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255 pages, Paperback
First published November 2, 2013
“You came strutting in here all cocky, with your dimples and your tattoos and your big brown eyes and expected us to swoon.”Ana and Elijah have that spark, that connection right away. She’s got it bad for this sexy tattooed biker, and he can’t get enough of Ana... or her pies.
“Baby girl, if that’s all it take to make you swoon then you just wait ‘til you see what I do with my hands.”
“Yes, Elijah, why not come and eat my food, drink my beer and manhandle my daughter some more?”Then it’s because of what Elijah finds out about Ana.
" I want it. More than you know, but you can't just hand it to me on a silver platter. You should make me work for it, make me earn it."Then it’s Elijah’s past that he can’t escape no matter how hard he tries.
I know next to nothing about Elijah’s past. It drives me crazy, knowing that in a small way I have him, and yet the secrets he keeps ensure I’ll never really have him at all.When I first started this book I thought, oh fun! This is a fun read, yay! And it was a fun read. It was light, sweet, funny. Then, shit got real. I wasn’t expecting the angst, the drama, the intensity. But it happened. I mean, out of nowhere BAM! And once the drama started, it just kept on coming!
"I fucked up, baby girl," I whisper. She nods and more tears roll down her face. I smooth them from her skin with my thumbs. "Tell me how to fix it."Like I said before, Ana and Elijah’s relationship is not easy. It’s rocky and tumultuous. But no matter what obstacles they go through, Elijah won’t give up on them.
Ana gently shakes her head.
"I don't think you can."
"Yes I can. I can fix this," I say resolutely. "I'll put us back together with my bare hands, just don't walk away. No more secrets, no more mistakes."
“It’s the truth. I love him so much it’s crushing me, but I don’t know if I can forgive him all the same.”
“Well guess what, baby girl, life is all about hurt. From the day we’re born to the day we die, we fucking hurt and we cry and we pick ourselves up and, if we’re really lucky, we have people to help us pick up the fucking pieces.”
"You hurt my little girl and I'll put you to ground quicker than you can fucking blink. Are we clear, Cade?"
"I'm not gonna hurt her, Sir. Ana's about the best thing to happen to me in the last ten year…"
"Just make sure you're the best thing to happen to her too."
"Daddy, why ith Ana thucking on Elijath's face?"
"Are you gonna kith my thirster again, cauth dude, thath tho grossth."
"I wonder what kind of orgasm face he makes?... Come on. You have to give me more details that 'it was nice'. I mean, why the hell haven't you strapped him to the bed and impaled yourself on his enormous cock yet?" …
"I didn't say it was big."
"Honey, you didn't have to. Have you seen the guy? He's a freaking giant!… If he's not big, then there really is no god."
"Hey, you're safe with me. You know that right?"
"With all the shit I've done, the hurt I've caused people… for all the worthless hours I've spend wandering through this mess I call a life, looking at this girl before me - who is so perfect and innocent, and downright trusting in every way - I know that, somewhere along the line, I must have done something right for her to want to let me in."
"I know I don't deserve Ana, I could work on redemption my entire life over and the next one, too, and I'd still never be enough for her. But I love her."
“You came strutting in here all cocky, with your dimples and your tattoos and your big brown eyes and expected us to swoon.”
“Baby girl, if that’s all it takes to make you swoon then you just wait ‘til you see what I do with my hands.”
“You’re not gonna touch her, are you, son.”
That really wasn’t a question. He meant: do not fucking touch my daughter!
“No, Sir.”
“You keep your mind on the job and your dick in your pants, are we clear?”
“Yes, Sir.” I gulp. “Crystal.”
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“Gah! This is because of him isn’t it? Dad tell Elijah he’s welcome to come to the BBQ tonight.”
“Yes, Elijah, why not come and eat my food, drink my beer and manhandle my daughter some more?”
“Dad!”
"I fucked up, baby girl," I whisper. She nods and more tears roll down her face. I smooth them from her skin with my thumbs. "Tell me how to fix it."
Ana gently shakes her head.
"I don't think you can."
"Yes I can. I can fix this," I say resolutely. "I'll put us back together with my bare hands, just don't walk away. No more secrets, no more mistakes."
“Hey.” I tilt her chin up so she can read the sincerity in my eyes.
“There’s never been a woman more beautiful than you, Ana.” I press my lips to her forehead and smooth my thumb over her cheek to catch her tears.
“There never will be.”
Right?
Don't get me wrong, at first, things started out fun. Elijah Cade, a hot tattooed bad boy arrives in the quite Sugartown and he and the local pie shop owner Ana hit it off right away...
But then, Elijah's dodgy past starts catching up with him and things become much more angsty and drama-filled.
After that, Elijah did some things that were kind of messed up and that made me not like him all that much anymore...
Afterwards there was even more drama, suspense and heartbreaking moments.
Thankfully the funny as hell side characters (Holly and Jackson) were there too make the story somewhat "lighter" and they made me literally laugh out loud with their witty banter.
Overall though, this was a really great, unique, fun, sexy, story that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it! And for those who are wondering: there was no cliffhanger .
“Come on, Cade, you and me, naked in a room together? That spells disaster.”
“No, baby, that spells fucking incredible sex.”
I wanna put you over my knee and spank you til your arse is raw. And then I wanna flip you over and eat you out until that beautiful pussy can't come anymore. Then I wanna fuck your mouth until you drain every last drop from me.
Okay, okay, okay. Knickers?"
"The white G-string you helped me pick out."
"White? That's good. Virginal. He'll be reminded this is a first for you and hopefully won't just impale you on his pork sword.
You came strutting in here all cocky, with your dimples and your tattoos and your big brown eyes and expected us to swoon.”
“Baby girl, if that’s all it takes to make you swoon then you just wait ‘til you see what I do with my hands.”
SINCE I MET ANA MY WHOLE LIFE FEELS AS THOUGH ITT’S SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL
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"someone find my panties, they've been blasted off my ass"
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"It's never just a kiss, Ana."
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"Don't hate me, Ana. I love you (...) But the funny thing about angels is you can't touch them, just like I'm not allowed to touch you, though I know you want me too as badly as I do. I need you, Ana. I'm fucking dying without you, baby."
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'I've played this game too many times to count. The players are different, but the rules never change. Until now. Until her. All the rules are different now, and I'd do anything not to fuck it up.'
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'That one kiss contains more heat and desire than any we've ever had because for once, it doesn't symbolise the end.
It's a beginning.
And a damn good one, too.'
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