Drowning to Breathe

A. L. Jackson — 2015

The danger in pretending is it becoming real... Sebastian Stone, Sunder front man and guitarist with a rap sheet about ten miles long, escaped to Savannah, Georgia, to get away from the trouble he’d caused. Not find more of it. The moment he saw Shea Bentley, he saw beneath all her sweet and innocence to something that went deeper. Darker. Their relationship was built on secrets; their love built on lies. Sebastian never imagined how deep her secrets went. When the past and present collide, Sebastian and Shea find themselves fighting for a future neither believed they deserved. Their passion is consuming and their need unending. Now, holding the truth in his hands, Sebastian is faced with sacrificing everything he’s come to love to protect Shea and his family. Two pasts intertwined. Two lives bound. Will their demons drown them or will Shea and Sebastian finally learn to breathe? Drowning to Breathe is Book 2 of 2 in Sebastian and Shea's passionate love story. If you haven't read A Stone in the Sea, please begin there for full reading experience.

Reviews

Lisa ✩ @lifeinlit@lifeinlit

Aug 30, 2021

4.5 stars! ** This review is spoiler-free as to Drowning to Breathe, but may contain spoilers for book one, A Stone in the Sea. ** Drowning to Breathe begins exactly where A Stone in the Sea leaves off. I’ll try to be a bit vague for the sake of readers who haven’t already read A Stone in the Sea, but I will say that if you haven’t yet read it, you shouldn’t read this review. This is the second book and you absolutely need to read ASITS first. Okay, now that the important part has been addressed, let’s talk about this amazing story!! Baz and Shea (LOVE that name!!) are now together and their relationship is HAWT! These two were meant for each other, and I love it. Their relationship isn’t an easy one though. Sadly, their relationship was built on lies and secrets at first. Now some of the secrets are out in the open… but there are more still lingering under the surface. I love intense stories filled with drama, secrets, and the like. I suppose it’s a guilty pleasure of mine. I also LOVE these characters. So this story was exactly what I was looking for. I adored the family aspect and how the main focus of this story was put on family. Baz, a tough guy on the outside, was a mushy little lovey mess when it came to Shea and her daughter. I just couldn’t get enough of the scenes with them all together. A tough guy with a heart of gold gets me every. single. time. “You can’t grow wings if you’re forbidden to fly.” This series has easily become a favorite of mine. With such a strong, emotional story and unbeatable characters, this is a series I’ve been recommending obsessively. If you’re a contemporary romance fan and you like your stories emotional, intense and super hot, this is a series you won’t want to miss. Audiobook Impressions: I was over the moon to see two of my favorite narrators, Sebastian York and Andi Ardnt, were the narrators for this. They also narrated the first book, A Stone in the Sea, which I also listened to on audio, so obviously it was pretty mandatory for me to continue on with it. Again, I ADORE these two narrators, and in my eyes they can do no wrong. They were perfect, as always, and so was this audiobook. Find this review and others like it at Lost in Literature!