Blog Tour+Review: Rising (Vincent and Eve Book 1) by Jessica Ruben

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As the bus approaches my stop on the Lower East Side, I raise the hood of my black sweatshirt. Anonymity is key in my neighborhood—particularly as a lone female walking at night.

All I want is to leave my crime-ridden shadow of a home in New York City. I’ve done everything I can to keep my head down and focus on my studies. College is my only goal; love has never been on the map…
That is, until my sister brings me to an underground fight, where I meet a gorgeous and mysterious man: Vincent.

He is the ghost in my shadows, showing up to feed me pieces of his upper-crust life, then evaporating into darkness until his next visit. I’m falling hard and fast. How can I trust him amidst the depth of his secrets?

Vincent may be even more dangerous than the dark world I’m trying to escape.

Shelly’s Review:

So one day I was on Facebook minding my business when I got a private message from a book friend telling me I HAD TO READ THIS BOOK!!!! So I clicked on the link with the book info and said to myself okay this sounds good. A few minutes later I get another pm from the same person saying are you going to read it? It had old school indie feels that we both LOVE!! So at that point I look over my calendar and I was able to squeeze it in after all! This was one of the best decisions I have ever made! This book was refreshing, real and raw.

Eve is living in a bad neighborhood and is trying to make it out the hood so to speak. Eve keeps to herself and loves to read book. If I’m being honest I could totally see myself as Eve if my Mom never moved us out of the Bronx. Thanks Mom! Speaking of mothers her mother is much to be desired but I love the support she gets from her older sister Janelle. On a rare night out Eve meets Vincent and yes there is an initial attraction but the story doesn’t go your typical route. It’s clear that Vincent has a secret but what could it be?? That’s what I loved the most! I never knew what I was going to get and it MADE me want to keep reading! This was a well written, fast paced novel that was definitely needed to reset my book mojo!  I can’t wait to see what happens next for Vincent and Eve!

About The Author:

Jessica Ruben lives and works in New York City, where she spends her days dominating in the court room as an attorney. Come nightfall, she writes romances centering on gorgeous alpha males and the intelligent women who love them. Jessica is an insatiable reader, and will devour a few books a week without batting an eyelash. Books have always been her drug of choice, and she has no plans on detox anytime soon. She has three wildly delicious children and a husband who, for reasons unimaginable to her, loves her brand of crazy.