When I’m With You by Harper Sloan Review
4 Smooches
Synopsis
Nate:
It’s nearly impossible to be surrounded by love but not understand it. My parents, my sister, and just about everyone around us has no trouble accepting that love. To give your trust to someone else and believe they would die before hurting you. I’ve witnessed it—I’ve seen the power of it—but I’ve also seen the pain. Because for me, I’ve only loved someone I could never have, and my biggest fear is that by giving her my love, all I would do is ruin her. I should have tried harder, but I’m not sure I can because I only feel complete when I’m with her.
Emberlyn:
The only time I feel like I belong is when he’s near. His infectious smile warms me straight to my bones. Any insecurities I have vanish with just a wink from him. A sliver of his attention makes me feel invincible. But all it took was one drunken night of truths for me to lose everything I had begun to crave. Now, I’m not sure how to move on because I only feel complete when I’m with him.
He said I was too young. I said he was perfect. He said our families wouldn’t understand. I said we could weather any storm. He said he would ruin me. And he was right.
Review
“You were fucking born to be mine, little firecracker, and mine you will fucking be.”
Nate Reid was everything I imagined and nothing I imagined all at once. When I’m With You is the third book in the Hope Town series by Harper Sloan featuring the kids from her Corps Security series. Both Nate and Emberlyn are children from the original series and despite their large age gap have been attracted to each other since they were younger. But when Nate rejects a young Emberlyn when she is 18 their close friendship is irreparably damaged and both must now long for the other from afar. But years have passed and mistakes made and now is the time for Nate to finally claim what is his.
“You’re trying to distract me with your talented fingers and huge penis, aren’t you?”
Overall, I was pleased with the development of the story and the journey that Nate and Emberlyn went through. Nate definitely takes after his dad is all kinds of claim her as his own protective alpha. I do wish there was more resistance from Maddox and even some confrontation between Maddox and Axel because I think that would have had the potential to be both super dramatic and super angsty. But even without that the plot was fast passed and gripping. I was sucked in at the very beginning. If you have been following the series I definitely think this is one of the best yet in the Hopetown series and I am excited to see where Harper takes us with the rest of the Corps kids.
“God, Ember. I mean it, baby. Not one more day can I spend without you.”
While for me personally I cannot say that I love with this series with the same all consuming passion as I did with the Corps Security series, I can say that I was unable to put this book down and I was completely surprised by some of the twists and turns she brought to the table this time. If I had to sun up When I’m With You I would totally say it is Magic Mike with light touches of BDSM and really who isn’t into imagining sexy man bunned Nate Reid stripping for us all. Plus Harper always gives us good alpha! 😉
~miranda
