Title: PAST IMPERFECT
Series: PERFECT #2
Author: Alison G. Bailey
Publish Date: 02.15.14
Publisher: Alison G. Bailey
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for:
18+ due to sexual content and language.
Received from: Alison G. Bailey (in exchange for an honest review)
Date completed: 05.19.14
Goodreads link: Past Imperfect
Description from the publisher:
In Present Perfect, Brad Johnson was sexy, cocky, rich and a complete
Smurff**ker. He could afford anything he wanted and could charm any girl he set
his eyes on. Everything was laid out in front of him, all for the taking except
the one thing he craved and needed. A tragic event forces him to reevaluate his
life. When he tries to change, will the people in his life let him move on from
his past or will they constantly hold him to the life altering mistakes he’s
made?
Mabry Darnell is intelligent, ambitious, beautiful, and sassy. Secrets from her past haunt the present causing her to question her actions in order to shield her heart and protect her life.
From the moment Brad and Mabry met, their connection was strong, intense, and electrifying. Both knew they had found the one person who could satisfy what the other ached for. When their pasts collide with their present, will it prevent them from having a future together or will love be strong enough to conquer their demons?
Mabry Darnell is intelligent, ambitious, beautiful, and sassy. Secrets from her past haunt the present causing her to question her actions in order to shield her heart and protect her life.
From the moment Brad and Mabry met, their connection was strong, intense, and electrifying. Both knew they had found the one person who could satisfy what the other ached for. When their pasts collide with their present, will it prevent them from having a future together or will love be strong enough to conquer their demons?
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This is book two in the Perfect series. Each could stand alone, but I recommend
reading them in order.
I absolutely loved the dedication:
“To those who feel broken and alone. You
are neither.”
Again, Ms. Bailey’s fantastic humor
shines through in this story. She also
reveals her compassion and empathy for those in emotional pain. I again laughed and cried in reading this
compelling journey through depression and joy.
I strongly identify with Mabry. Though I was not a self-harmer, I was anorexic,
which is just another kind of self-harming.
Whether a cutter, anorexic, or bulimic, it all amounts to trying to find
control in a confusing, at times over-whelming, world.
Then there is the big old
Smurff&kker, Brad. As Amanda said in
PRESENT PERFECT, “I knew there was more to you than what you let people
see.” I’m really glad I got to truly
meet and get to know the Brad that Amanda saw hiding under his cocky façade. Brad and Mabry are beautiful together and
deserve an HEA.
The best line was from Brad, “I’m
sorry, Mabry. If I had known you were going to be in my future, I would have
been a better man in my past.”
I am looking forward to reading more
in this series. I need to read more from
Ms. Bailey.
Oh – and Ms. Bailey – you earn extra
points from me because of your alma mater (I lived just down the road when my
son was little! Thank you for evoking
those happy memories for me with just a few words.)
Grammar/editing: A – near perfect
Perfect series:
- Present Perfect
- Past Imperfect
- Presently Perfect (not yet released)
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