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The Love Game : His challenge? Make her fall in love with him. Her challenge? Play the player. Until life changes the rules of the game.
Maddie Stevens hated Braden Carter on sight. Arrogant, egotistical, and the playboy of the University of California, Berkeley, he's everything her brother Pearce has taught her to despise. So why, when the girls challenge her to play the player, doesn't she say no? She doesn't know either.
Playing for Keeps : She's in love with him. He's trying not to love her. One night changes everything.
Aston Banks never meant to get close to Megan Harper - not even for that one night. Haunted by a childhood he refuses to face, he knew she could break through every wall he'd ever built and tear them down without even realizing she was doing it.
Betraying Braden by starting a relationship with Aston wasn't on Megan's to-do list, but the second she sees a glimpse of someone other than the arrogant ass she's come to know, she can't walk away.
The Right Moves : Her past is wrought with demons. His past is full of heartbreak. Yet he's the one person that can remind her what it means to live.
Abbi Jenkins never thought she would leave the walls of the mental institution that's housed her for the last year. Now she has, but that doesn't mean she's forgotten everything Pearce put her through.
Blake Smith left London for one reason and one reason only. Running from the heartbreak of his past was never something he wanted to do, but with constant reminders everywhere he turned, it became his only option. When he arrives in New York City, he vows he'll keep the promise he made to his sister and get into Juilliard.
Lines blur as their pasts are wrenched into the open, and they have to ask themselves whether they're too broken to ever to be fixed, or if they're the healing the other needs.
Worth the Risk : She lost a part of her soul when he died. He lost his right hand man, his ultimate partner in crime. But it's that tragedy that might just push them together.
If Kyle Daniels regrets anything, it's not being home the night his best friend died or going home for his funeral. Leaving Berkeley and heading back to Verity Point, Oregon, for the summer feels like returning to a hollow cave without Cameron there. The only thing that makes it bearable is the knowledge that Roxanne, Cam's younger sister, is still there.
Roxy Hughes isn't the same girl he left behind six months ago. Destroyed by losing her older brother, her downward spiral has been uncontrollable. Alcohol and sex is her escape - complete oblivion being the only place she can forget the agony of that night. Because she's the only one that truly knows it.
Kyle always promised Cam that if anything happened to him he'd protect Roxy, but one kiss takes his need to protect her to a whole new level. Now, she's more than just his best friend's sister. She's everything he wants, and he's everything she doesn't know she needs. But if he doesn't figure out a way to pull her from the deep, dark hole she's dug herself, she might just end up the same way as her brother.
The Love Game : His challenge? Make her fall in love with him. Her challenge? Play the player. Until life changes the rules of the game.
Maddie Stevens hated Braden Carter on sight. Arrogant, egotistical, and the playboy of the University of California, Berkeley, he's everything her brother Pearce has taught her to despise. So why, when the girls challenge her to play the player, doesn't she say no? She doesn't know either.
Playing for Keeps : She's in love with him. He's trying not to love her. One night changes everything.
Aston Banks never meant to get close to Megan Harper - not even for that one night. Haunted by a childhood he refuses to face, he knew she could break through every wall he'd ever built and tear them down without even realizing she was doing it.
Betraying Braden by starting a relationship with Aston wasn't on Megan's to-do list, but the second she sees a glimpse of someone other than the arrogant ass she's come to know, she can't walk away.
The Right Moves : Her past is wrought with demons. His past is full of heartbreak. Yet he's the one person that can remind her what it means to live.
Abbi Jenkins never thought she would leave the walls of the mental institution that's housed her for the last year. Now she has, but that doesn't mean she's forgotten everything Pearce put her through.
Blake Smith left London for one reason and one reason only. Running from the heartbreak of his past was never something he wanted to do, but with constant reminders everywhere he turned, it became his only option. When he arrives in New York City, he vows he'll keep the promise he made to his sister and get into Juilliard.
Lines blur as their pasts are wrenched into the open, and they have to ask themselves whether they're too broken to ever to be fixed, or if they're the healing the other needs.
Worth the Risk : She lost a part of her soul when he died. He lost his right hand man, his ultimate partner in crime. But it's that tragedy that might just push them together.
If Kyle Daniels regrets anything, it's not being home the night his best friend died or going home for his funeral. Leaving Berkeley and heading back to Verity Point, Oregon, for the summer feels like returning to a hollow cave without Cameron there. The only thing that makes it bearable is the knowledge that Roxanne, Cam's younger sister, is still there.
Roxy Hughes isn't the same girl he left behind six months ago. Destroyed by losing her older brother, her downward spiral has been uncontrollable. Alcohol and sex is her escape - complete oblivion being the only place she can forget the agony of that night. Because she's the only one that truly knows it.
Kyle always promised Cam that if anything happened to him he'd protect Roxy, but one kiss takes his need to protect her to a whole new level. Now, she's more than just his best friend's sister. She's everything he wants, and he's everything she doesn't know she needs. But if he doesn't figure out a way to pull her from the deep, dark hole she's dug herself, she might just end up the same way as her brother.
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Emma Hart
125 books7,564 followersEmma Hart is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels and has been translated into several different languages. She first put fingers to keys at the age of eighteen after her husband told her she read too much and should write her own.
Four years later, she's still figuring out what he meant when he said she 'read too much.'
She prides herself on writing smart smut that's filled with dry wit, snappy, sarcastic comebacks, but lots of heart... And sex. Sometimes, she kills people. (Disclaimer: In books. But if you bug her, she'll use your name for the victims.)
You can find her online at www.emmahart.org, www.facebook.com/emmahartbooks, or join her reader group at http://bit.ly/EmmaHartsHartbreakers.
Four years later, she's still figuring out what he meant when he said she 'read too much.'
She prides herself on writing smart smut that's filled with dry wit, snappy, sarcastic comebacks, but lots of heart... And sex. Sometimes, she kills people. (Disclaimer: In books. But if you bug her, she'll use your name for the victims.)
You can find her online at www.emmahart.org, www.facebook.com/emmahartbooks, or join her reader group at http://bit.ly/EmmaHartsHartbreakers.
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June 1, 2014
Hmmm
Hmmm
So my cousin is a huge fan of this author and repeatedly told me to read her books.
Keeping it completely honest, I have to say I was not so impressed. The story lines themselves, in all 4 books in the series were good but I have to say the writing was kind of all over the place.
Now I am no writer, and I'm sure it's not an easy task but compared to my favorites.... well not so much.
sorry :(
Hmmm
So my cousin is a huge fan of this author and repeatedly told me to read her books.
Keeping it completely honest, I have to say I was not so impressed. The story lines themselves, in all 4 books in the series were good but I have to say the writing was kind of all over the place.
Now I am no writer, and I'm sure it's not an easy task but compared to my favorites.... well not so much.
sorry :(
May 22, 2015
Starting The Right Moves
March 2, 2017
The Game
1.) The Love Game (Maddie and Braden):
"Love takes time. It takes work. It's not just something you throw yourself into because if you do it right, you'll only ever have to fall in love once."
"You have to fight for love, because it doesn't come easily, not the real thing, anyway."
"Truth of life is that no matter what it is - loss, heartbreak, happiness, love - those emotions are so damn strong they'll follow you no matter where you go."
"You could go to the ends of the Earth and love would still follow you there. It's not a place or a memory, oh no. Love is something inside you, something that only you can feel, because your love is yours. You'll never leave it behind. You could go cross-country, cross oceans or travel to the moon and that love? It'll still be there, tucked away in a dark corner of your heart just waiting for you to acknowledge it."
2.) Playing for Keeps (Megan and Aston):
"There really is no place like the one you find between the pages of a book. The only place that comes close is in the arms of the person you love."
"That love. That all-consuming, overwhelming, never-ending love is what I want. I want to feel what Darcy and Elizabeth feel. I want to look into someone's eyes and know I'm looking at my happily ever after.”
"Not everything is made to be shared. Not every scar is on the body. Some scars are on the mind. Some scars can't be seen. They're inside, burned in so deeply that they'll never be healed."
"Sometimes. Sometimes you need to get lost in the dark to truly appreciate the light."
"You have to get lost in the dark to appreciate the light. My head is full of darkness, full of shadows and horrors, and then I look into your eyes. It's like finding the light at the end of the tunnel - the light I never thought I'd find.”
"Aim for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." "I don't need to aim at the sky. The only star I'll ever need is standing right in front of me. Maybe the place I need to aim for is nowhere other than where I am right now."
"What she'll never know is she's the glue that holds it together. She's the glue that holds me together.”
"It was full of life because of you. You added to the beauty of it, bringing a desolate place alive. Just like you did for me. I always thought I was dead inside, that I had to feel that way. That I couldn't remember because remembering meant feeling, and feeling meant being. And there was you. You made me remember what it was like to live."
"Aston...But none of that matters if it's all for me. You have to ask yourself who you live for."
"At first it was you. All you. Now? Now it's a little of both. You taught me how to love, and I'm pretty sure I love myself just a little bit, now. I'll never see what you see, but it's more than I've ever had."
"Really?"
"Really, baby. I live for me, but I love for you."
"He was always my Mr. Darcy.
And I was always his Elizabeth."
"I said I'd never come back to San Francisco. I always knew I'd have to come back, and now I have. Now I don't ever have to come back. I don't have to look back. I can travel back across the water to college, and stay on that side of the water.
I can look into the blue eyes of the girl I love every day, and make the life I always wanted."
3.) The Right Moves (Abbi and Blake):
"I'm determined not to be one step behind her. I don't even want to be one step in front. I've known her three weeks, short enough that I still remember the first time I saw her in the studio, but the only place I want to be stepping is right alongside her.
In time with her.
On the studio floor.
On the stage.
On her damn American sidewalk.
Dance steps or normal steps - I don't care. If she cries, I don't want to let go when she's done. If she tries to run, I want to chase her and catch her. And if she tries to let go, I want to make her hold on."
"Something so simple has changed. Something so trivial, yet so important to me. Something I never thought I'd do again. Something, three weeks ago, I would have laughed at.
Something called trust.
Because, a voice in the back of my mind whispers, I trust Blake.
Heart and soul.”
"Something about Abbi Jenkins has a hold on me I couldn't break if I wanted to. She's got me so strongly that I almost forget everything else exists when we're together, and each touch we share dulls the pain of the past as she drives me to look toward the future. And I don't think she knows just how much she amazes me."
