It only took a matter of moments for Lexi Townsend’s life to change. Her power was taken, her trust lost. Her bubbly personality was smothered by the depressing weight of shame and guilt.
Four years later, Lexi yearns to get back to the former version of herself. A stronger version. One who is no longer afraid to share her story, her body, and her trust. When Private Investigator Cruz Cunningham comes into her life, he proves he’s a man that’s deserving of her trust.
When multiple women in Windsor go missing, it launches Cruz and the Cunningham Security team into action. As Cruz digs deeper into the investigation, he’s torn between finding the missing women and protecting the woman he loves. Putting her faith in Cruz, Lexi never imagines that this case could destroy everything she’s worked so hard to overcome.
WARNING: This novel contains references to rape and sexual assault and may trigger discomfort in some readers.
After reading Obsessed, the first book in this series, I was leery of starting Overcome. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much better the writing was in this book was than its predecessor, though there is still room for growth. Again, the story was decent, if a little predictable, and I was rooting for Lexi and Cruz throughout the book.
I have always loved books about survivors of all types, but those about women who’ve overcome sexual assault have always held a special place in my heart. As soon as I read the blurb for this book I was all in. I can not tell you how happy I was to see so much of Lexi’s healing arc in this book. Often romance novels seem to have people be magically healed by finding love, so seeing how hard and how many things Lexi was doing to leave her rape behind her was wonderful.
Cruz was fantastic with Lexi. His compassion and patience went so far to help her learn how to trust men again, in particular, him. I loved how carefully he helped her find all the things she thought she’d lost after she’d been violated so horribly. His support in those moments when she felt she had no strength was sublime.
My wishes for this book are many, unfortunately, but I think most of them could be solved with a heavier editorial hand. Most of the tell-not-show aspects of Obsessed were absent from this book, though there were still a few cringe-worthy moments that need to be addressed. I also feel like Lexi’s reaction to the climax of the book felt completely wrong, given what she’d been through, I absolutely could not get on board with it. Again, there were editorial issues, though not as plentiful as the first book in this series. Finally, all the ‘L’ names: Levi, Lexi, Leni (Lennox), Luke, Logan, Lorenzo, though not present in this book, there was also a Leah in this series, and those are just the names I could recall off the top of my head. It just felt strange to have so many similar names in one novel. Especially all the Le_i names, more than once I misread a name and had to do a double-take to make sure I knew who I was reading about.
Overcome is the second book in AK Evans Cunningham Security series. This series is a spinoff of her Everything series, and several of those characters make an appearance in the Cunningham Security series. Each book in both series are interconnected standalones and do not have to be read in order. However, if you’re anything like me, you’ll have so many questions about the other couples the desire to read the other books will be strong. Overcome is written in dual first-person perspective, narrated by Lexi and Cruz.
AK Evans has improved greatly from the first book I read by her. A lot of the distrust of her readers I felt in that book was absent in this one. That being said, I feel like there is still a lot of room for growth and she would benefit from a stronger editorial team. Her storytelling is compelling enough that I can see myself picking up more books from her, in hopes to see continued improvement in her writing.
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