Review: A great debut! Loved Corey!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2013
(Quote)My life had been nothing but a big slap in the face...Dani left Serenity Cove seven years ago, headed to New York, and never looked back. She had been been hurt by her family, her closest friend, and the boy she was in love with. Now she is begrudgingly back to help run her family's Inn, but she is not planning on making it permanent.Dani has serious(big, major, huge) trust issues due to her unstable home life and betrayals of men. She is now not willing to let anyone get close enough to fool her or hurt her again. She is just looking for a casual fling. But Corey the sweet, sexy, bartender she meets on her first night back has other ideas. They immediately have a rapport, chemistry and are very compatible. But Dani is not going to let her emotions get involved and she she gets close then she goes in to denial mode and pulls away. Corey is such a good guy! He is responsible, loving, honest, protective, funny, and totally hot. I adored Corey! He tried everything to get her to clue in and show how much he cared. He was her lover, companion, best friend, and protector. I wanted to smack her upside the head and make her see what she was missing. Dani frustrated me so often. She was so stubborn and strong willed. She was stringing poor Corey along as she wallowed in her past hurts and self denial. And she really never planned on staying back in Serenity Cove permanently so that is another big issue in the way.(Quote)My soul lightened every minute I was with him. There was something about that man that not only gave me the release I needed between the sheets but allowed me the freedom to be myself."You're mine, Danielle. Deny it all you f****ing want, but I'm the one that shares a bed with you. I'm the one in your heart.""But I wanted you to need me the way I need you.""I do, I just can't give you what you want."And then there is Oliver...the one that got away....or the one she ran away from to be exact. He was her first crush and love and he broke her heart. He was a big reason she ran off to New York. But now that she is back, he is interested again. He seems perfect: wealthy, handsome, from a good family and has the ability to still melt her with a smile. He just did not do it for me though. I was totally Team Corey!"Back then I knew you loved me, but I sure as h**l didn't deserve the way you felt. I'm telling you right now though, Danielle, I want to be the man that deserves to be loved by you. And I will never be able to express how incredibly sorry I am that I was too stupid to realize the truth--before I drove you away."Will Dani ever be able to truly open up her heart and trust again? Will she throw away someone who could be perfect for her in order to be with the guy she loved during her entire youth? And will she stick around Serenity Cove or will she head back to her work and friends in New York?(Quote)When I returned to Serenity Cove, I hadn't intended to stay around long enough to fall for someone. Now I have two guys pulling at me for more. Most people would be ecstatic in this situation but all I felt was a sinking feeling deep in my stomach.I did like this book and the characters were interesting enough(Corey was downright swoony, sweet, and sexy). But they did seriously make me want to shake sense into them at times. It was full of drama and angst, happy mixed with sad, frustration coupled with small moments of contentment. This book was a little longer than the current norm for the books out there right now and I felt at times it just kept going and going. With the length of the book, I expected a resolved ending....I was so wrong! UGH!!!!So now I am left waiting for book two....Thanks to Megan Noelle for providing me with a review copy in exchange for an honest review.