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Rising (Vincent and Eve Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jessica Ruben (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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As the bus approaches my stop on the Lower East Side, I raise the hood of my black sweatshirt. Anonymity is key in my neighborhood—particularly as a lone female walking at night.
All I want is to leave my crime-ridden shadow of a home in New York City.
I’ve done everything I can to keep my head down and focus on my studies.
College is my only goal; love has never been on the map…
That is, until my sister brings me to an underground fight, where I meet a gorgeous and mysterious man: Vincent.
He is the ghost in my shadows, showing up to feed me pieces of his upper-crust life, then evaporating into darkness until his next visit.
I’m falling hard and fast. How can I trust him amidst the depth of his secrets?
Vincent may be even more dangerous than the dark world I’m trying to escape.
(Rising is book 1 in the completed bestselling trilogy, Vincent and Eve.)
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    Vincent and Eve
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    1 May 2018
  6. Reading age
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CN69KHB
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ JessicaRubenBooks, LLC (1 May 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1928 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 188 pages
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Jessica Ruben is an International and Top 30 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary romance who lives and works in New York City. She spends her days dominating in the court room as an attorney. Come nightfall, Jessica writes romances centering on gorgeous alpha males and the intelligent women who love them.

Jessica is an insatiable reader, and will devour a few books a week without batting an eyelash. Books have always been her drug of choice, and she has no plans on detox anytime soon. She has three wildly delicious children and a husband who, for reasons unimaginable to her, loves her brand of crazy.

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Karen Sedg
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Debut Novel!
Reviewed in Australia on 16 November 2018
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Fantastic debut novel Jessica and awesome start to Vincent & Eve's journey! This was a page turner l did not want to stop reading! I felt so much for Eve what she has endured and Vincent so mysterious! So happy l waited for all three books because now l can binge read YAY!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eve continues to see Vincent and their chemistry is amazing, Eve’s employer offers to fix the leader or ...
Reviewed in Australia on 23 May 2018
Eve lives in an unsafe area and she tries to stay invisible, and away from most just wanting to get out of where she lives and go to college, which works until one night, and it’s only by coincidence that she’s saved from the gang and the leader that works out she’s a virgin and promises to come back for her.
When her sister invites her to an underground fight she decides to go, when she spots the man across from her, she realises her gorgeous, then she sees him go into the ring to fight and win. Her sister tells her his name is Bull, no one knows who he is, when she’s at the bar and he introduced, himself as Vincent, Eve wonders why.
Eve continues to see Vincent and their chemistry is amazing, Eve’s employer offers to fix the leader or the gang, not wanting to start a gang war Eve begs him not too. After a panic attack, Vincent gets Eve to tell him about the attack and he promises to fix it, and no one will hurt her ever, he lets her know she deserves more than what he can give her and a man like him, and promises never to lie to her, but after an amazing night and Eve losing her virginity with Vincent she leaves, and they become distant with each other

Eve finally gets accepted to college after putting Vincent out of her mind, when she starts making friends and they all start to look at something, Eve turns and sees Vincent, when they tell her who he is she is speechless. Can’t wait for the next book to see what happens.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved Rising!
Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2018
I feel like I could just keep reading about Vincent and eve’s lives or maybe just Eves since I’m this book Vincent is secretive about his back ground!
What I loved about this book is that Eve has to battle her way through life she comes from the projects with a mother whom would rather keep her there and a sister who wants better then she got! Eve is much stronger then she gives herself credit for I’m so glad the next book is out this week! I need to know how it all pans out for Eve and of course Vincent
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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprise Find - Brilliant!
Reviewed in Australia on 21 May 2018
Damn. This book surprised me. It's been quite a while since I've been so into a book.

My only advice is to read this book once the sequel has come out (due June 15th), because you are definitely left wanting more. Although not a cliffhanger per se, I finished and frantically looked for when the next book comes out. Apart from that, an awesome read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!
Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2018
I am hooked!! And im going crazy that i have to wait TWO days for the next one!! Its going to be torture but sooo worth it!! Bring it on!! Definitely a MUST read for romance crazed fans that cant resist a bit of a dark/dominate theme with fights, blood, power, chemistry and some laughs.. I am in LOVE :)
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Sammy King
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in Australia on 6 September 2018
This was ok. It wasn't that great of a story. It felt like although events happened, nothing happened at the same time.
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Bec S
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2018
I have just read this book for a second time and could not put it down again. One of my favourites with great levels of bad boy, good girl and drama. Now to read the next instalment again.
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Andi
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Australia on 16 April 2019
If you like great writing, fantastic characters and YA novels then this one's for you. Enjoyed reading it and can't wait for the next book. Ends in a cliffhanger.
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Sabrina Casas
3.0 out of 5 stars Livro mediano
Reviewed in Brazil on 15 August 2018
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É um livro mediano, os sentimentos não parecem ser reais, me incomodou muito isso na verdade. A historia também não é mt original para ser sincera. Porem é fluido e facil de ler.
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Jennifer Diaz
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING DEBUT!! HUGE 5 STARS AND A BEST OF 2018 FOR ME!!
Reviewed in the United States on 4 May 2018
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What a debut novel from Jessica Ruben!!! I was not expecting this to blow me away and Rising did just that!! I freaking FLOVED it!! I was sucked in from page one and the story didn't let go of me until the last page! Rising is a suspenseful coming of age story about a high school senior looking for something better than life in the projects. Its a story of survival and finding love when you least expect it. It's heartbreaking, it's gritty, and a story of rising above the crappy cards you were dealt in life. I cannot wait to read more from Ms Ruben and will be a forever follower of her work! Rising will be on my Best of 2018 list as I thought it was a huge 5 star read!!

