Climbing The Walls (Hart & Cole Book 1) by Sacha T. Y. Fortuné – Reviewed by Roxsanne Lesieur.
Climbing The Walls by Sacha T.Y. Fortuné
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Kris and Nicole are two people in love, they are a husband and wife team with two kids, a team which normally work well together, they have the week worked out around work, play and family life, but they also work in high power and long hour jobs, two in Nicole’s case and as much as they try, but when they try and communicate, it doesn’t always work out as planned and fights do happen, even though the makeup sex is most definitely worth it when all is forgiven.
Tuesday morning rises up bright and early with Kris and Nicole’s daughter bouncing up and down on his stomach as Nicole gets ready for work, he is hoping that after their fight the night before that she will forgive him and that there will be a white rose on her pillow to confirm it, but he is also dreading if it isn’t there at the same time, but when it is, he is giddy with happiness and he wants to tell her how he feels, but doesn’t get the chance, she is still acting a little cool towards him, but it is because her boss has sprung another last minute dinner on her, so he is in charge of the kids again.
While he is sat having breakfast, he thinks about the rose tradition and when it started on their honeymoon, the discussion which led to it and the actions it led to, not to mention thinking about the crazy hot sex they had been having multiple times a day while on it, after Nicole had complained about the fake roses and demanded fresh ones, they had an unplanned discussion about their parents and what they thought of their kids spouses, but this led to an argument and Nicole leaving their suite, however when she returned to find that Kris had fallen out of the bed and onto his front, she tells him that she realised while out walking why she love him and darn it had to practically bribe a hotem employee to find her one of the fake roses she hated so much and that leads to more love making and deciding on what their first kids names would be.
When she sets off and takes their son with her, he and his daughter spend some time together before he drops her off at kindergarten, but she straight up tells him that she heard them fighting the night before and that it upset her brother so she had to look after him, Kris is gutted to hear it and the fact that they were so wrapped up in their own argument, they didn’t hear them. Meanwhile, Nicole is driving to work, but has to stop on the side of the road when she starts to cry thinking about the conversation she overheard between Kris and their daughter, it upsets their son, so she bribes him with cookies and asks him not to tell the others she was crying, she is also thinking about how she knows that her daughter is a daddy’s girl and her son may end up the same way, even if he isn’t at the moment, that could change, she feels guilty that she doesn’t spend as much time with them as she would like, but when she forgets about an important meeting at her daughters school which she insisted on going to by herself, she is confronted by Kris when the school phoned him at work to find out why she didn’t turn up, this is something she knows she has done wrong, but when she tries to make it up to them with a tech free weekend, she breaks another promise, but this time one that Kris made to her daughter and she realises that she has really screwed up this time when she tries to sneak a call to her boss in and is caught in the act by her daughter.
As the tensions rise in the household and despite both parties trying to communicate and not quite managing, things keep happening to thwart their efforts, including Nicole’s boss opening up about his own marital problems, but hearing how easy marriages can fall apart, she starts to worry if hers is heading the same way, but can they work out their differences and remember what they love about each other before it is too late? This is a romance about enduring love and what keeping a marriage together can really take, it is a realistic take on the genre and one which takes you on an emotional rollercoaster too while you read to the end to find out what happens.
Reviewed by @roxsannel
