Trust in You by Julia Firlotte #BlogTour

"The tears roll down my cheeks and I start to run home. That's always my answer to everything, run. Run from Tom and his crew when I was younger. Run from talking to Adam and putting things right between us. Run whenever something challenges me, I'm sick of it"

Trust in You by Julia Firlotte is a sizzling modern romance set in rural Kansas.
If you're more used to the so called clean romance, look elsewhere for your next reading material. This is like 50 Shades on a farm. And that would be fine, if that's what you enjoy.

The main protagonist of the novel, Ella Peterson, is 18, and until recently she has lived a rather sheltered life, protected by her father and bossy elder sisters.
After her father's and uncle's tragic accident on the boat, the sisters move from England to their late uncle's house in Kansas.
Life is tough, they have no means to start a new business. And they get a loan from unscrupulous and dangerous people could only be described as organised crime members.

The events are spiralling out of control, and the sisters seem to be totally guileless, if they think you can negotiate with these people.

Ella is rescued from a sordid scenario by dark, brooding Adam Brook. But he's not a knight in shining armour. Far from it. Much older that Ella, he is attracted to her from the moment he sees her.
He is handsome, sexy, powerful, but also troubled, possessive and very flawed.

Offering Ella a job in his house, he is taking advantage of her situation and lack of experience. She is smitten at first by his looks and a grand house, yet she is also aware of the dark secret side of Adam's personal life and business.
Adam keeps asking Ella to trust him, but how can she trust him, when he is clearly dangerous.
What is he not telling her?
"It's resoundingly clear he cares about me and I thought I was getting to know him, but suddenly I feel like I really don't know him at all. Above all else, though, I feel safe when I'm with him. Oh God, I'm so confused".

Ella is extremely naïve for her age. She dreams of a boyfriend who she can love and trust, a fabulous career in song writing and being confident like her elder sisters.

She seems to be a magnet for male predators, and that I had credibility problems with. In one week, she's been assaulted by three sex pests men, who all find her virginity an irresistible draw.
It feels like she's never heard of #MeToo movement, and is way too forgiving, and also really-really confused about not sending the  wrong signals.

When she's accosted in the bathroom by a man, rather than be revolted that he's pinned her by the wall and starts touching her, supposedly out of concern for her tears, she feels "turned on and excited". He might look like a tattooed Greek god, but what the heck?!

I appreciate I'm most likely not the target audience for this book (hey, I could easily be Ella's mother), but I was appalled at the men's behaviour in the book.
The book is set in the present days, but the overall feel of it and especially the attitudes to women sets you back to the chauvinist times of the 1970s.

Trust in You is the first book in the Falling for You series. It's tense, suspenseful, with dark, sinister undertones.

This post is part of the blog tour for Trust in You. You can catch up on the other reviews:

Purchase Links

UK  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trust-You-romance-intrigue-Falling/dp/1916167012

US  - https://www.amazon.com/Trust-You-romance-intrigue-Falling/dp/1916167012


Author Bio:
Julia is an avid reader of all things romance, and she has read hundreds of books across a variety of sub-genres and began writing her own novels in 2018. Four books are currently in various stages of editing and completion, the first of which is finished and will be on sale in spring 2020.
Julia has always been passionate about languages and fiction and has a degree in Languages and Trade and an A-level in English Literature.
When Julia is not writing or editing her own novels, she usually has her nose in books by other authors and is otherwise kept busy caring for her family, going to the gym and carrying her day job.
Julia lives on the South Coast of England with her two children husband and cats.

Media Links:
Author Website: www.juliafirlotteauthor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JuliaFirlotteAuthor
Facebook Group: Romance Chit Chat www.facebook/groups/501897750557397
Twitter: @juliafirlotte
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19484358.Julia_Christine_Firlotte
Instagram: @juliafirlotte

Thank you to Julia Firlotte and Rachel's Random Resources for my copy of the book!