WAIT
A Bleeding Stars Stand-Alone Novel
By A.L. Jackson
Release Day – August 23
Book Description:
From NYT & USA Today bestselling author comes a new Bleeding Stars stand-alone novel…
She is his strength and he is her weakness. And this time he won’t let her go.
Edie Evans is gorgeous.
Sexy.
Kind.
She’s also the definition of off-limits.
But that didn't stop me from sneaking into her room to comfort her at night.
But guys like me? We destroy everything, so it should have been no surprise when I destroyed us, too.
The night I sent her running, I thought I’d never see her again.
Until I saw her standing like a vision in the crowd.
Austin Stone is dangerous.
Alluring.
Tempting.
He broke my heart and I refused to give him the chance to do it again.
It’s been years since I’ve seen him, and now I can’t do anything but stare at the gorgeous, tattooed man playing onstage. I should run. I know I should. But like a fool, I run straight back to him.
Our desire is overpowering.
Our need unrelenting.
She is my hope.
He is my weakness.
We should have known a passion this intense would burn us right into the ground.
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Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 3.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“All the years we lost still
belonged to you.”
AL Jackson always delivers an emotional read and this was no
different. As usual AL Jackson’s writing style was stunning, beautiful poetic
prose that totally consumes you with every word you read, that draws you into
the characters and the situations that they find themselves in. Two broken
characters that had both had more than their fair share of hurt and it seemed
that life wasn’t done with them yet.
Throughout the Bleeding Hearts series, we have come to learn
a little about Austin. While this book could be read as a standalone I would
highly recommend reading this series because the history and back story of
Austin is touched upon and it was this early connection to him that really had
me intrigued for his story from the beginning.
“It was a good day. A damned good
day.”
Austin Stone is Baz’s little brother, a musician and singer
in his own right but never seemingly been able to hold himself together long
enough to make it with the band “Sunder.” Having left to “find himself” we
catch up with him three years after and finally we get to know the story that
has maketh the man. Guilt is mental torture and Austin is one tortured soul, it
seems both Stone brothers are taking the hit for this one but both have lost
more than they ever anticipated…each other.
Edie, Edie, Edie… Edie is Ash’s little sister, I wanted to
love her so bad but I found myself having trouble connecting to her for some
reason and I truly cannot put my finger on why. Edie too has her own issues and
it seems fate has a way of making you confront them and her confrontation came
in the form of Austin Stone.
“The first time I touched you was
the first time I breathed.”
Austin and Edie were the best of friends until one mistake
ripped them apart. They were each other’s confidantes, they were each other’s
anchor, they felt safe and complete together. Being young feelings grow and
these two really did love each other, but that is as far as it got. Never consummated,
just a bone deep love and a soul mate connection…until it wasn’t.
“You’re the one who ran, Edie,
and you took what was left of my heart with you when you did.”
It is this split that was my biggest issue with this book
and it is purely a personal issue. When I read about these big splits, where
impenetrable friendships are broken I expect something huge, something so
unimaginable that you understand why, and for me I just didn’t get that. Yes, I
could understand to a certain extent, but there would have been understanding on
both sides and for me these two never took the opportunity, they just went
their separate ways. While the reuniting
wasn’t instant, it was close and for a friendship to have been torn apart so
severely to get back together so quick just didn’t ring true. However, I still
thoroughly enjoyed this book and these are my personal issues and preferences.
“…I wasn’t sleeping with her. I
was falling in love with her.”
Austin and Edie’s story is emotional, yet beautiful, sad yet
uplifting. This is a story of forgiveness in so many ways, from Austin to Edie,
to Austin and Baz and Edie to Ash. Brothers, sisters and soul mates all
estranged because of decisions made on a whim and emotion. Where mistakes are
recurrent and talking could solve a lot, where a problem shared is definitely a
problem halved.
“Loving her might be the best
mistake I ever made.”
It was great to catch up with the other band members too, it
seems our Sunder men are being paired off one by one and I cannot wait for the
next one. I hope it is Ash because our prolific playboy needs someone to save
his ass. He has a heart of gold underneath that manho personality.
Trailer:
Excerpt:
“Shit,” I hissed,
bracing myself against the spray of the icy shards pelting from the shower
head.
I sucked in a breath,
released it between clenched teeth, and forced myself fully under it.
Head dropped and
chest heaving as rivers of ice-cold water slicked down my shoulders and back.
But it did nothing to
lessen the need. Gave me no sanity or pacification.
Because all I could
think about was the girl on the other side of the door.
My girl.
In my bed.
Wearing just her
panties and my shirt.
An angel I wanted to
dirty.
I always had.
Love was messy like
that.
All of my restraint
scattered. I gripped my cock. Squeezed the base. My mouth dropped open at the
pressure of my hand against my rigid length.
A fool thinking it
might be enough.
Shit.
God, I was a bastard,
but there was nothing I could do before I was giving in, leaning forward and
bracketing my forearm above my head to hold my weight.
Water pounded down on
my head and back while I pounded my fist against my dick.
Trying to keep silent
when all I wanted was to moan, teeth digging into my bottom lip as I pictured
the girl spread out for me.
My breaths were
coming short.
Panted and hard.
I gave into imagining
the sounds she would make when I finally got to bury myself in her body.
A soft, soft gasp.
I slowed, trying to
convince myself that throaty sound was all in my mind.
Just another part of
this fantasy.
Until I heard the
small thump against the wall.
Shit.
I mashed my eyes
closed, like it might hide me.
Conceal the depravity
of my actions after I’d just been comforting her hours before.
Heart thrashing, I
turned and moved far enough to peek out the small section where the fabric shower
curtain hadn’t been drawn fully closed.
It was just a little
sliver that left me exposed.
But it was enough.
When I peered out, I was looking right at my girl pressed up against the wall.
She stared right back
at me.
And I wanted to be
horrified, my mind scrambling to conjure every weak apology I could summon.
Ready to fucking grovel to keep her from turning and running once again.
Because that’s
exactly what I expected her to do.
But her
expression…her expression clutched me in the center of the chest and sent what
little brain function I had left stampeding south.
Red, lush lips were
parted, her hand pressed to her hollow of her throat, pupils dilated so big
that her hooded, cerulean eyes appeared black. Needy breaths were coming at me from
that sweet mouth like a goddamned freight train.
Desire swelled in the
confines of the too-tight room.
Alive.
She pressed deeper
into the wall as if it might support her weakened knees. Head rocked back. Thighs
squeezing together.
Motherfuck.
My hand shot to the
shower wall to steady myself. “Warning you, Edie, you need to get out of here.
Right now.”
About the Author:
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.
Her bestselling series include THE REGRET SERIES, CLOSER TO YOU, as well as the newest BLEEDING STARS novels. Watch for the next installments, WAIT and STAY, coming in 2016.
If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.
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