"You are everything I wish my sister was and so much more, and it's that so much more that means you can push me away all you like because I won't go. That darkness you have inside, the one that pulls you under, I swear I won't let you fall into it. I won't let you fall anywhere unless it's arms you're falling into."
"Amidst all the chaos and heartbreak holding us together, he is my light in the dark."
"Everything you could ever want and need. But that rule only applies to you, because we all have to get what we deserve, and you deserve the world and more."
"I already have it."
"Good things have to fall apart sometimes, if only to make way for the even better things to fall together."
4.) Worth the Risk (Roxy and Kyle):
"And if he wanted anyone to kiss her, surely it would be you?"
"Yeah, but he made me promise I'd protect her, Iz. I'm doing job at it. How am I meant to protect her from the jerks she insists on hanging with if I can't protect her from myself?"
"Who says you have to protect her from you?" "Besides, the best way to protect someone is to have them by your side."
Ain't that the truth.
"She knows the effect she has on guys. Of course she does - she has enough of them falling at her feet - but she has no idea what she does to us. She has no idea that one smile and blink of her eyes grasps our attention. One touch steals it to the point of no return. And I'm done for.
I'm not naive. I know exactly what she and everyone else does. Her sh*t attitude is her way of coping with Cam's death. Hell, she'll tell that to anyone who will listen, but I'm the only one who knows how to tear that crap apart and make her really grieve for him. I'm the only one who knows what's really hiding behind those beautiful blue eyes."
He'd always want it to be me. He trusted me with her and he believed I'd always keep her safe.
But it doesn't stop the guilt and it doesn't stop the fact a part of me feels like I took advantage of him not being here. Like I planned it, no matter how many times I say I didn't.
Coming home, I never planned to sleep with Roxy. I never planned to do anything but pull her *ss into line. The second time we met, I knew something more would happen. She was more than Cam's sister. She was more than anything I'd ever felt, and she still is. She's so much I don't even have the words for it. I stay here until the orangey hues across the sky that sneak through the leaves of the trees, bathing the cemetary in a dull light, and I stand. Then I say the only words I can. The only words that'll ever comfort him.
"Sorry, man. Guess I went and fell in love with your sister."
"I'll be your eascape. Not the drinking. Just me. I'll be your escape when you feel like you've got nowhere to run to. I'll be your hindsight when it feels like everyone is watching you, and I'll be your rock when you feel like everything around you is crumbling."
"I'll try. I can just try. I can't promise you any more than that. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For today. I felt like the old Roxy again. I feel like the old Roxy whenever I'm around you."
"She's my favorite. So I do things to make you feel like her. That's the Roxy I know. My Roxy."
"Your Roxy?"
"Didn't I make that clear?"
"Not. At. All."
"C'mere. My. Roxy. Okay?"
"Your. Roxy."
"I just want her to come to Berkeley with me."
"But what if she doesn't? Kyle Michael Daniels. Don't tell me you'll stay here if she doesn't go. You've wanted to be a doctor since...well, forever. You can't seriously say you'd give that up? I know it's Roxy, but...Seriously? You would?"
"I know I have, but she's more than a dream, Iz. Roxy is everything and she's real. Without her there is no dream. So, yes. If I have to I'll stay here. With her. For her. I'd do anything and everything for that girl."
"If I could go back I would. If I could tell her how I really feel, if I could stay in her room instead of walk away, I would. I'd do everything differently and we wouldn't be here right now. She wouldn't have a broken heart, she wouldn't have had those tears in her eyes on Friday night, and she wouldn't have had to watch me go.
The irony of this situation is everything I've done this summer is to mend her broken heart...and now I've broken it all over again.
I never honestly thought I'd have to walk away from her. I thought - although I never planned it - us just being together would be enough. I thought I would be enough to make her stop the way she's been acting. I thought everything between us would be enough to make her give up the bad girl act.
Because she's not. No matter how many times she tells me she's not the person she was, that she's a different person now, I know otherwise. I've seen the person she was before Cam died. I've seen that smile and heard that laugh and seen that sparkle in her eyes. I've heard that teasing sarcasm and wit and seen that playful eye roll.
I've also seen the hurt and confusion. If she really didn't have any of the old Roxy left, she wouldn't have been hurt when I walked away. She wouldn't have cared. She can try to convince us both otherwise, but she's still my Roxy.
But that wasn't the Roxy I fell in love with.
I fell in love with the person she is right this second.
The Roxy that's lost and hurt, confused and alone, and most of all, heartbroken. Yet she's the Roxy that's not afraid to grab you by the balls and twist them. The one that's playful, sexy and challenging one minute, then she's soft and gentle and quiet the next. She's a mixture of so many things, so many contradicting things, and I fell in love with all of those things.
I didn't walk away from the bad girl Roxy.
I walked away from the mixture of good and bad, the mixture of her past and present self.
I walked away from the girl I fell in love with.
I didn't expect it to hurt this way. I didn't expect us to fall in love and tear our own hearts out.”
"I only realized I was late two days ago. I didn't tell you because I was scared. Maybe it would have been different if we didn't break up...But I couldn't just call you up and be all, "Hey, I know you just walked away from our relationship, but just so you know, I could be having your baby," could I? That's why I didn't tell you. I was hurting and I was scared."
"It doesn't matter anymore. I wish you'd told me, Rox. You wouldn't have had to run and hide and do that test alone. You have to know I would have been here."
