Who out there knows what Robert Plutchik's theory of the eight basic emotions is? Well, let me tell you, you’ll experience them all when you read this book. Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, surprise, trust and anticipation – nicely wrapped up and presented by Tiffany Snow as “Save Me”, the fourth and final book in the amazing Corrupted Heart series.
In book three, “Find Me”, we were left on tenterhooks after China broke up with tech genius billionaire Jackson Cooper and walked into the waiting arms of sexy bad-boy Clark Slattery.
As much as she has grown emotionally, poor China is still totally oblivious in the land of love. Although Clark knows what he wants, China reads everything wrong and their burgeoning relationship just stumbles around awkwardly. Although initially spurning her olive branch in a fit of anger, Jackson realises he cannot let China go and lurks in the shadows, just waiting for the opportunity to step back into the role of China’s saviour. Both men see their opportunity when China sets her sights on finding her biological father – public enemy number 1, Mark Danvers.
President Blane Kirk’s BFF, Kade Dennon - everyone’s favourite hero from Tiffany’s brilliant Kathleen Turner Series – figures quite prominently in this book (I’ll never get enough of Kade’s one-liners “Yeah, I’m not a psychiatrist, but you might want to see someone about that”) and drops some news on China that shocks her to the bottom of her Converse. Whilst processing this, her brother sends her a Chinese puzzle box he found when clearing out their father’s house. Knowing immediately that it was left for her by her mother, the contents finally answer some of China’s many questions regarding her mother’s relationship with Danvers, but also leads her into a whole new area of investigation involving corrupted software, the New York Stock Exchange and a cranky old man in possession of something China never knew she’d wanted.
China’s loyalty to both Jackson and Clark puts her into some serious predicaments and neither man is particularly happy about this. (Look out for the great scene in a hotel room in New York, where China – posing as a lady of the night – actually meets up with another tech genius she has followed for years). However, after some soul-searching China decides to do what she thinks is the most honourable thing – she sets both men free. Or, she tries to. But sorry girlfriend, neither of those alpha boys is going to let you go. They actually team up and follow China as she sets out on a quest that nobody is going to talk her out of – avenging her mother’s death.
I’m not going to say anything about the last quarter of the book because it needs to be read and absorbed. All those emotions I mentioned earlier? Yeah, this is where they will throw you for six and I recommend having on hand the largest box of tissues you can find. China makes her decision on which man is the one for her, but naturally Tiffany is not going to let her have a happily ever after without throwing a few curve balls in front of her. One of those curve balls is surprising, and for us devotees of Tiffany’s work, shines a light on what was otherwise a devastating scene.
Our heroine China has grown up. Although she still struggles with social niceties, no longer is she the innocent girl we met in book one, “Follow Me”, where her most pressing concern was ensuring each carefully planned day is executed successfully. In “Save Me”, she takes each day by the short and curlies and smashes it out of the park. Via different mechanisms we see glimpses of China’s past and the complex person who is China fits together nicely. It really is a testament to the author’s skills in character building.
China’s guys, Jackson and Clark, are there for her through thick and thin. It was incredibly difficult trying to guess which man would win China’s heart but in the end it all came down to a simple question of loyalty.
This book closes out this series brilliantly and I’m going to miss China, Clark and Jackson. However, there is that little shining light to look forward to…
I received an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.
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