Violet Moore is in love with a man who hates her.
Well, to be fair, she kinda deserves it.
On her eighteenth birthday, she got drunk and threw herself
at him, causing the biggest scandal of their sleepy suburban town.
Now, everyone thinks she’s a slut and he has disappeared.
Rumor has it that he’s been living up in the mountains of Colorado, all alone
and in isolation.
But Violet is going to make it right.
She’s going to find him and bring him back.
No matter how cruel and mean he is. Or how much he hurts her
with his cold-hearted and abrasive ways, she won’t give up.
And neither will she think about his tempting lips or his
sculpted muscles or his strong hands. The hands that she wants on her body,
touching her, feeling her skin…
The hands that make her want to forget everything and kiss
Graham Edwards – Mr. Edwards, actually -- again.
Because you don’t go around kissing your best friend’s dad,
do you?
Even though that’s all you ever dream about.
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Saffron A. Kent is a Top 100 Amazon Bestselling author of
Contemporary and New Adult romance. More often than not, her love stories are
edgy, forbidden and passionate. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post,
New York Daily News and USA Today’s Happy Ever After.
She lives in New York
City with her nerdy and supportive husband, and a million and one books.
I love age gap, forbidden romances like an addict. The angst factor is really high, heart wars with the head and the one step forward, two steps backward pace just inflames my blood. I so want the characters to throw caution to the wind and just indulge in their lustful passion lavishly. The buildup being part of the craze, the ultimate getting together has me screaming...YES!!!!
I strongly feel any off the beaten path romances like forbidden tropes or age gaps should involve a lot of heart. Overpowering, abundant emotions that overwhelm your senses like a tsunami, so much so that you don't get time to think abut the number. If the gaze strays or spell breaks that's where the story dies. That's just my humble opinion as a reader
Saffron has the slow burn corner of the booklandia captured and she sits pretty. Her way with words is exemplary and stories quite unique
Here she gives Violet, nouveau adolescent and very impressionable 16 year old. Her eyes land on her just moved in neighbor, Graham Edwards in his plaid shirt and jeans and she develops a crush.
"I call him the Strawberry Man. In my head, I mean. Because he makes me feel exactly how I feel when I’m craving the fruit I’m allergic to: restless and out of control, breaker of rules and avoider of common sense."
She knows it's wrong but when has that deterred our Shrinking Violet. Her new found bravado has her going after him two years later on her birthday night, to smell his roses and fantasize a little about the kiss she lands on his lips.
"The point is: I like bad things. I like things that are wrong and harmful and maybe even toxic and deadly. Or almost deadly, like strawberries. Things that no one in their right mind would like."
What follows is his gruff dominant behavior to her typical teenage tantrums but submissive behavior. In that sense saffron successfully shows their characteristics very truthfully and age appropriately.
The story gets frustrating with repeated lines and sentiments and somehow I had trouble connecting with them.
"So how can it be love? How can it be that gravity-defying, soul-deep, bone-tingling, epic-as-fuck connection when we haven’t done something as basic as have a conversation?"
The end is what bothered me the most but I'm in the minority.
Please go ahead and enjoy this heart-strings tugging book
3.5 stars for Best that loves the beauty of the roses
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