GLASS CEILINGS (True Heroes #2) by A.M.Madden-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date: May 24, 2016

When a perfect new love is shattered, two hearts will do anything to pick up the pieces. In this sizzling novel from the author of Stone Walls, irresistible heat leads to sensual thrills—and a secret that changes everything.

Two years ago, Nick Farley was undercover as a bartender in Chicago. The tough-as-steel FBI agent was working all the angles to build a case against a local crime syndicate, but even his intense focus was no match for the sight of Angela Cavallo’s plump pink lips pulling on her drink. All Nick got was one night—the longest, hottest, sweetest night of his life. It could have been the beginning of something real. Instead, she walked away—and Nick watched her go.

Angela has made some mistakes in her life, but Nick was never one of them. Nor was the baby boy he doesn’t know about. But Angela has been running from a stalker for so long that she’s forgotten how to feel safe. So when Nick suddenly reappears in her life, Angela faces a moment of truth. She wants to trust him and reveal her secrets—her life and the life of their son may depend on it—but first she needs to know that Nick can handle her past, and promise the one thing she most craves: a future together.

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REVIEW: GLASS CEILINGS is the second installment in A.M. Madden’s contemporary, adult TRUE HEROES romantic suspense series. This is FBI agent Nick Farley, and dress shop assistant Angela Cavallo’s story line. GLASS CEILINGS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Some of the characters from book one Stone Walls play secondary or supporting roles. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nick and Angela) GLASS CEILINGS follows the building but forbidden relationship between undercover FBI agent Nick Farley, and Angelo Cavallo. On assignment in Chicago Nick will find himself attracted to a woman who would be both his curse and his future. One week together finds our couple promising the future but when Angela is unable to return to New York with Nick, without placing him and herself in harm’s way, she pushes Nick away declaring he meant nothing to her or her future. Fast forward two years later and Angela is the prime suspect in a murder of a mob boss’s son.

GLASS CEILINGS finds Angela on the run from her former boyfriend; a man too controlling and too abusive, and in this our heroine tries to stay one step ahead but moving to New York with the man that she loves places Nick in the line of fire, so Angela is determined to protect the people that she loves even if it meant raising her child-Nick’s son-alone. Two years would pass before the father would be introduced to the child he never knew.

The relationship between Nick and Angela is one of instant attraction; insta-lust/love and one that will be destroyed by secrets and lies. Nick has a difficult time finding forgiveness towards the woman who broke his heart but his need to get to know the son he never knew places Nick and Angela together for the future; Angela is a woman caught in the cross fire of a crime syndicate war and family becomes the important factor. The $ex scenes are seductive and provocative.

We are introduced to Jace and Eve. Eve is Angela’s best friend, and Jace becomes Nick’s buddy while our hero works undercover at a local Chicago bar. Angela’s brother David keeps to himself but his secrets run deeper than anyone could ever imagine.

GLASS CEILINGS is a suspense filled, intriguing and captivating. A.M. Madden pulls the reader onto the pages of a romantic tale between two people whose lives were destroyed by power, secrets and lies. The premise is engaging and spirited; the characters are passionate and real; the romance is a struggle to forgive and forget.

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy