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Synopsis

Aidan

Surf.

Fuck.

Get high.

Sounds like the perfect day to Aidan Callahan. As second-born son to Chicago’s most influential business owner, Aidan’s life has always been about responsibility. Tradition. Toeing the goddamn line. Just do as you’re told, Aidan. Don’t make waves.

Well, screw that. Riding waves is way more fun than making them.

Hawaii is paradise on earth. Smoking hot women. Tiny bikinis. As far as Aidan’s concerned, wild horses couldn’t drag him kicking and screaming back to the windy city. Or at least that’s what he thought.

When his brother crashes his Mercedes, killing himself on impact, Aidan finds himself next in line to the Callahan fortune and all the ties that come with it.

And this time there’s no getting out of it.

Essie

A warm bed.

A steady job.

A brother who loves her.

For Essie Gray, life’s been one hard kick in the teeth after another. With her parents both dead, her brother is her only living relative. That is until Vaughn’s truck is written off, his life snatched away by the careless actions of a rich playboy in a flashy sports car.

Now, the only thing that will bring Essie peace is revenge. She must take what was taken from her. Only when the name Callahan has been wiped from the face of the earth forever will she be able to start living again.

Of course, the new head of the Callahan Corporation isn’t what she expected. Aidan’s sexy and sad, and just as damaged as she is. Will she be able to distance herself enough to accomplish her goal?

After all, ruining a man’s really hard when you find yourself falling for him…

Review

Oh, I love when a new writer comes on the scene and I take the book blindly trying to help out and I end up really enjoying it.  This is Cole Saint Jaimes debut novel and I am truly shocked at how much I enjoyed this first novel from him.  The writing is good for a debut work but the story is tons better.

‘Hatred is a curious thing.  It feeds you, threatens to completely overwhelm you, yet at the same time, it leaves you feeling hollow.’

I admit from the teasers and the fact that a male author is writing in the romance genre, I thought it would mostly be a sexual read, but this book is pretty thick with plot and story.  So, the beginning started out a little slow for me and I had concerns that I was not being hooked fast enough.  Heart Breaker is on the short side and I felt time rearing it’s ugly head.  In my mind, nothing was really happening yet, Essie and Aidan haven’t even met and I was over a quarter done with the book.  Where is this going, I kept thinking to myself.  Turns out I had no need to worry, because Cole was really laying the foundation blocks of this story and a big part of that is Essie and Aidan before the ‘big accident’.  In fact, getting to know Essie and Aidan before the accident is super important because these two become changed so gravely as a side effect of it.  And that, my friends is where the real story comes to life.  Post accident where revenge is the main goal of one character and absolution for the other.  So, if the story starts off a bit slow for you, keep going.  “IT” is going to happen.  The story is going to get good and hook you.  I was hooked from about halfway through and couldn’t stop.  I enjoyed the dual POV writing style and the sex scenes were pretty hot with a good dose of dirty talk.  Ill definitely be checking out some more of Cole’s books in the future, especially the conclusion of this story since it does happen to end on quite a big cliff hanger!

‘It won’t just be his end.

It will be mine, too.’

~Amie

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