Everything I’ve Dreamed Of

Kate grew up on a life of physical and sexual abuse, hunger and fear. She runs away when she witnesses a rape and murder in her HS as she fears for her very life. Kate ends up on the streets fighting to survive until and elderly vivid lady gets her off the streets. For the first time Kate is given love and stability and a real home and also taught how to take care of herself. Then her elderly substitute mom/ mentor dies. Kate figures it is time for her to find a place and make it her home. Katie finds a book store for sale and goes for her dream. She turns the bookstore into a bookstore exclusively for children.called Dreamscapes. Kate sets up Children’s books morning and other events with a child’s perspective or interest as the themes. Kate has an apartment about the bookstore and has a cockatoo named Shakespeare- what else would the name be of her pet. Noah goes to the bookstore looking for some books for his niece. Noah had grown up in Lake crossing but now lived in NYC as that is where his work is. Noah had been married but while in London his wife got into a car accident and died and he never forgave himself. Noah threw himself into work and wanted nothing to do with relationships although he did occasionally date. But then Noah meets Kate and he starts to rethink things. Kate makes him laugh again which he hadn’t done in a while. But the more Noah wants Kate the more protective especially with Kate is still in danger from her past. he gets and that becomes a problem for Kate because of her past. Noah and Kate have to learn to let go of their fears and share their past.
This is really a sweet romance filled with loss and pain from the past which must be overcome. I loved Kate and Noah together they just balanced each other out except with Noah being to overprotective. I also loved that Kate was taken in and given love and stability from a woman who had been a stranger but wanted to help and teach Kate. All and all a good read with a great plot.This romance just seemed realistic to me for the most part and I like that. It wasn’t all easy and had to be worked on and for. The pace was good and the romance sweet so I loved the characters of this story and the ins and outs and I recommend.

This book was absolutely wonderful. I absolutely loved it. I loved it so much I looked up the author and this is book 2 in a series. But I was not lost at all having never read the first book. Which I totally want to read.

This book stars Kate and Noah. He is richwith a large family and lots of friends and a big connection to the community. He meets Kate at the bookstore she owns and falls pretty instantly for her. This book has insta ;ove on his side at least. But Kate is a very complicated woman and I mean that. She grew up among gangs and murderers and the only thing she has of value is her bookstore.

She has no friends and no family and she tries hard to resist Noah. If anyone was her friend it was Dee, whose Noah's sister. But from the second Noah gets intereste she becomes this horrible bitch to Kate. I felt that Kate was was way too nice to Dee and why she would go to lunch and her parties while she was such a bitch to her, well that made zero sense.

The issue about Dee, is Noah's her younger brother and Kate is very much a mystery and she fears Kate has big secrets and will if not use Noah, want him to rescue her. She couldn't be more wrong. If anything Kate fights against Noah even when all he wants her to be is safe.

I loved this book I really did. I also HATED Dee. I felt that Kate was so nice to Dee when she should have hated her but fought Noah when all he wanted to do was protect her. She stood up to Noah but I am not sure why she let Dee treat her so badly. That made no sense to me.

The second thing is that in the story Kate gets attacked. All of it would have never been an issue if she listened to Noah. This woman she faced rapists and murderers and abusers and you would think that the thing most important to her would be safety and protection. But she fought Noah on this and it also made no sense. This is not a woman who thinks the world is wonderful. Kate knew the world was dangerous and she doesn't protect herself? It was also something that made zero sense.

Beyond those two issues I enjoyed the book and totally want to read the first book.

One thing I want to warn readers about: at one point Kate was a hooker/sex for money. It was explained she was desperate but I would have understood stripping but actually hooking, that was an issue for me and so I want to warn about it.