Every time I read a book by Molly McAdams she rips my heart
out. It was
exactly that way when I devoured NEEDING HER. Once I
started reading,
I knew nothing was going to get done, until I finished this
book. Molly has a
way of stomping on your heart over and over again and making
you cry
ugly as you get consumed in the characters lives.
NEEDING HER is the story of Maci Price. She has four older
brothers and
has always hidden all of her relationships from them because
they are over
protective and really, pains in the butt. When she starts
to develop a
deeper relationship with her neighbor next door, Conner
Green, she hides it
from her brothers, of course. Oh, two of them, Dakota and
Dylan are
Conner's best friends. When they find out, it won't be
pretty. Maci has
been in love with Conner most of her life but she never
acted on it since her
brothers were his friends and would never let them be
together if they
knew.
Conner grew up in a very abusive home. Connor is terrified
that he will
become just like the man that abused him. His fear consumes
him and he
struggles everyday with nightmares. He is very protective
of his older
sister, Amy, who it turns out, took most of the beatings for
him so as to protect
him. Once Conner was old enough to realize what was going
on, he made
sure Amy was the one being protected. He is struggling with
the fact that
one day he could hurt Maci if he turns into his step father.
Maci doesn't
know anything about this part of his life and he is afraid
once he tells her
she will leave him.
I love all of Molly's books and NEEDING HER is a fantastic
read. I was
immediately hooked on Conner and Maci and the way they were
friends
first and grew to be so much more. The pranks these two
pull on each
other is laugh out loud funny and the bickering back and
forth is hysterical.
I can't gush enough about NEEDING HER. Molly McAdams has a
way of getting into your
head as well as your heart and every time I start one of her
books, I always
have a box of tissues very close by.
Maci Price has spent her adult life hiding relationships from her four older brothers. But the convenience of a no-strings-attached hook-up becomes less appealing when the guy’s only concern is himself. Set on finding Maci a man that will take care of her, her friend begins pushing the idea of Maci’s neighbor - her brothers’ best friend, Connor. Connor Green has known what he wanted to do with his life since he was young. Other than becoming a detective, not much else mattered until an unsuspecting girl came back to town and shook up his world. But she belonged to someone else and he’s spent months trying to find himself again after losing her. When Maci starts up old pranks to get Connor out of his brooding state, an all-out war ensues that leads to a night neither can forget but are forced to ignore. Together they’re electric. Apart they’re safe. And soon they’ll find they’re exactly what the other needs.