"Finding Infinity" as described by Colin..."Fine Charlie.” Colin says dropping his hands in defeat. “Here's what I want. I want everybody to back off and let me play football. I want you to go back to practicing medicine because I’m ready for you to be happy again - not this forced shit that you keep trying to sell me. I want Brad to get his house finished because I’m tired of listening to his DIY project updates. I want Jenny to decide on a hair color. I want Aiden and Rachael to either figure their shit out or leave each other alone, because Aiden’s chick drama is annoying. I want Mark to quit trying so hard to be my buddy again. I want my parents to get off my back about us living in sin. I want you to pick a date to marry me. That’s what I want. What am I going to get? None of it, because I have to do another interview to try to patch the gaping wound that is my life with a Band-Aid.”
This is book three of the "Infinity Series." To read them in order, please start with "Falling Into Infinity" and then "From Now Until Infinity."
4.5 Fantastic Stars
Review by Jen Hagen
This is the third book in the Infinity Series. Do not proceed further if you have not read
the first two. Immediately purchase the
first two and start reading. What are
you waiting for? Charlie and Colin’s
story deserves to be read!
Charlie is trying to adapt to Colin’s lifestyle, but she
just doesn’t fit in. She has packed up
and moved from Houston where she was forced out of her father’s medical
practice. She and Colin now live
together in Dallas in his ”McMansion.” Their “home” is his work place with
endorsement products strewn about the rooms, an assistant’s office takes up
residence next to their bedroom, and when Charlie sees the housekeeper ironing
her underwear, this is the last straw.
Charlie has lost her sense of control and that is something that she
needs otherwise she’ll resort back to her previous coping mechanisms.
I can just do it
once. Just one time and that’s it. Colin will never find out…I’ll feel normal
and God, that’s all I want. I just want
to feel okay again.
Colin is oblivious to the inner struggles that Charlie is
dealing with. He knows that she has a
need to be in control, but he doesn’t realize how difficult it has become for
Charlie with his world taking over hers.
Colin is very attentive when it
comes to Charlie so when he realizes what is happening his biggest fear hits
him.
“Oh my God, I’m
losing her again.”
Colin and Charlie have not had an easy
reconciliation. The interview where his
past prescription drug habit was brought to light has killed off friendships
and put their lives under the intense spotlight. They are struggling to maintain animosity
but that is difficult to do when you are the star quarterback of the local
team. When Colin makes an abrupt
decision to walk away from a situation where the joke (albeit a tasteless joke)
is on him, it creates even more of a nightmare for their lives.
I see everyone
staring at us in shock, surprise, amazement and confusion. We’re the car accident, and everyone is
rubbernecking.
Even though Colin comes across as an alpha male, he is
still vulnerable to the intense pressure placed on him for securing a Super
Bowl spot and his fears of losing Charlie.
Some of my favorite scenes are of Colin just “being” where he has his
inner thoughts to himself and Charlie is captivated on the side just watching
him.
Colin and Charlie are both strong independent individuals
who seek control. They both need to be
in control of a situation. There comes a
time when control is taken away from both of them and it sends Colin down a
road of self- loathing.
F*ck me. Put a bullet in my head and send me out to
pasture. I’m fucking worthless.
Might as well kick Colin when he’s down…he’s dealt
another blow to his esteem.
I can’t believe
this. This is me. I’m broken.
Why didn’t I see it before? God,
why have I dragged Charlie into this mess?
Colin and Charlie are faced with a lot of challenges in
their third book. Colin’s past is always
threatening to destroy them . How they
elect to cope with these situations will decide their future.
It’s hard to
imagine that my cocky, self-assured, confident husband can be the sullen, mean,
destructive, depressed man sitting in our bedroom.
I consider the Infinity Series to be a hidden gem. It is beautifully written in dual points of
view and will have you feeling warm and fuzzy when things are going well, and
have you grabbing your stomach and wiping under your eyes during the rough
spots. You cannot read it and not get
caught up in their want for a happily ever after. Colin and Charlie’s story is not over
yet. There is a fourth book due out in
Spring 2014. There is no cliffhanger to
this story, but there is more of their story to be told. Their story is beautiful, faced with
the real-life challenges of a famous athlete and the daily struggles of a couple
looking to their future.
“There’s nothing in
my life that I’ve wanted as much as this woman.
I love her enough to give her the forever that she deserves. Charlie’s my infinity.”
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