Title: EVIL STEPSISTER
Series: Love Series #1
Author: Scarlett Jade
Publish Date: 02.25.15
Publisher: Love Kissed Books
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Trigger warning:
Rape scene
Received from: Scarlett Jade (Amazon gift)
Goodreads link: Evil Stepsister
Date completed: 02.27.15
Description from the publisher:
Brielle
Harper was the perfect woman. Gorgeous. Talented. Sensual.
And my step-sister.
And my step-sister.
I had loved Brielle Harper since I was a little boy. I was her protector. Both her parents and mine divorced within months of each other and suddenly--her mom and my dad were engaged. She tormented me my every waking moment. I was too infatuated to care.
A tragedy sent her into my arms for just one night. She taught me about love and I helped her to forget in those few hours. The next morning, she was gone. I was left cleaning up the mess we’d made. My future was in shambles while she was now a rising star.
For five years, she was gone from my life-- a famous pop star who was burned out from living too fast for too long. And now she wanted back into my life, AND my heart.
Even though she was my evil stepsister, I had always loved her. I always would. I just didn’t know if I could bank on forever with someone I couldn’t trust to stay.
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This is the first book in the Love
series. They will need to be read in
order.
Carter has been in love with Brielle
since they were very small children. No
matter what she does, he loves her – even when he doesn’t like her. His father marries her mother and the
emotional torment she gives him increases to a fever pitch. When she moves away, breaking his heart, and
then returns, he is left to wonder if her demons can ever be put to rest. Can they ever have the HEA he wishes to have?
I’m not sure what I expected, but this story
idea surpassed my imagination. I didn’t realize
“I love my step-brother/sister” was a modern trope, especially since it’s near
to life in my family. (My sister married our foster-brother.) Now, I’m curious what other authors may
invent with this concept.
At 50%, I couldn’t keep it to myself
and had to gift a copy to a friend.
Brielle reminds me of every mean
girl I ever met in high school. Her
favorite target is the one boy she knows will love her and protect her no
matter what. It’s such a horrible way to
repay such dedication and devotion. Here
is an example of their interaction:
That pretty much sums up Brielle’s
attitude. Even with that, I still love
her just as much as Carter. As always,
Scarlett Jade creates characters who are beautifully flawed, lovable, and
relatable.
I can’t wait to read Good Stepbrother. We’re going to find out WHY Brielle acts that
way. Knowing Jade, this is not just a simple
case of narcissism. Good God, where
might she lead us next?!
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
The Love Series:
1.
Evil Stepsister
2.
Good Stepbrother (coming April 2015)
Other Books from Scarlett Jade:
·
The Mistletoe Bride
·
Cherry Tart
·
Beautiful Downfall
Wild Rose
Series:
1.
Saving Grace
2.
Finding Christina
3.
Raising Cain
Rhythm of
the Heart Series:
1.
September Tango
2.
November Foxtrot
3.
February Waltz
Just a
Little Taste Series:
1.
Love at First Bite
2.
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Book
Club Series:
1.
Kiss a Frog
2.
Roping Two Frogs
3.
Entice a Frog (coming soon)
4.
Pursue a Frog (coming soon)
“Carter, are you here on a date with
your little girlfriend?”
She leaned across me and held out
her hand to Gabby. Her tits swung inches from my face.
“She’s not my girlfriend. Yet.” I
added for good measure, pushing her back. “This is Gabby.”
“Hi, Brielle,” Gabby smiled tightly.
“We have geometry together.”
“That’s right!” Brielle grinned.
“You’re the girl who chews her braids. Wow, Carter, you aimed high, didn’t
you?”
“Excuse me?” Mindy squealed, and
Kirby had to restrain her to keep her from climbing over our sodas and ripping
blonde hair out of Brielle’s pretty head.
“That’s uncalled for, Brielle.”
“What? I’m just shocked you got a
girl to go out with you. I mean, you do know he’s in love with me,
right, honey? And if you give him your cherry, he’ll be thinking about me the
whole time,” Brielle tossed her hair over her shoulder and smiled again.
I jumped up from the booth. “Excuse
us.” I grabbed her elbow and jerked her out of the parlor. We ended up in the alleyway
behind the restaurant. “What the fuck’s wrong with you?” I yelled.
“Ooh, I like this side of you. You
pissed off is moderately hot. Are you going to hit me?”
“Why would I hit you?”
“And just like that, you’re no
longer appealing,” she sighed and leaned up against the slimy brick wall.
“Why are you ruining my date?” I ran
my hand through my hair and then jammed both hands in the pockets of my jeans.
Truthfully, I did want to strangle her.
“Because I can.”
“I don’t want you. I want to go on
my date with Gabby, a girl who might actually want to get to know me and might
actually care.”
“You’re such a liar,” Brielle
whispered, pushing away from the wall. She moved slowly toward me and the
flickering streetlight made her look almost angelic.
“I’m not a liar,” I insisted. I was
powerless against her charms and the bitch knew it. “I don’t want you.”
“You protest too much.” she
murmured, rubbing her breasts against my chest. I kept my hands in my pockets.
“Leave me alone.”
“She’ll never make you hot like I
do.”
“Why can’t you just leave me alone?”
“Because I don’t want anyone else to
have you just in case I decide I want you later on.”
She twined her arms around my neck
and gazed into my eyes. “I just might, you know.”
“Who says I’ll be waiting on you?”
Her eyes lit up and she smiled
slowly. “You will be.” Her fingers trailed against my hardened dick. “You will
be.”
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