BOOK REVIEW- STOLEN KISSES by Ruth Cardello

Dax Marshall isn’t the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He’s a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn’t see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi.
Her happiness becomes his obsession.
Kenzi Barrington has tried to be the person her family needed her to be, but she doesn't want to lie anymore. When she can’t hold a dark secret in another day, she turns to the one man she knows is strong enough to hear the truth.

What starts as a simple attraction becomes a friendship that changes how they both define love. AMAZON  4 STARS


This story has good, complex people in it.  Dax was raised harshly after his irresponsible father died.  His father sent him to school at an early age.  He usually dragged him out to show off to his new lady love what a great father he was.  And he married every woman he slept with, at least that is Dax's view of it.  So, the word, "Love" was something that had almost no meaning for him.  Of course his uncle made it worse as  finishes raising him, a fist was a main part of the discipline that his uncle dished out.

Kenzi didn't deal with physical abuse but she sure wasn't heard when it came to what she wanted.  She was raised to be the "perfect" daughter, someone who would politely submit to the wishes of her family. And above all else, do NOT upset her mother.  You know that can't last forever, the pressure from that is about to blow.  Also the secret that she has herself is adding to the pressure.  

I did like how the friendship between Kenzi and Dex develops.  He helped her get free and stand up for herself.  Kenzi also began to show Dex that he was more caring than he ever imagined he could be.  She really begins to sees that caring side of him, he is so good to her.   She just seems to bring that out in him and at times it's pretty uncomfortable for him.

I liked how brutally honest Dax was, it ended up being one of the things that Kenzi  needed and ended up loving.  She was finally able to be herself for a change. It was fun to watch them grow and overcome.