I requested this one back in the day as I had every intention of reading it. However, its been years and I still haven't gotten around to it and while I feel guilty at not reviewing a book I think that I need to admit to myself that I won't be reading this one anytime soon....if at all.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to review this book and to be an early reader via NetGalley! However, I will not be writing a review for this title at this time, as my reading preferences have since changed somewhat. In the event that I decide to review the book in the future, I will make sure to purchase a copy for myself or borrow it from a library. Once again, thank you so much for providing me with early access to this title. I truly appreciate it. Please feel free to contact me with any follow-up questions or concerns.

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This is book three in the series but can be read a stand alone The story seemed dirty and dreary.The town where most of the story happens is dreary. Oscar's life is dreary. The gym is dreary. Yet there is a smidgen of hope throughout the story. It was kind of hard to like these characters. They both were kind of hard to get to know. Oscar ,because he was closed off after the a couple of tragedies in his youth. He used fighting to express his feelings. He reacted a lot before thinking thing through. He seemed a little naive about some things considering he grew up in Camden and became a wall street hotshot. Susan was a surgeon. She had a lard time expressing her feelings. She actually was kind of funny in some scenes. It was like feelings were foreign to her. Over all the story was good. The the little bit of green hope won out in the end.

This book honestly felt misigynistic to me. The hero seemed angry at the world and I didn't like how he seemed to focus that anger on the heroine. She would tell him she wanted no strings, he'd agree, and then he'd punish her in some fashion or another when he changed his mind and she wouldn't magically come around. It felt abusive. I get that the heroine was emotionally cold but I felt like she got shat upon unnecessarily.