Title: STRAYS
Author: Cora Brent
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: January 27, 2021
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A man like me isn’t cut out to be a dad.
And if this kid had another option I wouldn’t try to be one now.
But for once I’m going to step up.
I’ll right the worst of old wrongs.
I’ll pretend this last name of mine is something decent instead of a legacy of hard-core criminals.
I don’t know if I’ll ever be free of my sins.
I do know it wouldn't be wise to get close enough to find out.
Into this chaos walks Isabella Gentry.
She was warned to keep her distance from me.
I was the one who warned her.
She’s beautiful. She’s headstrong. She’s spoiled as hell.
And she’s my freaking roommate.
Half of me wants to turn her world upside down in the cruelest way imaginable.
The other half wants to worship the ground she walks on.
This can go one of two ways.
Either I’ll decide to be the worst version of myself.
Or I’ll surrender the past in order to build a future.
And maybe along the way I’ll prove something.
That the guy everyone loves to hate might be redeemable yet...
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EXCERPT
“What are you gonna do about it, Izzy? Throw your wine at me?”
She does. She throws her wine in my face. Or at least she tries to. The flick of her wrist comes up short when I rear back and the wine splashes on the floor, leaving her standing there with a stupid empty glass and a puzzled expression. That should have worked, her pretty eyes say. Why is this jackass not covered in my wine backwash?
There’s no effort required to pluck the glass out of her hand. I toss it in the sink, where it promptly shatters.
“Hey,” she complains. “That was Waterford crystal, you dick.”
I chuckle and close in, aware that I’m hard and getting harder. “That’s your whole problem, Isabella.”
Her eyes flash. Her lips pout. In another second she’ll be stamping her bare foot. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“This.” I run a hand low, over the shape of my cock. She can see the rigid outline through my shorts. I know she can. She sucks in a corner of her lower lip and jerks her head to force her eyes away.
“You’re disgusting.”
I chuckle. “You wish you thought so.”
This book grabbed me from the start. Single dad. Down trodden hero. Strong heroine who knows what she wants in life. Small town characters. I loved all of it form the first few chapters!
I have read some of the Gentry series but not all. I guess this would be part of the next gen?? Regardless, Izzy has grown into an independant woman who is determined to set out on her own. Not that her family doesn't love her to bits, but she wants to get out from under them.
Rafe is the opposite. He wants to get away from everything his family represents. Fate has a way of messing with us. Rafe ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Sole custody of a son who know nothing about him. A shared apartment with a sweet heart of a woman who doesn't seem to mind his rough around the edges attitude. And loves his son even more.
Truly a heart filled story. Izzy and Rafe go from enemies to friends to lovers. Izzy is the healing balm that Rafe needs.
Great story!
*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review.
Cora Brent was born
in a cold climate and escaped as soon as it was legally possible. Now, she
lives in the desert with her husband, two kids and a prickly pear cactus she
has affectionately named ‘Spot’. Cora’s closet is filled with boxes of
unfinished stories that date back her 1980’s childhood and all her life she has
dreamed of being an author. Amazingly, she is now a New York Times and USA
Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and begs not to be awakened
from this dream.
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