If someone gave you 10 thousand dollars but then later said you had to be his..... would you do it? Thats the major question in this book. I love the fact that I got stuck on the mystery and on discovering just who exactly the man behind the blindfold was. Who was Roth?
The first time it happened, it seemed like an impossible miracle. Bills were piling up, adding up to more money than I could ever make. Mom's hospital bills. My baby brother's tuition. My tuition. Rent. Electricity. All of it on my shoulders. And I had just lost my job. There was no hope, no money in my account, no work to be found. And then, just when I thought all hope was lost, I found an envelope in the mail. No return address. My name on the front, my address. Inside was a check, made out to me, in the amount of ten thousand dollars. Enough to pay the bills and leave me some left over to live on until I found a job. Enough to let me focus on classes. There was no name on the check, just "VRI Inc.," and a post office box address for somewhere in the city. No hint of identity or reason for the check or anything. No mention of repayment, interest, nothing…except a single word, on the notes line: "You." Just those three letters.
If you receive a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it?
I did.
The next month, I received another check, again from VRI Incorporated. It too contained a single word: "belong."
A third check, the next month. This time, two words. Four letters. "To me."
The checks kept coming. The notes stopped. Ten thousand dollars, every month. A girl gets used to that, real quick. It let me pay the bills without going into debt. Let me keep my baby brother in school and Mom's hospice care paid for. How do you turn down what seems like free money, when you're desperate? You don't. I didn't.
And then, after a year, there was a knock on my door. A sleek black limousine sat on the curb in front of my house. A driver stood in front of me, and he spoke six words: "It's time to pay your debt."
Would you have gotten in?
I did.
It turns out $120,000 doesn't come free.
Plot:
If you receive a mysterious check, for enough money to erase all your worries, would you cash it?
Kierie St. Clair asks herself that one question when mystiriously, she recieves a check for 10 thousand dollars, no name, no address. Just a note with one wordYOU
Weeks past and she still gets the money. After all, why wouldn't she take ten thousand dollars for free, when she's on the verge of being evicted from her home and has more debts than she can pay? So she uses the money the whole month and the next month she gets another envelope with the same amount of money and the word
BELONG
Same thing happened the next month. An enveloped arrived with 10 thousand dollars and a note with the word
TO ME
Months past and she kept getting the money, but she never actually thought what she was going to do to repay it. Once a month, 10 thousand dollars arrived and she paid her mothers hospital bill and her brothers tuition and her rent. Even had left over for herself. But one day a guy showed up at her door, and it was time for payback.
How far would you go to protect the ones you love?
Characters:
Roth was a very interesting character to get to know. Throughout the entire book we wonder who exactly he is. We know he has a dark past, but we don't know why he gave her the money or what he wants with her. She doesn't see his face until the middle of the book and she also wonders why hes doing what hes doing and its just really frustrating and suspenseful the whole time.
Kierie St. Clair was such a joyful character! I loved her and enjoyed her so much. The way she gave into Roth's demands but still stand up for herself. She doesn't take shit from anyone, but its still smart enough to take what is convenient for her
Overall Commentary:
Although I enjoyed the book a tons, I don't know if i will read the sequel. The writing style was amazing and sexy, but I don't know if its my thing yet
I love books and I hope you do too
FR
Just received a payment for $500.
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So I show them a video of myself getting paid $500 for taking paid surveys to set the record straight.