You met them in Forget Me Not. Now, hear Jack’s story.
Plagued by a dark past, Jack sees college as a way out. Desperate to escape the area where he grew up, the people who know his secrets, and his own family, he deals with his problems through alcohol and sex.
When he first sees Lily, she’s the epitome of everything he hates. Yet something about her makes Jack rethink everything he knows and assumes about other people. Now, with the help of his best friend and lover, Jack has to decide if he wants to pursue something that he knows will only end badly.
Can Lily be one of the few people who can see Jack for who he really is – or will his darkness be too much for her to handle?
Plagued by a dark past, Jack sees college as a way out. Desperate to escape the area where he grew up, the people who know his secrets, and his own family, he deals with his problems through alcohol and sex.
When he first sees Lily, she’s the epitome of everything he hates. Yet something about her makes Jack rethink everything he knows and assumes about other people. Now, with the help of his best friend and lover, Jack has to decide if he wants to pursue something that he knows will only end badly.
Can Lily be one of the few people who can see Jack for who he really is – or will his darkness be too much for her to handle?
The girl sitting on the couch looks like everyone else at
this fucking school. Blonde, clean cut, dressed in clothes that probably cost
more than my grandmother’s house.
“Lost?” I ask.
It’s her eyes that get me. I don’t even know what color they
are. They seem to swim across the entire palate of blues and greens, no color
enough to own the eye completely. There is something else in those eyes. A
strange innocence mixed with a subtle sensuality that I bet she doesn’t even
know she possesses. I can’t look away from her.
“I’m waiting for my boyfriend.” She
gestures to the hall. I guess she’s saying this boyfriend is in the bathroom or
something. It figures she has a boyfriend. Something about her, though, is
causing things to happen that I don’t understand. The voice in my head knows
how poorly this could go and I try to act cool, to distance myself from her.
“Innocent thing like you? I wouldn’t let
you out of my sight.”
That was not cool and certainly not distant. I’m standing here flirting with
this girl who probably thinks I’m a creep. I see in her face a wary curiosity,
but girls like her think of guys like me as nothing more than a challenge.
Anything that could happen after this moment would just turn out bad, likely with
a lot of anger and her calling upon the aforementioned boyfriend to kick my
ass. I don’t even have to see him. I know his type.
She meets my gaze and her mouth turns up
in a wry smile. “I’m not that innocent.”
The challenge is there and I would love
to test it. This girl looks like she’s just one wild night away from becoming
an entirely new woman. I wouldn’t mind being the guy to help her out, to give
her that one wild night. I’m tempted to touch her, to play with her damp hair,
to see how she’d react if I kissed her right here. Her challenge would surely result
in me being slapped, though.
“Sweetheart, I am sure we have very
different understandings of the term.”
“That wouldn’t surprise me, but I don’t
know that I mind being your idea of innocent.”
This is book 2 and told entirely from Jack's POV. It
was great to read the story from his view and in his voice. You learn SO
much about him. I LOVE JACK. Love, love love him.
If you haven't read book one... Read
on. :)
Jack and Lily are in college together and when Lily and her
boyfriend Derek have problems, she ends up with Jack. There's a lot of
angst, a lot of fighting and a whole lot of sex. I legit wanted to kick
Lily's ass in the first book but by the end of it I loved her and I love her
even more now.
Seeing things through Jack's eyes really bring a new
dimension to the story and you really will fall totally in love with Jack when
you read this. If you don't, I swear there is something wrong with
you. :)
Really, the only thing that bugged me in the book is that
neither character ever discusses protection or birth control or anything.
I wish that had been brought up at least, but that's a choice by the
author. It doesn't detract from the book at all, just a personal thing.
Do read the books in order, it will help you understand book
2 a lot better if you know what is going on. Some important things are
just glossed over in book 2 and vice versa. I love that Jack finally
opened up to Lily, and I love that Lily finally has a spine and isn't so
whiny.
This book is written wonderfully, I
saw little to no editing errors and the story just flows. All in all, a
top read for me.
Sarah
Daltry writes erotica and romance that ranges from sweet to steamy.
She moves around a lot and has trouble committing to things. Lily of
the Valley is her third full length novel, although she also has
several story collections and two novellas available. Her other
novels are Forget Me Not, the story that tells Lily’s version of
events, and Bitter Fruits, which will be released by Escape
Publishing in December. When Sarah isn’t writing, she tends to
waste a lot of time checking Facebook for pictures of cats, shooting
virtual zombies, and simply staring out the window.
Thank you for the giveaway and for the chance to win. I would love to win the signed books or bookmarks!
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