Sarge left his small town in New Jersey four years ago with
his guitar and a broken heart, courtesy of his sister's
older best friend. Now, Sarge is back after becoming a hit
rock star, and Jasmine can barely recognize the guy she
used
to babysit. As the heat between them ignites, Jasmine has
to
balance her attraction to him with all the many things
that could go wrong between them.
Reading anything by Tessa Bailey has become a pattern for
me
at this point. I expect a great story, but never one that
will top the last, and by the end of her new book, I'm
shaking my head in complete shock at how skillfully her
writing continues to power up book after book. CRASHED OUT
is easily my favorite yet of her books with a premise that
isn't for the faint of heart, or for anyone in general
whose
heart can't withstand high amounts of quickening. Jasmine
and Sarge are absolutely electric with their chemistry from
the beginning, and the significant, but not irrational, age
difference between them only adds to their power as a
couple.
Underneath the fantastic romance is an interesting take on
the mixed feelings of small town life. Jasmine frequently
feels love for her neighbors, like Sarge's sister, but she
also feels like she has failed by not getting out of a
trapping cycle of low-end jobs. I love how Sarge and
Jasmine
eventually open up about their individual dreams, both in
and out of the town.
With more steaminess than seemingly possible and an added
splash of a holiday season setting thrown in, CRASHED OUT
is
the perfect book to warm readers up. Tessa Bailey writes
another knock-out novel with a deep, dark love, and two
people who would give the world for each other.
His inspiration. His torment. And his temptation...
Jasmine Taveras is the reason Sarge Purcell grabbed his
six-string and bailed the hell out of New Jersey four years
ago. She's the fuel for every song he's ever written-each
one laced with bitter, hard-edged, hungry lust. Now, with
his hugely successful band on temporary hiatus, Sarge is
determined to prove to Jasmine that this "kid" turned into
every inch the man she's always needed...
Men are slim pickings for a single factory girl in Hook, New
Jersey...until tall, broad-shouldered hotness walks-or
rather storms-into Jasmine's life. Sarge's return shouldn't
affect her this way. He's her best friend's much younger kid
brother, and the kind of rough, gritty, sexiness Jasmine has
no right to taste for herself. Even if he lets her.
But lust is a blinding, insatiable force. And when it
crashes, it will take both Sarge and Jasmine down with it...
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