Review: A great second book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
"Holy Mary" Verity has tried to live up to her parent's expectations. Really. She wasn't a party-girl, she wasn't a promiscuous teen, but she also wasn't in Kenya on the mission for the past year--as she had told them. No, Verity was in New York trying to rid herself of her perfect mistake. If only that freaking Boone Outlaw hadn't tainted her drink at that graduation party, and her perfection.Boone Outlaw has always wanted Verity Fairchild. Not that he could ever hope to deserve her. In high school he was perpetually wasted--and nobody cared. Why bother? Those low-life Outlaw triplets won't do no good no how, right? Well that was then, and Boone's built himself up from a Waste-oid to a successful business owner now. And Verity has finally returned. Shame her daddy, the Reverend Fairchild, wants her to marry his protege, Billy Joe Freeman.Verity is stunned by the changes she sees in Boone. Perhaps the changes she sees aren't actually changes--but the reality of a man she never got to know before this whole mess started. They had one night together after graduation--one night that changed her world--and he didn't even remember, he was so drunk. But that reminder is in New York. And the secret shame is eating Verity alive. Particularly when he sees how tender Boone is with the kids at the parish daycare. Was her mistake hiding everything? Or was it not telling Boone her secret from the beginning?As they forge a relationship, Verity learns that her concept of Boone was built on the town's anti-Outlaw prejudice and the man he actually is, well, that's a man to treasure. But will he still love her when he learns what Verity is hiding?In the end, this dual POV love story has some shocking revelations, and some belly-twisting angst over both Verity's 'mistake' and Billy Joe's psychotic stalking. We get a neat and tidy ending and plenty of Louisiana heat--in the bedroom. It the second installment of the Perfect Series, and I'm still swooning over the better-than-this-town-thinks-we-are Outlaw triplets.A copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher for the purpose of a blog tour.