The road to recovery is full of twists and turns no matter who is in the driver’s seat.
From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jay Crownover comes a standalone romance with a hero sure to keep readers up long into the night.
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It was hate at first sight......
Affton
I hated Cable James McCaffrey.
He was entitled, spoiled, a user…and an addict.
He was out of control and didn’t bother trying to hide it.
He had everything anyone could want but still seemed miserable and lost.
Every move he made, every mistake he stumbled his way through, rubbed me the wrong way. However, I couldn’t stop myself from trying to save him from himself when no one else would. In the sweltering heat of the summer, Cable taught me that having it all means nothing if you can’t have the one thing you want more than anything else.
Cable
I was obsessed with Affton Reed.
She was rigid, uptight, and no fun. There was something about her innate goodness that called to me.
She acted like she was above all the normal faults and failures that clung to the rest of us like the scent of smoke after a fire.
I was infatuated with her, but that didn’t stop me from acting like she didn’t exist.
In the scorching heat of summer, Affton taught me that there is always a way back from the brink of despair. She showed me that the trick to having it all was realizing that it was already there, in my hands. All I had to do was hold onto it.
The road to recovery is full of twists and turns no matter who is in the driver’s seat.
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Excerpt
AFFTON
He looked like a surfer with his shaggy, dirty blond hair
and the careless scruff that darkened his chin and cheeks. He had on a light
gray t-shirt featuring the logo of his parents’ brewery and a pair of jeans
that were in far better shape than the ones he’d dipped in the Gulf last night.
He was wearing faded black Converse that were almost identical to mine. Looking
at him, it was impossible to tell he was the privileged son of a couple of
millionaires. He didn’t look like an ex-con or recovering addict. At least he
didn’t until you got to his eyes.
Those dark orbs were perfect for hiding secrets, but if you
looked hard enough, you could see the storm raging inside of Cable McCaffrey.
There were shadows in those dark eyes, and they were at war with him.
They were winning.
I stiffened as his hand landed on the small of my back where
my shirt was tied so it fit instead of handing down around my thighs. It was
one of my favorites. I stole it from my dad and refused to give it back even
though it was three sizes too big. The bare skin where his palm landed tingled,
and I quickly took a step forward to break the contact.
“Yeah, I can surf. We’ve had this house since I was little.
I learned how so I didn’t have to be stuck inside while my parents did their
best to eat each other alive. I never particularly looked forward to summer
vacation, but I always loved being on the water.” He took the car from me and
immediately put his feet on the bar and rode it like a scooter as we started
through the store. “I was into the girls in bikinis who liked surfers even
more.”
I bristled and was going to snap at him that he was into
anyone who had a willing vagina when I realized by the smirk on his face and
quirk in his gold-tinted eyebrows that he was baiting me. He knew it ruffled my
feathers when he brought up sex and his vast experience with the opposite sex.
He was purposely rattling my cage just to get a reaction.
What I thought about Recovered
Affton thinks she's doing the right thing when she confronts Cable, the school bad boy with his drug abuse. When he doesn't listen, she takes things one step further, setting off a series of events that changes her life.
Blackmail has Affton spending a summer with Cable in recovery, and it doesn't start out all that well. They are both attracted to each other and aggravated by each other at the same time. It's a very tense time, until Cable gradually sees what's staring right in front of him -- Affton.
The two begin an intense time together that is scorchin hot but doesn't end so well. This is a story of recovery and it doesn't come easy to either of the main characters.
I did like this. Jay Crownover does an amazing job of creating a bad boy in Cable. He's got it all -- the looks, the attitude, and the privilege. It wasn't hard to see why Affton fell for him -- even though she knew he was going to break her heart. And Affton has some baggage she's been avoiding and in trusting Cable with her story, she is able to move forward with her life.
I also really liked the ending. Not all real-life recovery stories end this way. I found myself wanting to know if their happy-for-now would last. It seemed like Cable was flirting with disaster, just like I'd expect from a real "bad" boy.
Overall, I liked this romance. It's a bit darker than some, you'll spend a lot of time in Cable and Affton's head, and that was okay. Addiction and recovery is an important societal issue and it impacts so many lives, so this book is also very timely.
An ARC was provided for review.
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About Jay Crownover:
Jay Crownover is the international and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, the Point Series, the Breaking Point Series, and the Getaway Series. Her books can be found translated in many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.
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