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SYNOPSIS:
Watchmaker. Car thief. Heartbreaker extraordinaire.
Rooke Blackheath has spent enough time in juvie to know that he really doesn’t want to go to jail. The food sucks, the clothes itch, and there are absolutely no women in sight. Well…none he wants to fuck, anyway.
He should probably stop boosting cars, but the money is stellar and the high is out of this world. And why should he turn his back on something that sets his soul on fire anyway?
The answer to that question comes in an unexpected form: a petite five-foot-three firecracker named Sasha who refuses to give him the time of day no matter how thick he lays on the charm.
Rooke’s not easily deterred, though. Just like the watches he builds from scratch, Rooke knows all too well how women tick. Women are a game to him. A game he always wins.
Sasha doesn’t stand a chance.
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Sasha Cross’s life has been permanently derailed since her son died five years ago. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, of course. She has a great job, a beautiful house, and caring friends. Every week, she hosts a book club featuring the sexiest, most romantic stories on the planet, and every week she falls for a new fictional knight in shining armor.
Fictional men are perfect, though. They don’t hurt you. They don’t break your heart. They don’t cheat on you after your child dies, and they rarely ever leave the toilet seat up.
When Rooke Blackheath shows up at Sasha's workplace, it’s clear he’s nothing like the men who grace the pages of Sasha's favorite books. Dangerous, arrogant, sharp-tongued and sarcastic, Rooke’s not the kind of guy she needs in her life. Not to mention the fact that he’s eleven years her junior.
They don’t live in different worlds. As far as Sasha is concerned, Rooke lives in a different galaxy altogether. She’d like to keep it that way, but fate appears to have other plans.
When Cinderella lost her shoe, Prince Charming showed up at her door.
When Sasha Cross loses her book, an entirely different kind of rogue comes a-knocking.
Rooke Blackheath has spent enough time in juvie to know that he really doesn’t want to go to jail. The food sucks, the clothes itch, and there are absolutely no women in sight. Well…none he wants to fuck, anyway.
He should probably stop boosting cars, but the money is stellar and the high is out of this world. And why should he turn his back on something that sets his soul on fire anyway?
The answer to that question comes in an unexpected form: a petite five-foot-three firecracker named Sasha who refuses to give him the time of day no matter how thick he lays on the charm.
Rooke’s not easily deterred, though. Just like the watches he builds from scratch, Rooke knows all too well how women tick. Women are a game to him. A game he always wins.
Sasha doesn’t stand a chance.
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Sasha Cross’s life has been permanently derailed since her son died five years ago. You wouldn’t know it to look at her, of course. She has a great job, a beautiful house, and caring friends. Every week, she hosts a book club featuring the sexiest, most romantic stories on the planet, and every week she falls for a new fictional knight in shining armor.
Fictional men are perfect, though. They don’t hurt you. They don’t break your heart. They don’t cheat on you after your child dies, and they rarely ever leave the toilet seat up.
When Rooke Blackheath shows up at Sasha's workplace, it’s clear he’s nothing like the men who grace the pages of Sasha's favorite books. Dangerous, arrogant, sharp-tongued and sarcastic, Rooke’s not the kind of guy she needs in her life. Not to mention the fact that he’s eleven years her junior.
They don’t live in different worlds. As far as Sasha is concerned, Rooke lives in a different galaxy altogether. She’d like to keep it that way, but fate appears to have other plans.
When Cinderella lost her shoe, Prince Charming showed up at her door.
When Sasha Cross loses her book, an entirely different kind of rogue comes a-knocking.
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REVIEW:
Sasha Connor is broken and lonely living out her life
through the romance novels she reads in her book club. After losing her seven
year old son 5 years ago in a tragic accident, she has lived her days out in
solitude only allowing certain people into her life. She goes about her days as
normal as possible. Eat, sleep, work, repeat, but the ever present pain of
losing a loved one and consequently, losing another loved one as a result of
that first loss, makes life lackluster and on top of that, being a divorcee
leaves her feeling damaged and irreparable.
On yet another, normal day at work, she unexpectedly, bumps
into her own “real life book boyfriend”. But he is not quite who she thought
she’d imagine as BBF material. He’s arrogant, smart mouthed and egotistical and
he pushes ALL her buttons. She refuses to give him the time of day, first of
all because he is her co-workers grandson (yes, grandson) and secondly, he is
clearly younger than her (11 years to be precise), but he proves to be stubborn,
persistent and unwilling to take no for an answer. So she agrees to ONE date.
But all it takes is one night with him and he opens up a whole new world to
her, which turns out to be both exhilarating and dangerous. She finds it
impossible to resist the high she gets from being with him. It’s as if she’s
living out her very own romance novel…novel worthy s*x, illegal activities, and
all! Even in the short amount of time they’ve known each other, they know they
have this underlying connection. “I’m
attracted to the dark ache in her soul, because it’s something I can
understand. Something that feels real to me.” –Rooke. And for Sasha, Rooke chases all her demons
away and the first time in nearly five years. He makes her feel like she has a
reason to live. “I wasn’t floundering in
a deep well of pain, scratching at the walls, trying to hold onto to something,
to keep myself afloat. Rooke took all of that away. I never would have thought
that possible, but it was.” –Sasha. But just like in her romance novels,
there’s always a plot twist. Rooke’s world of boosting cars and his juvie past prove
to bring disastrous consequences. Now, Sasha finds herself wrapped up in his
lifestyle and she might not come out alive.
What happens when their two lives collide? Can love prove to
be enough to handle Rooke’s precarious lifestyle?
Callie Hart makes the unlikelihood of a couple with such an
age gap (almost 11 years) believable and beautiful. Age really doesn’t play a
factor in Rooke and Sasha’s relationship because they are true soulmates and it’s
obvious from their first meeting. “The
love between us is fire and ice. It’s loss, and it’s redemption. It’s pain and
it’s comfort. It is everything.” –Sasha. I hope Callie finds these
characters voices again and gives us more of their story because I felt as if
there was more to tell. More love to grow between them. They fell hard and fast, but after what they endured
together throughout the novel, proved that their love will stand the test of
time, so it would be wonderful to see that. The only reasons I am giving it 4
stars, is I was hoping for a little more detailed character description
throughout the novel for
4 “feel and seen” stars
xoxo, Vivian💋
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