She learned how to attune herself to give men exactly what they wanted. Her mother’s first lesson in seduction came at the age of thirteen. And now she’s being blackmailed for it too. For so long, she’s been defined by sex… the allure of it, her client’s desire for it, her own mother’s all-too-real obsession to it. She is able to deflect her own feelings and bury the irrefutable fact that she doesn’t really know who she is. She’s a high-end call girl who’s never had sex, but who constantly craves the thrill of controlling and being in control. She’s drugged on the high the control gives her, on the rush of power she has over men. I still do.”Īt nineteen years old, Harley Coleman is addicted to sex and love. Because I needed it, I wanted it, I craved it. I loved the crazy burn, the rush, the thrill of power. “Sometimes when I say the words silently, in my head, at a whisper, I can still feel a fierce red blush covering my cheeks. The kind of love that suddenly and beautifully arises from the ugliness of a past tarnished by irreversible mistakes, profound disappointment and ruthless addiction. It’s two sex addicts trying to find themselves as they unexpectedly find the very thing that eluded them for so long in each other… real love. It’s angst and addiction, it’s love and redemption. It’s brimming with emotion and full of temptation. The story of Trey and Harley is dark and gritty. This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I can assure you it won’t be the last. Lauren Blakely’s word choices, her syntax, her structure and flow took a gripping story even further, to where I felt and experienced every moment in the book. ![]() That was the immediate word that came to mind. I sat up a little straighter, inched a little closer to my Kindle and focused a little more intently on the words that pulsed across the screen. This one completely consumed me from the first page. Love is wild and war-like, and every man and woman must fight for themselves.Įvery now and then I come across a book that owns me. How can you love with no regrets when regret is all you know? My Review “Love isn’t a quilt. All I know is she’s the closest I’ve ever come to something real, and I want to feel every second of it. But now she’s back in my life, every day, and there are no guarantees for us, especially since I don’t know how to tell her my secrets. She’s the only girl I ever missed when she walked away. They were pills, they were bottles, they took away all the pain, and numbed the awful memories that wore down my ragged, wasted heart. With all the other women, I knew what they were. Then I fell down from those highs, and I’m being blackmailed for all my mistakes, forced to keep secrets from everyone, except the only guy I don’t regret. I controlled love, played it, and held the world in the palm of my hands. ![]() A high-priced virgin call girl by the time I started college, I was addicted to love and to sex. Love is wild and war-like, and every man and woman must fight for themselves. Let me tell you everything I know about love…Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind. Others say it’s the thing that makes life worth living. Related Posts: 2013 Favorites, Dark and Intense. ![]() Gritty and deeply emotional, I was consumed by the words and wholly gripped by this journey into the dark, lurid, sinful world of addiction, sex, love and lies.
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