"I thought you didn't care. What if it had been different?"
"It wouldn't have mattered! I would have been here either way for whatever. The break up is all bullsh*t. Everything I said is crap. It means nothing, okay? Forget it ever happened. I don't care about that anymore. I just care you're okay. That's all that matters to me. I've been so f*cking worried about you, you can't even imagined."
"I really thought you didn't care."
"Oh, Rox. I more than f*cking care about you. I love you."
"Wha?"
"I love you. I love you. I love you. The old you and the new you. Every part of you. I fell for the person you are right now and I wouldn't have you any other way. You don't have to change to be the person I want you to be because you're already there. You're already her."
"Really?"
"Yep. I. Love. You. Are we clear?"
"Not quite."
"We're missing something."
"We are?"
"Kyle?"
"Roxy?"
"I love you too."
1.) The Love Game (Maddie and Braden):
"Love takes time. It takes work. It's not just something you throw yourself into because if you do it right, you'll only ever have to fall in love once."
"You have to fight for love, because it doesn't come easily, not the real thing, anyway."
"Truth of life is that no matter what it is - loss, heartbreak, happiness, love - those emotions are so damn strong they'll follow you no matter where you go."
"You could go to the ends of the Earth and love would still follow you there. It's not a place or a memory, oh no. Love is something inside you, something that only you can feel, because your love is yours. You'll never leave it behind. You could go cross-country, cross oceans or travel to the moon and that love? It'll still be there, tucked away in a dark corner of your heart just waiting for you to acknowledge it."
2.) Playing for Keeps (Megan and Aston):
"There really is no place like the one you find between the pages of a book. The only place that comes close is in the arms of the person you love."
"That love. That all-consuming, overwhelming, never-ending love is what I want. I want to feel what Darcy and Elizabeth feel. I want to look into someone's eyes and know I'm looking at my happily ever after.”
"Not everything is made to be shared. Not every scar is on the body. Some scars are on the mind. Some scars can't be seen. They're inside, burned in so deeply that they'll never be healed."
"Sometimes. Sometimes you need to get lost in the dark to truly appreciate the light."
"You have to get lost in the dark to appreciate the light. My head is full of darkness, full of shadows and horrors, and then I look into your eyes. It's like finding the light at the end of the tunnel - the light I never thought I'd find.”
"Aim for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." "I don't need to aim at the sky. The only star I'll ever need is standing right in front of me. Maybe the place I need to aim for is nowhere other than where I am right now."
"What she'll never know is she's the glue that holds it together. She's the glue that holds me together.”
"It was full of life because of you. You added to the beauty of it, bringing a desolate place alive. Just like you did for me. I always thought I was dead inside, that I had to feel that way. That I couldn't remember because remembering meant feeling, and feeling meant being. And there was you. You made me remember what it was like to live."
"Aston...But none of that matters if it's all for me. You have to ask yourself who you live for."
"At first it was you. All you. Now? Now it's a little of both. You taught me how to love, and I'm pretty sure I love myself just a little bit, now. I'll never see what you see, but it's more than I've ever had."
"Really?"
"Really, baby. I live for me, but I love for you."
"He was always my Mr. Darcy.
And I was always his Elizabeth."
"I said I'd never come back to San Francisco. I always knew I'd have to come back, and now I have. Now I don't ever have to come back. I don't have to look back. I can travel back across the water to college, and stay on that side of the water.
I can look into the blue eyes of the girl I love every day, and make the life I always wanted."
3.) The Right Moves (Abbi and Blake):
"I'm determined not to be one step behind her. I don't even want to be one step in front. I've known her three weeks, short enough that I still remember the first time I saw her in the studio, but the only place I want to be stepping is right alongside her.
In time with her.
On the studio floor.
On the stage.
On her damn American sidewalk.
Dance steps or normal steps - I don't care. If she cries, I don't want to let go when she's done. If she tries to run, I want to chase her and catch her. And if she tries to let go, I want to make her hold on."
"Something so simple has changed. Something so trivial, yet so important to me. Something I never thought I'd do again. Something, three weeks ago, I would have laughed at.
Something called trust.
Because, a voice in the back of my mind whispers, I trust Blake.
Heart and soul.”
"Something about Abbi Jenkins has a hold on me I couldn't break if I wanted to. She's got me so strongly that I almost forget everything else exists when we're together, and each touch we share dulls the pain of the past as she drives me to look toward the future. And I don't think she knows just how much she amazes me."
"You are everything I wish my sister was and so much more, and it's that so much more that means you can push me away all you like because I won't go. That darkness you have inside, the one that pulls you under, I swear I won't let you fall into it. I won't let you fall anywhere unless it's arms you're falling into."
"Amidst all the chaos and heartbreak holding us together, he is my light in the dark."
"Everything you could ever want and need. But that rule only applies to you, because we all have to get what we deserve, and you deserve the world and more."
"I already have it."
"Good things have to fall apart sometimes, if only to make way for the even better things to fall together."
4.) Worth the Risk (Roxy and Kyle):
"And if he wanted anyone to kiss her, surely it would be you?"
"Yeah, but he made me promise I'd protect her, Iz. I'm doing job at it. How am I meant to protect her from the jerks she insists on hanging with if I can't protect her from myself?"
