Series: Unlovable, #1
Author: Lynetta Halat
Publish Date: 01.19.14
Publisher: Lynetta Halat
Category /Genre: New Adult Romance
Recommended
for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: B – a few small
errors – book received as an unedited ARC
/ errors excused
Received from: Lynetta Halat (in exchange for an honest review)
Tour by: Love Between the Sheets
Goodreads: Used
Date completed: 02.04.14
Description from the publisher:
I am a slut. No worries. I've come to terms with it, and you will too. I’m not one of those girls who thinks she’s
too plain, too fat, too skinny, too shy … no, I don’t have that kind of luck. I’m the girl who knows she’s just right for
everyone.— Denver
A reputation as Montana State’s favorite
manwhore–with–a–heart–of–gold tends to precede me. But, I don’t do girls with issues, that is
until this girl. It's this girl I want
to fix. This girl I want to protect. And maybe … more. — Ransom
Being in love with the same girl your entire life isn't all it's
cracked up to be. She uses me in every
way imaginable. How does she see me? I am her perpetual one-night stand. No strings, no attachments. Just mind-numbing sex ... for her anyway. — Greer
Feeling like the life is being choked out of her in the small
town of Anaconda, Montana, Denver Dempsey craves the escape that college offers
… even if that means leaving her “best friend with benefits” and looking for a
new way to forget. Thinking she's found
the perfect hookup in Ransom, Denver's outlook on college is bright. That is, until Greer shows up looking for a
second chance and Ransom's interest turns to hatred.
Love. Hate. Triangle.
Who's using whom?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shut Up, and Kiss
Me
After
a few minutes, Greer stretches out beside me and searches for my hand. Only his hand touches mine, but my whole
being tingles. He threads his fingers
through mine and runs his thumb over my palm.
Something in me twists and splinters, shooting chills all through my
body. My breath hitches in my throat
because I can’t breathe around the knot that has formed there.
“You
feel it too,” he says simply.
I
close my eyes tighter, suddenly embarrassed by the fact that I’m not slick. “Yes,” I admit in a whisper.
“Look
at me, Denver.”
Turning
my head to the side, I open my eyes to find his blue-eyed gaze roaming over me. His eyes find mine, and we just take each
other in. I want to say something, but I
can’t think of one darn thing that sounds intelligent or even … sexy. Do I even want to be sexy for him? Yes. Yes,
I do. I see stupid girls flirt with
him all the time. I don’t want to be that girl, but I do want him to see me
as a girl and not just his friend. Ironic,
since I’ve spent my whole life telling him not
to treat me like a girl.
“I
want to kiss you so bad … but if I kiss you, it will change everything,” he
says in that gravelly voice.
“Change
is good,” I whisper.
Rolling
to his side, his mouth is centimeters from mine. I can’t make myself move although I’m aching
with want. But I haven’t been
kissed—ever. And I haven’t kissed anyone
since that time on the monkey bars in seventh grade when I stuck my tongue in
Brian Thomas’s mouth on a bet. I shocked
the shit out of him, and he didn’t even kiss me back. When the bell rang, he jerked back and hit
his head hard, sending him to the nurse for the rest of the afternoon. Not my finest moment.
“I
don’t want to lose my best friend,” he tells me.
I
bring up my other hand and run it over his jaw.
“You’re not going to lose me. No
matter what. We’ll still be friends.”
“Relationships
ruin friendships. We’ve seen enough of
that.”
I
shiver with that truth. “True. But we’re different. We’ve been together since before we were born. I can’t live without you, so I won’t hurt our
friendship.”
Bringing
our entwined hands up, he kisses my knuckles.
“Me either. We’ll take it slow,
all right?”
“All
right, my golden boy,” I whisper.
The
effect of my words is instantaneous; the blue in his eyes intensifies to
boiling. He leans in, his lips brushing
mine softly. “Denver,” he whispers
against me. “I’ve always wanted to make
you mine. Ever since I understood what
that meant. I’ve never seen anyone but
you.” And even though his eyes burn with passion, I hear a little tremor in his
voice. Now, him always putting off those
girls makes a whole lot more sense.
“I
thought we were taking it slow,” I chastise, but I delight in knowing that he
feels something more for me.
“I
just want you to know that I don’t take this lightly. You’re the most important person in my
universe. And I’ll do anything to
protect us.”
His
declaration unleashes a torrent of need in me, and I no longer want him to kiss
me—I need him to kiss me. “Greer, will you shut up and kiss me,
please?”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Denver and Greer have grown up
together. Born just hours apart, they
have been best friends since before they were born. Denver's mother has a reputation as the town
whore, bringing a succession of step-fathers and "uncles" into her
life. At an early age, Denver began running
the family ranch and winning on the junior rodeo circuit, but that doesn't
prevent the high school rumors about her being like her mother. At college, she intends to find a new self,
away from the gossips of her hometown. There
she meets John Ransom. Ransom has
already made a name for himself in the rodeos.
Greer surprises Denver by changing colleges at the last minute so that
he can be near her. Denver is left torn
between the comfort of her best friend (with benefits) and the magnetism of
Ransom. The night she is left
devastated, she will find out who she can trust.
Denver has grown up with some warped
views of the world around her. You can't
blame her for that. She has had to raise
herself. As hard as it is to parent as
an adult, imagine trying to figure it out on your own. She is tough as nails, because she had to be
to survive, but underneath it all, she's a child who was never able to be a
child. All of the mistakes that we all
make, without a nurturing parent, she blamed herself as her own failure… even
when it is someone else's error.
This is the first book I have read
from Ms. Halat. I found that she
provides excellent writing and engaging characters. Like life, parts were funny and parts were
heartbreaking. Have tissues ready. I have things I would like to say and ask of
Ms. Halat, but that would be spoilers for ya'all. All I will say is "that" snuck up
on me, punched me in the gut, and left me gasping for air! This was a bit of a mind-f*ck. I look forward to reading more from this
author, especially the rest of this series!
Ms. Halat – your Google history must
be unique!
One last word: John Ransom is mine. Ya'all can divvy up the rest of the cowboys.
Unlovable series:
- Used
- Freed (April 2014)
- Redeemed (July 2014)
Other Books from this Author:
- Every Rose
- Everything I've Never Had
originally posted 02.06.2014 on my
previous website
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because I promoted authors and their books
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