Review: Great beginning to a promising series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2013
Live For You is great NA contemporary romance that I did really enjoy.  I think what made the story for me was was Cole Morgan. Granted, I did like Violet Rae, but Cole sold me hook, like, and sinker.  Live For You is told from dual POV's alternating between Cole and Violet Rae, and chapter one begins with Cole.  It is in this first chapter that I totally connected with Cole.  You get to know him so well and feel like he is talking to you telling you what he is thinking and what is going on in his life."Lately, my life has become one endless loop of sameness.  Not that I'm complaining, but sometimes, I'd like for something, anything different to happen.  Something that knocks me on my ass without getting a black eye or loose tooth from it.  Sometimes.....I just want more than the cards I've been dealt.The cards Cole have been dealt have been anything but easy.  Cole and his brother Parker run a bar, attend college, and raise their little sister.  His mom is a mess and there is no dad in the picture for any of them.  It is obvious the intense love Cole has for his brother and sister.  He would do anything for them.  Cole is smart, hot tempered and sexy, a combination which lands him trouble more than he would like.  He is definitely the bad boy you love to love.".....my brother and I can break up brawls.  We like breaking up fights.  Hell, there are times I like to start shit just so I can wail on a guy.  Yeah, it's a f***ed up dirty little secret of mine.  Deal with it.Violet Rae Lynn is country music's sweetheart, that is until she messes up big time.  Distraught over what happened, a bad relationship break-up, and a secret that no one knows, she wants nothing more than to escape.  After changing her appearance, she runs to the place that she is always felt safest, grandma's.  The last thing Violet who now calls herself Rae is looking for is another relationship, but then she meets Cole, who blows her mind and rocks her world, and she has to rethink everything.  Cole is quite taken with this feisty girl who is a bit of a mystery, and he just can't get enough of her, which is something he hasn't experienced before.  Their relationship is anything but easy, and they both don't always deal with things in the best of ways.  When it's time for Violet Rae to face the music and her commitments, will the secrets she has and the secrets Cole has be more than either of them can overcome.Again, I really did enjoy this story.  The plot was great and fast paced.  There were some things that I saw coming, but there were a few things at the end that I did not.  The story ends a bit abruptly and I was sad because I wanted more of these characters, more details, and more closure.  Then, to my delight, I saw where they are getting a second book coming out later this summer.  With so many NA contemporary romances out there, it is becoming more difficult to find stories that stand out, but for me, Marquita Valentine has done that in Live For You, and I am looking forward to seeing where she takes the story from here.Here are a couple of quotes/teasers that I loved:"My phone vibrates and I glance at it."Good night  3."  That little heart emoticon gives me the goofiest swell of emotion in history. Hell, I think I could give Wyatt a run for his money. He's the king of goof.Night. I add a heart because it seems like the appropriate thing to do. Guess that makes me the king of goof's bitch? Or is that love's bitch?Either way, this girl owns me.""Let me change, first, since this towel offends your delicate sensibilities.  Then I'll let you take the cake holder back home with you."  Before I can turn him down again, he walks away, pauses, and shoots me a wicked grin over his shoulder.  That grin does things to parts of me that have no business coming to life . Heat skims by body."What?""I sure hate offending you."  He drops the towel exposing his very fine butt.  There are dimples on each side and at the base of his back.  "Close your mouth, darlin."  Muscle ripple and flow as he strides into his bedroom.  I snap my jaw shut.