A Fast Paced Love Story!
Liam and Katy were high school sweethearts. Shortly after they graduated they ran off to Vegas to get married. Liam does theater acting and it's there that he is discovered by Excite Entertainment and flown to L.A. Once he's in L.A his marriage takes the backseat to rubbing elbows with Hollywood's biggest and brightest. One night Liam throws a big party and Katy comes into their house filled with half dressed women. When Katy says she's going to leave, Liam doesn't believe her until he comes home from filming and finds a note that tears him apart.Four years later, he's tried to move on but never let go of the love he has in his heart for his Katy. It's in a little town they are filming in that their paths cross again and Liam has to try and convince Katy that their love is worth fighting for.
Review
I really loved reading the story from Liam’s POV. Disconnected showed what Liam & Katy went through in order to get to where they ended up, & can you say faith, He didn’t know where she was located but faith jumped right in for them because they were meant to be together. They are each other’s soul mates & when the universe knows that nothing & no one can come between that not even a bat crazy chick likes Alexia. Alexia knew what the relationship between her & Liam was, but once someone is crazy you can’t help them at all. I fell in love with Liam this time around, when I Reconnected I thought he was so egotistical, but seeing the story being told from his POV I changed my mind. I ultimately figured that he was just trying to hide the pain of his beloved wife leaving him without a trace. It’s crazy that in life, most individual like Liam thinks that with our success we are making our loved ones happy, but at what expense are able to do that; most of the time we stop showing them the love that we once shared, the same thing Liam did to Kate. Great book by Bethany Daniel, to be honest I didn’t know what to expect once I started to read this book but it grew on me & it one of the few books that I did enjoy reading.
Excerpt
Disconnected, that's how I've felt the last four years since Katy walked out of my life. I admit, when I found myself in Hollywood back then, I let it get to my head. There was just so much out there, and it gave me culture shock. Unfortunately, I took it out on Katy-- the one person who saw past all that crap and still loved me for just being Liam. That party that Mitchell Fallon and the other Excite execs talked me into having to "rub elbows" with Hollywood’s elite cost me my marriage. I haven't been able to forgive myself ever since. Now I'm on a plane to Georgia with my best friend, Scott Adams. We've been in this whirlwind together. He was picked up by Excite around the same time I was."Ready to find us some Georgia peaches, man?" Scott asks from beside me in our first class seats.I just roll my eyes and run a hand through my hair. "I don’t know man, doesn't it ever get old?"He looks at me like I've lost my mind as he puts his hand against my forehead. "Are you sick, Liam?"I shove his hand away and sigh. "I'm just thinking about everything, ya know?" I shrug and look down at the floor."You have to let her go sometime," Scott tells me in a whisper. "I know you still love your wife, but she left you, man. You have to focus on your future. You're the big man now! You can walk into any building and have every woman in the place throwing themselves at you. Maybe there's someone you're really meant to be with out there." I just shrug, "Yeah, maybe." The next morning, Scott and I are heading over to a local college. Excite wants it to be a PR opportunity, show we are all about education or something. As soon as we step into the Dean's building, there are at least 40 girls that suddenly need to be in that building for something, of course. "Liam! Scott! Could you please--please autograph something for me?" a girl stammers as she grabs some paper and a marker out of her bag and lunges at us with bugged out eyes. "Sure." I flash a grin at her. "Who should we write it out to?" "Laney," she breathes, and after both Scott and I have signed she squeals and runs into the group of girls, who then join her in squealing. "I'm so sorry for that." A secretary shoots a look over at the girls. "Dean Paul is ready to meet with you in his office." We nod and follow her down the hall where there's a plaque with "Dean Paul" in golden letters. As we enter, he quickly stands and smoothes down his suit. "Mr. Adams, Mr. Warren," he reaches his arm out to shake our hands, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Would you like a tour of our school grounds?" "Sure," Scott pops in with a smile. I bet he has pictures of college girls rolling through his head. "We'd love to." While we're walking through the grounds, Dean Paul goes on and on about the history of the place and I halfway tune out. Anywhere I go, if I catch a glimpse of a girl with long brown hair, I always stop to see if maybe--just maybe--it's Katy. I know it's a really long shot, but I've never stopped looking. She's always in my thoughts and I can't ever just forget her like she seems to have forgotten me. We walk into the middle of the courtyard area and as the Dean is sweeping his arms around, I see someone that walks just like Katy, with a small bounce in her step and a habit of tucking her hair behind her ears. She's holding onto the hand of a tall guy with cropped brown hair. She has the same hairstyle as Katy, too... the same one she's had her whole life, since she always refused to cut it much shorter or dye it. My heart is pounding. There's no way, right? Here in Georgia on some itty bitty college campus? Without realizing it, I step away from the Dean, Scott, and the bodyguard and move closer. My eyes are glued on the girl, and then she looks directly at me before continuing the conversation with the boy she's talking with. It's Katy. My Katy. "Oh my God, Katy?" I can't hold in. It's her. It's really 100%, honest to God, my Katy. Right there, walking with another guy. All the anger I felt that day four years ago bubbles up inside me and I take off in a run to where she is. "Katelyn Marie Warren!" I yell at her and notice her flinch. The guy I saw her with pulls her behind him. "Dude, I don't know what your problem is but you have the wrong girl. Her name is Kate Parker, not--whatever you just said," he says with a shake of his head. I couldn't help but laugh, albeit humorlessly at that, "Oh, really? And who exactly are you?" I ask him as I cross my arms and steal a glance at Katy. She hasn't told this guy a thing. He has no idea she's a married woman.
Character Interview
Hi Liam & Katie how are you doing today?
Both: Good, thank you.
I just want to get right to it, Liam did you have any clue as to how crazy Alexia was when you were intimate with her? Did you even expect her to flip the switch like she did?
Liam *shakes his head* : None. When I first met Alexia, she was nice and she was focused on her career but after we were together for that short time she felt like she held claim to me.
Katie when you first thought about giving your marriage another go ahead did you think that you & Liam go through all of this?
Kate: I'll be honest, I was scared. The whole Hollywood lifestyle is insane and it's very easy to get caught up in it. But this time around, we're older and wiser. I'm not going to let him get a big head and ruin this.
How are you guys dealing with that right now, the whole Alexia situation?
Liam: It's been hard. She took a lot away from us when she ran them off that road and broke into our home. She stole Lucas' life and stole our sense of security. Even though she's gone now, the whole situation makes us constantly look over our shoulders and makes it harder to trust anyone we come across.
Ok on a bright side are you guys planning of having any more children anytime soon, or are you waiting a little so that you can enjoy each other since you’ve been apart for so long?
Kate: Will is enough for right now. Yes, its harder becoming parents and kind of rekindling our relationship, but he's also brought us a lot closer together. Maybe a few years from now when I'm able to establish my career and Will's old enough for school and everything we'll talk about maybe 1 more baby.
About the Author
Bethany
Daniel lives in Texas with her husband and 2 sons. She enjoys reading,
photography and, of course, writing. Bethany really found the passion for
writing again this last year and came up with the idea for Reconnected after
years of following Hollywood gossip and reading books about girls always
chasing the guys and thought it would be nice for it to be the other way
around. She is currently writing Disconnected, the story of Reconnected from
Liam's POV.
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