"Who says you have to protect her from you?" "Besides, the best way to protect someone is to have them by your side."
Ain't that the truth.
"She knows the effect she has on guys. Of course she does - she has enough of them falling at her feet - but she has no idea what she does to us. She has no idea that one smile and blink of her eyes grasps our attention. One touch steals it to the point of no return. And I'm done for.
I'm not naive. I know exactly what she and everyone else does. Her sh*t attitude is her way of coping with Cam's death. Hell, she'll tell that to anyone who will listen, but I'm the only one who knows how to tear that crap apart and make her really grieve for him. I'm the only one who knows what's really hiding behind those beautiful blue eyes."
He'd always want it to be me. He trusted me with her and he believed I'd always keep her safe.
But it doesn't stop the guilt and it doesn't stop the fact a part of me feels like I took advantage of him not being here. Like I planned it, no matter how many times I say I didn't.
Coming home, I never planned to sleep with Roxy. I never planned to do anything but pull her *ss into line. The second time we met, I knew something more would happen. She was more than Cam's sister. She was more than anything I'd ever felt, and she still is. She's so much I don't even have the words for it. I stay here until the orangey hues across the sky that sneak through the leaves of the trees, bathing the cemetary in a dull light, and I stand. Then I say the only words I can. The only words that'll ever comfort him.
"Sorry, man. Guess I went and fell in love with your sister."
"I'll be your eascape. Not the drinking. Just me. I'll be your escape when you feel like you've got nowhere to run to. I'll be your hindsight when it feels like everyone is watching you, and I'll be your rock when you feel like everything around you is crumbling."
"I'll try. I can just try. I can't promise you any more than that. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For today. I felt like the old Roxy again. I feel like the old Roxy whenever I'm around you."
"She's my favorite. So I do things to make you feel like her. That's the Roxy I know. My Roxy."
"Your Roxy?"
"Didn't I make that clear?"
"Not. At. All."
"C'mere. My. Roxy. Okay?"
"Your. Roxy."
"I just want her to come to Berkeley with me."
"But what if she doesn't? Kyle Michael Daniels. Don't tell me you'll stay here if she doesn't go. You've wanted to be a doctor since...well, forever. You can't seriously say you'd give that up? I know it's Roxy, but...Seriously? You would?"
"I know I have, but she's more than a dream, Iz. Roxy is everything and she's real. Without her there is no dream. So, yes. If I have to I'll stay here. With her. For her. I'd do anything and everything for that girl."
"If I could go back I would. If I could tell her how I really feel, if I could stay in her room instead of walk away, I would. I'd do everything differently and we wouldn't be here right now. She wouldn't have a broken heart, she wouldn't have had those tears in her eyes on Friday night, and she wouldn't have had to watch me go.
The irony of this situation is everything I've done this summer is to mend her broken heart...and now I've broken it all over again.
I never honestly thought I'd have to walk away from her. I thought - although I never planned it - us just being together would be enough. I thought I would be enough to make her stop the way she's been acting. I thought everything between us would be enough to make her give up the bad girl act.
Because she's not. No matter how many times she tells me she's not the person she was, that she's a different person now, I know otherwise. I've seen the person she was before Cam died. I've seen that smile and heard that laugh and seen that sparkle in her eyes. I've heard that teasing sarcasm and wit and seen that playful eye roll.
I've also seen the hurt and confusion. If she really didn't have any of the old Roxy left, she wouldn't have been hurt when I walked away. She wouldn't have cared. She can try to convince us both otherwise, but she's still my Roxy.
But that wasn't the Roxy I fell in love with.
I fell in love with the person she is right this second.
The Roxy that's lost and hurt, confused and alone, and most of all, heartbroken. Yet she's the Roxy that's not afraid to grab you by the balls and twist them. The one that's playful, sexy and challenging one minute, then she's soft and gentle and quiet the next. She's a mixture of so many things, so many contradicting things, and I fell in love with all of those things.
I didn't walk away from the bad girl Roxy.
I walked away from the mixture of good and bad, the mixture of her past and present self.
I walked away from the girl I fell in love with.
I didn't expect it to hurt this way. I didn't expect us to fall in love and tear our own hearts out.”
"I only realized I was late two days ago. I didn't tell you because I was scared. Maybe it would have been different if we didn't break up...But I couldn't just call you up and be all, "Hey, I know you just walked away from our relationship, but just so you know, I could be having your baby," could I? That's why I didn't tell you. I was hurting and I was scared."
"It doesn't matter anymore. I wish you'd told me, Rox. You wouldn't have had to run and hide and do that test alone. You have to know I would have been here."
"I thought you didn't care. What if it had been different?"
"It wouldn't have mattered! I would have been here either way for whatever. The break up is all bullsh*t. Everything I said is crap. It means nothing, okay? Forget it ever happened. I don't care about that anymore. I just care you're okay. That's all that matters to me. I've been so f*cking worried about you, you can't even imagined."
"I really thought you didn't care."
"Oh, Rox. I more than f*cking care about you. I love you."
"Wha?"
"I love you. I love you. I love you. The old you and the new you. Every part of you. I fell for the person you are right now and I wouldn't have you any other way. You don't have to change to be the person I want you to be because you're already there. You're already her."
"Really?"
"Yep. I. Love. You. Are we clear?"
