4.5 Smooches!
Synopsis
**This highly anticipated debut novel was inspired by actual events.**
Sember is a strong-willed attorney who’s got it all: the budding career, the condo, and a marriage proposal right around the corner.
When her sister, Sarah, needs a new attorney, Sember is torn. She wants to help Sarah, but she is terrified her emotions could compromise the case. With so much at stake, failure isn’t an option.
In walks Jax Alexander, a brilliant legal mind from New York who excites Sember’s body and mind. When he offers to take on Sarah’s case, he provides hope in a hopeless situation. Sember and Jax are thrust together as their passion ignites.
As a web of lies is exposed, Jax works tirelessly to reveal the truth behind Sarah’s case. But, he has a dark secret shadowing his past that threatens to destroy everything.
In the midst of so many lies, can Jax really be trusted? His secret could put Sarah’s case in jeopardy and could cost Sember her life. Will he risk it all to save them, or will he cut and run, leaving destruction in his wake?
Sometimes, desperate acts call for desperate measures.
Review
This was a great read! Based on her own life, author Emerson Shaw does an amazing job of telling her story. It was more than a romance; it was filled with intrigue and suspense and keeps the reader engaged.
Sember is a lawyer who walks in on “the-guy-she-thinks-is-the-one” scrumping with another woman, who can only be classified as a skank. Once her friend, Liz, gets her back on her feet and out of the house, Sember has a chance encounter with a hottie at a bar (AKA Jax Alexander). Even though he is completely taken by her, he does nothing that evening and Sember leaves wishing she had given her number or spoke more than 2 words to him.
As the story unfolds, the plot gets thicker and thicker, Jax has a past that prevents him from opening up to Sember completely. Sember’s sister is dealing with her own drama while Sember is being pulled from all directions.
This book was so refreshing from others I have recently read. The characters are real and relatable. To me, Sember and Sarah possess a maturity that can be lacking in today’s HEA/NA genres. I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel from Emerson Shaw (BTW LOVE her name! so cool!!) I highly recommend this book!
Lisa
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