love story full of action and drama and she managed to tie it in with the Lush series, :
Thank you so much for my copy of Buried!