Incognito by Siobhan Davis
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A troubled popstar forced into hiding...A sweet small-town girl overcoming tragedy...And the kind of love that only happens once in a lifetime. Dakota's dreams of attending Juilliard were shattered the night tragedy struck her family. It's one year later, and she's now enrolled at a local university trying to piece her life back together. Shawn is one of the world's most famous faces, having lived under spotlight since his star exploded when he was fourteen. Now jaded by an industry forcing him to perform music he no longer enjoys, he craves normalcy and the opportunity to rediscover his muse. When a crazy stalker gets too close, and death threats start mounting, Shawn's management team comes up with a plan-one which will allow him to work on his latest album while staying incognito on a college campus. Romance is the last thing on Dakota's mind, but after she crosses paths with a hot, prickly cutie with rock-hard abs and smoldering good looks, she can't sake him from her thoughts. Shawn can't afford to bring any girl into his fucked-up life, but the gorgeous blonde with the sad blue eyes captivates him in a way no girl ever has, and he finds himself falling hard and fast. But outside forces are conspiring against them. When danger draws closer, and secrets are revealed, will their love survive?
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Dakota is your regular small town girl with big dreams but tragedy happens to her family that destroys not only her dreams but her family too. One year later after the tragedy happens, Dakota is trying to get back up on her feet and live life and move on, she enrolls in a local university to stay close to home because she needs to as life at home needs her help still. But she makes a promise that while she is at college she will not trusts just anybody, she will not go to parties because you just not know who to trust. She ends up with a close group of just three girl friends and that's enough for her but one day she bumps into a hot new guy, someone she hasn't seen before and he ends up on some of her classes. She can't seem to get him out of her head and he also doesn't leave her alone either, what will she do?
Shawn is as popular as you can get on the music industry but that also comes with trouble and horror sometimes, and when a stalker starts to break into his personal home and leaves him death threats he know that he needs to do something about it. His management team hires a new security company and they both come up with the plan for Shawn to go into hiding. But a different hiding, Shawn will go incognito on a college campus and Shawn couldn't be more happy about it. For the first time in forever he will finally have a chance to have a "normal" life and get to work on his music at the same time. But then he meets Dakota and his plan takes a different turn, he promised himself that he wouldn't bring a bring to his messed up life, especially the way it is now but Dakota is different from anyone he has ever met. She somehow walked into his life and make it all the way into his heart in a heartbeat and there is no way out, she is there permanently now and he will do anything to keep her there. And he will make sure that she is kept safe at any cost, but will she still be there after she finds out the truth?
The more time they spend together, the deeper their feelings are but the deeper the secrets are, will their love be able to survive after Dakota finds out all Shawn's secrets? Ah, you have to read to find out. But I can tell you that you will be at the edge of your seat waiting to find out, there is always some much going on that once you start reading you won't be able to put this book down. Dakota's life at home is a mess and she needs she will need to make so hard decisions, but she will have some stuff thrown in at her that she wasn't expecting. Her school life will take different turns after all her decisions.
I loved Shawn, his character development was huge, from the beginning to the end he is a different person but you will love both of them without even knowing how and that is huge in a book, I love how you did that Siobhan.
Their love story was easy to follow and cherish and root for, you just want them to stay together even when things start to fall apart? You want them to fight for each other...Ah Shawn and Dakota, you guys rock!
Dakota initial tragedy, wow...I can't give anything away because that is a huge spoiler but oh man, I didn't see that one coming and holly molly, did that freaked me out and gave me nightmares. So well done Siobhan!
5 out of 5 stars for sure...loved every minute of it.
XOXO,
Nelia