Eve is a eighteen year old high school senior that lives in a gang infested low income housing building in New York. You would think she would become a product of her environment but she is has always been book smart, not street smart. Her goal is to get out of the projects and attend college but with so many factors working against her she must stay focused on the end prize. freedom. Her older sister, Janelle, is always there for her and looks out for her. She dropped out of high school and had to get a job to help pay the bills so Janelle was not going to let the same thing happen to Eve. Their mother is more of a part time mom only coming home when she is coming down from a bender or not with her latest client. Eve isn't a party girl, she would rather get lost in a good book then socialize but when Eve takes her out one night, she doesn't realize her life is about to change.

Janelle takes Eve to a club where they also have underground fights. The main effect features The Bull and Eve is immediately in awe of the male specimen she is watching. She's never seen anything like him. She is only used to the thugs and punks from her neighborhood. The Bull aka Vincent is like an enigma that she is drawn to. After the fight she seems him at the bar and they seem to hit it off. Their chemistry is off the charts and they both can't resist the pull they feel for one another.

Time goes by and it seems that Eve sees Vincent on occasion. Every time they are together she feels like there is something more but Vincent seems to keep her at arms length. He give her bits and pieces of himself and Eve knows he's holding back. With graduation and college on the horizon she knows she must focus getting out of the projects and going to college so she accepts that maybe her time with Vincent isn't now. She accepts that a guy like Vincent is not for a girl like her. He oozed sex, power, and money where she was just a girl from the wrong side of town with nothing to offer.

What does the future hold for Eve? Will she be able to rise above her upbringing and make it out of the projects or will she be like her mother and be a slave to the gangsters and thugs that are on every corner? Rising is a MUST read book and I just LOVED every second of it!! I cannot wait to see what is next for Eve as she starts a new chapter in her life!
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Corrine Collett
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on 7 June 2018
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Fabulous - can't wait for book 2!!
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Claudia~Cushin Violeta
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic five plus star read!!!!!!
Reviewed in India on 12 May 2018
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So I dived into this book almost blind. Read it mainly based on recommendation by Lucy Ivey and now WOW!!!!!! This read !!!!!!! The story, the characters, the chemistry, all the other characters and then there is the ending which has me eyes wide and my hand covering my mouth in surprise. This is the type of book that has just that something a little extra different and special about it that getting to read it truly makes me feel being in a high , the words, the intensity between Vincent and eve ....are you kidding me this BOOK IS EPIC.......But NO!!!!!!! I just can't wait for the next book and you bet I'll be waiting like a maniac for the next in line . Five plus awesome stars.💓💓💓💓💓
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Perusing Princesses Blog
5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning, addictive, unmissable read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2018
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Wow! Rising is a stunning, addictive and unmissable read as we delve deep into the depths of a young girls struggle to live in a crime-ridden New York neighbourhood where poverty and fight for survival dictates, and dreams are only for the weak.

Eve is a smart girl who has a dream. One that alienates her from her Blue Housing project peers. Her only support is her older sister who works hard in a salon to keep a roof over their head and food on the table as their alcoholic working girl mother goes on regular M.I.A.

Dreams are foolish in the projects but Eve is determined to escape by working hard and applying for college scholarships.

After a very harrowing run in with a deadly gang leader Eve finds herself fighting against borrowed time.

Unknowingly walking into an illegal underground fight ring, Eve is shocked to learn her sister is a regular patron. Initially she feels scared and wants nothing more than to get away – violence a regular theme in her life, this is one she can choose to play a part in and she wants out. That is until she sees him..

Vincent aka The Bull is a powerful, respected and unstoppable force. Not only is he undefeated but he’s the most beautiful young man she has ever set eyes on.

Suave, sexy, seductive, dangerous – Vincent is everything she doesn’t need right now, and everything she wants.

Eve is an innocent. An angel disguised lurking in a crowd of monsters. She is everything he can’t have, and everything he could ever hope for.

This book is quite simply AMAZING!!! A relatively short read that gave a little bit of EVERYTHING! I need book two in my hands NOW!

If you like a little darkness, a lot of sexy and a passionate, determined, albeit a very sweet heroine, then make this your next read!!!
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