"Not quite."
"We're missing something."
"We are?"
"Kyle?"
"Roxy?"
"I love you too."
February 13, 2019
Great series
I loved all the true life scenarios and life events the characters had to face and how they over come them!
I loved all the true life scenarios and life events the characters had to face and how they over come them!
April 11, 2015
The Love Game. Book 1
Maddie was playing the player.
Braden was playing the sweet innocent girl.
Or so they thought!
She was suppose to "hump him and dump him"
He was suppose to sleep with her and make her fall in love. And then dump her.
Neither of them knew that the game would play them!
I loved reading Maddie & Braden's story! So glad they got their happy ending!
Playing For Keeps. Book 2
Megan Harper is your all american girl! She graduated high school with a high gpa, going to berkley, making her family proud. Her best friend is Braden who is like the brother she never had.
Aston Banks is the residential jackass at the frat house. He's Braden's best friend and is also a hump them and dump them kind of guy every weekend. But there's something that he's been keeping from everyone.
Their worlds collide and they can't seem to get enough of each other so they decide to have a secret relationship. After Megan finds out who the real Aston is she knows she in deep and nothing will change. All the friends eventually find out and some of the them finds out who Aston Banks is.
I have fell in love with this series! Can't get enough of them.
The Right Moves. Book 3
"There's no reason to be scared of death if you're already living in hell" -Abbi
Abbi thought she could heal Pearce. If she just got him away from the drugs and drinking he'd be a different person. She never once thought he would be the one person that would completely shatter her.
Blake's following through with his sister dream of dancing. Ever since she took her own life 10 years ago he made the promise that he'd get to Juilliard.
For each of them a significant other was not in the plan. Abbi is fresh from a mental institute and Blake's pushing for acceptance. Neither one of them knew that finding each other would save them.
Worth The Risk. Book 4
"grief is the slow breaking of your heart every time you realize they’re never coming back." - Roxy
"We both share so much pain. We both had our hearts broken, and it’s strange to think it’s the pain that’s pushed us together. It’s ironic we managed to find happiness in a time where there is none." "Perhaps we were always meant to find beauty in our pain."- kyle
6 months ago Kyle & Roxys life changed drastically because of an accident. They both lost someone who was their world. Only problem is Kyle didn't come home to help deal with the pain. Roxy thought as though her world ended the day Her brother Cameron died.
Kyle made a promise to his best friend that if anything ever happened he would watch over Roxy. Can said nothing about falling in love with her.
With he return of Kyle to Verity Point came the return of the feelings Roxy felt for him.
Through Roxys pain she has to prove her and Kyle are meant to be.
I think besides book 1 this ranks up there with my favorite in the series!! This is an absolute MUST Read!!!
This series is a must read and will have you hooked with the first book!!
Maddie was playing the player.
Braden was playing the sweet innocent girl.
Or so they thought!
She was suppose to "hump him and dump him"
He was suppose to sleep with her and make her fall in love. And then dump her.
Neither of them knew that the game would play them!
I loved reading Maddie & Braden's story! So glad they got their happy ending!
Playing For Keeps. Book 2
Megan Harper is your all american girl! She graduated high school with a high gpa, going to berkley, making her family proud. Her best friend is Braden who is like the brother she never had.
Aston Banks is the residential jackass at the frat house. He's Braden's best friend and is also a hump them and dump them kind of guy every weekend. But there's something that he's been keeping from everyone.
Their worlds collide and they can't seem to get enough of each other so they decide to have a secret relationship. After Megan finds out who the real Aston is she knows she in deep and nothing will change. All the friends eventually find out and some of the them finds out who Aston Banks is.
I have fell in love with this series! Can't get enough of them.
The Right Moves. Book 3
"There's no reason to be scared of death if you're already living in hell" -Abbi
Abbi thought she could heal Pearce. If she just got him away from the drugs and drinking he'd be a different person. She never once thought he would be the one person that would completely shatter her.
Blake's following through with his sister dream of dancing. Ever since she took her own life 10 years ago he made the promise that he'd get to Juilliard.
For each of them a significant other was not in the plan. Abbi is fresh from a mental institute and Blake's pushing for acceptance. Neither one of them knew that finding each other would save them.
Worth The Risk. Book 4
"grief is the slow breaking of your heart every time you realize they’re never coming back." - Roxy
"We both share so much pain. We both had our hearts broken, and it’s strange to think it’s the pain that’s pushed us together. It’s ironic we managed to find happiness in a time where there is none." "Perhaps we were always meant to find beauty in our pain."- kyle
6 months ago Kyle & Roxys life changed drastically because of an accident. They both lost someone who was their world. Only problem is Kyle didn't come home to help deal with the pain. Roxy thought as though her world ended the day Her brother Cameron died.
Kyle made a promise to his best friend that if anything ever happened he would watch over Roxy. Can said nothing about falling in love with her.
With he return of Kyle to Verity Point came the return of the feelings Roxy felt for him.
Through Roxys pain she has to prove her and Kyle are meant to be.
I think besides book 1 this ranks up there with my favorite in the series!! This is an absolute MUST Read!!!
This series is a must read and will have you hooked with the first book!!
