Bøger af Carrie Leighton

There is no rose without a thorn. There is no passion without torment. Vanessa Clark, a second-year college student, has a visceral love of books and rain and an unbreakable bond with her best friends. Marked by her parents' difficult divorce, she found comfort in Travis, apparently the good guy that all mothers-including hers-would like next to their daughter. With him she hopes to be able to build a happiness that she has been missing for too long now. After two years, however, even that love seems to have cracked and only rubble remains in Vanessa's heart. At least until, in class, she meets new classmate Thomas Collins for the first time. With a body covered in tattoos, green eyes in which it is all too easy to get lost, and a troubled past, Thomas is an explosive mix of charm and arrogance. He and Vanessa, so different from each other yet deep down so similar, fit together like pieces of a puzzle, giving life to a tormented relationship, made up of moments of passion and glimpses of tenderness, furious quarrels and reconciliations. But Vanessa wants more, she dreams of true, romantic and all-encompassing love, the kind of love story told in the novels that she never gets tired of reading. Thomas, on the other hand, shuns every bond, feeling as though a perennial tangle of thorns is agitated in his chest. And yet, if understanding each other is difficult, parting is impossible.

"You wish for roses and hearts, but he only has thorns and darkness". Vanessa is a college student who loves books and rain. Scarred by her parents' difficult divorce, she has found comfort in Travis, the boyfriend all mothers - including her own - would want for their daughters. At his side, she hopes to build a happiness she has been missing for too long. But, after two years, it seems their relationship has cooled and Vanessa's heart doesn't beat like it used to. At least not until the first day of the second year. In class, the young girl crosses paths with a new classmate for the first time: he has a body covered in tattoos and two green eyes that are all too easy to get lost in. Thomas is an explosive mixture of fascination and arrogance, victim and executioner with a tormented past. He and Vanessa, so different and yet so alike, fit together like the pieces of a puzzle and a tempestuous relationship is born between them, made up of moments of passion and tenderness, furious arguments and reconciliations. But Vanessa wants more, she dreams of a real love, romantic and absolute, the kind of love she reads about in her favorite novels. Thomas, on the other hand, a perpetual tangle of thorns keeps tormenting him. However, if it is difficult for them to understand each other, it is impossible to separate."