sister’s best friend. The girl I’ve known since grade school. The girl I’ve
always considered off-limits.
and changed everything between us. Now the brain in my pants is more than
willing to step up.
experimentation, the more I know being friends isn’t enough.
past don’t ruin everything.
standalone romance. Please note this book was previously published as a serial
under the pen name of Angel Allen.
Sunny Shelly’s Review: 4 Stars
I had some issues with this book, but I’m a big fan of this trope — the guy’s a manwhore because he’s in love with his best girl friend, whom he doesn’t think he’s worthy of being with — so I plugged on through to see where it goes. The story between Ash and Sadie sucked me in from the start, but there were a few things that really aggravated me.
Sadie was a complete doormat in regards to her father. The man was basically pimping her out to her ex, even after she caught the guy with his assistant, all to keep up appearances. Rather than tell Daddy Dearest where to shove it, Sadie cows to him, and then got mad at Ashton for having her back. There is more than one scenario where Sadie really needed to man up and didn’t, but at least she comes into her own by the end of the book.
The other thing that bugged me is how Ashton took out his anger at a situaiton on Sadie sexually, even after she was telling him that she wasn’t ready for more. It was borderline creepy and assault, and I really had a hard time with that particular scene.
Still, those two incidents aside, I greatly enjoyed this story. I liked the relationship with Sadie, Aston and his sister, and really felt Sadie and Ashton’s anxiety over whether or not to move out of the friend zone into something more. The OW drama with his ex gives this story just the right amount of conflict, and everything is tied together nicely at the end with a HEA bow.
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a blend of genres, from new adult suspense to dark erotic romance. She loves to
explore the darker side of human nature in her fiction, and she’s morbidly
curious about anything dark and edgy, from deviant sex to serial killers.
Readers have described her stories as being “not for the faint of heart.”She warns you to heed their words! Her playground isn’t full of rainbows and
kittens, though she likes both. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their
four children–three rambunctious UFC/wrestling-loving boys and one girl who
steals everyone’s attention.
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