October 5, 2022
The Love Game Review: In my opinion The Love Game is very predictable. I found Braden and Maddie both childish. I really didn't like either one. Maddie's friends challenge her to get Braden to fall in love with her, then dump him. Braden's friends challenge him to get Maddie to fall in love with him. I found everything just okay. My biggest complaint is it is very slow moving.
Playing for Keeps Review: In my opinion the best part of Playing for Keeps was Aston's Grandfather he was a hoot. Overall I found Playing for Keeps repetitive and slow moving. I liked the flashbacks. I found Megan and Aston to childish. Megan's best friend Branden was overbearing and ridiculous. Megan need to stand up to him and put him in his place. It's just okay.
The Right Moves Review: I liked The Right Moves more than the other two books. Emma Hart did a good job in bringing me into Abbi's world of struggles. In my opinion this book had a different feel than the other two books, I was okay with that. I liked Abbi she is strong and driven. I liked Blake he is caring, loyal, understanding and will do anything for Abbi. I didn't find the characters as childish as in the other books. My biggest complaint is it is slow moving.
Worth the Risk Review: I found Roxy interesting but very immature. I realize everybody grieves differently but Roxy is a little over the top. I like Kyle's loyalty to his friend but it got a little tiresome. I found Worth the Risk very repetitive. I found it just okay.
Overall it's an okay boxed set, I don't think it's worth the price. It's very slow moving.
Playing for Keeps Review: In my opinion the best part of Playing for Keeps was Aston's Grandfather he was a hoot. Overall I found Playing for Keeps repetitive and slow moving. I liked the flashbacks. I found Megan and Aston to childish. Megan's best friend Branden was overbearing and ridiculous. Megan need to stand up to him and put him in his place. It's just okay.
The Right Moves Review: I liked The Right Moves more than the other two books. Emma Hart did a good job in bringing me into Abbi's world of struggles. In my opinion this book had a different feel than the other two books, I was okay with that. I liked Abbi she is strong and driven. I liked Blake he is caring, loyal, understanding and will do anything for Abbi. I didn't find the characters as childish as in the other books. My biggest complaint is it is slow moving.
Worth the Risk Review: I found Roxy interesting but very immature. I realize everybody grieves differently but Roxy is a little over the top. I like Kyle's loyalty to his friend but it got a little tiresome. I found Worth the Risk very repetitive. I found it just okay.
Overall it's an okay boxed set, I don't think it's worth the price. It's very slow moving.
April 17, 2015
I think if you're going to take on the maturity of a "new adult" book then the whole thing shouldn't be so damn juvenile. I gave up right away and flounced huge! (Not counting toward my goal).
PS. As a former bartender and service industry working from Las Vegas (where shot slamming is almost a sport), as well as a pretty damn fine drinker in my younger days, LET ME JUST SAY if you don't drink and slam 5 shots - you will black out. Even if you do drink and slam 5 shots, you might. PLEASE DO NOT have your female characters slamming straight shots like they're water. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT. Unless you're like 240 lbs, you will fall down.
/sorry - it only takes one little thing to ruin it all for me.
PS. As a former bartender and service industry working from Las Vegas (where shot slamming is almost a sport), as well as a pretty damn fine drinker in my younger days, LET ME JUST SAY if you don't drink and slam 5 shots - you will black out. Even if you do drink and slam 5 shots, you might. PLEASE DO NOT have your female characters slamming straight shots like they're water. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT. Unless you're like 240 lbs, you will fall down.
/sorry - it only takes one little thing to ruin it all for me.
August 3, 2015
This has been such an emotional read. You laughed hard and cried through their pain and cheered for them when they fought and beat the demons. These books are so true to life maybe that's why they were so special to me. I fell in love with each character in these stories and all their spit fire personalities! I really hope this isn't the last we've heard of these guys? Thank you for such an awesome story!
May 19, 2015
I was slow to warm up to these books at first for two reasons, it is quite a bit tamer to what I have been reading lately and there was some very serious topics that went on in all four books. These books dealt with everything from drive by shootings, child abuse, and even death of a loved one. Emma Hart is a excellent author and did a wonderful job of writing about such dark issues, making you fall in love with the characters along with giving her reader a HEA at the end of each story.
June 15, 2015
LOVED the last book...
The first three books in this series were good but the last book was GREAT! Don't want to spoil it for anyone but I honestly had to pull out the tissues. I get real emotionally involved when reading, half the time I have to finish a book in one sitting lol. The last book really makes u remember how life is short and we all need to learn to appreciate the time we have... good read!!!
The first three books in this series were good but the last book was GREAT! Don't want to spoil it for anyone but I honestly had to pull out the tissues. I get real emotionally involved when reading, half the time I have to finish a book in one sitting lol. The last book really makes u remember how life is short and we all need to learn to appreciate the time we have... good read!!!
May 20, 2014
Love it!
Way to go Emma! I have loved every minute of these books. Book boyfriends galore! I've had a sweet spot for Brayden from the beginning, but Kyle has come in at a very close second....be still my heart. Having the box set is the best and at an amazing price! I'm sad. Will there be more??? It can't be the end!! I want more more more!
Way to go Emma! I have loved every minute of these books. Book boyfriends galore! I've had a sweet spot for Brayden from the beginning, but Kyle has come in at a very close second....be still my heart. Having the box set is the best and at an amazing price! I'm sad. Will there be more??? It can't be the end!! I want more more more!
