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3 STARS



This is the fourth book in this series and as with the prior installments, this too can be read as a standalone. As for the story, I have to agree with Dean Di-Laurentis (hero from the prior book) on his thoughts about this heroine, Sabrina James. Sabrina is a cold bitch and not even a cool one at that. I think the BIG issue is that the author didn’t plan on a reader not liking the heroine so redeeming her throughout the story wasn’t a concern. The story stayed course and my hopes that she was redeemable and/or that I’d even liked her never happened. Nor did a Briar school bus hitting her at any point in the story to introduce a new heroine never happened.



Sabrina is a hard person to like and for me she wasn’t worthy of a great guy like John Tucker. Though I think I was supposed to connect to her from the beginning it just never happened. Tucker is the type that would give you the shirt off his back, is still truly friends with his ex-girlfriends, and is crazy sexy in the bedroom.

”One swift jerk of a lever and his seat falls completely flat. Tucker lies down and beckons for me again. “C’mere and fuck my face. I need more of that.�� Oh. My. God. Who is this guy?��



My dislike of the heroine isn’t because she’s poor, has a slimy stepfather, or that she’s super success driven, it’s because she treats Tucker like crap over and over again and is simply too cold for my tastes. She’s not the entertaining bitchy type heroine, she’s the type if Tucker was your friend you would have to say what the hell does she do for you?

”Even if you hadn’t said you loved me back, I’d take whatever scraps you were willing to give me as long as I could be with you. I don’t give a shit if that makes me pathetic��



John Tucker is a Texas sweetheart, sexy in the bedroom, with a heart of gold and the patience of a saint. The storyline itself takes a turn that is so very predictable, cliché, and does follow the previous book’s timeline.

”You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me, Sabrina James.��

“No.�� She miles. “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.��



Even when circumstances place these two together it takes the heroine to the end of the book to say how she feels however to me all along she never showed him. For example her recounting all the wonderful things he has done for her and I couldn’t come up with one that she has done for him.



Overall, this story follows the time line of the prior book but goes further especially in the epilogue. I’m guessing Fitzy’s book will be next with Dean’s sister, Summer? Sabrina and Tucker do eventually get to where he wanted to be all along and if he’s happy who am I too judge?

”My goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, but the people I was lucky enough to have in my life.��

**ARC provided in exchange for an honest review**