Title: The Rebellion
Series: Hard to Resist #5
Author: S.L. Scott
Author: S.L. Scott
Genre: STANDALONE Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Blurb
I met my muse at fifteen. I’d just gotten busted
for smoking behind the school gymnasium. She inspired me with her laugh and
nonjudgmental attitude and, before I knew it, we were inseparable. Then I left
to pursue my rock star dreams—dreams she encouraged.
I got over Jaymes Grenier no problem. I never
think about that little bow at the top of her pink lips, or the way her green
eyes admired mine. Nope, I barely recall the way she fit so perfectly in my
arms when I held her at night. The sweet way she would whisper she loved me has
long faded from memory.
These are the lies I regularly tell myself
in hopes of believing them one day. Yeah, I was told I’d get over my first
love.
I didn’t.
Derrick Masters marked me the moment we met back
in ninth grade. He called me over—all bravado and bad boy mystery wrapped in a
James Dean-esque package. Dark hair and blue eyes with a rebel without a cause
charisma. He was everything I was warned about, but I couldn’t resist. I
was his from that moment on.
His career took off almost as soon as he
did. I knew it would. I just thought I would be beside him as his partner in
crime, best friend, and lover. That’s what we had always been … before he left
me behind to fend for myself.
Fend? Fight is more like it.
I’ve been fighting ever since.
Fighting for survival.
Fighting for a better life in a world determined
to keep me down.
I don’t have the luxury of letting my head live
in the lure of La La Land. His dreams may have come true, but mine were
extinguished. These days I fight for something bigger than me, bigger than we
were ever meant to be.
When his dreams come crashing back into my
reality, is this a second chance at that fairy tale ending or another
heartbreak in the making?
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
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Excerpt
On the front porch, leaning against the wood column in all
his newfound glory, stands the most breathtaking man I’ve ever seen. As a
teenager, I thought he was the best-looking boy I’d ever seen,
and based on how I’m struggling to breathe just from looking at him now, I
think he still holds the title. But now he’s a man.
Ace is talking about what some kid named Shiloh got in
trouble for today at school, but I’m still staring at Derrick Masters.
Derrick Masters.
My very own Perseus, though right now I’m thinking he was
more my Achilles heel in the grand scheme of things.
Derrick Masters is standing on my mother’s front porch like
he belongs there. A smile that shines like the star he’s become appears and he
waves. Not sure if it was the grin on his face or the wave that sends me
tripping flat on my face into the grassy lawn, but I’m cursing the curb when I
lift up and look right into the dark blue eyes I’ve tried to despise.
“Are you okay?” he asks, trying to help me up. His voice is
deep, the timbre the same one that always made my heart beat a little faster.
It’s not that thought that runs through my mind. It’s his hands on me,
grappling to help me to my feet.
He’s touching me.
Derrick Masters is touching me and I consider lying there
longer just to savor the feel of his calloused fingers again. Ace tugs at my
ankle like that will help me up. “Mommy, you fell.”
Mommy.
Mommy.
Derrick knows I’m a mommy.
Oh my God. What does he think?
Does he hate me? Disappointed in me? Happy for me? Or not
care at all?
I would care if I found out he has kids.
Maybe he already knew . . .
Maybe I’ll just lie here as long as I can until he goes
away.
Ace lies down next to me and rests his face on my hand.
Looking at me with wide eyes, he asks, “Are we playing a game? This is fun.”
“Yes, I quite like it here.”
I hear Derrick chuckling just above me, enough to feel his
warmth covering my body like sunshine as I lie in the cool grass. I might be
mistaken but it sounds like he’s behind me now. On the ground with me.
Ace’s eyes look over my head. “My friend is here too.” He
giggles. “See? Right there.”
Lying like a dead fish, I smile at my cute son not quite
ready to face Derrick Masters. “What’s your new friend’s name?”
“Derrick. He plays a guitar like you, Mommy.”
After a tap on the back, Ace’s new friend speaks, “Hi.”
I miss Derrick’s hands on me, even if it was just helping me
up. Ace is a ball of laughter and gets up. I watch until he runs behind me.
“I’m here now. We’re all here. This is fun. Oh look, the moon.”
I can’t avoid him forever and the grass is grounding,
literally, and settles my anxiety over just this kind of thing happening. I’ve
embarrassed myself and he’s found out I’m a mother in the course of one sexy
smile and a wave. I shake my head and close my eyes annoyed with myself for
acting so foolishly in front of him. He was once my everything. When
I roll onto my back, the top of our hands meet in an innocent touch that
neither of us bothers to retreat. Finally building enough nerve, I turn my head
and look straight into his eyes again. “Hi,” I whisper.
