When We Collide - A.L. Jackson

William has spent six years running from his past and the last eight months trying to rid his mind of the dreams that increasingly haunt his nights. Trapped in a world of false ambitions and feigned affections, William knows he’s reached a breaking point and something’s going to give.

Maggie had lived her entire life without hope until one man showed her what it meant to be loved. He’d been her light in a lifetime of darkness. Six years ago, that darkness stole him away. Without him, she’s surrendered herself to an existence she doesn’t know how to escape.

When the family William left behind is struck by tragedy, he is called back to the one place he’s sworn to never return to again. 

In a moment that will change his life forever, William comes face to face with the girl who, with one look, captured his heart. He is unable to ignore the buried desires and the hope for the future they’d once believed they’d have. 

Now William is ready to fight to take back what had been stolen from him six years before.
But he never imagined what that fight might cost him. 

A.L. Jackson gives you an intimate look into the lives of a family bound by an unseen connection in this contemporary romance with a supernatural twist.

Oh my WOW!

I loved that this book started from William's perspective and that it was mostly told from his POV. It's not often we get inside the head of the male main character but it definitely made this book. I loved William in all his closed off, heartbroken, tried to be tough on the outside, but really loving on this inside, self. I loved that even though he left his hometown, his heart never really left Maggie.

And OH MY GOD Maggie!!! My heart is broken. I can't believe the things she has had to go through in her life. She is so strong and beautiful, fragile but unbreakable, the things she's been through...I can't even imagine. 

And Jonathan...I don't even have words to tell you how much my heart breaks for that little boy. How strong he must have been without even knowing it, and how strong Maggie was for him. Tears were shed for this little boy. 

They all deserve so much to have a true love. True happiness...I needed for them to have it. 

A.L. Jackson wrote such an emotional, gripping, intensive book. Once I got into it, I didn't want to put it down. This is definitely a must read, but be prepared with tissues!