Review: I fell in love with Trey
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Audience:16 & over. There is talk of sex but the actual scenes are closed door.Characters:Trey: Hard-working, sweet, honest and all around good guy. He's been unlucky in love and stuck in the friend-zone one too many times.Faith: Trey's business rival and blast from the past. She was teased by Trey's brother and ignored by Trey as a kid. All grown-up she's the quickly working her way to the top of her career. She's in an "open" relationship and trying to avoid Trey at all costs.Secondary: Jett, Trey's laid back, teenage-like brother who also has a serious and sweet side. Kayla, Trey's friend and self-nominated match maker. Cal, owner of Cave's Camo & Outdoor and possible client for Trey's PR Company. Hattie, Trey's long-time assistant and friend.The Plot:Trey's struggling to get over losing Emogen, even though he knew that he never really had her. Along comes Faith and sparks fly between them almost immediately. The problem is, she also happens to be his business rival and just like Em, she's already taken. Forced to work together for a new client, Cal, Trey does his best to guard his heart from being broken.. He won't give in to the temptation of Faith as long as she belongs to someone else. They say nice guys finish last but could Trey be the exception and will he just might be able to steal Faith's heart after all?The Feels:I thought that I loved Ryan from book #1 but Trey is pretty perfect and really gave Ryan a run for his money. I love that Trey has worked hard to get where he is, owning his own company and even attracting big name clients. I love that he isn't all alpha and that his success comes from hard work not from sheer power or influence from family. I love that he's sweet and honest and that he knows what he's looking for and isn't willing to compromise. He's a ladies man but not a man whore, which seems to be hard to come by in fictional hero's lately. I love that he learned from Em and Ryan was real true love is and that he's not willing to be with someone who cannot give all of themselves to him.I love that Faith was strong, yet vulnerable and insecure. She may come off as a pushover, but aren't we all at times while we're trying to navigate through life. I love Jett and his laid back, teenage-like attitude but that you can see he has a serious and loving side. We get more of him later, right? I love Hattie and her loyalty to Trey and her belief in Jett, even when his own brother isn't sure of him. I love Cal and his old school attitude and the camping, seriously, I loved the camping. I think that Cal knew exactly what he was doing when he forced Faith and Trey to work together.I love that the focus on this story was love and not sex. Sometimes sex can over run a good story and I think that it takes a talented author to not rely on steam to make a book work. This story was an honest, real representation of love, friendship, family and loyalty at its best. I loved every second of it.In case I didn't mention this enough, I had a lot of LOVE for this story. Haha.The Writing:Told in first person from Trey's POV.Perfection. I was drawn in and fell in love with each person in this story, except Brad! Notice I didn't say character, because this is one of those stories where fictional people became real friends in my mind.T.K. Rapp did an excellent job keeping me engrossed in the story and I actually really, really enjoyed the closed door love. Sometimes sex in books its too "in your face" and I have found myself skipping scenes. No skipping in this book but somehow I still know that behind closed doors, Trey has it going on!Sidenote: the names of the places they visited...AWESOME. Bean There for a coffee shop is brilliant. Is this a real place? What about Ale's Well for a tavern/bar? These names had me smiling every time they were mentioned.Quotes:"You deserve more than an open relationship, Faith. You deserve someone who's going to treat you like a queen. Someone who wants to spend as much time with you as possible and has no desire to be with anyone else, no matter how far apart you are.""Faith Young, you drive me insane. You push every button, pick fights, make me laugh, and impress me with your talent. Somewhere along the way, I fell for you.""The idea of you always made me excited, but the reality of you in my life and in my heart is better than anything I could imagine."*I received an ARC from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review