Title: WRECKED
Series: Stories of Serendipity #8
Author: Anne Conley
Publish Date: 06.10.14
Publisher: Anne Conley
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: book received as an
unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Anne Conley (in exchange for an honest review)
Tour by: My Family's Heart Book Tours
Date completed:
07.14.14
Description from the publisher:
Welcome to Serendipity,
Texas, where the days are hot and the nights are steamy. Meet real people with
real problems, as they live life and find love in a small town.
One moment of
distraction, and Renae causes Jason to wreck his motorcycle, setting into motion
a love affair that could be her undoing.
She has big plans for
her empty nest, but one night of passion changes everything. He's perfect. Too
perfect, but her own stupidity entwines their lives together forever. What if
she finds out he's gassy, doesn’t like kittens, has a terminal illness,
or…hates babies?
Jason is just visiting
his dad in Serendipity, not staying. But his plans change when things with his
dad are worse than he thought. Renae is a pleasant distraction, and the more he
gets to know her, the more she becomes another reason to stay.
When their lives
entwine, they both have choices to make, hurts to get over, and ideals to let
go of. Is it possible for them to do it, in order to get their happily ever
after? Or will things be wrecked?
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She started out watching the movie on the opposite
end of the couch, but pretty soon she found herself flush against him, needing
to feel human contact. They shared her
blanket, but it wasn’t a sexual thing.
It was comforting to feel his warmth pressed against her body. To her delight, he jumped when she did, but
when she looked at his face to see if he looked scared, he showed very little
emotion. Only his eyes held the fear
that she knew her entire face was projecting.
At some point, one of his arms crawled around her
shoulders and he pulled her close to him. At another point, she reached for his
other hand, holding it to her chest and squeezing it when she closed her eyes
against the soggy girl in the movie. His
warmth and comfort was something she had never experienced, though had often
wished for. She tried not to dwell on
that thought too much. In Renae’s
experience, dwelling on the positive was inevitably a mistake. It always set her up for a let-down.
After it was over, Jason let out a pent up
breath. “I forgot how freaky that damn
movie was.”
“Not me, I remembered. I won’t be sleeping tonight.” She laughed nervously and unfolded herself
from the ball she’d curled up into on the couch, standing and stretching.
Jason stood too.
“I guess I should go. As much as
I would like to stay… I don’t think you want a repeat performance.”
He sounded hurt, and she wanted to reassure him. He’d been so agreeable all night, and they’d
gotten along so well. Renae touched his
arm. “It’s not that I don’t want that,
Jason, I do. As long as we’re talking
about that amazing night we shared.” She
watched as he nodded. “But I was really
drunk that night, and I want a real relationship with you. Not like a marriage or anything, but I don’t
want something based on great sex. Does
that make sense?”
He nodded soberly, waited a beat, then his face
cracked into that grin that made Renae willing to do anything. “Great, huh?”
She laughed.
“Stud-muffin caliber sex.”
He stilled, a perplexed expression on his face. “I don’t know what that means.” She answered with a shrug, secretly amused by
his confusion. “But sex in the future is
still on the table, right?”
Renae nodded.
“Yes, I think so.” It was
something she’d considered, repeatedly.
Especially at night when she was supposed to be sleeping.
“Good.” He
lowered his head to hers and kissed her.
It was such a sweet and tender kiss, considering they’d just been
talking about how great the sex between them was, that Renae was caught off
guard. She’d been preparing for a
conquering kiss of triumph, since she’d just agreed they might have sex
someday. But this kiss was a consuming
kiss, his warm lips softly nibbled on her lips and when she opened, he slowly
swept his tongue inside, softly overwhelming her senses, until yet again she
was a trembling mass of nerves. He
seemed to sense it, and his hand came to her lower back where he supported
her. He didn’t pull her closer, or press
himself against her, he just held her, kissing her softly. When his other hand reached for her face, she
couldn’t stop herself from melting into him.
Her own hands tugged on his hair, adjusting the
position of his face so she could deepen the kiss. As much as she loved the tender kiss, Renae
wanted more. She whimpered into his
mouth as she pulled his hair, and something seemed to snap inside Jason. He hauled her against his body and a primal
sound came from the back of his throat.
He trailed kisses across her cheek and down her neck, whispering about
her smell and the things she did to him.
“No control around you… so fucking perfect… want
more.”
She pulled his head back up to her face to keep
kissing him and wrapped one arm around his neck while her other hand snaked
down his chest. She felt like a volcano
had erupted inside her and her veins were filling with molten lava. The only thing to quench it was Jason.
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This is book eight in the Stories of
Serendipity series. Each does stand on
its own, so they do not need to be read in order.
Renae has lived the last eighteen
years for her daughter. She has
protected her from the small town gossip of what her father was really like,
sacrificed to provide as all mothers do, especially single mothers. Now that she has an empty nest, Renae is at a
loss. What should she do with her new,
largely unwanted, freedom? After several
hobby attempts, her friends convince her to go out for the night. There she sees the man she nearly killed
while wool-gathering during the drive back from dropping her daughter off at
college. What is supposed to be a
one-night stand becomes so much more as their lives seem to be fated to come
together again and again.
I kept wanting to holler at Renae to
get out of her own way! I understand the
feeling that you need to control or be controlled. She chooses to control, in all things,
because she has never before had someone on whom she could depend… until she
meets Jason. Jason has seen the happy
life of his brother and wants the same. All he has to do is convince Renae to
take a leap of faith when she has trouble with the baby steps of faith (baby
steps, hehehe).
I love the realism of the
characters. I especially loved that this
time our main characters are in their mid-forties and portrayed as vital,
sexually available, active, and desirable people. I have loved my visits to Serendipity, TX and
will continue to visit as often as we are all invited.
A huge thank you to Ms. Conley for
another terrific escape from our busy lives to her small town!
Stories
of Serendipity Series:
- Neighborly Complications
- Dream On
- Chef's Delight
- Hot Mess
- Falling for Him
- Gambling on Love
- My Mistake
- Wrecked
The Four Winds series:
- Falling for Heaven
- Falling for Grace
- Falling for Hope
- Falling for Faith (coming soon)
- Falling for Sin (coming soon)
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GIVEAWAY PRIZES
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- 3 autographed postcards from Anne Conley
- 1 kindle copy of Boy in The Band by NJ Frost
- 1 kindle ebook up to $2.99
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- 1 Kindle copy of Bound to You, Part One, by Vanessa Booke
Thank you [My Family's Heart Book Tours] for hosting this tour.
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