4 Smooches!
Synopsis
All it takes is just one moment to change the course of your life. For me, it was one perfect night.
I have always had a thing for my brother’s best friend, Ben. When I found him on my parents’ couch, drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, my attempts to comfort him quickly turned into a night of raw and intense passion.
My foolish heart hoped he might feel the same way I do.
But Ben wasn’t there to stay and I woke up the next morning alone with a broken heart.
I attempted to forget the guy with a smile to die for and a touch that sets me on fire.
I thought I was over him.
I thought he was gone forever.
Until, eighteen months later Ben returns and learns my secret. Now, he is hell-bent on winning me back.
He plays dirty.
And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants—me.
But he has secrets of his own.
Secrets that could destroy everything we might have and everything we are.
Not suitable for under 18’s due to strong language, violence and sexual content
This book is an interconnected standalone and first in the series.
approx. 86,000 words
Review
“He’s always been in my life somehow, until he disappeared one night. That one night.”
I really enjoyed this book which is the authors debut book! It also got me out of my dreaded book funk so yay! extra points!! So onto a bit about the book. Frankie has had a crush on her brother’s best friend for as long as she can remember but she’s sure he dislikes her that is until one night and they share a night together which meant something to her and what she thought meant something to Ben too, until she wakes up alone with just a note left by Ben and then he disappears. Eighteen months later and they come face to face and are confronted with past and present issues to be resolved. This time around it’s not only the secret of their past keeping them tied to eachother.
I liked Frankie! I thought she was pretty strong considering. She was pretty much in love with Ben and he crushed her heart and disappeared without a word, well except for the one word he left on his note. Now eighteen months later and she is forced to come to face to face with him unexpectedly and along with that it’s back at the place where she has no doubt where she will be relentlessly ridiculed – her parents aren’t exactly a warm and friendly pair. She was also 100% selfless and I loved that. I loved what she was willing to let herself be put through for the sole benefit of someone else. I think she will be a very relatable character for a lot of people for sure!
Ben! I loved him. I’m a weak person when it comes to Book Boyfriends, I forgive them way too easily! He hadn’t even explained himself and I was kind of in love with him already… um, oops? lol! And when he did finally get around to it I loved him so much more! I loved his cockiness and cheekiness. He did also had a vulnerable side and I am a complete sucker for a vulnerability to a character, if I didn’t love him already I definitely would have now! I wanted to hit him at a certain point but thing about him was that from the start he was more than willing to admit he messed up big time and even more so determined to fight for what he left behind so I could never really stay mad at him!
“I’ll get that trust back, Frankie. I’ll get you back.”
I really did enjoy this book! At the start it was harder to connect with Frankie but not long after there are more characters added and more elements to the story and it really started to flow then! Oh I loved all the supporting characters and I took an extra liking to Frankie’s brother! I really hope Dave gets his own book! Another thing I really loved in this book was the take on family, the fact that family is what you make it. The difference between ‘blood’ family and the family you CHOOSE and boy did I love the family that Frankie chose.
“It’s family – not by blood, but by choice. And that is worth so much more.”
So, I was kind of expecting for this book to just consist of lots of hot sex and some dramatics. What I wasn’t expecting was the emotion and depth to it! There’s definitely sexy times! but the sexual tension? *WHEW!* And the emotional depth is something I seriously wasn’t expecting but I loved. There is build up and development in this story, I’m not going to lie sometimes I wanted to shout for them to jump eachother!! but the sexual tension and funny moments get you through it and honestly I think if they did have sex any sooner it would have ruined the story a little and when they do finally get to the sexy times it was so worth it, the build up was so much fun and you really get to know the characters. I thought I had it all figured out but there was a twist thrown in that caught me off guard and I definitely wasn’t expecting at all. All in all it was a really good book and I think there’s a little of everything in it and I’ll be definitely keeping an eye out for Dave’s possible book!
4 smooches from me!
– Jade x
