SynopsisWhat happens when you create rules to keep others out?
One thing Emerson Moore has come to terms with is that she is the school slut. She knows her way around a frat house and how to get what she wants. She doesn’t make any excuses for her actions and she doesn’t pretend to be anything different. She is who she is and with that she knows how to have a good time. She’s made rules to keep relationships at bay and avoid the demons of her past.
When her best friend, Cole has his two friends from back home move in with him she begins to think she has met her match with Jaxon Riley. Jax is the perfect mixture of tattooed muscle and a sweet-talking mouth. With “hand” written notes, a voice that exudes sex and knowing just how to get under her skin, Jaxon learns how to break all the rules. But will he just end up breaking her heart anyway?
New Adult/Adult Contemporary Romance - recommended for ages 18 and up.
4.5 Star Review
Emerson, a.k.a Em, Emmy, Ems to everybody, is a 20
year-old college student who doesn’t want a commitment or a relationship. Because of her parents’ death and infidelity
she chooses not to be involved with a man, other than being in his bed, and following
her rules which include never sleeping with the same guy more than 3 times.
“I’ve accepted who I am. The girl who will never become serious about anyone, who will enjoy life, have fun with guys along the way and never get her heart broken.”
Jaxon is a transfer student and his first encounter with Em is while she is doing her walk of shame following a night of partying at the frat house. Jaxon knows from the beginning that he and Emerson (he is the only one who uses her birth name) would be wonderful together if she would just let down her defenses and let him in. Emerson will not let anybody close to her because the way she sees it is if she loves somebody they are either going to die or cheat and leave her destroyed. Emerson repeatedly tells him of her rules and he is expected to follow them. Jaxon doesn’t judge Emerson for her past behaviors as he himself has a past filled with women. Jaxon fights for a piece of her heart. Look at these beautiful words he would say to her:
“Please stop running from me.”
“Emerson, I know we would be great together. You’re scared, I swear I won’t get all crazy serious. Just give us a shot.”
“Tell me that you want me,”
“I’ll show you how great we are going to be.”
“I love you, beautiful girl.”
It’s Emerson’s birthday…she has a difficult time celebrating her birthday as something terrible happened on this date several years ago. She wants to be left alone and left to wallow by herself. Emerson receives a phone call that changes everything she thought she believed in. What she does with this information and how she processes it could be the end of her and Jaxon.
“I don’t think we should be together anymore.” He repeated for a third time.
And this is where I began to cry… I could feel Em’s pain as she comes to terms with who she was, is, and who she wants to be. She doesn’t want to go back to Em, the girl who slept with every guy, and she can’t be Emerson as she was only that for Jaxon. Emerson is fortunate to have supportive friends and Jaxon’s brother who stand beside her and support her. She misses Jaxon and his friendship as he had become her best friend, but they cannot be “just friends” anymore.
“I can’t be your
friend. It hurts too much… I finally trusted someone enough to love and you
proved that all along it wasn’t worth it.”
I enjoyed this book so much that as soon as I finished the last page I went back to find the angsty/heart breaking point in the story to re-read it, and I re-read the entire book before I wrote my review. It is that good!
This book does not have a cliffhanger and is a
stand-alone novel.
No comments:
Post a Comment