May 29, 2015
wow great series
While some parts got a little slow, overall I loved this series. There was every type of man and female lead, all spectrums of possibilities. My only request is for an Iz and Si novella or book, or perhaps a where are they now for all the characters since we leave all so your still.
Another success Emma Hart
While some parts got a little slow, overall I loved this series. There was every type of man and female lead, all spectrums of possibilities. My only request is for an Iz and Si novella or book, or perhaps a where are they now for all the characters since we leave all so your still.
Another success Emma Hart
December 21, 2014
I liked the characters and the story lines, but I didn't need all the play-by-play through the emotional stuff. I liked that they all got passed something with the help of each other, but I thought there was too much explaining and describing of the stuff. I wanted more of the happy stuff...each story got more emotional. Just not my type of read, I guess.
August 21, 2015
4 stars
I really enjoyed this first book in this series a lot.. come the second book I felt like it dragged a bit but I pushed on... the third book ripped my guts out because I know how depression can pull you understand it is so hard to crawl out of that he and keep your head above water.. the 4th book to me felt like it was the same old same old
I really enjoyed this first book in this series a lot.. come the second book I felt like it dragged a bit but I pushed on... the third book ripped my guts out because I know how depression can pull you understand it is so hard to crawl out of that he and keep your head above water.. the 4th book to me felt like it was the same old same old
January 1, 2015
It's a pretty good read but a little bit too Beverly Hills 90210 for me. If you enjoy YA, you would probably enjoy it more than I did. Although I must admit, there is a part of the book that truly brought me to tears because some guys are just absolute selfish jerks and I know the pain she felt.
May 27, 2014
Love It
I love this book because it's just simply amazing the forbidden romance oh my god it's just super good. I don't even know how to describe it and the price is just a plus to it
I love this book because it's just simply amazing the forbidden romance oh my god it's just super good. I don't even know how to describe it and the price is just a plus to it
June 20, 2014
3 well-written with some good characters.
The reasons why I "only" give them 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️is:
- the characters need some more depth and edge.
-the storylines is to predictable, seen many many times before and need some more drama/unpredictablety.
- and the love story is to sugar sweet for my taste.
The reasons why I "only" give them 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️is:
- the characters need some more depth and edge.
-the storylines is to predictable, seen many many times before and need some more drama/unpredictablety.
- and the love story is to sugar sweet for my taste.
July 30, 2014
I seriously loved each story! There's no other way for me to put it. Yes, the basic storylines have been told before but so what? These stories were their own and most, if not all, of the situations were so believable! Now THAT makes for an excellent story!!
July 5, 2014
Editor wanted
The stories were meaty with fairly well rounded characters. College aged kids is not my usual genre but the stories held my interest. If you can get past the lack of editing, you'll be ok.
The stories were meaty with fairly well rounded characters. College aged kids is not my usual genre but the stories held my interest. If you can get past the lack of editing, you'll be ok.
July 10, 2014
Four lovely stories.
the story in these novels are cute n sweet, a little predictable but good none the less. I am unsure if it's only the copies I have, or they are all this way, but there are many, many typos. if your ever in need of a "proof reader" I'd b happy to help.
the story in these novels are cute n sweet, a little predictable but good none the less. I am unsure if it's only the copies I have, or they are all this way, but there are many, many typos. if your ever in need of a "proof reader" I'd b happy to help.
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March 3, 2015I thought all of the books were generally okay; a cute read. The first one was brilliant, and the main reason behind it was the lightness it carried and the laugh out loud moments! But the second one lost a little of that, and the third one went farrrrrr away from light and fluffy
May 5, 2015
Loved it
I loved this whole series, nice flow, great characters,, great everything! I kin d a wish it wasn't done now, I am left still wanting to read more about the whole gang at Berkeley!
I loved this whole series, nice flow, great characters,, great everything! I kin d a wish it wasn't done now, I am left still wanting to read more about the whole gang at Berkeley!
April 26, 2015
love love love
All I. An say is I fell in love with all and I mean ALL of the characters in each story & LOVED the series as a whole!!!! So many different love stories and all such great friendships.... With love and loss!!!!
All I. An say is I fell in love with all and I mean ALL of the characters in each story & LOVED the series as a whole!!!! So many different love stories and all such great friendships.... With love and loss!!!!
April 16, 2016
3.5 stars
June 9, 2014
I can only describe these books as a "cute read" :) I enjoyed reading all 4 stories but I gotta say my favorite one was Maddie and Brayden's story <3
June 16, 2014
Emma did a fantastic job on this series. Books 3 & 4 were emotional roller coasters but addressed some very serious issues that people deal with every day. Great job, Emma!!!
July 13, 2014
It seems unfair to give it 3 stars because the first book was really good, but the other ones were dull. I was really disappointed. It seem like someone else wrote the last three books.
July 13, 2014
GREAT!
They were very interesting books to read and I enjoyed every last one of them. They each had a great ending. I would received this book to all readers.
They were very interesting books to read and I enjoyed every last one of them. They each had a great ending. I would received this book to all readers.
July 15, 2014
I loved Aston & Megs story and I liked all the characters but the series wasn't the best I've read but it wasn't the worst. It kept me entertained and I enjoyed it overall.
August 1, 2014
The first 2 books were the best out of the 4. They were all good though.
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