Amy's review of Miss Taken and Identity by Cleo Scornavacca

Synopsis

Love........................The Ultimate Loss of Control Rain and Raven Medici are identical twins. Although they come from a loving close-knit family their childhoods couldn’t have been more different. Raven went to school and was exposed freely to the outside world. Rain on the other hand was born with a blood disorder and denied many normal childhood experiences. Once grown, Raven becomes a lawyer at their dad’s firm Kane & Medici in NYC. Rain along with her only childhood friend Tommy Conte, builds a very successful business as professional photographers. Traveling between Europe and Manhattan, and enjoying a world that was kept from her, Rain vows never to be controlled again. Dominick Kane is a product of his upbringing. He’s powerful, self-assured and knows he can achieve anything he desires. Nothing gets in his way. There is only one thing he has ever failed at. A relationship with his father Vincent Kane. Upon his father’s death, Dominick vows revenge. The events he sets in motion put him on ancollision course he himself will be unable to control. In a bizarre twist of fate, Dominick kidnaps Raven as part of his plan for revenge. Only to discover afterward, he has taken Rain by mistake. Rain knows she can never survive being confined again. So she strikes a bargain with the devil and agrees to help Dominick get back what he feels rightly belongs to him. His father’s share of Kane & Medici. Dominick decides to use the strong attraction growing between Rain and himself to control her in every way imaginable. Too bad no one ever taught Dominick you can’t control the heart. Nothing could have prepared him for the effect Rain would have on his. Will this plan of revenge turn into unconditional love? Or will Dominick and Rain’s need for control ultimately destroy them and any possibly chance for a real future together.......

Synopsis

…………..People aren’t always who you believe them to be. 


Dominick Kane and Rain Medici started their relationship with one another in the most unconventional way. 

He kidnapped her. 

With the kidnapping now behind them, life returns to normal, right? 

Not a chance. 

The push, the pull and their fights for control that we’ve come to love about Dominick and Rain still exist. And so does their passion. 

People aren’t who you think they are. Familiar faces are not so familiar. The past and the present collide, opening up all of those old wounds and struggles once again. 

Now, everything you thought you knew, gets blown out of the water. 

Can Dominick and Rain finally heal what’s broken? Or will new discoveries push them even further apart.

Will love win out and bring them back together? Or will ghosts of the past ultimately destroy their love once and for all…………….. 

Miss Taken Identity (Miss Taken #2) by Cleo Scornavacca 3.5 stars

Rain and Raven Medici are identical twins. Although they come from a loving close-knit family their childhoods couldn't have been more different. Raven ran free and is now a successful lawyer with her father’s firm, engaged to Michael Conte and has the most thought out well planned life. Rain however was born with a blood disorder and denied most all of her childhood. Her best friend Tommy did the best he could to convince Rain’s mother to allow her out at times but it wasn’t anything compared to Raven’s childhood.  

Dominick Kane is a product of his days as a child. He’s powerful, self-assured and knows he can achieve anything he desires. Nothing gets in his way. He never had a relationship with his father Vincent Kane and his mother wasn’t much better. Now that his father is dead he wants revenge. He wants to own what was rightly his. In order to get what belongs to him; he must kidnap Raven Medici but instead by accident takes Rain ….. or was it?

So much is going on in the story, so many twists and turns, so many unresolved issues. Between an ex of Rains, Michael and Raven, Tommy, Rains dad, a couple named Anna and Joseph, Darian, and Dominick it was hard to keep up. I will tell you if I hear the word “baby” one more time I might have to throw the kindle. TOO MUCH … TOOOOO MUCH. This did affect the rating which might be unfair but I couldn't get past it. It made me want to skim the pages instead of continuing to sink into the plot . The storyline was good and the two lead characters personalities along with Tommy were written well. There is no blood or scary “kidnap” scenes in this book so don’t worry there. This is a very torrid love story involving several of the characters and events of the past. Both book take you through this journey. I don’t want to say what happens in each because reviewing them together with the anticipation of book 3 due out soon “Sibling Rivalry” it would give away too much of what happens in each book. These are not standalones. You must read both books in order and I'm guessing book 3 to know where things stand with everyone. There could be several characters book 3 is based upon but again I wont tell you who as I'm not sure what the book holds for us. I’ve enjoyed reading both books in the series and am waiting to see how much gets resolved in the third book.