Title: Come To Me Quietly (The Closer to You Series,
Book 1)
Author: A.L. Jackson
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Genre: New Adult Romance
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From the acclaimed
bestselling author of Lost to You and
When We Collidecomes a new adult novel
of one woman’s obsession: a man who’s as passionate as he is elusive—and as
tempting as he is trouble…
Aleena Moore is haunted by Jared Holt. It’s been six years
since she’s seen her brother’s best friend, the self-destructivebad boy she
secretly loved in high school. As the years pass, she knows it’s time to move
on. Time to decide between a practical nursing degree and her true dream as an
artist.Time to get over Jared and give another guy a chance…
Just when she opens her heart to her friend Gabe,Aly returns
home to find Jared sleeping on her couch. The teenage boy she loved has grown
into a man she can’t resist. Covered in tattoos and lost in rage, he’s begging
to be saved from his demons—the memories of the day he destroyed his family. As
the two reconnect, their passion is hot enough to torch Aly’s judgment. But can
she risk her future for a man who lives on the edge of destruction?
Lesley's Review:
This book is a fantastic read for those that love the angst.
It's for those that love those forbidden romances. The ones that hurt so good.
Those that love the desperately broken men that everyone should run from. But
there are those like Aly, who would arguethat they need to be loved too. To be fixed. However, the age old question
arises, Can love conquer all? Is love enough to bring you through. Maybe it doesn't need to conquer. It just
needs to lend its strength. Love gives you something to fight for. This book has
all that and more. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
“One look at him told
me he was still haunted…broken. All those marks covering his body, screaming
out about how miserable he was inside.”
Aly and Jared's story happens in the present with bits of
the past woven in to deepen and explain the story. One day she comes home to
find that her brother has run into his long lost best friend and her childhood
crush. Aly has never forgotten the broody mysterious Jared. She has been
obsessed with him since she was a young girl. It all comes rushing back to her
heart. Their story goes deeper than even Jared knows. Aly feels as though it’s an unrequited love.
No matter what he feels, she misses her childhood friend. Spending time in the
quiet of night, bit by bit the walls start to crack.
“Hearts have a way of
finding their way home.”
Jared feels as though he destroys everything he touches.
Turning the light into the dark. Tainting things that are Innocent. He’s
hurting. Truly, you can see that he has a big heart. Past indiscretions have
skewed people’s perception of him. So much so that he believes that he is no
good for anyone. But Aly has never seen him that way. She sees the damaged
misunderstood boy from next door, who treated her with affection. He took care
of her and always looked out for her. Until it all went horribly wrong. Nobody
understands his demons. The burdens he carries. The darkness he feels he should
drown in.
Now these two fight the horrors of the past from destroying
the present. Sometimes the fear of being happy is too much. Feeling more than
hatred and sorrow is scary for those that have dwelled in the misery for years.
When life drags you down you can’t find the will to live in the present. Not feeling and not dealing, is easier. You
can’t fight for someone who won’t fight for themselves.
“I left knowing I
could NEVER forget you,but praying somehow that you could forget me.”
Heartbreak. Despair. Revelations. Hope. It’s all here in this book. Aly and Jared’s
story kind of grips you and swallows whole. The heart pangs for these two are
very real. I just wanted to take Jared and wrap him in love emitting bubble
wrap, after I glued the cracks together.
However, Aly loved him just as he was. Just as he loved her. I can’t
think of a single thing I would change in this story. It ended perfectly. The
depth was there every part of the way.
4.5
Stars …
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Slowly
she began to approach, and I sank further back into the chair the closer she
came, my knee bouncing harder as she timidly inched up in front of me. Her
movements were slow, hypnotizing, and I couldn’t stop myself from watching
those legs. My eyes darted to her hands. She was rubbing her thumbs over her
fingertips as if she were searching for some kind of friction or maybe looking
for confidence. My gaze flicked up to
meet her face. A color I didn’t understand had darkened her eyes. There was no
looking away as she crossed the room, and my head continued to tilt back,
locked on her, lost in this place where I knew I absolutely shouldn’t fucking
be.
She
stopped just a breadth from me.
My
hands dropped slack, dangled at my sides.
Everything
became heavy. My fingers twitched, and I had to force the air in and out of my
lungs.
I
swore I could actually hear Aly’s heart beating as she hovered in hesitation an
inch away. She blinked hard, squirmed before she looked at me with
determination. “Jared, I don’t want you to leave.”
“Aly.
. .I. . .” What was I supposed to say? Because I didn’t want to leave either.
I had to.
Erasing
the last of the space between us, Aly allowed the front of her legs to touch my
knees, and she groaned as if the contact seared her. She wavered, before she
reached out to run the back of her hand down my face, testing me. Tempting me.
I
stopped breathing altogether when she slowly straddled my lap and murmured
close to my ear, “Please. . .don’t leave me.”
Fuck.
This
was bad, really fucking bad. And I knew I should push her away, make her stop
because what she was doing was only bringing us a little closer to the edge.
She held onto the chair behind me, her warm body pressed into mine. There was
no chance she wasn’t feeling just how much I wanted her.
“What
are you doing, Aly?” My hands went to her slender hips with the intention of
edging her off my lap. Instead my fingers dug into the soft skin.
A
shudder sped up my spine when she trembled above me.
Wetting
my lips, I tried to move her back, but only managed to brush up against her
further. Her expression was severe but soft, her movements shaky but sure. She
searched my face, her eyes burning a path as she left me utterly exposed. And I
could smell her, and the memory of the way she tasted, the way she felt,
overwhelmed every last one of my senses. She didn’t even have to move, and she
was already touching me everywhere.
She
swallowed, then spoke. “Did you want to kiss me last night?”
“Last
night was a mistake, Aly. I—”
Her
hands went to my face, and she held me there, forcing me to look up at
her.
“I
didn’t ask you if it was a mistake. I asked if you wanted to.”
A
frustrated sound worked its way free of my throat, and I shifted again, which
only brought her closer. Right then I knew there was not a fucking thing I
could do because nothing else mattered in the world except for the way she felt
pressed up tight against me. My fingers
dug further into her hips, and we were nose to nose, Aly’s hands firm on my
face. I realized we were moving, our bodies subtly rocking.
I
groaned. “I’ve wanted to kiss you every single second of every single day since
the moment I opened my eyes to find you standing over me, Aly.
About the Author:
A.L.
Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost to
You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Pulled,When We Collide, andIf
Forever Comes.
She
first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college
student. She filled the journals she
carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the
difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years
later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest
friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length
novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives
with her husband and three children.
Look
for Come to Me Softly,book two in the
Closer To You Series, coming July 1, 2014
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A.L. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Take This Regret and Lost to You, as well as other contemporary romance titles, including Pulled and When We Collide.
She first found a love for writing during her days as a young mother and college student. She filled the journals she carried with short stories and poems used as an emotional outlet for the difficulties and joys she found in day-to-day life.
Years later, she shared a short story she’d been working on with her two closest friends and, with their encouragement, this story became her first full length novel. A.L. now spends her days writing in Southern Arizona where she lives with her husband and three children. Her favorite pastime is spending time with the ones she loves.
