Blurb:
A moment can change everything…
Ashton Taylor. Six foot one, Dark hair, chiseled jaw, riveting hazel eyes, and a body cut in all the right places. He’s a natural. Things just come easy to him. He’s used to getting everything he wants, excelling at everything he does. The grades, the recognition, the beautiful women.
His path was set. A girl, a full scholarship to UC San Diego, and a bright future. To others, his life seemed perfect. But, things are never what they seem, and life, well, at any moment, something or someone can come along and turn it upside down.
That something…the death of his father.
That someone… Cara Hayward. The girl with the hypnotic eyes, melodic voice, enchanting smile, and lips sent straight from heaven.
The girl who doesn’t want to be seen.
So what happens when a guy who everything comes easy to, meets a girl who doesn’t come easy?
Can he crawl through all the broken glass to find her? Will the girl he discovers deep down be able to see past his perfect exterior?
Together, do they have the power to heal one another? Or, could the very thing that brings them together, be the one thing that tears them apart?
**Lovely is a New Adult Romance with strong language and mature sexual content**
Excerpt:
My feet continue to trail a path across the dewy grass, the
cool breeze hitting my face as I make my way to the brick building housing the
campus library. I pull off my aviator sunglasses and hook them over the ridge
of my t-shirt, exhaling a groan of silent protest. Today’s just another day of
going through the motions. My mind runs through the exams I need to study for
and the work I need to get done around the house when I push through the double
glass doors of the library and see … her.
She looks just like an angel.
The sight of her makes my dick hard. An involuntary shudder
courses through me, my pulse thrashes against my neck, and my heart beats
vigorously inside my chest. Soft waves of chestnut curls dance over her
shoulder, her skin is so flawless it’s reminiscent of swirled cream, and her
perfectly-shaped lips, lips the exact color of raspberries, beckon to me. Her
curves are framed by a blue and white floral dress, her sweet face consumed by
a pair of large, black-rimmed glasses. Wait, that’s odd. It doesn’t fit the
rest of the picture.
I continue to watch her as she checks books out for students
yet, still doesn’t look up. I shuffle my feet along the dark brown rug and wait
for her eyes to come to me but I get nothing in response.
Adding a sharp cough to the shuffle ought to do it. Hmph.
She continues to look down at her books, completely
disinterested. Highly unusual.
I’m not liking it and I intend on changing it. A challenge …
yeah, I’m up for it. Thinking fast, I swipe a book off the shelf and toss it on
the counter in hopes I can meet her eyes. She moves her painted fingers toward
my book and flips it over. A laugh tickles her throat as her head bobs from
side to side. When I stare down at the counter it all makes sense. Pleasing Your Man: Everything You Don’t Want
to Ask but Need to Know. Well, I guess I’ve got her attention now.
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I received this book for an honest review.
So I am sitting after literally JUST FINISHING the book and am wiping the tears away. I read this book in 24 hours and have to say it completely consumed me.
Ash and Cara are the perfect love story. The two if them are carrying so much baggage that it seems like they aren't a good fit until the layers start to peel away. Cara is hiding but you never really know what until about 70% through the book. You know she has had a TERRIBLE life and a miserable ovary donor called a mother but until the "big secret" is told to you, you never really know how broken she is. I wept for her and Ash when she finally reveals her story.
Ash is Mr. Man slut who is too busy being everything for his family he doesn't look at his needs. Yeah a girl of the month helps him with his "needs" but no one is there to be is protector. He walks in to the library and see's Cara. She is totally immune to his "charms'. He slowly breaks down her resistance and they become friends. Granted Ash is dying for more and Cara is tooo but she resists. When they finally go out on their first date the chemistry is pretty hot.The couple finally begin to openly date even though Ash's ex Shelby keeps strutting around like a cat in heat trying to get back with Ash.
Then Colt, Ash's baby brother, get sick and you see Cara allowing Ash to break down and she cares for him and his family like no one else can. You can see her being his rock and he realizes she is the one for him. There will be no other for him. He knows she feels the same way. She has stopped hiding behind her big fake glasses because she is safe. After Colt is at home recovering from his surgery, Cara has to go away for the weekend. Well guess who shows up and causes drama??? Yup Shelby. Well of course Cara walks in and immediately pushes Ash away and breaks his heart. The ending of the book is him trying to win her back. The poem is pretty amazing....my favorite of all his plants to win her back.........
The epilogue is amazing in this novel. It had me in epic fits of tears. I couldn't stop wiping them fast enough to read the last few pages.
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I
am a wife, a mom, an author, and a lover of all things chocolate, well,
anything sweet really. While stuffing chocolate in my face, I enjoy
reading young adult and new adult novels furiously, and spending time
with my husband and two adorable children who keep me on my peppermint
pink painted toes. Those same children who inspire me to tell silly
stories that cause hysterical giggles to tumble from their bellies.
I love to laugh and love to have a good cry,
especially after reading a novel that stretches my soul, one that makes
me feel, and lingers in the corner of my heart.
I’m a hopeless romantic and a happily ever after fanatic, and I love to write about LOVE.
I began writing when I was in middle school,
penning anything from short stories, to poetry, and then later moved on
to write children’s books. I have now endeavored into New Adult and
Contemporary Romance novels and am loving every minute of it. My first
novel, Love Love, was released in May, 2013.
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Angie J's 5 star snot sobbing review:
I received this book for an honest review.
So I am sitting after literally JUST FINISHING the book and am wiping the tears away. I read this book in 24 hours and have to say it completely consumed me.
Ash and Cara are the perfect love story. The two if them are carrying so much baggage that it seems like they aren't a good fit until the layers start to peel away. Cara is hiding but you never really know what until about 70% through the book. You know she has had a TERRIBLE life and a miserable ovary donor called a mother but until the "big secret" is told to you, you never really know how broken she is. I wept for her and Ash when she finally reveals her story.
Ash is Mr. Man slut who is too busy being everything for his family he doesn't look at his needs. Yeah a girl of the month helps him with his "needs" but no one is there to be is protector. He walks in to the library and see's Cara. She is totally immune to his "charms'. He slowly breaks down her resistance and they become friends. Granted Ash is dying for more and Cara is tooo but she resists. When they finally go out on their first date the chemistry is pretty hot.The couple finally begin to openly date even though Ash's ex Shelby keeps strutting around like a cat in heat trying to get back with Ash.
Then Colt, Ash's baby brother, get sick and you see Cara allowing Ash to break down and she cares for him and his family like no one else can. You can see her being his rock and he realizes she is the one for him. There will be no other for him. He knows she feels the same way. She has stopped hiding behind her big fake glasses because she is safe. After Colt is at home recovering from his surgery, Cara has to go away for the weekend. Well guess who shows up and causes drama??? Yup Shelby. Well of course Cara walks in and immediately pushes Ash away and breaks his heart. The ending of the book is him trying to win her back. The poem is pretty amazing....my favorite of all his plants to win her back.........
The epilogue is amazing in this novel. It had me in epic fits of tears. I couldn't stop wiping them fast enough to read the last few pages.
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this book is one of the best I've read this year.thanks for the giveaway
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