Jeff: Belief Me
by Barbara Eckhoff
Style: Thriller, Thriller & Suspense / Romance
ISBN: 9798336448221
Print Size: 396 pages
Reviewed by Tomi Alo
A robust journey by means of love, trauma, and therapeutic
Barbara Eckhoff’s Jeff: Belief Me is an intoxicating mix of suspense and romance that delivers warmth, coronary heart, and thrills. The stakes are as excessive because the feelings at play.
The novel follows Jeff Farmingham, a bodyguard and navy veteran, who’s struggling to get well from a traumatic expertise that left him battling with each bodily and psychological scars. Haunted by night time terrors and determined for a change of surroundings, Jeff quits his job and retreats to the serene Brisely Mountain Inn in Lexington, hoping to seek out solace in nature and recoup his psychological state.
Throughout an evening out on the native bar, Jeff meets Raven Ahern, a high worldwide vogue mannequin. The attraction is instantaneous and mutual. As they get to know one another and discover their plain chemistry, Raven all of a sudden finds herself entangled in a harmful state of affairs and the prime goal of a prison group.
What begins as a easy connection shortly turns right into a protecting and investigative mission that thrusts Jeff again into the chaos he’s been making an attempt to flee, as he goes to nice lengths to make sure Raven’s security. The stakes are excessive, however the query stays: Will Jeff be capable to battle by means of his interior turmoil to save lots of Raven, or will their love story be over earlier than it even begins?
Eckhoff has delivered a gripping novel with each unpredictable twists and the complexities of belief and vulnerability in a relationship. Love, loyalty, trauma, safety, and therapeutic all play components on this story.
Jeff and Raven’s relationship is superbly offered, stuffed with uncertainties and the uncooked feelings of a fragile and newly shaped bond. Eckhoff doesn’t give them an ideal love story for the plot; as an alternative, she weaves within the imperfections of each characters that make their connection really feel real and highly effective. The stress within the story isn’t simply within the risks they continually face—it’s additionally within the emotional journey they undertake collectively, one which challenges them to confront their pasts and rethink what they need for his or her futures.
“Till now, he had thought nothing of affection at first sight and had dismissed it as an absolute exaggeration of different individuals’s tales. However now he needed to admit to himself that, regardless of the brief time he had recognized her, he was nicely on the best way to doing simply that.”
Individually, the characters are likable and well-developed. Jeff is an distinctive character who’s all the time able to dive headfirst into hazard to guard these he cares about. He all the time takes cost of a state of affairs with out making Raven really feel insufficient or ineffective.
I do want we’d have gotten extra particulars on the case that prompted a lot of his trauma although. Whereas the creator touches on the psychological well being facets of trauma and addresses them nicely, I couldn’t assist however nonetheless really feel a bit indifferent from Jeff as his previous trauma stays considerably underdeveloped.
“The desires stopped coming each night time, however once I stood there right this moment with the bullets flying round my ears, all of it got here again. Night time after night time I relive the identical shitty day from again then and I’m simply powerless in opposition to it. So, you see, I can’t be a bodyguard anymore. I want one myself.”
Raven, alternatively, shines because the main woman who’s rather more than a damsel in misery. She is robust, resourceful, and decided to face her floor, even when confronted with overwhelming odds. The way in which she and Jeff complement one another, each by way of their abilities and their emotional journeys, is without doubt one of the novel’s strongest facets.
Jeff: Belief Me is a heartwarming learn with characters you may’t assist however fall in love with. Whether or not you’re drawn to the excessive suspense or the tender and spicy moments, Jeff: Belief Me delivers a satisfying expertise.
Thanks for studying Tomi Alo’s ebook overview of Jeff: Belief Me by Barbara Eckhoff! In case you preferred what you learn, please spend some extra time with us on the hyperlinks under.