Once upon a time they had been more than friends….
Harley & Rose by Carmen Jenner is
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Ever since she was a little girl, thirty-year-old Rose dreamed of the day Harley would carry her across the threshold on their honeymoon. So what if this isn’t her actual wedding day, and that she’s only here because Harley was left at the altar just a few hours earlier?
Trading San Francisco for paradise and swapping her bridesmaid’s bouquet for a Blue Hawaii, Rose hopes she can finally escape the friend zone.
Once upon a time they had been more than friends, but life got in the way. She’s spent every day since wishing Harley would get a clue.
She’s always been his best friend.
He’s always been hers.
She’s in love with him.
He’s … not in love with her.
He’s … marrying someone else.
He’s … hiding something.
He’s … well—it’s complicated.
“Do you love her?”
Harley’s temper flares as he meets my gaze. “Rose—”
“Do you?”
“I don’t know.” He rakes a hand through his hair. A beat later it falls right back in his face. I long to reach out and touch it, but that isn’t my place anymore. “Yeah. I think so. When I’m with her I’m a different man, but when I’m here with you, I’m … I’m me.”
“God,” I breathe. “That’s so much worse.” Fresh tears prick my eyes. I cover my face, as if I could hide my torment or the despair that I feel in this moment.
As if I could hide anything from this man.
“I know.” Sadness chokes his voice, making the words almost impossible to hear. Harley pulls me close, folding me in his arms, holding me the way he has a thousand times before, but this time it’s infinitely different.
This time, it’s the end of us.
Harley bangs on the door. “Rose, what’s the hold up?”
“Shut up, ass face,” I say, scowling in his direction.
“You haven’t even put it on yet, have you?” He chuckles, leaning against the frosted glass panel. “I’m giving you five seconds, babe.”
I know he isn’t kidding with this, either, so I let the towel fall to the floor and I yank on the bikini. I’m just snapping the bottoms into place when he bangs again.
“Time’s up.”
“I can’t wear this,” I say as he opens the door. My body is turned toward him, but only because half of my ass is hanging out of the cheeky-cut swimwear. Harley doesn’t need me to turn around in order to see how much skin they expose. The huge mirror over the vanity is doing a fine job of showing it to him. He takes a slow sip from the paper coffee cup in his hand.
“Well?” I demand, snatching the cup from his grasp and gulping down a huge mouthful. It burns my tongue and throat and brings tears to my eyes that are in no way related to the fact that he hasn’t said anything yet.
“You wanna know what I think?” He takes a step toward me and reflexively I take one back, only I have nowhere to go because my ass hits the bathroom vanity, and I swallow hard and nod. Harley’s arm snakes around my waist, his fingers sliding down to the fabric of my bikini bottoms and across my exposed flesh. My body thrums. I hold my breath and he leans in close to whisper in my ear, “I think it’s lucky you’re not my wife, because you’d be walking with a limp for the rest of our honeymoon.”
She does it again guys! You have got to get this one. If you know Carmen Jenner you know she ROCKS!!! But, if you don't then let me expand your mind a bit. This book really crept inside my emotional strings and pulled at them like nothing else has before! You will love the down to earth characters in this one as well. I am sort of a little biased as it is, because I just love this author's writing anyways, but let me tell you, she really pulls you in with this read here.
See that down to earthness about her characters is really I am sure just a reflection of herself. I just can't see a stuffy old chick writing like this! No, it has to be a one of a kind, slammin', rockin' and jammin' lady that can pull these guys off as she does! Yes, you see Jenner has it, she really has, and if you still haven't gotten in on it yet, well dear, you are missing out. That down to earthness is what I really truly love about it too. Jenner knows how to keep her audience's attention and she does a job like no other! Go check her out after you read my rating.
I rate this book a full five golden stars and just know that you are gonna dig it too! So what are ya waitin' for?
See that down to earthness about her characters is really I am sure just a reflection of herself. I just can't see a stuffy old chick writing like this! No, it has to be a one of a kind, slammin', rockin' and jammin' lady that can pull these guys off as she does! Yes, you see Jenner has it, she really has, and if you still haven't gotten in on it yet, well dear, you are missing out. That down to earthness is what I really truly love about it too. Jenner knows how to keep her audience's attention and she does a job like no other! Go check her out after you read my rating.
I rate this book a full five golden stars and just know that you are gonna dig it too! So what are ya waitin' for?
*I was given this book in exchange for a honest review.
All opinions are mine and
I have not been compensated for them.
All opinions are mine and
I have not been compensated for them.
Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something, USA Today and international bestselling author.Her dark romance, KICK (Savage Saints MC #1), won Best Dark Romance Read in the Reader’s Choice Awards at RWDU, 2015.
A tattoo enthusiast, hardcore makeup addict and zombie fangirl, Carmen lives on the sunny North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, where she spends her time indoors wrangling her two wildling children, a dog named Pikelet, and her very own man-child.
A romantic at heart, Carmen strives to give her characters the HEA they deserve, but not before ruining their lives completely first … because what’s a happily ever after without a little torture?
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