Book Title: Tell Me A Secret
Author: Ann Everett
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Hosted by: Book Enthusiast Promotions
Jace Sloan has it all. He's
smoking hot, a college football star with a storybook family, and he's never
met a woman he couldn't charm. He's also never met one who makes him want to be
a better man...until he meets Maggie. Now, this self-proclaimed geek with wild
red hair and the greenest eyes he's ever seen has him thinking all kinds of
crazy thoughts. Like settling down and being a one-woman man.
Maggie Fielding is anything but
Jace's type. For starters, her IQ is bigger than her chest size. But Jace is
panty melting hot, and she's having a hard time remembering that he’s bad news.
If only she could stop telling him her secrets, because her answers to his
questions just might have both of them falling in love for the first time.
Ann’s been married to the same
man since dirt. She loves shopping at GoodWill. Hates talking on the telephone
and a really sharp pencil makes her happy.
She lives in Texas where she
drinks too many Diet Dr. Peppers and bakes way too many sweet thangs!
The cadence of his breathing
filled the room and Maggie decided she was glad he was there.
“Jace?”
“What?”
“Why do you do it?”
“Do what?”
“Go from girl to girl. My mother
was promiscuous because she tried to make up for everything wrong in her
life—no relationship with her family, a kid she didn’t want. But you have the
most wonderful family in the world. And you have friends—and talent. I don’t
understand what you’re trying to compensate for.”
He didn’t say anything, so she
said, “You don’t have to answer. I shouldn’t have asked. I just finished
telling you to stay out of my business and now I’m butting into yours.”
“It isn’t that I don’t want to
answer. It’s—I don’t know the answer. Maybe it’s evolutionary psychology. You
know, spill your seeds and all that crap.”
“You’re kidding, right? That
theory has to do with finding the best candidate for breeding to produce the
best offspring. It isn’t an excuse to screw every female in Texas. Unless
you’re saying you want to impregnate women to create a bunch of little football
All-American’s?”
“Hell, no. My policy is no glove,
no love. I’m saying, could be, men aren’t supposed to be monogamous.”
“You’re speaking for your entire
gender?”
“Yeah.”
“So—your dad could have women on
the side and that would be okay.”
“No! All right, you’ve made your
point. Some men can be happy with one woman.”
“But not you.”
He rolled up on his elbow and
rested his face in his hand. “I don’t know how to say this without sounding
like a complete jerk. I guess I do it because I can. From the time I was in
junior high, girls have thrown themselves at me and all I’ve done is take
advantage of it. I’ve never lied to get a girl to sleep with me. I’ve never
told one I loved her or promised forever. I don’t even spend the night. They
know what to expect from me.” He flopped back down. “Maybe I’ve slept with more
than my share, but I don’t consider myself a bad guy. Do you?”
“Does it matter what I think?”
“Yeah.”
“Well then, I think you’re just
as emotionally unavailable as I am. I avoid men because I’m afraid I’ll lose my heart, and you go from girl to girl
to keep from giving yours away.”
4 stars
This was a good story. I enjoyed the contrasts between Jace and Maggie's characters and found them both interesting. They are so different and yet the same in so many ways. The first part of this story was just as you would expect a story like this to go. It was beautiful, happy, really nice to see them grow as people and friends together. The second part of this story is where you really got blown away. There were just so many emotions and unexpected twists and turns that I was wondering how it was all going to end. I'm not giving away the ending other that to say, read this, it will surprise you and make you feel so many different things. Ann is a great writer and she pulled me into this story and made me not want to put it down until I was finished.
Thank you so much for taking part in my release day event and taking time to review my book. I appreciate it more than you know. ~~Ann Everett
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