That devastatingly charming smile reappears, and he says,
“It’s good to see you, Jaymes.”
My Review:
This was my first book written by the author, and I loved it! It's not a tipical rock star romance. There were no jelaousy, and problems with the fame. This is a beautiful second chance romance. The characters are lovable.
Maybe this is not about recapturing our past. maybe this is about finding our future.
No one can ever fully leave the past in the past. It shapes who we are in the present.
Derrick is a member of a famous rock band. He is the guitarist. He is hot, and he couldn't get over his first love, Jaymes. He used to live in a bad neighborhood, he was in a gang, but he could get out, but the love of his life didn't want to leave her mom behind.
Sometimes we've got to let the ones we love the most go so they can live their dreams.~Jamie
Derrick became rich but he was lonely. I liked him from the first time.
Jaymes stayed, she had a hard life, but she could survive. She isn't alone, she has a son, Ace. I love Ace, he is sooo sweet. She is adroit, respectful, strong, and she does everything for her little boy.
Sometimes when se're caught in the crazy that is life it's good to hear something positive, something we're doing right.
I loved how Derrick and Jaymes reconnected. They continued their relationship, where they stopped. I LOVED how Derrick treated Ace. 💓 He was so good to them. He always did and said what was the best for Ace and Jaymes.
Lovers. Soul mates. Friends. Those three words come with three others-trust, love and forgiveness. They're not given. They already exist between us, baby.~Derrick
Derrick was perfect father material 😊 As a mom I can understand Jaymes, and her feelings. I think I loved this book because of this. Because Jaymes was a mother. She had doubts but it was understandable.
"We can't get attached again." "Attached again? I think the problem is I never detached."
Sooo, I loved this book. I recommend this book those who love second chance romances, and stories with sweet little kids, and about strong moms. As a mother I loved it so much, because I could experience the character's feelings.
Véleményem:
Ez volt azt első könyvem az írónőtől és tetszett! Nem az a tipikus rocksztáros könyv. Itt nem volt féltékenység, és a hírnévvel járó problémák sem jelentkeztek. (Bár igaz utaltak rá, hogy a múltban volt nagy partizás és csajozás, de a jelen egész más). Ez egy nagyon szép, a főhősök által megélt második esélyről szóló romantikus történet. Minden karakter szerethető volt számomra.
Derrick egy nagyon híres rockbanda tagja, gitárosa. Nem tudja elfelejteni első szerelmét, Jaymes-t. Régen rossz környéken élt, és egy veszélyes banda tagja volt. Derrick-nek sikerült kikerülnie, de szerelme nem ment vele, mert nem akarta magára hagyni édesanyját, így ő maradt.
Derrick gazdag és híres lett, de magányos volt. Már a legelső perctől szimpatikus volt.
Jaymes maradt, nagyon nehéz élete volt, de túlélte. Nincs egyedül, ugyanis van egy fia, Ace. Annyira édes volt Ace, nagyon szerettem! Jaymes erős, belevaló nő, akire felnézhet az ember. Mindent megtesz a kisfiáért.
Nagyon jó volt olvasni, ahogy Derrick és Jaymes újra összejöttek. Ott folytatták, ahol abbahagyták. Annyira szerettem, ahogy Derrick Ace-el bánt! Olyan édes volt! 💓Mindig azt tette és mondta ami a legjobb volt Jaymesnek és Acenek.
Derrick tökéletes apafigura lett! Mint anya, teljesen megértem Jaymest és érzéseit. Szerintem ezért is szerettem ezt a könyvet, mert Jaymes anya volt. Voltak kételyei, de ezek teljesen érthetőek voltak.
Szóval szerettem a könyvet. ajánlom a könyvet azoknak, akik szeretnek második esélyről, édes gyerekekről és erős anyukákról olvasni. Azért tetszett nagyon a történet, mert mint anya át tudtam érezni hogy a szereplők mit érezhettek, min mentek át.
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Living in the capital of Texas with her family, Scott loves traveling and avocados, beaches, and cooking with her kids. She's obsessed with epic romances and loves a good plot twist. Her favorite color is blue, but she likens it more toward the sky than the emotion. Her home is filled with the welcoming symbol of the pineapple and finds surfing a challenge though she likes to think she's a pro.
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