Life just had to fuck with me by throwing the perfect girl in my life and then twisting the knife by making her only eighteen years old. He figured if he married me and put me on his insurance plan, I could get the medical treatment I needed and couldn’t afford. Jude aka Lucky is a thirty four tatted up construction worker, he looks all rough around the edges but has a heart of gold. It was also something to swoon over, so hot and sexy, sweet and raw, and just perfect in all the ways.

The only way an age-gap romance can work is if the younger hero or heroine is mature and Skylar did not feel mature. I extremely recommend this to those who likes: Carian Cole, age gap, arranged marriage, slow burn, friends to lovers, fake dating, tattooed heroes, emotional read, and a happy ever after. There was no proper resolution regarding the heroine's parents and their sheer assholeness and complete disregard for the well-being of their daughter. I am so relieved that DKTB turned out to be so fantastic cause I got to tell you, No Tomorrow is a tough act to follow. Jude likes the sassy teen and wants to help her because he has guilt about his younger sister that went missing when she was 16 and feels this is an opportunity to help someone out.Jude and Skylar’s journey was different and unique, and I was very happy when they managed to reach their hea with a sweet and beautiful epilogue. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. As an avid romance readers, I can't say I remember every book I read, but somehow, each Carian Cole book I've read, does. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). On September 2, 2011, Consolidated Theaters announced that the film did not end up debuting in that one Hawaii theater as it was picked up by a yet-to-be-announced distributor and may get a wider US release later in 2011.

I have an age gap relationship myself, so I know there are circumstances that can lead it to be successful. I loved everything about it, including the realistic way that showed the natural fear of judgement from others due to where they each were in their lives at the time of their getting together. When he realizes the mess she’s really in, he suggests an arranged marriage to get her on his health insurance and a safe place to live. I adore stories with such a low burn of the relationship of the protagonists, who both are so sympathetic, gorgeous and cute. It was both fascinating to read and also super uncomfortable, so I set it down one day and just… never went back.

Carian Cole is one of those authors for me that I don't even bother to read the blurbs of her books. I think the reason I chose this book was that it wasn’t part of a series but also this book has been the most raved about. If this is your first book by Carian Cole you could end up binge reading the rest of her books and end up with a book hang over. Somehow, she’s squirmed her way under my skin, and surprisingly enough, I don’t want to dig her out.

throughout, i was a gigantic mess of happiness and relief for Jude wasn’t the ever-present manwhoring type. This book was a rec from a friend because I was in the mood for reading an age gap romance after Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas so she threw this my direction.

I will admit at first I wasn’t sure if I would like this book and it’s a bigger book at 500 pages, however, I fell in love quite quickly. He has overcome so much in his life while not receiving much good in his life but being so generous to others. What started between Skylar and Jude as a platonic offer of help and friendship, slowly turned into a feeling from which even if they tried to defend themselves . But the issues I mentioned above, which seems important haven't been given at least a better conclusion. The cover kinda creeps me out, honestly (especially once I learned their ages), but I was super curious about the concept, and I love a good marriage of convenience.

In the world we live in today it is difficult for a society to imagine that with such an age gap in a relationship, even a fake marriage, may be based on friendship and not in an indecent sense. It takes skill to develop and resolve a romance once the initial dramatic points have been set up - skills this author evidently does not have. His teenage years are riddled with plenty of regrets, but when he sees Skylar lose consciousness and learns of her situation, he knows he needs to help her.But what starts out as a platonic relationship, with friends caring for each other starts to build into something more. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibit may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Jude and Skylar’s love story is sweet and very sensual, and is great for readers who want to read an age gap but without any taboo factor.