Wrecked is LIVE!!!
One of my favourite books of the year!!
WRECKED by Jeannine Colette
New Adult Contemporary Romance
Book Description:
Take one sexy bartender. Add a badass cop. A splash of sweet, that's me. One sour, that's him... and serve over ice.
That’s how you’ll get to my current situation.
You know the girl - the one who commands the scene, bottle of liquor in hand, pouring liquid fire into the willing throats of patrons as they let loose at the local bar?
That's me.
I may be known as the town party girl, but in reality I'm this close to my dream of opening my own bar - McConaugheys. Yes, it will be named after the acclaimed actor. What can I say? I’m a sucker for that sexy Texan.
Everything was going as planned until the night I had a few drinks and accepted a ride home from a friend. A misunderstanding leads to an arrest, and now I'm at the mercy of the one man I can’t stand, and trust me, the feeling is definitely mutual.
Adam Reingold is six-feet-tall and built like a stallion -- the man is the epitome of male. He also happens to be the town narc and hates my guts. There’s a story to our past and it's not a pretty one.
So, now, here I am, chained to him for the summer like a hardened criminal, doing whatever he tells me to do. Problem is, I can’t help but look at him when he’s not watching and wonder what our future could be like if things were different.
There are so many reasons why he’s all wrong for me. Even more reasons why I need to stay away from him.
It’s a cocktail of trouble. Best served shaken, not stirred.
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Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“Life is a series of commas, not
periods.”
Wrecked by Wrecked, that is how I feel today, but Wrecked in
a good way, yes it was emotional at times and the tears freely fell, but most
of all was that sense of when you turn the last page and realise that you have
read a fantastic book. Jeannine Colette is an author that was introduced to me
by a friend and for that I will be eternally grateful. Having read every single
book this author has written I can say hand on heart that this is her best book
by a country mile and I never thought I would say that seeing as how much I
adored Wild Abandon.
“My cheeseburger.”
Sometimes a book and its characters grab you from the get go
and this was such an instance. Jeannine Colette created lovable, honest, real,
relatable characters that everyone will be able to resonate with. Two
characters that were chalk and cheese yet had so much in common. Two characters
that were best friends until they weren’t, two characters that had that undeniable
chemistry when they were younger but could never act upon it. Now seven years later
it is their turn. Seven years of hurt, frustration and animosity. Seven years
of denying what was written in the stars all along. Seven years was a long time
but when their paths cross once again, seven years that dissolved in a
heartbeat.
“He’s not the monster I thought
he’d become. He’s a saint. An angel to my devil.”
These two characters have appeared in previous Jeannine
Colette books but never too much to truly get a grip of them and as such this
can be read as a standalone. Leah was a quirky character, wildly confident, yet
vulnerable, a face of happiness and yet inside was a woman emotionally stifled
by her past. Leah was a woman you would want to be best friends with, her
personality infectious and her demeanour and what she stands for insanely
charming. Leah was a woman I respected, a character I fell insanely in love
with and a woman I desperately wanted to find her happy ever after, if anyone
deserved it…Leah did.
“…He takes her bowling. You know
who bowls? Real couples – that’s who. It’s so Joanie and Chachi that I can’t
even.”
Adam was a cop, extremely professional, protective and comes
across as aloof and a bit of an asshole in the first instance. But, and this is
a huge but, he is far from an asshole, so far from an asshole that assholes don’t
exist. This was Adam’s protection. He was a man that again was stifled emotionally
by his past, a past that he has in common with Leah. A past that had determined
his future in more ways than one. A man that was determined to make a
difference. Adam had a heart of gold, a heart he also had in common with Leah.
Adam was a man that was easy to fall in love with.
“I was just trying to figure out
if I should take you back to your house, like a gentleman, or to mine, like a
criminal.”
Jeannine Colette delivers the slow burn to rival all slow
burns. This book kept me on the edge of my seat for an age. Jeannine Colette
decimated my heart with one of the most emotional scenes I have ever had the
pleasure of reading. A scene that I read so many times as I took in its raw,
unadulterated, emotion, passion and honesty. A scene that seriously broke me
and yet uplifted me on the flip side. But this book was far from just about the
tears.
“I hadn’t just lost my first love
that day. I’d also lost my last.”
Jeannine Colette delivered on point dialogue and Leah’s
quirkiness to Adam’s inherent professionalism delivered some fantastic scenes
that will have you grinning from ear to ear. As these two meander through the
path of reconnection your heart will beat faster and the swoon worthy moments
will have you grinning from ear to ear. This book ticked all my boxes.
Seriously fantastic and this will be a book that I re-read time and time again
and will definitely be on my favourites list at the end of the year. Once again
Jeannine Colette delivered, I have never had a “bad” book from her and I wish
that this author would get the notoriety that she deserves. If you haven’t read
this author before, this is a great place to start. Fall in love with her words
like I did.
The Abandon Collection:
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About the Author:
Jeannine Colette is the author of the ABANDON COLLECTION – A series of stand-alone novels featuring dynamic heroines who have to abandon their reality in order to discover themselves . . . and love along the way.
A graduate of Wagner College and the New York Film Academy, Jeannine went on to become a Segment Producer for television shows on CBS and NBC. She is now a full-time author who spends her days at Starbucks, writing and listening to way too much Snow Patrol. She lives in New York with her husband, the three tiny people she adores more than life itself, and a rescue pup named Wrigley.
Follow Jeannine Colette
Website: https://jeanninecolette.com/
Instagram: @JeannineColette
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