This story contains content which is intended for readers over the age of 18.
Part 1 - I had just turned eighteen and graduation was only a few weeks before. We were in the home stretch. It was so close I could feel it. My mom had been on my back for four long years to be the perfect daughter and student. It was my job to make her proud. That's what she always told me anyway.
It was Friday night, and my mom was out with her new man. My friend Sally called to see if I wanted to go to a party with her. She knew I was going to say no, and I knew she didn't want to go alone. I had never been to party before. My mom never allowed it, and I could never get away from her long enough to go. I could get home before she did. What would one party hurt anyway, right?
When we pulled up to a frat house at the college I was going to attend the following year, I was upset. She had let me believe it was a high school party we were going to. I should have known better. She ditched me as soon as we got there. I really wasn't surprised. What the heck was I going to do, I wondered?
I went outside and found a place to sit. It was nice out and the stars were sparkling in the sky. All I could think about was my mom. She spent every moment of my life telling me what to do, but when I voiced my opinion on one thing I felt strongly about, she wouldn't even listen.
When an extremely gorgeous guy walked up to talk to me and shivers ran through my body, I decided that Sally was right. I deserved one fun night before graduation. It was time to enjoy myself for a change. I was never going to see him again.
What could one night hurt anyway?
It didn't take long before I found out how wrong I was.
Part 2 - That one night came back to bite me hard.
When I looked up to find the man I couldn't get out of my mind teaching my class, I knew I was screwed. He called me out in front of the entire room of students and requested that I stay after. I couldn't believe my eyes. How could he be a teacher? It wasn't possible. He was just some sexy guy from a frat party only months before.
I knew if I avoided him everything would be just fine. A few months were all I needed. The class would be over, and I could make sure never to see him again.
Everything was going well until my mom dropped a bomb on me while I was sitting alone in a coffee shop. She was marrying the man she had been dating for less than six months. My presence was required at the wedding. She needed her friends to see a happy family. It was far from the truth. I hung up the phone with tears falling from my eyes.
The one person standing there when I lost it was the one person I needed to stay away from.
He ended up being the one person I needed most.
Just when I thought that everything was going to be okay, my world came crashing down around me.
Part 3 - When I opened my eyes, I couldn't believe who I saw standing on the other side of the room. Just when everything seemed to be going my way, it was all taken away. The man of my dreams was going to be my stepbrother. He was right there, but I couldn't go to him. My mother would have lost it if she knew the truth about us.
With the clock spinning faster than ever, I wanted every possible moment with him before our parents' wedding. We were both in a bad situation and needed to get away. My mother was marrying a man she hadn't known long and only a year after my dad's passing. His dad hadn't even told him about the wedding or the bride.
We decided to spend the last of our time together before portraying a happy family. It was amazing and made leaving him that much harder. We both arrived just in time for my mother's friends to see her perfect daughter by her side on the big day.
I knew I couldn't see him again. I had to get out of there. I needed to move on.
Just when I thought my heart couldn't break anymore, it did.
part one: hmm, besides the smut I found the plot enjoyable. Especially the last line. OMG must suck for her to find out the guy she banged is her teacher. Even worse when Mommy Dearest announces her upcoming marriage to her Beau and Alex Jones becomes her stepbrother. OMG I can't wait for that revelation.
part two:
Why am I not surprise one time of unprotected sex is going to lead to pregnancy... (sorry, its a premise I'm not thrilled at anymore)
but yay, they finally know
part three: You know, for someone who doesn't like their mom dictating their life why would you let go of Alex? He's your stepbrother not your real one so it shouldn't matter.
Plus, obviously your mother doesn't care about you, Sarah, if she wants to sell the house and save the money only for herself not even thinking about her child. What a bi-
see how much I don't like the mother?
part four: The melodrama... -sigh-
When it got to "I love you much" and "I loved you from the moment I saw you" "you're it for me, baby" I... I can't. I just thought of this gif cause I dig it.
This gif could also work with the sex scenes tbh
and I figured Alex bought the house when he said he lived in a house instead of apartment.
(please never subjugate me to a "I love you so much for all my life you are my eternity and I can't live without you again it hurts me so much and I will love you forever since the moment we first made eye contact because you're it baby and the reason we were separated was because of [insert things here] and in this huge long speech you never interrupt me and I can monologue all the many ways I love you and missed you and I promise for the rest of my life I will prove to you how much I love you and thank you for everything and I love you I love you I love you baby" I think I'm tired and should go to sleep now)
I was utterly infatuated with this beautiful love story from its beginning to its end! Sarah and Alex are so right together that I spent the entire book rooting for their future together, and by the time that they found their HEA all I could do was sigh with pleasure at having read their story. Cindy Wilder has a way of creating situations and characters that resignate with her readers (myself included), and I am pleased that I found my way to her books. Yes, there were a few instances were the editing could have been tightened up a bit to catch some minor grammatical errors, but the writing is so good that I don't even feel compelled to take off rating points because of them as I usually would. I am eager to make my way through the remainder of her catalog, and I recommend this and her other books to all.
This story is not surprising to most cause the step-brother stuff lately is stick your fork in it done for some of us but this author brings a new twist on it all together. She doesn't write lets get it on sex and be done with it and oh by the way your my stepbrother now. She writes romance along with it and that is unique for most of us to read some not so much and for that I say to each their own. We all read books that we enjoy and we all think at one time or another that this subject has been done to death and maybe it has but with each writer they bring something different to the table and this is just what this author did.
So come and take Sarah and Kyle's journey and enjoy
OMG!!! This was hands down one of the best step brother books I've read and teacher student. Talk about your taboos. Alex meets Sarah at a frat party unaware that's she's still in high school all to later become her teacher........ This book is a mile read I'm shocked it had so little reviews
I cannot belive I read the whole thing! (I skimmed a lot of f**king though, it was a bit much). It was porly written, at best. I missed details, facial expressions, toughts, how things looked around them, reactions. There was just action and dialog. Boring.
I loved this box set. You get five great stories that are filled with great characters and exciting stories focusing on taboo. This was a huge hit for me. I look forward to reading more!