Brooke Mills has only
ever wanted to be loved. The product of a teenage pregnancy and raised
by her grandmother, Brooke went looking for love in all the wrong
places. She has been the other woman or someone’s dirty little secret
more times than she cares to admit. When Brooke’s questionable judgment
lands her in the bed of her new neighbor, it’s the wakeup call she
needs to change her ways. With the help of her friends, Brooke is
determined to find a nice guy.
Adam Branigan is the new principal of the elementary school. Despite the way he and Brooke met, Adam knows there’s more to the beautiful redhead than meets the eye. He wants to be the guy to show Brooke that she deserves more than late night booty calls. But will outside pressures and past relationships conspire to tear them apart?
**This book is intended for a mature audience, age 18 and older, due to language and explicit content.
Adam Branigan is the new principal of the elementary school. Despite the way he and Brooke met, Adam knows there’s more to the beautiful redhead than meets the eye. He wants to be the guy to show Brooke that she deserves more than late night booty calls. But will outside pressures and past relationships conspire to tear them apart?
**This book is intended for a mature audience, age 18 and older, due to language and explicit content.
Adam is sexy in a nerdy way which I love by the way. It was good to read a character that is different from the trend that is going on nowadays. Not saying I don't love me a bad boy but it was just nice to read something different. You got to love Brooke. She is considered the town hussy but honestly that must be because of it being a small town but what she has done really doesn't constitute a hussy to me. Let’s just say that I have heard worse! I get it though so reading them two together you know that there is going to be some conflict, it is needed in a story and I thought that it was handled really well. I can say that the chemistry between them is sexy and hot and was glad that in the end, they had the HEA.
I really did enjoy this story.
This author has a way of spinning it that made it refreshing and unique for
me. I thought that it flowed really well and that even though this could
be read as a standalone, you would really want to read this story in order to
understand the characters and what is going on in their lives.
I cannot wait to see what
happens. Graham maybe? We will have to wait and see...
I liked this book, but I struggled
with the concept of how long it took for Brooke to get her brain wrapped around
she was worthy of love. Being the product of a teenage pregnancy and
being raised by her grandmother, I could understand why she struggled with her
self-worth, but I wished she could have accepted this fact earlier. I
would have loved to seen her and Adam together earlier in the book rather than
him trying to win her over for so long.
Adam is the new principal for the
local school. Coming to town in a hurry after accepting the job, he moved
into the neighborhood. Their first encounter was less than what either of
them would want to base a relationship on, but he is the kind of man that was
determined before they went on, he was going to prove not only his ability to
be a respectable boyfriend, but he was wanting to prove to her that she
deserved that respect.
Being known in town as the hussy,
which she certainly didn’t deserve, she has gone to her friends who are all
settled in relationships to gather a list of things she needs to do and expect
so she can settle down in a respectable relationship. Adam is just the
man to prove to her this is possible.
I enjoyed this story, it was a nice
change from the alpha males that come across to strong, Adam is more of the
kind nerdy man, but he had his hot moments. Brooke while appearing to
have it all together, allowed the reader to see her insecurity and weaknesses,
but her longing to be a better person than what she is now. The characters
were wonderful and easy for the reader to not only understand but enjoy the
journey with them and the author did a wonderful job with her writing style,
making sure the reader was able to follow along well and invest in the
story.
No
sooner had Chet pulled his old muscle car out of the driveway than Gram pulled
her little red sports car in. That was a
close call. Not that she thought I was
still a virgin or anything, but I never wanted her to walk in on me in the
middle of anything.
Pulling
the belt of my robe tighter around my waist, I got a drink of water and leaned
back against the counter. Gram came in
through the kitchen door a minute later, took one look at me barefoot in my
robe and shook her head. I guess I
didn’t get away scot-free after all.
“Brooke,
what are you doing?”
I
jingled the ice in my glass. “I’m
getting a drink of water. How was poker
night? You’re home early. Did you win big?” Gram played every Sunday night with some
ladies from church. They bet some
serious cash, and Gram usually came home with a pretty big haul.
She
lowered her white eyebrows and pointed a finger at me. “Don’t you try and change the subject, young
lady. I saw that hooligan leaving here
in the middle of the night. And then I
find you standing here naked. Lord knows
I wasn’t born yesterday.”
“I’m
not naked,” I countered. “And it’s not
the middle of the night.”
“There’s
only one reason a boy like that comes over here. And it’s not a good reason.”
I
sighed and took a seat at the table. It
had been a while since she had lectured me.
Of course, I was usually much better at hiding what I was doing.
“You
can’t keep giving away the milk for free, Brooke. It gives them no reason to buy the cow.”
I
really loved being compared to a cow.
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