4 Smooches!
Synopsis
Phoenix has been stumbling through life since her brother Adric’s tragic death but after eight years, she is finally piecing what remains together. She has a nice apartment, a steady job and not to mention a fresh new ‘relationship’ with her childhood friend, Kade Haze. He’s the sexy boy next door she never even dreamed of falling for, but can’t seem to stop the pull she feels toward him.
Just when life began to make sense again and a feeling of normalcy was on the horizon, Phoenix’s carefully constructed walls come crashing down.
When walking into the tattoo shop one day, the last thing she’s expecting to see is Kellan Haze, Adric’s best friend no one has seen or heard from since the day they found her brother’s body. He’s nothing as she remembers him as a child, with his wild messy hair, tattoos that cover most of his undeniably sexy body and eyes so intense it makes her legs quiver with one look. The one thing even she can’t deny is the instant rush she feels just by being in his presence.
But how can you choose between love and lust when one of these hold a dark secret, one that can crush your world to pieces and leave you gasping for air. Who can you trust when your mind is pulling you in two different directions and your heart has to choose for you?
The Haze brothers are sexy, daring and possibly . . . dangerous.
This Regret is a story of love, lust, betrayal and danger with an ending that no one saw coming.
Review
I do love Victoria Ashley’s books. Her book boyfriends are mostly amazing. They are all filthy alpha dirty talking tattooed up bad boys and I really enjoy that. I read the Walk of Shame books previously and I have been really wanting to get my hands on This Regret and luckily time allowed me to do that recently. I enjoyed it and Kellan did not let me down.
“Running my tongue along every inch of your body has been flooding my thoughts for days and I promise you I would do things you never even imagined.”
The story was really good too and even though Phoenix may have driven me a bit crazy at times I did really like it. This one definitely read like a love triangle and to make things worse it was between two brothers. Both were alpha as all get out and could dirty talk like no ones business but only one was really sensitive enough to capture my heart. Sweet Kellan. He was bad boy alpha hard ass on the outside and sweet mushy sensitive boy on the inside.
“You ready to fall in love with me? Because I can’t stand the thought of you loving anyone else.”
(YES, PLEASE, KELLAN!!)
This story had plenty of angst and drama with a heaping side and sex and romance. I also enjoyed all of the side characters stories as well. Victoria did a great job at making all of the characters somewhat likable and I find myself really wishing for another book in this series. Maybe Kade’s story because I feel like he needs to be redeemed and I feel like him and cray cray Luna need to hook up. Or even maybe, Tyler and Jen’s story. I have a feeling it would be a totally sweet one! Great novel filled with loads of drama and sexy time. A really good NA read. Pick it up!
~Amie
