The One That Got Away by Karina Halle-Review tour

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Ruby Turner was never meant to be mine.

When I first met her, she was a fresh, young, American sports journalist trying to find her footing in a new life abroad. She was the one interviewing me for an article, yet I wanted to know more about her. She captivated me.
But she went home with Marco that night.
My agent.
My brother.
And I did what I could to pretend I was fine with it.
After all, I’m Luciano Ribeiro. As the captain of Real Madrid, and Portugal’s National Team, it’s my job to be cool, calm, and collected, not easily rattled.
Only what I felt for Ruby over time, shook me to my very core.
It made me do things I never imagined I would do.
It started with a stolen kiss in the middle of the night.
It led to a passionate tryst.
It created a burden of guilt that I had to carry, as Ruby came in and out of my life until she left for good, leaving her mark on me.
Now, seven years later, she’s back.
She was the one that got away.
I don’t think I’ll let her go this time.
But I might not have a choice.
Because my heart still belongs to her.
And her heart might belong to my brother.

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REVIEW:THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY by Karin Halle is a stand alone, contemporary, adult story line focusing on American Ruby Turner, and Luciano Ribeiro, captain of Real Madrid European football team.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ruby and Luciano) following several time lines and a number of years THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY follows American blogger and sport journalist Ruby Turner as she navigates life and everything it has to offer. Following a catastrophic accident that ended Ruby’s burgeoning soccer career before it started, Ruby Turner headed to Europe in an effort to jump start her journalism career where she will meet brothers Marco and Luciano Ribeiro, dating Marco before falling in love with his half-brother Luciano. Years would pass as Luciano’s football career would reach the top of his game, while Ruby meandered through Europe trying to find herself and the love that she lost. Two years, seven years, and then three more years would pass, and with each reunion and reconciliation Ruby would fall deeper in love with Luciano Ribeiro but all was not well in the Ribeiro household, and Ruby would be come the target of a vindictive man. What ensues is the back and forth, building and rebuilding relationship between Ruby and Luciano, and the fall-out as Ruby’s time in Europe comes to a dramatic close.

Ruby Turner is a free spirit; a loud-mouthed Texan who didn’t quite fit into the European lifestyle. Returning to America was never an option but falling in love with Luciano Ribeiro would break her heart. Luciano Ribeiro struggled with his on again off again relationship with Ruby Turner considering his brother was the first to date our story line heroine. But Ruby’s need to run, and continuous disappearances left Luciano wondering where everything went wrong.

The relationship between Ruby and Luciano is one of immediate attraction but Ruby started dating Luciano’s brother Marco, and Luciano refused to cross the line with his brother’s girlfriend regardless of the state of their confusing relationship. Dumped and alone, Ruby would seek solace with our storyline hero quickly realizing it was Luciano who had stolen her heart, all along. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Luciano’s half-brother Marco, and Marco’s father Tomas Ribeiro; and Ruby’s friends Julie and Elena.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY is an impassioned story of family, relationships, betrayal and loss; of heart break and pain; of reconnection and happily ever after. The character driven premise is dramatic and intense; the ill-fated romance is seductive and edgy. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY is an energetic and reflective look love and loss.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Karina Halle is a former travel writer, music journalist & screenwriter, and The New York Times, Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling author of over 55 bestselling novels, ranging from horror and suspense to contemporary romance. She lives on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband, and her adopted pitbull Bruce, where she drinks a lot of wine, hikes a lot of trails and devours a lot of books.

Halle is represented by the Root Literary Agency and is both self-published and published by Simon & Schuster, Hachette & Montlake. Her work has been translated and published in 20 languages.

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